The future of our industry

It's quite an epic time to be a geek in Australia, there are all sorts of new cons and events popping up everywhere.  Our regular cons are growing epicly and I've been told that Supanova hit some pretty epic crowd numbers recently throughout the events.

We're also seeing all sorts of new cons and festivals popping up, some of these include Consensual and the K-Pop festival in November.  The growth of smaller subcultures of yaoi and yuri and K-Pop is showing a massive expansion all around.

The likes of Shin-Tokyo and Empire Toys, geek stores have been growing in size and popularity this year, despite all the online competition which has seen many retail chains around close down this year.  They're still rising above the challenge as fans remain loyal to their businesses.

The Mana Bar has launched recently in Melbourne after it's success in Brisbane, news was that the owners got into trouble with the council for blocking the footpaths due to the insanely long lines on launch.

For those on in Perth and Adelaide, we've had Neko Nations here instead which the last one managed to hit capacity and the announcement of our tour, there is no shortage of us slowing down any time soon either.

This week also sees the soft launch of Tokyo Hardcore at AV-Con (Adelaide), which has come about due to a high demand in Japanese fashion.  There's been a lot of interest and hype surrounding it's launch and it is going to look quite spectacular once they have their soft launch a few months from now.

It is a great time to be in this industry.  For those thinking about entering though, a word of caution, everyone in this industry works damn hard to strive for perfection, including myself, however it's because we love what we do and from my end, I can't wait to expand Neko Nation, kick start this tour and help our industry grow massively.  ^^