Best Cosplay: Cara
Best Dressed (Original Outfit): Michael
Superstar (Best Dancer): D'arcy
Fan Service Prize: Ashleigh
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Prize Winners - Neko Nation Purrth May 2011
Presenting the prize winners from Neko Nation Purrth, May 28 2011. We originally planned to announce it on the night but considering how crowded and loud it was, it was going to take far too long to make the announcements, so we ended up doing it throughout the night instead. So for those who are curious, here are the prize winners from Neko Nation Purrth!
Best Cosplay: Cara
Best Dressed (Original Outfit): Michael
Superstar (Best Dancer): D'arcy
Fan Service Prize: Ashleigh
Best Cosplay: Cara
Best Dressed (Original Outfit): Michael
Superstar (Best Dancer): D'arcy
Fan Service Prize: Ashleigh
Thursday, May 26, 2011
DJ Line Up: Neko Nation Purrth: May 28th 2011
7:00-7:40
Chiptunes
Giddy Kong
Neko Nation Purrth opens up the night chiptunes crazy. Giddy Kong is going to be starting up on the decks for the night with plenty of retro awesomeness and fun to be had by gamers and music lovers alike!
7:40-8:20
J-rock
Catalystic
Neko Nation's J-Rock veteran and founder of Neko Nation Purrth returns to the decks with a variety of J-rock and a few surprises from some of your favourite video games!
8:20-9:00K-pop
Nyu Kid
Time to get your K-Pop moves on! Nyu Kid is our master when it comes to playing really danceable and fun K-Pop. Not afraid to get his cosplay and dance moves on, he's one hell of a DJ and dancer too!
9:00-9:40
Game-step
Leviathan
New to Neko Nation Purrth, Leviathan made his debut in Adelaide and is here to play a special "game-step" set. Mixing lots of your favourite gaming tunes into some very interesting dubstep tunes that will satisfy your cravings for bass and gaming tunes alike
9:40-9:45
Prize Announcements
Best dressed and Cosplay
9:45-10:25
Anime anthemsSaccharine
The well beloved catgirl Saccharine and owner of Neko Nation Radelaide is here to hit the decks in Purrth with her special anime anthems set. Expect nothing but an entire set dedicated to theme songs from all of your favourite animes, get your groove on because the dancing and fan service prizes are awarded after her set!
10:25-10:30
Prize Announcements
Prize Announcements
Superstar and Fan service
10:30-11:10
Bubblegum Pop Catalystic
It's pop for otakus, gamers and geeks alike as Catalystic will be introducing the first ever bubblegum pop set at a Neko Nation event! If you love Japanese, Euro and Swedish pop like Aqua, Basshunter and Caramell, you're in for one special treat and expect a dash of J-Core just to mix things up a bit!
11:10-CloseLulzcore-trollstep
Giddy Kong
Nobody knows what to expect when we let Giddy Kong loose for one last set on the decks. It's always one crazy and amazing unpredictable last set that either sends people leaving in disgust or the crowd wild. Expect many surprises, expect awesomeness and expect to be trolled!
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Prizes and Sponsors
Everyone who comes to Neko Nation is highly encouraged to dress up, dance and have lots of fun. Not only do we just encourage this but we heavily reward all this as well. The original Neko Nation had two competitions and one sponsor. This time around we've got four competitions and not one but we have at least ten sponsors on board now!
Thanks to Empire Toys our main sponsor who have overloaded us with an insane prize package which we've had trouble fitting into the prize packs, let alone all the other prizes to give away too! Our other sponsors include Miss Pixies, Steam Generation, Trash Glam, EVM Productions, Graver Clothing, Black Parasol Designs, Prince Photography, Wednesday's Photography, Hairlucination and Saccharine Desolation.Throughout the night we are planning to announce the prize packs, each prize pack contains a variety of prizes from our various sponsors and it's safe to say that some of these prize packs are valued at around the $100 mark each! So what does it take to win the prizes?
Best cosplayWe encourage everyone to dress up and cosplay if possible and for those who can do it well you might be in the running to win an amazing prize pack. We have a few expert judges around on the night who will be analysing all the outfits and the amazing effort put into the outfits. Even if you don't win the thrill of being able to party with cosplayers will be one awesome experience!
