I’m sure everyone is looking forward to Anime Festival Asia, the largest annual anime event in Singapore that is scheduled to take place from 11-13 Nov 2011. We are less than 3 days from the start of the event and to celebrate the countdown, alafista.com will be having a special “Countdown to AFA’11 – Concert Tickets Giveaway”.

For this giveaway, the prize is a pair of Day 2 VIP Tickets to the “I LOVE ANISONG” concert on 12 Nov 2011. The performing artists for that night include FLOW, Ichiro Mizuki, LiSA and Sea☆A.

Contest Instructions:

• Head over to alafista.com Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/alafistadotcom
• Click on the “like” button if you had not done so before
• Tag yourself in the photo of the giveaway contest
• The contest will close on 10 Nov 2011, 2359 hours (GMT+8) or when the tagging limit is reach (whichever first)
• The winner will be randomly chosen by myself and announced in the same post
• I will contact the winner via Facebook message with instructions on how to collect the prize

Contest Rules:

• The contest is open to everyone
• If the winner is uncontactable by 11 Nov 2011, 2359 Hours, I will select another winner
• For ticketing information, please visit http://www.animefestival.asia/ticketing.html
• Collection of the prize will be done in Singapore outside the AFA11 event halls
• My decision is final

For the Nendoroid Nagi Sanzenin Giveaway, the correct answer is [3pm, 217]. Hence the prize goes to Otaqueen for giving the closest answer!

For the 1/7 Konomi Yuzuhara PVC Giveaway, it was tough deciding between the three submissions. In the end, both Maha and myself picked Jorge‘s submission as the winner. Congrats!

For the Anime PVC Figurine Giveaway, there were many quality submissions and I was really glad to see everyone putting in their best efforts. In the end, my favorite submission was from Nekomimi036 because it was simple and yet told a story that Haruhi was resting on the bench after using the paint cart to draw out the words.

I hope everyone enjoyed themselves taking part in the contest and I will be contacting the winners pretty soon about their prizes. In the meanwhile, do keep coming back to this site and I promise there will be better content with every anniversary passed. ^^

Today’s giveaway will require you to exercise your creativity:

1. Submit an original artwork or a photograph. Within your submission, there must be something that reads “Happy 4th Anniversary Alafista.com”

2. Head over to HobbyLink Japan and select an anime PVC figurine you’d like as the prize

Just like the previous giveaway, this contest is strictly for the loyal readers of my site. To qualify for the contest, you would need to have commented at least 10 times on my site. Alternatively, you will qualify also if you are following my twitter account or have liked my facebook page, but I would need you to indicate your facebook or twitter username as part of the answer so that I can identify you.

Here are the rest of the contest rules and some hints:

• You can submit as many entries as you like
• Pls submit your own original creation, I strongly discourage any plagiarism
• Upload your submission(s) online and leave the image link in the comments section
• You can only select figurines that are currently in stock
• If you happen to win the contest but the figurine you chose has been sold out, then you will need to select another figurine
• I will announce the winner at the end of the contest and you need to send me your address. HLJ will be sending you the figure.
• Deadline is 29 May 2011 12pm (+8 GMT)

For this contest, I didn’t set much criteria so everyone can exercise their own imagination. You can draw anything you fancy, photograph random people holding signboards, photograph your Dollfie or Figurines, etc.

So once again thanks to HobbyLink Japan for their generosity (do show your support by shopping there).

While browsing my site, you might notice a kawaii little fox featured in my top banner of my site. For those that are unfamiliar or has just recently started reading this site, it is actually my site mascot Akari. Akari was designed by one of my long term reader and good friend Maha during the 2nd anniversary where I had held Mascot Design Contest for my readers to participate. Apart from being featured on my banner as the site mascot, I had used Akari as my identity as my avatar icons and even on my namecard.

I had been wanting to organise this contest for quite sometime but never had a chance to do so. Hence I thought I would do it for this giveaway where I would request everyone to send in their fanart submissions of Akari.

There are not many rules for this contest:

• Everyone is allowed to enter and you can submit more than one entry
• Once you completed the fanart, you can upload it onto any image hosting site and leave the image link in the comments
• I will be inviting the original mascot designer Maha to help select her most favorite piece of fanart as the winner
• Deadline is 28 May 2011 12pm (+8 GMT)

I’m planning to feature all your works somewhere on the site. Probably as part of a new banner or something else, so pls send in more entries XD

So once again thanks to Hobby Search for their generosity (do show your support by shopping there).

As you have probably read by now that AKB48 is holding regular performance in Singapore and their first concert was held last Sunday. Even though I was helping out as one of the official photographer, I had bought myself a concert ticket to show my support for my favorite idol group. Below is a shot of my ticket stub and if you noticed, I had purposely photographed it in such a manner that certain details at the top are blurred out.

For this contest, I need you to answer two very simple questions:

1. There were two performance. Which timeslot did I attend is this ticket for?
2. What is the last three digit of my ticket? (e.g. 123, 654, 222)

Just like the previous giveaway, this contest is strictly for the loyal readers of my site. To qualify for the contest, you would need to have commented at least 10 times on my site. Alternatively, you will qualify also if you are following my twitter account or have liked my facebook page, but I would need you to indicate your facebook or twitter username as part of the answer so that I can identify you.

Here are the rest of the contest rules and some hints:

• Everyone is allowed one try and you need to provide your answers in the following format (e.g. 12pm, 376).
• The person with the closest answer for the last three digit will win the prize
• The tickets were colour-coded for the different performance timeslots (Ticketing information is found somewhere in my blog)
• There were about 600 attendees for each performance
• Deadline is 28 May 2011 12pm (+8 GMT)

I hope everyone would have good fortune for this giveaway. If not, you can always try out the other giveaways XD

So once again thanks to Hobby Search for their generosity (do show your support by shopping there).

