An entire culture on display, a lifestyle that has influenced so many people around the world and Singapore had the honour of hosting the Anime Festival Asia 08 at Suntec City during the weekend.
Armed with a Diamond VIP pass, I managed to head down to catch the action and was greeted with a massive display of Exia from Gundam 00 at the entrance.
While everyone was walking around looking at the various displays and collectors’ toys on sale. There were various stage performances. This one in particular was the Tamagotchi characters which were damn cute la.
Here’s another unique event that was happening. An arcade showdown at the far end of the convention hall. Full on arcade machines with fierce competitors battling it out for top spot!
The collectors’ toys that were on display were my favourite part……apart from May’N’s performance….hehehe! There were exclusive toys from Bandai, Kotobukiya and Medicom Toy and more!
Not to mention western comic book character toys were also on display from the likes of Batman, Ironman and the Hulk.
Of course the Japanese toys added on to provide a wide variety of toys on display.
The highlight of the first day of AFA08 was the live performance by Ichirou Mizuki who is the King of Japanese anime songs having performed over 1200 anime songs.
I didn’t buy tickets for his performance cos I was on a budget spending the money on May’N live instead. None the less his music was more than impressive whihc any anime fan would appreciate.
Last but not least for the first day, I’m happy to say that I managed to get the stands I need for for my Gundam 00 collection!
Oh and here’s a special mention, Janet joined me, Kenneth and Shaun on the first day and she decided to well…..”cosplay”….ahem, no comments! Hahahaha!
All photos in this blog post are provided by Kenneth
Danker out!
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