KUALA LUMPUR 11 November 2021 – Uplive hosted a special event for the Otaku (people of geek culture) in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand, in collaboration with World-renowned Japanese maid cafe – at-home cafe to organize the ULPIVE HALLOWEEN NIGHT Cosplay Costume Competition, where nine Uplive hosts dressed up to compete for the grand prize of 1,000 uCoins.
The three-day event took place from 29-31 October from 8 pm to 11 pm (MYT), where guest judges – Dreaming Ashley, Malaysian Cosplay Personality, and Karen Sakurai, Japanese Anime Convention Specialist & International Judge assessed the contestant’s performance based on creativity, originality, character, and personality.
For those unaware, the at-home café is a famous attraction in Akihabara, Central Tokyo, where people from all across the globe travel to experience the unique family-friendly maid-themed cafe. It is a comfortable environment for visitors to express their maid-master fandom and indulge in delectable kawaii meals served by waitresses dressed in maid costumes, similar to Anime, Manga and Games.
Through this partnership, Top Maid Idols from the at-home cafe made a live appearance during the costume contest and announced the launch of their new Halloween-themed song titled – メイドメア パーティー (‘maid-mare party’ in English) that premiered on their YouTube page at 10.30 pm, 30 October. Be sure to check out their music video at https://www.youtube.com/c/Cafeathome17.
At the live event, World’s #1 maid – the Legendary Maid Hitomi, a server who worked her way up to being the Chief Branding Officer and the most popular maid at the at-home café, wowed the entire southeast Asia audience with her special performance.
Uplive Malaysia and at-home cafe has hosted this event to not only entertain the huge anime fan-base in Southeast Asia, but also exercise the exchange of different cultural views and perspective between Southeast Asia and Japan. According to them, this event is one of many more to come, so follow them on Facebook for latest updates – @at.homecafe.jp | @UpliveMalaysia | @Uplivemsia | Dreaming Ashley ドリーミングアシュレイ Cosplayer and Talent.
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