Best dressedFor those who can't and don't wish to cosplay, dress up in your best outfit, whether you want to dress lolita, visual kei, ganguro, cyber, goth, rave or whatever crazy outfit you can muster. Like above we will be having a look at all your amazing outfits, however we are looking for a mix of style, creativity and effort here. Dress to impress and you shall be rewarded
Best dancer prize (Superstar/J-Idol) Dance, dance, dance and you could win the best dancer prize. This is a prize that will go out to the best dancer on the night although what does it take? We're looking for people who are open minded to dance to a variety of different genres and styles, can come up with some creative moves and have lots of fun!
Fan service prize
What's anime without fan service? Impress staff, fans, photographers and everyone! We'd like to say that this prize speaks for itself, get creative and maybe you could win this awesome prize pack (or two!).
What's anime without fan service? Impress staff, fans, photographers and everyone! We'd like to say that this prize speaks for itself, get creative and maybe you could win this awesome prize pack (or two!).
To be eligible to the win prizes, you must be in the venue between 9:30-10:30pm, we will be posting up the exact timetable for the event soon!
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Neko Nation Purrth: Update and Upgrade
Oh hai, we’ve upgraded your local anime, otaku and gaming party! Want to know what this whole "bigger and better" thing we've been talking about is? We're making it so much better then the first one!
An epic new music format!
We’ve got more DJ’s on board including a chiptunes DJ and a catgirl on the decks! We’re also launching a new speedycaked music format, featuring shorter sets, meaning more variety and more DJ sets!
We’ve got more DJ’s on board including a chiptunes DJ and a catgirl on the decks! We’re also launching a new speedycaked music format, featuring shorter sets, meaning more variety and more DJ sets!
Anime Anthem Set!We're going to be launching our anime anthems set in Purrth after being a successful smash hit in Radelaide. Basically we've got a catgirl on the decks who will play nothing but anime theme songs back to back throughout her entire set, plus you get a pretty catgirl to look at!
More Catgirls and Sushi!Due to the overwhelming popularity on the door, we’ve come prepared with a lot more sushi and catgirls this time. We’re introducing more new sexy catgirls (and possibly a catboy!) and bringing back our catgirl twins, Kae and Saccharine!
New Visuals
We’ve reworked the AMV playlist and currently looking at getting some anime artwork on the walls for our event. Even if you’re not dancing, there’s going to be a lot more to take in around the club.
We’ve reworked the AMV playlist and currently looking at getting some anime artwork on the walls for our event. Even if you’re not dancing, there’s going to be a lot more to take in around the club.
Drink SpecialsExpect extremely cheap energy drink specials from Bar 138 this time. We’re also working with Bar 138 to introduce “Mana Bar’ gaming themed cocktails this time!
More prizes and competitions!
Adelaide saw the introduction of two prizes, best original dressed and also the fan service prize on top of the original best cosplay and dancing prize. Thanks to awesome sponsors on board, we have many more prizes to give away, so dress up, dance hard and party hard to win some of the awesome prizes we have on board this time!
Adelaide saw the introduction of two prizes, best original dressed and also the fan service prize on top of the original best cosplay and dancing prize. Thanks to awesome sponsors on board, we have many more prizes to give away, so dress up, dance hard and party hard to win some of the awesome prizes we have on board this time!
Friday, May 20, 2011
Neko Nation History - Part 2
There isn't a part one as such but it's been written earlier in my first thank you post that Neko Nation was started by Catalystic in late 2010 as a side project out of pure frustration that nobody had created his vision for years, so Catalystic went ahead and put on Neko Nation in Perth on February 5th 2011 to great success. The story after that night got quite interesting, (if I go into personal details this will go for ages!).
Here's the story on how we took the event to Adelaide
Saccharine was taken on board as a catgirl for the first event and was also providing a lot of support and was also on board as an adviser as well and flew out here with her own money, Catalystic never asked for Saccharine to fly over, she flew over on her free will. Having seen success of the first event, Saccharine told Catalystic on how she would put on an event in Adelaide,. Over the next few days the plan got developed further and Saccharine took every point out of the Perth event and made sure to expand on it big time. We officially decided to become partners in business. Not only that but we became partners personally as boyfriend and girlfriend, despite the long distance.
