Anime Festival Asia
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Anime Festival Asia is an anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 convention that is organized by Sozo and Dentsu
Dentsu
is one of the largest advertising agencies in the world. Its headquarters are located in the Dentsu Building in the Shiodome district of Minato, Tokyo....

. It was first organized in 2008, during which singers Ichirou Mizuki
Ichirou Mizuki
, better known by his stage name , is a Japanese vocalist, lyrist, composer, voice actor and actor best known for his work on theme songs for anime and tokusatsu. For over 40 years, he has recorded over 1200 songs for Japanese film, television, video and video games. He is referred to by fans and...

 and May'n were invited as the star highlights. It has since been held annually at Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore.

AFA achieved an overwhelming success with its debut in 2008 due to it being a first of it's kind in Southeast Asia. AFA also holds an industry talk where prominent figures from the anime industry are invited to discuss the industry's prospects, socialize and form unique partnerships to further develop the anime/manga scene.

AFA is the result of the region's need for a common platform to display, showcase and celebrate their love for Popular Japanese Culture.

2008

First held at Suntec Convention Hall, Singapore. Managed to invite Koji Morimoto
Koji Morimoto
, born December 26, 1959) is an animator and one of Japan’s premier anime directors.- Biography :Born in Wakayama, Japan, he graduated from the Osaka School of Design in 1979 and a couple years later joined the studio Annapuru as an animator for the TV series “Tomorrow's Joe”...

, Animation Director of Studio 4°C and Kunio Okawara
Kunio Okawara
is a mechanical designer in the Japanese anime industry. A mechanical designer is similar to a character designer, but the design is for robots, ships, and other mechanical items found in a particular show. Okawara was the first in the industry to be specifically credited as a mechanical designer...

, mechanical designer of Gundam
Gundam
The is a metaseries of anime created by Sunrise studios that features giant robots called "Mobile Suits" ; usually the protagonist's MS will carry the name Gundam....

 for the industry talk. Ichirou Mizuki and May'n (her first overseas concert) were also present at the event.

2009

Managed to invite Danny Choo and KANAME ☆ to the event.

Created the maid cafe called "Moe Moe Kyun Maid Cafe."

Notable singers were Shoko Nakagawa
Shoko Nakagawa
is a Japanese idol, tarento, actress, voice actress, illustrator, and singer. She is best known as the presenter of Pokémon Sunday. She is the daughter of Katsuhiko Nakagawa, a celebrity in Japan in the 1980s....

 who sang a duet with Ichrou Mizuki on Day 1 of the event and Yoshiki Fukuyama
Yoshiki Fukuyama
, born September 14, 1963, is a Japanese guitarist, singer and songwriter. He originally became known on an international level for his work in the anime Macross 7 where he was the singing voice and guitar of the show's main character, Basara Nekki...

 who sang a duet with May'n on Day 2 of the event. Hatsune Miku
Hatsune Miku
is a singing synthesizer application with a female persona, developed by Crypton Future Media. It uses Yamaha Corporation's Vocaloid 2 synthesizing technology. The name of the character comes from a fusion of the Japanese for , and future , referring to her position as the first of Crypton's...

 made her first "live" solo appearance overseas.

Held the first ever "Regional Cosplay Championship" where cosplayers from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Philippine competed in teams of 2 against each other.

Invited 4 K-On!
K-On!
is a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga written and illustrated by Kakifly. The manga was serialized in Houbunsha's seinen manga magazine Manga Time Kirara between the May 2007 and October 2010 issues. It was also serialized in Houbunsha's magazine Manga Time Kirara Carat...

voice actors to the event and performed a first-ever live dubbing of certain scenes.

2010

Held on November 12–14.

Aira
Aira
Aira is a genus of about 10 species of annual grasses, native to western and southern Europe, southwest Asia and Africa. The common name, shared with the similar related genera Deschampsia and Koeleria, is Hair-grass, from the very slender leaves and stems...

 and Alodia Gosiengfiao
Alodia Gosiengfiao
Alodia Almira Arraiza Gosiengfiao is a Filipina cosplayer model, artist and host. She graduated in 2009 from Ateneo de Manila University with a BFA Information Design Degree...

 as well as KANAME ☆ were invited as cosplay judges.

Voice actresses Kana Hanazawa
Kana Hanazawa
a voice actress represented by Office Osawa talent agency. She is notable for voice acting leading roles for a number of anime television shows and other anime-related media in Japan.-Anime voice roles:Leading roles in bold2003...

 and Milky Holmes were invited to the events.

A butler cafe "Atelier Royale" was featured.

Invited singers included AKB48
AKB48
AKB48 is a Japanese female idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto.The group has achieved enormous popularity in Japan. Its ten latest consecutive singles topped the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart...

, Angela
Angela
- Geography :* Angela Lake, in Volusia County, Florida* Lake Angela, in Lyon Township, Oakland County, Michigan* Lake Angela, the reservoir impounded by the source dam of the South Yuba River-Literature:...

, Ichiro Mizuki, JAM Project
JAM Project
JAM Project is an anime music genre "supergroup" based in Japan, originally founded on July 19, 2000 by famous 1970s theme song artist Ichirou Mizuki...

. May'n and Scandal.

Movies Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: Awakening of the Trailblazer
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: Awakening of the Trailblazer
is an animated film set two years after the second season of Mobile Suit Gundam 00, as the film sees Celestial Being against a group of hostile aliens known as ELS. It is the first Gundam series to have included aliens in any of its franchises...

and The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya were screened before their DVD or Blu-ray releases.

2011

Confirmed date of the event: November 11 to November 13.

Invited singers include Ichiro Mizuki, Flow
Flow (band)
Flow is a Japanese rock band, that formed in 1998 and signed on to Sony Music Japan's Ki/oon Records label. Flow is a five-piece band made up of two vocalists, a drummer, a bassist and a guitarist...

, LiSA
LiSA
, better known by her stage name LiSA , is a Japanese singer-songwriter from Seki, Gifu and is signed to Aniplex under Sony Music Artists. Initially a singer for an indie band, LiSA made her major debut in 2010 singing songs for the TV anime Angel Beats! as one of two vocalists for the fictional...

, and Sea☆A on Day 2 of AFA. May'n, Angela, Kalafina
Kalafina
Kalafina is a Japanese band formed by composer Yuki Kajiura in 2007, mainly to perform theme songs for the anime Kara no Kyōkai. The band debuted in January 2008 with two original members from Yuki Kajiura's FictionJunction project, Wakana Ōtaki and Keiko Kubota...

, Kanako Itō
Kanako Ito
is a female Japanese singer from Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan. She has sung many songs that have appeared in video games and anime. One of her notable songs in games is , the "bad end" ending theme to the visual novel School Days. Itō has also sung songs for a drama CD and anime adaptations of School...

 and Milky Holmes on Day 3.

Hatsune Miku had her very own Live Party concert on Day 1 of the event, the first such concert to be featured in the region outside of Japan.

Chiwa Saitō
Chiwa Saito
is a Japanese voice actress employed by I'm Enterprise.Saitō is one half of the voice acting duo "coopee", along with Natsuko Kuwatani. In the "Divine Design" arc of the Getbackers drama CDs, she voices a character who battles the character voiced by Kuwatani. She is a member of the voice acting...

, Gō Nakanishi, Danny Choo , KANAME☆ and USAGI are special guests for the event.

Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
is a novel by popular Japanese author Harutoshi Fukui . The novel takes place in Gundam's Universal Century timeline. Character and mechanical designs are provided by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and Hajime Katoki, respectively...

episode 4 will be shown on the same day as Japan.
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