(⭐ *Note: applications are NOT on a first-come-first-served, but are selected 70% by jury and 30% by lottery)

When all of the things mentioned above aren’t keeping him busy, Howard enjoys cooking, whaling in gacha games, and trying to get his cat to love him.

As a video game developer, Howard got his degree in game design and has worked as a VO Audio Designer for VALORANT at Riot Games and SUPERVIVE at Theorycraft Games.

Howard is also a VTuber! He streams a variety of games under the name Dust XinXue.

Abel Walker in Mashle, Whitley Schnee in RWBY, Pelleas in Fire Emblem Heroes, Tatsuya Himuro in Kuroko’s Basketball, Wakiya Murasaki in Beyblade Burst Surge, Vinsmoke Ichiji in One Piece, Hikari in Octopath Traveler II, Aaron Wei in Trails Through Daybreak, and many more!

Kenshin Himura in Rurouni Kenshin (2023), Hajime Kokonoi in Tokyo Revengers, Tsutomu Goshiki and Rintaro Suna in Haikyu!, Haruichi Izumo in Kaiju No. 8, Sandalphon in the Granblue Fantasy franchise, Louis James Moriarty in Moriarty the Patriot, Shihai Kuroiro/Vantadark in My Hero Academia,

The parade route will run west down 9th Ave SE, from Studio Bell to 6 Street SW! More information to come as we receive it!
🔥 LETSGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO🔥

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The parade route will run west down 9th Ave SE, from Studio Bell to 6 Street SW! More information to come as we receive it!
🔥 LETSGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO🔥

otafe.st/PrideParade2... ◀️

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Thank you to @cypritree.bsky.social for creating our artwork for 2026 - we are
⭐ V E R Y ⭐ excited!!!

Early bird tickets on sale at otafest.com!

Keep on living, Otafest.

All winners showed in this post will be receiving a gift from @plamod_official on behalf of Bandai!

We would like to congratulate once again all of our winners! We can't wait to see what you enter in next year!

Qualifiers:
MGSD Barbatos by Adrian Lim
Wing Zero's aim is accurate to 1/100th of a Unit! By Kevin Hong
HG Gundam Loto by Emilio Blanco
PG Exia by Alec de Paz
Cat and Mouse by Rocky Au

And remember...
"Gunpla is freedom. You can build it as you like. You can fight with it
as you like. Just build Gunpla as you think best, and enjoy the battles
to your heart's content."

"Hero of None" Award - Savaged Zakus By: Quan Vo
"Picasso" Award - HG Beguir-Beu By: Karman Ngan

We want to thank everyone for joining us this year in celebrating all things Gunpla, and especially PLAMOD for partnering with us for prizes!