Work got underway on both events and along the way things have been picking up momentum fast, this event just kept getting more and more potential and it expanded into the absolutely mindblowing event you got to see in Adelaide. This time the roles were suddenly switched around this time with Saccharine taking on the event manager role while Catalystic played an advisory and assisting role. The event in Adelaide rocked, there was no doubt that we had to put this on again.
Now we move onto the next event in Perth and it's an emotional one since it's where the magic all began again but if you're expecting a repeat of last time, think again, having taken lessons from the last two events, it's going to be an epic new show in Purrth this time around! It's also emotionally in terms of Saccharine and Catalystic falling for each other here and it's also Catalystic's last show before he moves over to Adelaide for good, meaning our new official home will be in Adelaide.
So make it a big one Perth, so we can return back here in the future! <3
Here's the story on how we took the event to Adelaide
Saccharine was taken on board as a catgirl for the first event and was also providing a lot of support and was also on board as an adviser as well and flew out here with her own money, Catalystic never asked for Saccharine to fly over, she flew over on her free will. Having seen success of the first event, Saccharine told Catalystic on how she would put on an event in Adelaide,. Over the next few days the plan got developed further and Saccharine took every point out of the Perth event and made sure to expand on it big time. We officially decided to become partners in business. Not only that but we became partners personally as boyfriend and girlfriend, despite the long distance.Work got underway on both events and along the way things have been picking up momentum fast, this event just kept getting more and more potential and it expanded into the absolutely mindblowing event you got to see in Adelaide. This time the roles were suddenly switched around this time with Saccharine taking on the event manager role while Catalystic played an advisory and assisting role. The event in Adelaide rocked, there was no doubt that we had to put this on again.
Now we move onto the next event in Perth and it's an emotional one since it's where the magic all began again but if you're expecting a repeat of last time, think again, having taken lessons from the last two events, it's going to be an epic new show in Purrth this time around! It's also emotionally in terms of Saccharine and Catalystic falling for each other here and it's also Catalystic's last show before he moves over to Adelaide for good, meaning our new official home will be in Adelaide.So make it a big one Perth, so we can return back here in the future! <3
Neko Nation Thank You Post
Originally taken from Catalystic's personal Facebook notes.
6 months ago the original vision for an anime themed night club was born as a side project for in my uni break. An event that was created just for the pure fact that I got tired of waiting for someone else to put an event on that I decided to put it on myself. Basically it was a simple idea, create a night that not only played Japanese music but also music from animes and video games, present an interesting environment that catered to anime fans, gamers and geeks alike and add in nice little welcoming touches such as having catgirls serving sushi.
As the original founder of Neko Nation, this event was beyond my wildest dreams, I originally created this event as a small fun one-off side project in my university holidays to have a bit of a small fun party but Adelaide was definitely a lot more then that! This was one hell of an event which I’m so immensely enjoyed, not just as an event promoter but also as an actual fan of the event.
Neko Nation Adelaide may have lasted up to 6 hours for those who went, for the people behind the event; it has taken 3 months to put on the event and a total of 6 months if you include the original planning behind the first Neko Nation in Perth. There is so much work that happens to make this event possible and it takes a lot of people to put an event like this on and I’m extremely thankful for everyone’s help.
First of all, to everyone in Perth who made the first event a success which encouraged me to put on another one (well actually, two since the next Perth event is coming up soon!). It was such an amazing night and we felt that it was a great event that we would put on again on a bigger and better level. The support you gave us made Adelaide happen.
Live on Light Square provided us with an amazing venue and they took a huge risk with our event. It’s hard to convince venue owners to put on an event that has never been done before and they were more than happy to not only take on our event but help with so many of our demands to make this event happen. They went above and beyond and did everything it took to make the event work and even lots of small touches such as the Princess Peach shots which I found absolutely delicious! I'd also like to give a special shout out to all the guys who helped set up the lighting and DJ equipment in the venue as well too.
