NUS Comic and Animation Society

Anime Festival Asia 2009

Location:

Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre (Suntec Singapore)

Date:

Saturday, 21st November and Sunday, 22nd November 2009

Animation Asia Conference 2009 (AAC09), a one day business conference, will be held in conjunction with AFA09 and will take place on 20th November. Organized jointly by I-Promo Events & Marketing Pte Ltd, SOZO Pte Ltd and Dentsu Singapore Pte Ltd, AFA09 is sponsored by Bandai and SANYO, with Animax as the official regional media partner.

General Ticketing Information for AFA09:

‘I LOVE ANISONG Concerts

21st November – Ichirou Mizuki and Shoko Nakagawa. Special appearance by Hatsune Miku.

22nd November – Yoshiki Fukuyama and May’n

General Public Ticket:

S$15 for 1 Day Ticket, S$25 for Weekend Pass

Student Concession:

S$12 for 1 Day Ticket, S$20 for Weekend Pass

Free Entry for Children aged 12 and below.

Concert 2-Day Pass (on sale from 19 Oct):

S$188 for 2 Day Pass

Concert 1-Day Pass (on sale from 26 Oct):

S$108 for 2 Day Pass

All general tickets can be bought at the door or through online pre-registration for weekend passes only. Pre-registrants need not queue up on show days to collect their tickets! For the “I LOVE ANISONG’ Music Concerts, customers can purchase tickets from SISTIC counters or at www.sistic.com.sg for the two-day music event.

Extract of Anime Asia Conference 2009 Press release:

AAC09’s lineup of speakers includes:

• Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Kadokawa Group Holdings

• Mamoru Hosada, Director of anime blockbuster hits ‘Summer Wars’ and ‘The Girl Who Leapt Through Time’

• Edmund Shern, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Storm Lion and Senior Vice President at Radical Publishing

• Shiro Sasaki, Chief Executive Officer, Flying Dog Inc. and Producer for many Anime Music Blockbusters

• Kotaro Sugiyama, Senior Vice President and Head of Solution (Strategy) / Creative Department for Dentsu Inc.

• Danny Choo, Chief Executive Officer of Mirai Inc. and Japan’s top English blogger on Japanese popular culture

Extract of Anime Festival Asia 2009 Press release:

Virtual Idol Live Performance at AFA09 “I Love Anisong” Music Concerts

Virtual Idol Hatsune Miku will make her official stage debut outside of Japan where she will be performing live on stage.

2009’s Hottest Japanese Anime Cast Appearance –K-ON! Girls ‘Live’ on Stage

The voice cast will be performing a live dubbing session of a scene from the anime itself. Fans of the show can get to know more about the series during a question and answer session after the dubbing session. Interested fans will have to submit the questions in advance via the AFA09 website.

Top Japanese Anime Studios at AFA09

AFA09 has confirmed that two major animation production companies will participate within the Industry Showcase in the main event hall. More Anime Studio participation will be announced at a later date.

Tatsunoko Productions is an animation production company founded in 1962, and known to create anime blockbusters such as Speed Racer, Gatchaman, and Macross. The animation company also co-produced the blockbuster anime, Neon Genesis Evangelion together with Gainax. In 2005 the company produced Karas, an anime that mirrors Tokusatsu as their 40th Anniversary work.

MADHOUSE Studio is a leading animation studio, founded in 1972. It has created and aided in the production of many well known titles, starting with TV anime series Ace of Nerae! in 1973, and including western favourites Ninja Scroll, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, Trigun and Di Gi Charat. Their most recent works are Chaos;Head, Deathnote, Needless, and the highly acclaimed movie production The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.

COSPA

Japan’s leading manufacturer for anime and cosplay merchandise at AFA09 COSPA, Japan’s leading manufacturer for anime, cosplay and gaming merchandise has confirmed that it will have a presence at AFA09.Promotions, goods and special merchandise that will be released at AFA09 will be announced at a later date in November.

Weiβ Schwarz Grand Prix Bushiroad

First Singapore Championship tournament for Weiβ Schwarz Grand Prix Bushiroad, the leader in Japanese trading card games, will introduce its increasingly popular trading card game titles, spearheading with Weiβ Schwarz.

For more information on AFA09, please visit www.afa09.com.

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