Neko Nation - Tour Updates for November

Got some pretty exciting updates in regards to Brisbane and Adelaide plus some details in regards to all the other shows we're working on, let's get started with what's happening!

Melbourne
We have got plans for a Melbourne show in 2012, we are currently in talks of teaming up with another local production crew who have been involved in Manifest to combine for an uber Melbourne show.  We will have more updates soon.


Sydney
We have started getting some catgirls and DJ's on board and have almost got everything almost ready to go, more details in the near future.  ^^

Perth
We've got a new venue lined up and just waiting to sign the contract any day next week to go ahead.  Things have gone a lot slower than we would have liked due to figuring out the best options in regards to an event on Wai-Con weekend.  We do have something and details will be announced soon.  ^^

Adelaide
We've recently had a meeting with AV-Con on Friday.  To cut a long story short, we're working together with AV-Con for this show and in future shows which we are really excited about.  The biggest news is that we are having the AV-Con media team coming down with their video cameras to film the event for their latest project, AV-Con TV!

We're working extremely hard on making it the best event ever with a lot of work done on every detail that we can to make the event better.  Remember the overheating issues, air conditioning sorted.  Want more prizes, extra sponsors obtained.  We've got some amazing music producers such as Korw and Neko Theory plus interstate DJ Giddy Kong coming in from Perth.  We've got a huge AMV set up organised and arranged.  A brand new lighting setup we're working on as well, the amazing new music line up and our biggest staff list yet, (close to 28, our average show usually has 10-15 in comparison!).

Brisbane
Our debut show is getting very exciting over in Brisbane with our most massive demand seen for an Eastern states show ever!  We've recently just sorted out our DJ line up for Brisbane and my god is it one of our most amazing DJ line ups yet.  We've got big local names and interstate DJ's coming down for our debut Neko Nation Brisbane show.



DJ Triex (Owner of Ruffbeatz Records):
We've got the owner of Ruffbeatz Records, the biggest J-Core record label in Australia!  His label includes the likes of DJ S3RL, Helblinde and Shingo DJ just to name a few.  Bringing his amazing array of J-Core and a couple of surprises on board, we're very excited to have our biggest name yet join Neko Nation!



DJ Agr1ppa (Bitch Brigade)

Well known for her work behind Brisbane industrial band Bitch Brigade, Agr1ppa will have a DJ set featuring all things pink, cute and PVC (or is that kawaii?).  Famously well known as well for her love of all things Japanese which will feature plenty of Japanese pop and club tracks, we are extremely excited to have her on board for Neko Nation Brisbane.


DJ Giddy Kong (WA)
If you think that DJ's are overhyped jukeboxes, then you obviously have never seen one of Giddy Kong's sets.  Neko Nation's most famous and craziest DJ is well known for his insane and crazy antics, ranging from hacking toy guitars and DDR mats to his DJ equipment to various sound samples to make for an interesting set.  With his music variety being quite erratic, from Rickrolling to 600bpm madness, he is a unbelievably unique DJ that will have you either dancing, laughing or ragequitting.  Did we mention that he has a pedobear outfit as well?  XD

Get excited Brisbane, this promises to be one of our best shows yet!

Next Neko Nation Purrth - 28th May!

Neko Nation held its first event in Perth on the 5th of February, intending it to just be a small experimental event to ‘test the waters with’, and we ended up with even more people than expected! Well we were so impressed with the positive response and how much fun everyone had that we had no choice but to announce a second event in Perth on the 28th of May @ Bar 138. We’ve also had enough interest to announce our first interstate show in Adelaide, which we'll announce the details soon!

For the first event we will admit that we were more than happy just to make it through the night, and being an experimental event, we tried lots of things. Some things worked great, and there were some areas where we want to improve. So this time around you can expect the same Neko Nation you know, only bigger and better!

So what are we doing differently this time?

Moar catgirls, moar sushi!

We thought we had this sorted, but a Zerg rush of South Korean proportions meant we didn’t have as much to go around as initially planned. This time we will be ordering a lot, and we mean A LOT, more sushi to keep you going throughout the night!

We are also be getting more catgirls, keeping the super sexy Saccharine Darling and Kae-Chan but finding them more kitty sisters to play with! We will also be giving the catgirls more of a hostess role, making them more approachable, friendlier and fun to hang out with. They are our mascots for this event, and we want people to remember the awesome experiences they had with our catgirls!

