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Seb

It is the Queen's Birthday, Monday 10 of June, and that means there is exactly two months until SMASH! 2013. Past experiences tell how the last two months before a major event (that you are helping to organise) tend to fly very, very quickly. And that is sort of scary. There is always something that needs to be done, and always something that will go wrong and throw the plan into disarray. But it's also exciting. Months of hard work will come together into this big event that will turned into a great day for all you.

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Marie

SMASH! now has its official poster for 2013! Our volunteers have been working hard over the past few weeks to spread the word. SMASH! is coming to town. The poster is available for download here. Keep a copy, or two, or three, and feel free to share them in your local community.

But there's more in store, so keep those posters handy. We've got a special something for y'all very soon!

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Seb

Hello everyone,

DAISUKI.net has recently been launched by Daisuki Inc. In case you didn't know already, DAISUKI.net is a legal Japanese anime distribution service comprised of several major players such as Aniplex Inc., SUNRISE INC., TOEI ANIMATION Co., to name a few, offering anime content in both Japanese and English.

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Marie
Everyone remember that event some time ago up at Macquarie's Ice Rink? We do! Thank you to all the attendees who rocked up to our Ice-Skating event back in February. It was great to see so many fresh faces and some long-time veterans too. Our folks down at Community have captured so many memories on the day, including a cosplay ice-skating limbo, consisting of a Totoro, and Assassin, and Naruto. But we weren't the only ones recording the day's events. A fellow attendee "Gigi" vlogged the day with her phone camera! A little bit of a vox pops around the place.
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Marie

Hello SMASH!ers! If all of you haven't heard about it yet, our good friends at The Japan Foundation, Sydney is holding the Evangelion Art Exhibition up until Saturday, 18 May. I had the privilege to sit down at the Q&A with Yuko Miyamura, the voice actress of Asuka Langley Soryu, hosted by Ryan Huff, Geek of Oz editor and anime writer of JB Hi-Fi's STACK magazine. Props goes to Kenji for being Yuko-san's translator. It was entertaining to listen to Yuko-san's replies and Kenji's interpretation of them all at once.

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Geoffrey
AAAAA TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE MUST DASH (Note: SMASH! is not sponsored by PepsiCo.)

Ladies and gents, boys and girls, we at IT & Ticketing are proud to announce that tickets for SMASH! 2013 are now available.

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Ray Elinon

Only three months left until August 10, 2012. Three months until our Vendor Hall is filled with exhibitors and artists. Three months until we see all of you wandering in your wonderful cosplay. Three months until Haruko Momoi appears at the Sydney Convention Centre.

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Seb

Hey everyone, it's that time of the year again! When you can grab a comic book and give it a new home... for FREE!

Free Comic Book Day (FBCD) falls on the first Saturday of May every year, where comic book stores all over the world give away comic books for no charge! You can check the full list of comics that are being given away on their site, or check here for a store near you.

As always, our friends at Kinokuniya will also celebrate FBCD. Not only that, but they will have special guest artists as well as a cosplay competition with a chance to win a $100 voucher!

KINGS Comics will also give away comics, and because this Saturday is May 4 (thus, unofficial Star Wars Day), they are expecting to see many Jedi and bounty hunters among other superheroes!

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Geoffrey
Why yes, yes I do

Ladies and gentlemen, no doubt you've heard about our super special guest announcement from this morning. I'd like to tell you a little bit about her. Her name's April...

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Marie

We've caught wind that Hanabee Entertainment (one of our many awesome sponsers) are turning one this year and they have a surprise for you. They're running their very first Design-a-T-Shirt competition! Head over to their YouTube announcement and check it out. They've got tons of prizes to give away to the lucky winner, including a Wacom Intuos 5 Touch. Submissions close on the 12th April, so send in your designs pronto!

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