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London Anime & Gaming Con

mayamada January 4, 2015 No Comments

We will be attending London Anime & Gaming Con this February Saturday 7th to Sunday 8th and have loads in store for you.

Collector’s Edition Manga

Not only will the new and complete edition of Samurai Chef be available at our stall, so will the limited Collector’s Edition! This sealed manga book comes with a new cover, four extra pages of story, a pin badge set, and a download link to the colour edition of our digital comic Samurai Chef Origins.

Plus, 5 copies will be stamped with the mayamada logo on the inside cover. Whoever gets a stamped book will be made into a mayamada character in a future book. There will only be 20 copies available exclusively at the event, so be quick!

How To Create Manga Panel

Interested in making your own manga? Or just curious as to how we put ours together? See us on the downstairs stage on Saturday 7th Feb for a panel on create manga. We’ll go through the process of outlining a story, creating characters, working with artists and finally pulling everything together into you very own comic.

We’ve released two books and we’re working on more for 2015 so come and ask us about the process from 1:30pm.

Anime Inspired Clothing

Along with the new comic we will also have our range of t-shirts, hats and sweatshirts on offer at our stall, including a brand new design.

And that’s not all, join us at the event next month to find out what other surprises we have planned. London Anime & Gaming Con is looking bigger than ever and we can’t wait for our first convention of the year. See you there.

You can buy your tickets at www.londonanimecon.com

NEO Magazine

mayamada May 12, 2014 No Comments

Last year we released Samurai Chef Origins, a digital prologue comic featuring a young Samurai Chef on his journey to becoming the food slicing critic he is today.

We’ve been working on recreating that comic in colour which you will be able to see in a future issue of NEO Magazine!

In the mean time you can check out the current issue #123

From NEO:

Go on an epic journey with Naruto author Masashi Kishimoto, as he discusses his postponed honeymoon, looming deadlines, and the prospect of ending possibly the greatest shonen series the world has ever seen. Also, Akira director Katsuhiro Otomo’s latest multimedia creation, Short Peace, is put under the microscope. Discover Hayao Miyazaki’s controversial, career ending movie, The Wind Rises, and get the latest previews on Japanese titles The Pilot’s Love Song and Noragami. All that, plus news, reviews, features, tutorials, cosplay, manga and more!

The magazine can be found in WHSmiths and all good newsagents, or they can purchase direct from our site – www.neomag.co.uk

Samurai Chef Colouring Competition

mayamada April 2, 2014 No Comments

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.

Samurai Chef Volume 2: Kamu

mayamada March 15, 2014 No Comments

Here’s a look at another Samurai Chef character as we get closer and closer to the volume 2 Kickstarter.

Kamu

A member of Oak Kitchen. Kamu and the Samurai Chef have past history and is particularly eager to bring about the downfall of the Samurai Chef, but needs the right team to make it happen.

You can see how he and the Samurai Chef first met in the free Samurai Chef Origins comic.

Samurai Chef Volume 2 Coming Soon

mayamada February 28, 2014 No Comments

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.

Free Samurai Chef Digital Comic

mayamada February 5, 2014 1 Comment

Samurai Chef Origins is a prologue comic that tells the story of a young Samurai Chef on his journey to becoming the infamous food slicing critic that he is today.

The 16 page comic is available now and you can get your copy below.