In just
over a week #shounenjump Jump Festa 2014 is on with all the latest #Naruto,
#OnePiece, #Bleach, #Yugioh, #Pokemon goodies!
For those
that have not heard of Jump Festa before, it is an annual expo run by Shounen
Jump to promote their series, related merchandise and latest games from various
Japanese game studios. Nintendo and Square Enix always have big booths set up
show casing new games while Bandai and TakaraTomy show case new toys. The best part of this expo is that it is free to enter!
So if you are in Japan for the weekend before Christmas I strongly recommend
going.
Now that
the intro is over lets get onto the fun stuff, the goodies! Each year they have
special merchandise for sale only at the show. To get access to these goods you
have to queue up before entering in a separate queue. After waiting an hour or
so you are placed in a holding area where you are given a catalogue and an order
form. You get about thirty minutes to fill it out before proceeding to the
cashier who sends the list off to their little helpers who pack all the items
you have ordered before letting you lose upon Jump Festa! Whether you’re a Pirate
at heart who wants to sail the seas with Luffy or you secretly practice your ninjutsu
skills at work or day dream of blending into the back ground to line up the
perfect shot for your team mates in a game of basketball you can be sure they
will have a must have item for your favourite Jump series.
You can click on the link below to check out all the goods on offer. Sadly they do not have
pictures for every item yet. If you see something you like, please message us on
Facebook or Ebay and we will pick it up for you. http://www.jumpfesta.com/goods/goods1.php4 (The original goods page is all in purple.) I will be going both days so if you are interested in goods from a particular series I will take as many photos for you on the first day and then if you want anything I can collect on the Sunday.
One of the items I personally have set my sights on is this beautiful Yugioh rubber
play mat featuring Galaxy Eyes Photon Dragon and Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon. I may be slightly biased as I have a photon deck :)
If you like
a bit of spice in your life, perhaps you would like a 3D mouse from the hit
cooking manga Shokugeki no Soma.
This cute Tony
Chopper from One Piece would be the perfect shelf guardian for 2014!
Or perhaps
instead of a pink beast you can go for a yellow assassin professor from the series
Ansatsu
Kyōshitsu (Assassination Classroom) to protect your room.
Also keep
dry this winter with this quirky yet cute Elizibeth umbrella from Gintama.
Pokemon are also making a show with Pokemon XY battles, cosplay battles (?), discount power MAX o-power (?) and the item, Weakness Policy (じゃくてんほけん).