This past bank holiday weekend saw our return to StreetFest, held in Hackney for the first time. It was an amazing celebration of streetwear fashion, music, skaters and artists all under one roof (figuratively speaking).
Here are some of the moments we captured on the day, you can check out or Facebook page for the rest.
The first mayamada colouring competition is now up and running! We’re calling on you to submit your own coloured page from the Samurai Chef Origins comic.
Enter our Samurai Chef artwork competition and you will be in with a chance of winning some fantastic prizes including t-shirts and a copy of Samurai Chef Volume 1.
The deadline for entries is May 31st 2014. You can send us as many coloured pages as you like so get started.
Don’t forget to share your work on Twitter or Instagram with the tag #AddSomeFlavour.
We can’t wait to see what you come up with.
The Kickstarter for the second volume of Samurai Chef is just a few weeks away and we’re continuing our look at some of the characters that will feature in the story.
Check out the character artwork for the upbeat handywoman Mary and the show’s booming announcer Jimi.
We announced a week ago that work has begun on the second and concluding volume of Samurai Chef, and we’re getting ready to launch a Kickstarter campaign for the new book in March.
Before it launches, we’ll be putting up some great character artwork by the Samurai Chef illustrator Pinali. Take a look at some of the characters making an appearance in the next chapter of the story.
First up is the Samurai Chef. The toughest food critics around, the Samurai Chef is the main protagonist of the Samurai Chef story and in volume 2 he’ll be up against tougher dishes as the show continues to escalate.
You can see more of his back story in the free Samurai Chef Origins comic.
In case you missed the comic preview over Christmas, you can still check it out right here:https://www.mayamada.com/samurai-chef-preview
And if you liked the first few pages, please take a moment to thank our artist Pinali on Twitter (@Pinalinet) for her amazing work on the Samurai Chef comic.
This week will be of special interest to backers of the Just Desserts perk as we can now reveal the New Samurai Chef t-shirt design made specially for the project.
The design features the, err…watchful…face of the Samurai Chef alongside the bold lettering “Samurai Chef” in Japanese.
It’ll be available in both men and women fits and be on your way along with the book itself. Expect an email in your inboxes soon asking for preferred sizes before we make the print run next week.
For those that didn’t select this perk but are wishing they did, we’ll be making a limited run of the t-shirt and will have some left for purchase.
We’ll let you know the details of how to get them in the coming weeks, but you will have to be quick! Once it’s gone it will be gone forever.
We’re very close to the end now we can taste it…no pun intended!
See you again soon with more updates ahead of the book’s release.
So…world didn’t come to a screeching halt after all.
That’s great because we’re still working away on the Samurai Chef book and it would be a shame if we never got to finish it 🙂
In our last update we saw three different pets that were to become extras in the show and this week we can reveal the completed transformations!
Firstly we have our two cats Shiro and Kuro.
And last but not least we have the goldfish Diamond.
All three of these characters are being drawn into the show as we speak and will be seen when the book is finally release.
We’re now about a month away from the artwork for the being completed. Don’t forget that we will have a 15 page preview on Christmas Day too.
On our next update we will be able to show off the Samurai Chef t-shirt design that will be going backers who selected the “Just Desserts” perk.
See you then ^_^
We’re back to let you know the artwork for the Samurai Chef is under way! They’ll be a sneak peek of some early pages in a future update, ahead of the preview of the comic on our website on Christmas Day!
For now we have more characters from the book to show you: three of the many chefs to send their dishes to be judged Samurai Chef style, enjoy 🙂
We’ve also got an early look at the artwork for backers of the “Chef’s Special” perk which will be coloured and framed by the end of the project.
For the backers of the “Extra Spice” Perk, we’ll be getting in touch with you about turning you pets into extras in the book.
We’ll also be contacting backers of the “Just Desserts” at the start of the new year to get your t-shirt sizes as the limited edition t-shirts will now be printed in January.
That’s all for now. See you again for the next update in a couple weeks.
It’s October so naturally we’re talking about MCM Expo here at mayamada headquarters. It will be our first appearance since our first in October 2011 and we’ve got a few things in store for everyone that visits our stall during the 26th – 28th.
You’ll be able to get your hands on all our latest gear, plus a few others not available online.
Plus Oystercard wallets, tote bags, posters and postcards.
Plus a sneak peek at our new Samurai Chef t-shirt design made as part of our recent Indiegogo campaign.
Speaking of the campaign you will also be able to see the latest artwork for the book and preorder it right at our stall. If you can’t wait till then you can also preorder it online now.
Like last year, we’ll be taking Cosplay photos throughout the expo. This time around we’ll be giving evey cosplayer we photograph a 30% discount voucher for our online shop.
If you are a cosplayer make sure you drop by our stall and strike your best pose to take part.
We’re also running a competition to win a copy of the Samurai Chef manga book and an exclusive signed framed artwork featuring the Chef himself.
All you have to do is visit our stall at MCM Expo and get your picture taken while wearing the Samurai Chef hat.
After the show we’ll collect the best ones to put up on our Facebook page and the photo with the most likes by Sunday 11th November will win a copy of the book and exclusive artwork.
For all the latest happening at mayamada just drop by and talk to us about what we have planned for the rest of this year and into 2013.
You can book your tickets for MCM Expo online now. Be sure to drop by and say hi ^_^
Samurai Chef competition terms and conditions
The competition is held by Mayamada. Participants must be 13 years or over. To enter the competition, we’ll take a photograph of you wearing the Samurai chef’s hat while strike your best pose when you visit our stall at MCM Expo. All photographs taken of participants will be loaded up onto our Facebook page, Instagram and website. The winner of the competition is the person that has the most likes on their photo by the end of Sunday 11th November (11:59pm). In the event of a tie, Mayamada has the discretion to name the winner. The winner will receive a opy of the Samurai Chef manga book plus a signed a frame artwork piece by the 31st Janurary 2013 by post. Mayamada would like to feature all participants in marketing and social media publicity after the event. Any copyright arising in photography and videos taken by Mayamada vest in Mayamada.It’s been over a month since we launched our Indiegogo campaign to raise fund for the Samurai Chef manga book and we’re happy to say the fund have been raised!
Now the hard work really starts. We’ll be working to putting the book together over the next two months and it’s thanks to the people that have supported us by donating and spreading the word about or first manga volume.
Throughout September we’ll be showing the artwork as it’s being put together including previews of the manga before it comes out.
Stay tuned ^_^
Since we started making teaser pages of manga for each of our shows, people have continued to ask as when is the full book coming out. We didn’t have an answer for them, until now that is.
Today we launched our long awaited Kickstarter campaign to raise the funds needed to create a full mayamada manga book. We wanted to do this in a big way and really showcase our world of fantasy television in manga form and we’re so excited to get the word out to you all.
To make this happen we’ve teamed up with four great artists to produce the artwork for four of the first four shows on the mayamada network: Samurai Chef, The 11th Hour, Hot Lunch, and Serious. The last one is a brand new show.
But why am I doing so much talking? You can find out all the details on our Kickstarter page where you can find out how to get involved: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/401125455/mayamada-prime-time-manga-vol-1
We’ll have many more details on the progress of the campaign over the next month, including all the rewards you can get for supporting the book.
Stay tuned!