To all the photographers at the event who capture the amazing images of the event, you have mdae myself and many others so very happy. I have so many good memories of the night which have been summed in photos of myself and capturing many memories of others and there were so many amazing outfits and moments that got captured which I thought were truly special. The professionals have done an amazing job but even the fans and staff members who brought digital cameras or their phones to share their pictures on Facebook, thanks a lot, everyone and myself included loves going through the pictures from the night.
The DJ’s did a stunning job and really make our event very interesting and unique. We had amazing DJ’s for our event, they all did an amazing job and I’m impressed they looked the part and really had lots of fun interacting with the crowd. The DJ’s made the night special and Neko Nation has got an amazing line up of DJ’s, we’ve got some experienced veterans in the rave scene pumping out a variety of hardcore, hardstyle, dubstep, electro and industrial. We’ve got some amazing DJ’s who pumped out a nice variety of songs from all sorts of Japanese genres. While there are too many to name, Giddy Kong was a highlight flying all the way from Perth and paying for our resident catgirl Kae to comeover too who was playing a variety of dirty electro, dubstep, hardcore, gabba, speedcore, splittercore, hip hop, trollstep, lulzcore and Nyan Cat. We had DJ’s playing lots of fan service songs, in particular tracks such as Sailor Moon, Caramelldansen, One Winged Angel, Nyan Cat, Still Alive and the crowd really went off for the Pokemon theme song! My only gripe was that the DJ’s were too good and I was often torn between both rooms and had to miss some amazing sets due to DJing or having a good time in one room.
The catgirls need a huge mention, originally included as a small diversion in the original plan, they’ve become the stars of the show. I originally planned for the idea to get catgirls serving sushi but once Susannah got on board, she made it her mission to take it even further. She got 7 of the sexiest and cutest catgirls (and one catboy!), to serve sushi and my god, the outfits they were all wearing were incredible. These people were specially chosen due to their amazing looks and personalities. Just having them there, they looked amazing and really added to the atmosphere and yeah these are seriously the hottest alternative models in Adelaide and Australia for this show! The personalities brought them to life, not just while serving sushi but interacting with guests, dancing, DJing and just having fun! The icing on the cake was the Damage Dollz performance. I was so blown away, they put on one hell of an amazing show, for those that weren’t there you missed out, imagine having four extremely hot sexy catgirls brought to life playing with each other. It was one super sexy show that really emphasised how great catgirls really are.
A very special thank you must go out to Anthony, Julia, Kerry Anne and Giddy Kong. We had 4 other people and 5 including myself who chose to come to Adelaide and help out with the event out of their own free will, I never asked for anyone to come over at all. It’s one thing to get people helping out with your event, it’s another to get people who are willing to pay hundreds of dollars to help out and in the cases of the DJ’s get called up to play sets at the last minute. Believe it or not, the majority of the time, we used interstate DJ’s rather than local ones since between the three of us we played almost 7 hours!
Of course, without the fans, this event wouldn’t have happened. We got a fair bit of praise in Perth but in Adelaide, you guys have really shown your love for this event. It’s a huge risk to start a new project and until the event, we had to do our best to sell our event with just ideas alone and we were glad you supported it. At and after the event I’ve seen a lot of praise the event and it really means a lot to us since we really do put it on for you all and it helps us get through what is a very tough times in the lead up to the event.
I’ve had a blast, some of my highlights include playing my anime and gaming 180bpm set which featured J-core and hardcore remixes of tracks such as Sailor Moon, Neon Genesis Evangellion, Pokemon, Zelda and Caramelldansen to name a few. Getting to join in the mass caramelldansen, dancing to the anime theme songs set from Saccharine. The super sexy Damage Dollz Catgirl performance. Nomming on lots of sushi. Meeting all the catgirls and hanging out with the DJ’s. Seeing some epic outfits and talking to a few of the awesome fans (I worked and danced at a lot of the event so I didn’t get to socialise as much as I would have liked again!). Drinking Princess Peach shots, playing One Winged Angel. Tricking people with my trap outfit and being tricked by Susannah and Kerry Anne’s twin outfits! If I had a favourite moment when Pokemon was played and everyone joined in a circle and started singing along was quite magical.
