AFA X — Press Conference (The Important Bits)

AFA X

AFA X, the third Anime Festival Asia, will be held on 13 and 14 November at its usual venue at Suntec Convention Centre. As per usual, a small press conference was held this morning to announce some of the details. Here’s the quick low down on the most important bits that I sat through two hours for:

Confirmed guests

New programmes:

Confirmed performances

There’s also some unannounced exclusive COSPA merchandises, but the rest of the line-up appears to be SOP (standard operating procedure, not Sons of Patriot) — maid cafe (though it’s now a school uniform cafe), merchandise showcases, cosplay competition, etc.

I have to say that the biggest coup this year is probably either SCANDAL (the next ZONE?) or JAM Project. Personally, I absolutely adore angela ever since Uchuu no Stellvia. I had a hunch that they were one of the guests when Gou Nakanishi (producer of Soukyuu no Fafner and producer for angela) was listed as one of the speakers for an industry networking event that takes place one day before AFA proper.

The concert itself is split into two days as per last year, with JAM Project and Ichirou Mizuki on day 1 and the SCANDAL, angela, May’n on day 2. I suspect the two movie screenings will also be similarly divided, with Gundam 00 on the first day (to fit in with the whole manly robot theme), but that’s just my speculation.

Ticketing information is all up on the official site. It seems that this year the organizer is breaking the tickets down into even more tiers. I’m currently eyeing the concert ticket for the second day… SCANDAL is pretty cool (I mean really, it’s basically a real-life corporate-owned K-ON!) and angela is just incredible all the time.

And here’s a cover of K-ON!’s “Don’t say lazy” by SCANDAL.

Still no Maaya Sakamoto of course. Just as yosou.

This entry was posted in Otaku and tagged , , . Bookmark the permalink.

14 Responses to AFA X — Press Conference (The Important Bits)

  1. omo says:

    Angela is a riot, I really like them back when they were trying out the waters in the US. And they’ve gotten only better since.

    Also, JAMPro AND Aniki? That’s epic already and they haven’t even performed yet.

  2. Soulshift says:

    It is rumored that Maaya’s staff will only agree to holding a concert here if a full band, including piano and string quartet, is provided for.

  3. DarkMirage says:

    The rumour I heard is that she only wants to do solo events and not anime events. Of course, I suspect that it’s also possible that November is always a busy time for her.

  4. Anon says:

    It’s held during November eh? This should be interesting

  5. Steelkokoro says:

    November huh ^^

  6. deadbeat says:

    oh my! another Angela fan! we come pretty rare nowadays. Quite surprised that they actually managed to make a trip here. I wonder if our suggestion to Robin from sozo early this year actually played a part or not.

    I’m quite surprised you are so keen about Scandal, given your animosity towards the k-on moeblobs…

  7. deadbeat says:

    with regards to maaya sakamoto, can I just have it on record that I’m willing to pay the 2 day AFA ticket ($198) just for a place at her concert if she ever comes to Singapore? ^_^

  8. Azure says:

    Scandal is decent, Jam Project is legend (I suppose), May’n comes for AFA everytime, but angela, Aoi Haru, Fafner songs or maybe some songs from Stellvia.

    Just that the ticket price went up again…

  9. Tom says:

    Anyone watching the Singapore screening of Gundam 00 movie?

  10. Terrie says:

    Scandal is awesome!!!!! I’m a big fan of these girls. man too bad I dont live in singapore or I would have gone to the second day to see scandal and angela..I’m happy for scandal..they just debuted and are becoming popular really fast, they’ve been on almost every music show now, mostly the popular music shows…SCANDAL!!!! ANGELA!!!!!

  11. X says:

    I’m definitely going now that there’s much more variety. Although I’m more interested in the second day tickets, but I also want to watch the movie screenings of both shows… oh damn.

  12. Kinny Riddle says:

    I now own both of SCANDAL’s albums, and I can say they deserve all the plaudits that they get and are not merely riding on the schoolgirl rock kraze caused by K-ON and Angel Beats.

  13. Hello There says:

    Anyone looking forward to DarkMirage thrashing the Gundam 00 movie?

  14. Sherryplus says:

    lol this month xD too soon!
    thanks man

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *