It wasn’t an April Fool’s joke afterall.  We held our second Anime Showtime event at the start of the month and it went down a treat.  Once again we were at Whirled Art Cinema in South London.
We had to wait a while for the doors to be opened, but once they were we got things under way.
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 45Â or bus number 35Â to Loughborough Junction rail station:Â http://g.co/maps/q336a
It’s a 20 minute ride from Elephant and Castle to Loughborough Junction rail station:Â http://g.co/maps/u5p24
Once you get to the bus stop near Loughborough Junction rail station, we’re right around the corner:Â http://g.co/maps/34u9y
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:Â http://g.co/maps/34u9y
Make sure to check on any engineering works that could affect your journey.
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/
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/
See you there!
Mayamada team
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.
We’re going to kick things off by giving everyone a chance to take part in our competition to win a special prize.
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.
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.
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.
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 🙂
Last week saw the first in want will be many of our Anime Showtime events. Every so often, we’ll be showcase a cool anime film and inviting a bunch of people down to enjoy it with us.
This Sunday will see the first screening of our Anime Showtime! Series of screening events.
We’ve rented out a cosy theatre at Whirled Art Cinema for you to hang out with us and watch an very cool anime film Summer Wars.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbmdYasVDDg
It all kicks off on the 13th of November from 3pm to 7pm and you still have a chance to get your tickets before they sell out! Read more
This weekend saw our first appearance at the MCM Expo in East London. For those that don’t know about it, MCM is the biggest celebration of all things gaming sci-fi anime, manga, cosplay and general geekiness in the UK.
MCM is about the same as the New York Comic Con, but the cost of travel is much cheaper for us 🙂
We took the mayamada team down for three days of non stop standing on your feet, but it was so worth the lower back damage because we had an amazing time talking to loads of friendly and passionate people as well as make new friends and fans along the way.
Here are some of the best moments from the show…
We visited MCM in May but now that we had a stall we got to skip the lines.
Even though the area was massive, it didn’t take too long to find our spot.
Once we set up our stall we were off and running!
