Last year we launched the #BeCreative campaign with the goal of inspiring and developing creativity in young people. Things got off to a great start with the support of 24 illustrators who expressed what creativity means to them through fantastic artwork. It even got featured on London Live TV!
New SAMURAI Hats @ StreetFest
Earlier this month we took the first few of our new “SAMURAI” snapback caps to StreetFest. We had a great time taking photos with people wearing them, they all look great!
If you want to be kept up to date with the release of the snapbacks and get 10% off too, sign up to our snapback mailing list.
 
Exploring Camden With StarlightPhonics
We took a trip around Camden with LP of StarlightPhonics, shooting video and stopping off at every shop that caught our eye. There are always new surprises to check out.
We’re working a new video series which will begin in spring, but until then check out some photos from our day.
Tony Goff Performance At The Archangel
Last month saw a great collection of musicians gather for a live event on Kensington High Street courtesy of talent promotion company Be On The Scene.
The night was headlined by upcoming indie artist Tony Goff. Tony put together a fantastic set, and what’s more he did it wearing our Samurai Chef and Black Kai logo tees!
Check out the photos from the night at The Archangel bar.
Introducing The New mayamada.com!
Even though many of you have complemented the old mayamada website, we felt it was still time for a change to push things forward.
We’ve been hard at work on the new website so it’s now easier for you to get products, find out about every mayamada character and see events past and present.
Here are some of the changes…
Brand New Layout
We’ve brought together all the main mayamada highlights in one place so you can get a better picture of what’s new with mayamada at any time.
New Online Shop
Our shop has been given a major overhaul for 2013. More items are now available available to purchase. Not only t-shirts but caps, accessories and the new Samurai Chef manga book.
You can also create your own account to view order status and history. And as always, we accept all major credit cards or you can pay with your Paypal account.
Blog
The blog has been brought into the main site so you can always come back to mayamada.com to see what the latest news is.
You can also check out out our Facebook Page to get involved with the brand.
Characters
It has be a long time coming but character profiles are now up on the site as well as manga for each. This includes an online preview of the Samurai Chef manga.
Right now you can take a look at the 11th Hour, Hot lunch and Samurai Chef shows. Before the year is up, expect to see this section of the website grow with more shows and more characters.
Take a closer look at the mayamada cast of characters >
Events
You can also keep up to date with all mayamada event past and present in one place.
The events section is the place to find out the next event coming up, or to see a selection of videos and photos from events gone by so you never miss out.
And for the full photo galleries, you can always head to our Facebook page.
See what events are coming up >
But don’t just take our word for it. Have a look for yourself ^_^
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Frozen Yogurt Party Recap
Thanks to everyone that came down to the Frozen Yourt Party on April 13th, we filled both floor of Tutti Frutti in Covent Garden and had a fantastic day full of frozen yogurt and lots of new faces.
Check out the highlights and photos from the day below.
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MCM Expo Photo Recap
We had fun at this year’s MCM Expo taking a ton of photos and meeting new friends. It was the perfect weather for it too.
Take a look at some of the best bits we saw in May.
Mayamada At MCM Expo Recap
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!
Calling All MCM Expo Cosplayers
As we get our plans together for the MCM Expo, we want to let all you cosplayers know about our competition to win a free mayamada t-shirt.
The rules are simple…
- Become a fan of mayamada on Facebook.
- Visit our stall in you best cosplay gear.
- Have you picture taken – get your poses ready!
- Check out the pictures on the fan page the day after MCM.
- Tag yourself when you see you picture.
- We’ll pick a shortlist of photos for everyone to vote for their favourite.
- The winner will get a free mayamada t-shirt!
We’ll announce who the lucky cosplayer is on Monday November 14th.
The MCM Expo is at the end of the month from the 28th – 30th of October. As well as our cosplay competition, we’ll have t-shirts for sale (including a brand new design), plus regular giveaways throughout the event.
We’ll be at MCM all 3 days so there’s plenty of time to stop by and take part to win a free t-shirt.
For some inspiration, take a look at some of the picks from the MCM Expo in May….
See you there ^_^
Hot Lunch Photoshoot: The Video Evidence
If you missed out on our photoshoot for our new t-shirt for our show Hot Lunch (available in guys and girls), check out the behind the scenes shots. There are tons of them!
The video is now done so you can see what we got up to on the day. Enjoy ^_^
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