Born in 2008, Anime Festival Asia (AFA) claims to be one of the largest J-pop culture events in the world, covering Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Japan.
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Gundam mini statue |
AFA organized close to 30 festivals in the past 10 years, and have welcomed a smashing number of 1.7 million attendees in total over the years. They recently celebrated their 10th anniversary back in 2018, with the event attended by 105,000 visitors from around the world.
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Day 1 crowd |
This year’s event featured an array of exhibition showcase, hosted celebrity cosplayers, various artists, and concerts.
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NEZUKO-CHAN! |
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Sword Art Online: Alicization |
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Rei cosplay from Neon Genesis Evangelion |
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Milim Nava cosplay from Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken |
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Sakura cosplay from Cardcaptor Sakura |
Among other activities, the crowd was insane as usual with so much booths and stage performance to visit, C3 AFA is known to have their events being hosted for 3 days straight!
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Fate/ Grand Order Duel FGO Mini Figure Collection gameplay |
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Shonen Manga wall display |
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XP-Pen tablet demo test |
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XP-Pen booth |
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Manga De Japan booth |
One of their many main attraction is the "I Love Anisong" stage concert where they invited recent famous singers directly from Japan to perform for each night of the event. For C3 AFA Singapore, we managed to witness the debut of Junna, Fhana, May'n, Myth & Roid and many more as they ended each concert with a bang!
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Junna concert |
As C3 AFA Singapore 2019 came to an end, we are relieving every moment that happened throughout the weekend as we write this article. We could only wished to have all our crew member bare witness to another amazing ACG international event as the year ends. Here's to next year's Anime Festival Asia as we roll out 2020!
Credits to the official photographer of C3 AFA Singapore 2019 for the photos
Written by KittyBoss
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