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Tokonatsu 2017 Shop now open!
Greetings all! By now, regular attendees will be familiar with the idea of Tokonatsu branded T-Shirts and Hoodies going on sell for the given year. Like most cons and festivals, it’s a pretty standard setup. What you might not be aware of this time is, The Tokonatsu shop is only producing T-Shirts and Hoodies on a per-order basis. That means you won’t be able to buy any at the festival this year ad-hoc, and you MUST place an order for them ahead of Tokonatsu 2017. They will produce the numbers as per the orders, and you can collect your merc at the campsite. That said…looking at the new designs, they…
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Clash of Champions!
The Sun glistens, but you feel a light breeze brush against the sweat beading on your forehead. You stand determined, if not entirely steady, gazing into the eyes of your opponent. The cheers of the crowd rise, as the referee counts down, the weight of your weapon heavy in your hands… Many of you will have fond memories of beating a dear friend round the head with a gladiatorial stick, or throwing them out of an arena with a strange mixture of glee and rage. Either Sumo or the Gladiatorial sticks have become a staple of the festival area at Tokonatsu, giving you a chance to settle old scores, or…
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History of Tokonatsu
Greetings all! We are looking to put together a little something for this coming Tokonatsu, but we need some help from all you lovely past toko-goers. Essentially, we are putting together a History of Tokonatsu hall, but we need material to add to it. Sooooo if anyone has anything they would like to donate to the effort, we would greatly appreciate it. We plan to add to the display each year, and we think it would be a nice way for new comers to see what we’re about, and the history that our great festival has. Things we would be looking for (2005 – 2016) *Con Books (Physical or Scans)…
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Tokonatsu 2017 House names!
Ladies and gentleman… I have been given some important information regarding the house names for this years Tokonatsu. As some of you know from last years change to how houses teams are now organised that you will remain in the same houses that you have been in from the previous year. So if you where in Red house, Blue house, Green house, Orange house you will be in the house that has that colour this year also. So onto the houses… This year the house name are based after Japanese Clans of old from the Heian Period Before the current age of Warring States, another era of conflict ravaged the…
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Toko R cinema 2017
Hi Guys! Its Mike “M pro” Thanks to MVM once again we are able to bring Anime back to Toko 2017. Really without the help of MVM there would be no anime at Tokonatsu at all . They have supplied us with anime for the last 3 years! So head over to MVM’s site and have a look at what they have available. So without further ado… here is the Toko R cinema show teasers Time table Saturday Music intermission 8:00 pm Busuo Shinki 2 episodes Music intermission 9:00 pm Little Busters 2 episodes Sunday Music intermission 8:00 pm Invaders of the Rokujyouma 2 episodes Music intermission 9:00 pm Serial Experiments…
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Kuromukuro
It’s been awhile since I’ve sat down and watched a good mecha, so when Kuromukuro popped up on Netflix, I thought why not? Produced by P.A. Works, the studio behind Another and Angel Beats! with Tensai Okamura, director Wolf’s Rain and Blue Exorcist, there is decent enough pedigree involved to inspire some hope going in. And the first episode start’s with such hope and promise, opening with mechs fighting in the snow in the Sengoku period, and dead samurai littering the ground. It makes you think, “What the crap is going on? I don’t care…this is cool!” The pacing takes a bit of a turn though as the title card…
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Five Centimetres per Second
Five Centimetres per Second is an anime written, produced and directed by Makoto Shinkai, which follows a few key characters through three short episodes on a journey through life. The total runtime of all three episodes is around an hour, though when I watched it, it felt longer. This isn’t a fault in the story telling, more that the scenes are not fast paced or hectic, but take their time to tell you what they need. The story spans from the start of the 1990’s till around 2008, which was present day at the time of release. Each episode is centred around Takaki Tōno, and the first of which starting…
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Smore sir?
It was some time age that my wife to be presented me with a picture, that at first glance, looked as though her church group were all sniffing cocaine of their hands. I responded with such reasoning of, “I know you don’t do drugs…but..what?” I wish I had this picture to hand, it was a funny picture, especially when explained that they were all eating Smores, and that they were just that messy, but that good. So, when it came to the first time that we hosted a 4th July at our house in the UK, she was super excited to show us limey buggers what exactly a Smore is,…
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Toko-R 2017 Art/Writing Contest Judges
Greetings all! We are currently planning the contests for this years Tokonatsu, and we’re looking for judges! As such, we thought it would be a nice idea to invite the winners of last years competitions to come forward to judge this year, if they are so interested. We don’t have contact details for you all, but we have Jinxy of Jinxy Dragon Cosplay confirmed as a Judge already, she was one of the top three entrants in last years art contest, and has since become a celebrity in her own right through her amazing cosplays! (Seriously, go check it out!) If the winners don’t step forward, we will be accepting…
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Update incoming!
Hi Guys Mike “M pro” here Just a update of where we are at the moment, this Years Anime cinema is a Goooooo! thanks again to the amazing guys at MVM who have sent me plenty to work with for this years Toko. Site updates… so as you know we have had problems with the site going down sometimes and I’m looking at re-platforming the site to another less systems heavy OS. I’m also looking at changing the site layout to update it a little as its been on this layout for around 4 years so time for an update me thinks. News for Toko 2017? we have loads but…
