Newsletter #10 - August 15th, 2008

SMASH! Announcements
Winners of the SMASH! 2008 Competitions

Announcements

SMASH! - is over for 2008

A HUGE THANK YOU! to everyone for making SMASH! 2008 a resounding success once again! We have so many people that we'd like to thank for their support.

Firstly, a huge thank you to our generous sponsors: Madman Entertainment, Wacom, Anime At Abbotsford, Ajisen Ramen, Canson, Kings Comics, Kinokuniya, Tamarket, VeryBerry and Yorokonde - Anime Anytime!. Please see the Sponsor List (http://www.smash.org.au/sponsors/sponsor-list) for more information on our Sponsors.

We'd also like to offer a round of applause to our guests, for helping to make the day special by displaying their talent and skills, particularly Hidenobu Kiuchi and Kidchan who travelled quite far to be with us. Please see the Guest page (http://www.smash.org.au/guests/guests-info) for more information on this year's Guests.

Next, thank you to our Affiliates (http://www.smash.org.au/sponsors/sponsor-list) and Artists (http://www.smash.org.au/artist-circle/artist-list); as well as the SMASH! staff and volunteers who worked hard to make the day a success!

Finally, we couldn't possibly forget: Our attendees, without whom SMASH! would not exist!

Important Lost and Found Information

There were items handed in to the Info desk on convention day. If you have lost anything that day, please email contactus@smash.org.au and file a report with us.

However, if the item was not handed in to SMASH!, contact information for UNSW Kensington campus can be found on our forum thread titled "Lost and Found Information" (http://www.smash.org.au/forums/index.php/topic,1856.0.html).

Help SMASH! improve in the years to come!

If you did not fill in the survey form on the day and you would like to leave us your feedback, there are two methods available:

1. Post in our forums under the Aftermath - 2008 section (http://www.smash.org.au/forums/index.php/board,30.0.html).

2. If you do not wish to give feedback publicly, please email contactus@smash.org.au with your feedback. Thank you.

Winners of the SMASH! 2008 Competitions

There were a number of competitions run on convention day this year. In recognition of the winners' efforts, their names are below:

Animavericks AMV Competition

- First Place: Intensity Squared by Purge
- Runner up: Cherished Memories by Mark Sombillo (Amvience Studios)

Madman Cosplay Competition

Best Male
- First Place: Nick Hererra (Yoshi - Super Mario Bros)
- Runner up: Andrew Manzo (Alex Rowe - Last Exile)

Best Female
- First Place: Verity Lawrence (Princess Midna - Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess)
- Runner up: Suri Junin (Suigintou - Rozen Maiden)

SMASH! Special Award (Best New Cosplayer)
- First Place: Thuy Linh Chu (Tsukasa - .Hack//SIGN)

Best Group
- First Place: N.Vi.Mi - Donna Yim (Chii) and Alice Lee (Freya) - Chobits
- Runner up: CSC Love - Xuanzheng Lin, Jie Jiang, Xiaoxiao Liang, Linlin Bi, Leyangzi Tan, Wanting Ren, Feifei Jiang, Jie Shen - Code Geass

Best Skit
- First Place: Go! Speed Racer Go! - Anita Lun (Taejo Togokhan), Ailee Webb (Speed Racer) - Speed Racer
- Runner up: Asteriks - Scott Smith (Pein), Errol Harris (Uchiha Itachi) - Naruto

Tamarket Anime Trivia

- First Place: Team Awesome, at 62 points

Art Competitions

Comic Competition
- Over 18: Peggy Lai

Digital Art Competition
- Under 17: Hayley Williams
- Over 18: Alan Takayama

Traditional Art Competition
- Under 17: Cathy Ngauv
- Over 18: Fiona Darwin

Doodling Competition
- Under 17: Aya
- Over 18: Hyae Na Glassick
- Special Mention: Elizabeth Vo

Manga Idol
- First Place: Samantha Calcraft

Character Design Competition
- First Place: Alastair Sew Hoy (Chuc), Daniel Aguirre-Zeder
- Special Mention: Helen Li, Ryan Shiu, Aully Qian

Catch The Barrel

- First Place: Derek Viet

Dollfie Photo Competition

- First Place: Mei Mei
- Second Place: Yi Feng
- Third Place: Patrick

Fanfic Competition

Comedy/Parody
- Mission 693 by QueenCatTabby

Romance/Drama
- Flight by Kin

Games

Super Smash Brothers Brawl
- First Place: Andrew Kepreotis
- Runner Up: Chris Pinto

Tekken 5
- First Place: Bo Xu
- Runner Up: Franco Lay

Dance Dance Revolution - Standard Bracket
- First Place: Eugene
- Runner Up: Brendan Cheung

Dance Dance Revolution - Heavy Bracket
- First Place: Joshua McKinnon
- Runner Up: Chris Mann

Ossu!
- First Place: Mitchell

Stepmania
- First Place: Stephen Kolmann
- Runner Up: Anna Nguyen

Karaoke

Best Male
- First Place: Alex Ngai, singing Junpaku Sanctuary

Best Female
- First Place: Janet Yuen, singing Grand Blue

Please see the Aftermath page (http://www.smash.org.au/aftermath/2008-post-event-report) for more information on this year's Competition Winners.