This post will be made the main sticky post and will contain the links to all the ongoing giveaway that I will be holding. The winners of each prize will also be announced on this page, so I strongly recommend that you temporarily bookmark this page and check back frequently.

4th Anniversary Giveaway:

- Nendoroid Nagi Sanzenin [Guess the details on my AKB48 concert ticket]

- 1/7 Konomi Yuzuhara PVC [Fanart contest of site mascot Akari]

- Anime PVC Figurine of your choice!! [Exercise your creativity]

Well without further ado, here are the respective winners for all the different prizes

- Monster Hunter Tissue Case [Answer: 34 hours 38 minutes] – Winner: shinkawa

- Monster Hunter Earphones Winners: otaqueen, nendoxnerd, nintendokid

- Robot Damashii 00 QAN[T] Winner: ShouTakuya

- Nendoroid Haruhi Suzumiya Disappearance Ver. [Answer: Red GF1 ($600)] Winner: mizuhochan

- 1/7 Saber Triumphant Excalibur PVC Winner: Aldridge

- Monster Hunter Goodie Pack Winners: AstrayP03, Demi, yasuragi, Asa, Rem

The winners would need to contact me via email alafista[at]gmail[dot]com with your nickname, real name, address and contact information. I will try my best to send out the gifts next weeks.

For the sixth and final giveaway, I will be giving out all the remaining Monster Hunter goodies – 3 boxes of die-cut rubber clip, and 3 boxes of cellphone charms, sponsored by Hobby Search!

Starting 2011, I intend to introduce a point system, so that readers will earn points for participating actively in everything related to this site: following my twitter/facebook, joining a contest, leaving comments, etc. Then I would make use of these points to reward my readers based on their level of participation. Hence, I would like to take this opportunity to gather your ideas and honest feedback again.

1. Do you think a point system should even be implemented?
2. How should be point system be maintained? (e.g. using a spreadsheet, etc)
3. What are some of the different kinds of activities that should earn you points? For example:
   - leaving a comment = 5 points
   - commenting on other comments to generate more discussion = 10 points
   - submitting an idea for an article post = 20 points, etc
4. How do I reward the readers using the points? For example:
   - exclusive giveaways for readers who meet a minimum point requirements?
5. Is anyone interested in helping me maintain the point systems? (your efforts will be rewarded)
6. Pls feel free to add any other comments

I’ve decided to make this final giveaway free for all, so there’s no requirements. Here are the rules of the giveaway and what you need to do:

1. Leave your answers in the comment section below
2. There is no right or wrong answer, pls provide as many ideas as possible
3. The deadline for this giveaway is 31 Dec 2010, 12:oopm (GMT +8).
4. I will select 10 lucky readers and reward them with a goodie pack of  monster hunter rubber clips and cellphone charms

So thats the end of my Christmas giveaway. I hope everyone had fun participating and congratulations to all the winners ^^

I’m sure many of you folks would love to have this figure. Thus I’ve decided to step up the difficulty and effort required for this giveaway:

Make an otaku-styled 2011 Rabbit New Year Card for alafista.com

Just like the 3rd anniversary giveaway held back in July, I will be rewarding the loyal readers of my site. To qualify for the contest, you would need to have commented at least 10 times on my site. Alternatively, you will qualify also if you are following my twitter account or have liked my facebook page, but I would need you to indicate your facebook or twitter username as part of the answer so that I can identify you.

Here are some hints and guidelines for the giveaway:

1. According to the Japanese zodiac, 2011 is the year of the rabbit うさぎ
2. There are no restrictions, you can choose to make a real card or a digital version. If you make a real card, then you would need to take photos of the card.
3. Be as creative as possible – draw a bunny girl on your card, take a shot of your figures celebrating new year, or even cut your card out in the shape of a rabbit! XD
4. You can submit as many entries as you like
5. Upload the photo(s) online and leave the image link in the comments section
6. The deadline for this giveaway is 30 Dec 2010, 12:oopm (GMT +8).
7. The winning New Year Card will be feature on 1 Jan 2011
8. At the end of the contest and you need to send me your address. HLJ will be sending you the figure.

I will be announcing one last final giveaway, so do remember to drop by after your Christmas holidays.

Today’s giveaway will require you to exercise your creativity and a device capable of taking a photo:

Submit an original Christmas-theme shot/series of photos that features your Gundam model kits or Gundam character figurines  (example below):

Just like the 3rd anniversary giveaway held back in July, I will be rewarding the loyal readers of my site. To qualify for the contest, you would need to have commented at least 10 times on my site. Alternatively, you will qualify also if you are following my twitter account or have liked my facebook page, but I would need you to indicate your facebook or twitter username as part of the answer so that I can identify you.

Here are the rules of the giveaway and what you need to do:

1. Your photos must be related to Christmas (e.g. Gundam wrapping presents, etc)
2. Your photo(s) must feature at least one gundam model kit or figurine of a character from the Gundam series. But you can include other non-gundam elements (e.g. Nendoroid partying with Gundam, etc)
3. You can submit as many entries as you like
4. Pls submit your own original creation
5. Upload the photo(s) online and leave the image link in the comments section
6. The deadline for this giveaway is 28 Dec 2010, 12:oopm (GMT +8).
7. Try to be as creative as possible. Don’t worry about photo quality but focus more importantly on conveying the storyline
8. I will announce the winner at the end of the contest and you need to send me your address. HLJ will be sending you the figure.

I will be announcing the scale figure giveaway tomorrow, so do remember to drop by after your Christmas eve dinner/party. Good Luck to all the Gundam fans participating in this contests ^^