I just got home from the press conference for the second Anime Festival Asia and got a feel of what this year’s AFA09 will feel like.What feels like not too many daybreaks ago, a young innocent boy travelled through time all the way from 1989 to witness history unfold one fateful September day yesteryear with the birth of Singapore’s first anime convention. Now we are all grown up. *Sniff* It’s all so beautiful — a quintessential coming-of-age story.
But I digress.
This year’s Anime Festival Asia (AFA) will take place on 21st to 22nd November at the Suntec City convention hall (in Singapore) as per last year. In additon, there will be a one-day corporate event called Animation Asia Conference (AAC) on the 20th for industry sharing and shoulder-rubbing. So there’s something for not just the kids and the young-at-heart, but also suits looking to expandify and integratize their regional new-media social networking portfolios. Making up words is fun.
Reiko, the bilingual MC, speaks better English than me
The suits
Here’s a bullet-point breakdown of AFA09 announcements so far:
- Confirmed performers:
- May’n
- Shoko Nakagawa – all-round otaku idol/blogger
- Ichirou Mizuki
- Yoshiki Fukuyama – JAM PROJECT! FIRE BOMBER!
- Regional cosplay competition – auditions to be held in various countries.
- Danny Choo – showcasing Mirai-chan merchandises, giving talks, and moving to some Stormtrooper groove.
- Bandai stuff – Gundam 30th anniversary, Power Rangers, Harumika, Cook Joy, BAKUC.
- Moe Moe Kyun maid cafe – a cafe. With maids.
It definitely looks like the event is growing (literally in some sense), particularly the industry networking side which has expanded from a corner of the event hall to its own day. And of course with almost three months left to the actual convention, there will no doubt be more announcements coming in the official AFA09 website.
A random Minuki (Trucy Wright) cosplayer
Personally, I’m a lot more excited about Yoshiki Fukuyama than Shoko-tan. Although as with May’s performance last year, I doubt that the event organizers will be able to secure screening rights for Macross 7 footages, given the legal shit-storm that is the franchise’s international distribution rights — a sobering warning to all aspiring creative talents on the danger of selling out too early. What a pity. The songs were the only thing that made 7 fit for viewing and they worked great too.
Bandai’s Cook Joy — It’s like Cooking Mama in tangible 3D
It appears inevitable that this blog will eventually become nothing more than a collection of distilled madness and PR mouthpiecing. Although the Gundam Unicorn series airing next spring may provide some rejuvenating blog fodder… But I digress again.
So anyway, I’m sure I’ll be seeing many of you at uncomfortably-close range come November at AFA09. (Please wash your hands and have a breath mint.) In the meantime, maybe it’s about time I get an external flash for my timeworn Canon 400D.
Lack of the rumoured Maaya Sakamoto makes this event a pass. Ugh. I mean, lol encores lol lol lol
Lol, wasn’t it supposed to be Mizuki Nana? The Bjorn gang got shafted, poor guys.
Not just lack of rumours, but 100% confirmed that there will be no Maaya. Sad panda. :(
sigh… :(
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WAI NO NANA :(
Fukuyama is awesome. Don’t miss him! Hoping he and Aniki will do something together for you Singapore boys and girls.
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Would really have loved to have been there, except I didn’t know anything about it until now… (^.^;)
Hopefully, will meet up at the actual even itself.
You say that almost like it’s a bad thing.
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This year i gonna be super early not to miss out on any special gundam on sale. Last year i miss out on the exia tran-am transparent version. Now i cant find it.
Trucy Wright Cosplay, nice. XD
People in Singapore get all the fun posts. I wish I lived somewhere that had easy access to conventions like this.
Also: MAIDS @_@
At my college dorm’s Halloween party there were 4 Japanese bunny-meidos. Try that for a cosplay combo. Quite excellent.
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But isn’t Unicorn OVA? o__O and I haven’t heard anything about a station picking it up….
tj Han: It’d be great if nana mizuki really came
:3 I’ll go find bandai at compass point first
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Ooh the press conference looked super epic! Sadly they forgot to invite me. (^.^)
Also, the guest list isn’t complete yet and there will be more surprises in store!
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