Cosplay Hall of Fame

Convention season is almost here and we’ve got something cool in store for cosplayers at this summer’s London Anime Convention on the 30th of June and 1st of July.

 

Throughout the two days we’ll be taking pictures of the best cosplayers at the show to be entered in our website Hall of Fame: A section on the mayamada website dedicated to the best cosplayers from every event we go to.

Here’s how it works:

  • You track us down (we’re not that hard to find, honest) and get your picture taken by a member of our team.
  • After both the London Anime Con and London Film and Comic Con are done, the pictures will go up on our Facebook page.
  • We’ll then let our fans vote on the best cosplayer characters.  Voting will end on Sunday 15th of July.
  • The cosplayers with the most votes will be forever immortalised in our summer Cosplay Hall of Fame on our website.

To be involved, make sure you stop by our stall on either Saturday or Sunday and demand to have your picture taken by someone.  Shake them if you have to 🙂

Don’t worry if you can’t make the London Anime Convention, because we’ll be continuing the competition at the London Film and Comic Convention just a week later.

Be sure to get your tickets for the shows. You can’t enter the competition if you can’t get in the building!

Get your outfits ready and make sure you’re looking your best.

We can’t wait to see you ^_^

Anime Showtime Travel Info

Here’s a travel update for everyone heading to the screening this Sunday.

There is no Victoria line and no service to Loughborough Junction rail station unfortunately.  But we can officially announce that we’ve arranged to have you driven to the screening by one of the many red buses travelling on London roads 🙂

 

Public Transport

The easiest route is from Elephant and Castle underground station (Zone 1 +2, Bakerloo Line) where you can walk to bus stop R outside the shopping centre and catch bus number 45 or bus number 35 to Loughborough Junction rail station: http://g.co/maps/q336a
Head to bus stp R

It’s a 20 minute ride from Elephant and Castle to Loughborough Junction rail station: http://g.co/maps/u5p24

Bus journey to Loughborough Junction

Once you get to the bus stop near Loughborough Junction rail station, we’re right around the corner: http://g.co/maps/34u9y

Walk from Loughborough Junction

An alternative is to use replacement bus services which will run along the Victoria line to Brixton underground station.

From there you can cross to the side of the road opposite the station to bus stop T (in front of Haart/Specsavers) where you can catch bus 35 or bus 45.

The bus ride is less than 10 minutes and you need to get off at Loughborough Junction rail station and walk from there: http://g.co/maps/34u9y
Make sure to check on any engineering works that could affect your journey.

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravelnews/realtime/track.aspx?offset=weekend

 

Driving

The venue does have limited free car parking space. If you plan on driving down, be sure to get there early while there are still spaces available.

 

If have any questions feel free to jump on our Facebook page and we’ll help out:

http://www.facebook.com/events/240447429379526/

See you there!

Mayamada team

Mayamada Presents: Anime Showtime 2

mayamada March 26, 2012 No Comments

This weekend will see our second Anime Showtime event at Whirled Art Cinema where you’re invited to a free anime screening and get access to our one time pop up shop.

The date to put in your diaries is Sunday the 1st of April. We’ll be there and showing Steamboy: A steam punk anime set in 17th century Britain from Katsuhiro Ohtomo who also brought us Akira.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eAk6oNBSMU

There are still a few tickets available (at least when this post was made), so be quick if you want to book your spot.

Here’s a run down of what we’ll be up to on the day.

 

Prizes

We’re going to kick things off by giving everyone a chance to take part in our competition to win a special prize.

Popcorn

Judging from the talk on our Facebook page, mixing sweet and salted popcorn is popular. Well, we’ll have both kinds available for you guys before the film starts.

Steamboy

Once everyone has their popcorn we’ll kick off the main event. There’ll be a short break in between the film before we continue.

Popup shop

We’ll have a one time popup shop featuring all the mayamada t-shirts from the gift shop available for a discounted price. We’ll also have the Word Salad tee in white which you can’t get on the website.

 

 

We’ll be back next week to give you all the travel information so you know the best way to get to the screening.

 

Stay Tuned.

 

Mayamada at the London Anime Convention

 

The London Anime Convention is fast approaching and we’ll be there on the 11th and 12th of February at the The Rocket Complex London Metropolitan University.

As well as anime screenings, video games, manga and cosplay, there’s a chance to see the latest mayamada t-shirts and artwork posters on sale too.

We’ll also be unveiling our BRAND NEW limited edition hoodie at the show so make sure you’re there to see it 🙂

Check out the Anime League website for all the events happening over the two days.  It’ll be our first appearance and we’ll be having fun with photos.  Whether you’re a cosplayer our not they will be a chance at winning a prize for taking part in our photo competitions.  All you have to stop by the mayamada stall and ask to join in – that’s it!

Last but not least, as sponsors of the show, 5 lucky people will be able to win t-shirts as part of the Anime Con event winners.

You can get your tickets here and be sure to visit our stall while you’re at the show 🙂