However this event happened all thanks to Susannah, the head promoter of Neko Nation Radelaide. Susannah actually helped out with securing a venue for the Perth event and decided to fly over and become a catgirl for the Perth event. She loved the event so much the day after the event we got to work on an Adelaide version of the event and just before she left we had a draft plan for the Adelaide event ready to go. From this moment on me and Susannah become partners, not only in business but personally as well.
Susannah saw the original ideas and wanted to make it huge. We ended up going late, it got put into two rooms, we brought in six new stunning catgirls over the original pair from the first event, we had new DJ’s in many styles of music which had people learning about new genres that never thought existed. We saw new concepts coming along such as the gaming and anime anthems hours, the catgirls were given new life and their very own show, new prize categories which rewarded people for having fun as well as looking great and overall just making the show even better than the original.
The result was mindblowing, I loved the event so much, half of it I had fun working and helping out, while the other half I spent actually having fun and enjoying myself. The only downside was that the concept was so big was that often at times there was so much going on I didn’t know what to do, which room to dance in, who I should talk to, which outfits I should look at (I missed the epic Nyan Cat outfit!) and just deciding what to do, there was just too much to do!
I had so much fun and despite all the work, late nights, risk and stress involved in putting on events, I love it and it’s thanks to all of you who have made this event truly amazing. I can not wait for the next one in Adelaide (and also the others around Australia too!) and trust us it will be bigger and better than ever. <3
Neko Nation Adelaide may have lasted up to 6 hours for those who went, for the people behind the event; it has taken 3 months to put on the event and a total of 6 months if you include the original planning behind the first Neko Nation in Perth. There is so much work that happens to make this event possible and it takes a lot of people to put an event like this on and I’m extremely thankful for everyone’s help.
First of all, to everyone in Perth who made the first event a success which encouraged me to put on another one (well actually, two since the next Perth event is coming up soon!). It was such an amazing night and we felt that it was a great event that we would put on again on a bigger and better level. The support you gave us made Adelaide happen.
Live on Light Square provided us with an amazing venue and they took a huge risk with our event. It’s hard to convince venue owners to put on an event that has never been done before and they were more than happy to not only take on our event but help with so many of our demands to make this event happen. They went above and beyond and did everything it took to make the event work and even lots of small touches such as the Princess Peach shots which I found absolutely delicious! I'd also like to give a special shout out to all the guys who helped set up the lighting and DJ equipment in the venue as well too.
To all the photographers at the event who capture the amazing images of the event, you have mdae myself and many others so very happy. I have so many good memories of the night which have been summed in photos of myself and capturing many memories of others and there were so many amazing outfits and moments that got captured which I thought were truly special. The professionals have done an amazing job but even the fans and staff members who brought digital cameras or their phones to share their pictures on Facebook, thanks a lot, everyone and myself included loves going through the pictures from the night.
The DJ’s did a stunning job and really make our event very interesting and unique. We had amazing DJ’s for our event, they all did an amazing job and I’m impressed they looked the part and really had lots of fun interacting with the crowd. The DJ’s made the night special and Neko Nation has got an amazing line up of DJ’s, we’ve got some experienced veterans in the rave scene pumping out a variety of hardcore, hardstyle, dubstep, electro and industrial. We’ve got some amazing DJ’s who pumped out a nice variety of songs from all sorts of Japanese genres. While there are too many to name, Giddy Kong was a highlight flying all the way from Perth and paying for our resident catgirl Kae to comeover too who was playing a variety of dirty electro, dubstep, hardcore, gabba, speedcore, splittercore, hip hop, trollstep, lulzcore and Nyan Cat. We had DJ’s playing lots of fan service songs, in particular tracks such as Sailor Moon, Caramelldansen, One Winged Angel, Nyan Cat, Still Alive and the crowd really went off for the Pokemon theme song! My only gripe was that the DJ’s were too good and I was often torn between both rooms and had to miss some amazing sets due to DJing or having a good time in one room.