Music/DJs

We are working on a brand new intense music format on the night that sees shorter sets and more styles of music. We’ll be throwing in a chiptunes set and encouraging the DJ’s to play more anime and gaming tracks, as well as just generally having more DJ’s and a lot more fun. We’ve also got a twitter that you can tag us in and request all the songs you want to hear on the night!

Sponsors and Prizes

It’s hard to get interest, sponsors and support for a brand new experimental event. This time around, we’re aiming to get a lot more sponsors and prizes, and we’re looking at keeping our competitions for “Best Dressed” and “Superstar” (dancing, cosplay performance) as well as adding a brand new category, “Best Fanservice”!

Experimental Art

While having the AMV’s playing in the background certainly helped give it an anime feel, we’re looking at having much more fun with this and expanding it more! We will be contacting local artists to display their anime and manga artworks to give the venue a better atmosphere.

Giddy Kong will also be getting involved with his “Bent Toy Project”. This will see your childhood toys evolve in a way you never thought possible. They will be given new life, names, "upgrades" and soul devouring capabilities. More info about this project and how you can get involved is available here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=193954910624404

Drinks

If all goes to plan, we’re going to be serving anime and gaming themed cocktails! Now you don’t have to go all the way to Mana Bar in the eastern states to experience the taste of anime and gaming and have a great time!

As you can see, there’s a lot of ways that we will be making this event even better than last time! The official flyer and tickets will be available online in a few weeks time, and we’re also looking into possible retailers to sell our tickets as well. We’re doing a lot of hard work behind the scenes, and we are all very excited and looking forward to the 28th of May for Neko Nation Purrth!

About Neko Nation

Our event is a chance for people to enjoy their interests in anime, gaming and Japanese culture in a different, more exciting, nightclub environment. Neko Nation features DJ's playing j-pop, j-rock, visual kei and j-core, chiptunes and 8bit, as well as anime and gaming themes. We have screens playing AMVs all night, cosplay, gaming tournaments, as well as what makes the event really popular, our special team of sexy catgirls who serve free sushi all night! The catgirls really are the heart of the event, playing the role of hostesses who help to break the ice, interact with guests, dance and are just a lot of fun to look at.

We strive to create a totally immersive and interactive experience for the anime/gaming/otaku community of Australia.

http://www.nekonation.com/

Adelaide

If you have the money, try to make it down to Adelaide. There will be 7, I repeat 7, of some of the hottest alternative and Lolita models in Australia as our catgirls for the night, as well all the other awesome things that will be happening there across two massive rooms packed full of fun!!  More details soon!

Personal Thank You

Hi everyone

I just wanted to say to the bottom of my heart a huge thank you to everyone who came down to Neko Nation.

My motivation to create this event was basically having seen similar events around the world and thinking to myself for years, when is somebody else going to put an event on like this?  Having been involved with event promoting in the past, running my own business and having got the funds to put an event like this on, I said that if nobody else was going to do it then I would.

I was hoping there would be other like minded people and in the end there were on the night, what seriously made my night wasn't the number of people there or how much money we made, it was literally going around seeing the smiles on people's faces and all the fun you were having.  I do mean this because I could have easily made lots of money with some boring RnB event instead but I have no motivation to do so.  However, enough money was made so we can put on another event.

There are so many amazing highlights for me but things such as seeing everyone Caramelldansen or the Still Alive sing along at the end made me very emotional and it's moments like this that I will personally hold onto for the rest of my life.

It wasn't all my show, a lot of people were involved and were a massive help, Cassius, Matthew and Giddy with their DJing, Wednesday and Madman or the camera and video camera respectively, Milleh and Ryan on the door plus our wonderful catgirls Kae and Saccharine.

There is a huge special thanks to Saccharine, for giving me lots of advice to get this event going and this event would have never started if it wasn't for her.  She personally chose to flew all the way from Adelaide from her own personal expenses just to help out and visit this event and she has lots of amazing memories from everyone she met on the night.  She is now my new business partner and is putting on Neko Nation in Adelaide and she's really, really pretty to look at.  XD

It's thanks to people like you events like this can exist, there's a lot of love, time and effort that goes into putting on an event like this and we are so glad there are other like minded people who are willing to support this sort of thing as we truly enjoy putting on these events.  Your support keeps us going and motivated to put more events on and make them bigger and better, there's a fair few things we're working on in terms of improving next time for our Perth show and if you're in Adelaide it's going to be hell of a show, hell it's worth flying over for!

I say all this looking back on all the photos and videos of the event, revisiting all the memories, it was something special which I hope you all enjoyed and I seriously can not wait to do this again (and again and again)!


<3 Catalyst!c
Neko Nation Founder