Behind every great season that is The Asian Karaoke Idol Invitational is a wonderful group of Team TAKII Coalition Members (volunteers, sponsors, & affiliates) who spearhead & proudly produce our "Vendor Festivities"! Festivity mainstays, such as "Community Centrale" & "Dealer's Dominion", are a favorite destination for all TAKII fanatics as their primary source for the best fan community interaction & best selection of swag in all of Asian-themed culture fandom! With new festivity initiatives like "Project "DATTE" (Delivering Assistance To The Extreme)" & "TAKII: A Rotunda Beautification Project", it is certainly safe to say that there will always be something different for everyone to enjoy at every season of TAKII's "Vendor Festivities". For this dynamically-sensational edition of "the world's most extreme Asian culture fusion festival", let's take a moment to preview the greatness that awaits us all:

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Making its return in time for TAKII 12 ~United We Stand~, The Asian Karaoke Idol Invitational proudly & humbly presents to the world "Project "DATTE" (Delivering Assistance To The Extreme)"! It's "the world's most extreme Asian culture fusion festival"'s answer to your typical host club auction, but with some exciting twists & turns. How it works is fairly simple: TAKII will rely on nominations from its fans (through email, our official Forum, etc.) on what individuals, or smaller groups (as compared to larger, standard "Charity Beneficiaries"), would stand to benefit the most from personalized, substancial support from the festival & its Team TAKII Sponsors & Affiliates (which could come in the form of everything from industry donations, food donations, exclusive trips, & everything-in-between ^_^). Afterwards, all Team TAKII Coalition Members will debate & vote on which individual(s)/group(s) will become our "Project "DATTE"" Awards Recipient(s) & what their level of donated support will be! Those Awards Recipients will then be honored on the official TAKII website, in addition to live at the festival itself, & will be presented with their "Project "DATTE"" swag. Given the tragedies caused by the earthquakes & tsunami in Japan earlier this year, we will also be raising funds for charities assisting with 1st-hand recovery efforts during TAKII 12 ~United We Stand~ weekend. To insure "Project "DATTE"" endures for this & future seasons of our festival, we lovingly encourage everyone to become Team TAKII Coalition Members today!!!!

As the official venue for The Asian Karaoke Idol Invitational since TAKII 3 ~Video Game Ecstacy~, The Rotunda has been a ready, willing, & able Team TAKII Coalition Member for quite some time. Through thick & thin, it has given us the home to entertain you, the TAKII faithful, through many years of blood, sweat, & tears from anyone who had anything to do with putting each season together. Now it is OUR time to give back to The Rotunda in ways that no other organization has ever done before by way of "TAKII: A Rotunda Beautification Project"! Born from the minds of & with the assistance of TAKII Co-Coordinators Rose "Yu-Gi-Oh" Rappaport & Peter "Nero" Gerber, we will be looking at ways between now & the commencement of TAKII 12 that The Rotunda can be modernized & better organized by way of varied initiatives. During TAKII 11, we took everyone on a tour through the entire Rotunda, pointing out the things that we'd like to get done (ie: painting, other creative projects, etc.) & asked all of you, regardless of talent level, or skill, to help! Our ultimate goal is to open up THE ENTIRE ROTUNDA for TAKII 13 & utilize ALL of its space for an expanded slate of programming, including (but not limited to) a vastly expanded "Dealer's Dominion" & "Community Centrale", more live performances, innovative "Festivities" of all flavors, & SO MUCH MORE!! As long as you love The Asian Karaoke Idol Invitational & have the desire to help out 1 of our closest partners in The Rotunda, "TAKII: A Rotunda Beautification Project" is going to be right up your alley (^_^). For up-to-date info on this endeavor, visit our official discussion thread today!!

Just like most everything else, The Asian Karaoke Idol Invitational is always looking for new ways to push the envelope, or raise the bar of excellent for one's fan experience. With that being said, TAKII 12 is going to be bringing back the portion of the festival we all like to call "Community Centrale"! This piece of programming at TAKII will only be as good as YOU, the TAKII faithful, make it. In what can be considered an artist alley hybrid, "Community Centrale" will be your chance to show off your stuff, promote your club, sell artwork, debut a documentary, & more! The following individuals/organizations have been selected to become "Community Centrale" participants this season (so far):

    * Prince Diamond's NegaMoon Zone
    * The Lost Otakus
    * The Foundation

Space for this sort of thing is available for a fee on a limited quantity/time basis, so the sooner you get yourselves over to the "Registration" section of our website & register for a Slot, the more likely you are at securing yourselves a spot.

Get that rare Genesis game you have always been looking for, or that new Hellsing Ultimate plushie that they just put out; the "Dealers Dominion" at TAKII 12 is yours for the taking (err...buying ^_^)! All seasons of our fusion festival guarantee you, the dealer, access to the most extreme & dedicated Asian culture fans in the world today, giving your brand optimum exposure to this very important demographic. For all of you fans, this means that you get to buy some awesome swag for some bargain prices! The Asian Karaoke Idol Invitational, for its sentimental 11th season, is happy to announce the following "Dealer's Dominion" participating individuals/organizations (so far):

    * TAKII Swag Station & Snak Shak
    * PDNMZ Shoppe X-Perience
    * Cosplay Forever!

If you would like to become a "Dealer's Dominion" participant, please make sure that you visit TAKII's "Registration" as soon as possible. Table Slots for the "Dominion" are only available on a 1st-come, 1st-served, limited basis.

With "Raffle Royale", you have an opportunity to get that awesome swag you saw at "Dealer's Dominion" (or as provided by this season's Team TAKII Sponsors & Affiliates), but for only a fraction of the cost! Tickets can be purchased from designated areas located at TAKII 12's venue at a bargain of $1.00 for 2 tickets. Drawings will be held periodically throughout the duration of the fusion festival, with no limit being placed on how much you can win. To make things even more interesting, if you win & are able to correctly answer an Asian culture trivia question, then you get your ticket recycled for the next drawing! Can YOU handle the awesomeness that is "Raffle Royale"!? Ganbatte, minna-san!!