The catgirls need a huge mention, originally included as a small diversion in the original plan, they’ve become the stars of the show. I originally planned for the idea to get catgirls serving sushi but once Susannah got on board, she made it her mission to take it even further. She got 7 of the sexiest and cutest catgirls (and one catboy!), to serve sushi and my god, the outfits they were all wearing were incredible. These people were specially chosen due to their amazing looks and personalities. Just having them there, they looked amazing and really added to the atmosphere and yeah these are seriously the hottest alternative models in Adelaide and Australia for this show! The personalities brought them to life, not just while serving sushi but interacting with guests, dancing, DJing and just having fun! The icing on the cake was the Damage Dollz performance. I was so blown away, they put on one hell of an amazing show, for those that weren’t there you missed out, imagine having four extremely hot sexy catgirls brought to life playing with each other. It was one super sexy show that really emphasised how great catgirls really are.
A very special thank you must go out to Anthony, Julia, Kerry Anne and Giddy Kong. We had 4 other people and 5 including myself who chose to come to Adelaide and help out with the event out of their own free will, I never asked for anyone to come over at all. It’s one thing to get people helping out with your event, it’s another to get people who are willing to pay hundreds of dollars to help out and in the cases of the DJ’s get called up to play sets at the last minute. Believe it or not, the majority of the time, we used interstate DJ’s rather than local ones since between the three of us we played almost 7 hours!
I’ve had a blast, some of my highlights include playing my anime and gaming 180bpm set which featured J-core and hardcore remixes of tracks such as Sailor Moon, Neon Genesis Evangellion, Pokemon, Zelda and Caramelldansen to name a few. Getting to join in the mass caramelldansen, dancing to the anime theme songs set from Saccharine. The super sexy Damage Dollz Catgirl performance. Nomming on lots of sushi. Meeting all the catgirls and hanging out with the DJ’s. Seeing some epic outfits and talking to a few of the awesome fans (I worked and danced at a lot of the event so I didn’t get to socialise as much as I would have liked again!). Drinking Princess Peach shots, playing One Winged Angel. Tricking people with my trap outfit and being tricked by Susannah and Kerry Anne’s twin outfits! If I had a favourite moment when Pokemon was played and everyone joined in a circle and started singing along was quite magical.
However this event happened all thanks to Susannah, the head promoter of Neko Nation Radelaide. Susannah actually helped out with securing a venue for the Perth event and decided to fly over and become a catgirl for the Perth event. She loved the event so much the day after the event we got to work on an Adelaide version of the event and just before she left we had a draft plan for the Adelaide event ready to go. From this moment on me and Susannah become partners, not only in business but personally as well.Susannah saw the original ideas and wanted to make it huge. We ended up going late, it got put into two rooms, we brought in six new stunning catgirls over the original pair from the first event, we had new DJ’s in many styles of music which had people learning about new genres that never thought existed. We saw new concepts coming along such as the gaming and anime anthems hours, the catgirls were given new life and their very own show, new prize categories which rewarded people for having fun as well as looking great and overall just making the show even better than the original.
The result was mindblowing, I loved the event so much, half of it I had fun working and helping out, while the other half I spent actually having fun and enjoying myself. The only downside was that the concept was so big was that often at times there was so much going on I didn’t know what to do, which room to dance in, who I should talk to, which outfits I should look at (I missed the epic Nyan Cat outfit!) and just deciding what to do, there was just too much to do!
I had so much fun and despite all the work, late nights, risk and stress involved in putting on events, I love it and it’s thanks to all of you who have made this event truly amazing. I can not wait for the next one in Adelaide (and also the others around Australia too!) and trust us it will be bigger and better than ever. <3
Top Ten - Adelaide
10. Being asked if the DJ really did play “Rick Astley” 9. Seeing the whole room singing along to the Pokemon theme song, talk about epic karaoke!
8. The whole front room caramelldansen in unison
7. Certain people perving on Catalystic then realising he was a trap. XD
6. Trying to count which was played more often (including remixes) Caramelldansen or Nyan Cat, both were at least played three times from memory!
5. Cosplaying, some bizarre ones included Troll Face, Master Chief, Diglett and even Nyan Cat!
4. Saccharine’s anime anthem’s set, Pokemon, Sailor Moon, Panty and Stocking, so much epic anime awesomeness
3. The door person having difficulty finding a place to stamp Master Chief!2. The Damage Dollz uber-sexy catgirl performance, the Youtube video does not do this performance justice.
1. Sexy catgirls (and our first cat boy!) with free sushi, epic win.
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