Saturday, September 18, 2010

Anime Festival Asia 2010 a.k.a AFA X

Alright, here's the current info on what's you can expect this year at AFA

for the booths, its still not confirmed what will be coming this year and their event guide is still under-construction. But if nothing much changes, we can safely think that they would be Bandai coming, probably for the upcoming Gundam 00 movie, the other figma stores, Latendo and possibly KKnM.

for the highlights this year:

Kaname is coming back again :D and this year, seiyuu Kana Hanazawa would be coming, could be similar to last year's K-On! experience. well, who's that you may ask,

here are some of the roles that she play that you might know of:

Zange in Kannagi
Sharon in Pandora Hearts
Nadeko in Bakemonogatari
Suou in Darker than Black, Ryuusei no Gemini
Kanade in Angel Beats!
Mato in BRS

yup, the lovely Tenshi in Angel Beats! :D so we might possibly see her doing a live dubbing of Kanade or maybe most of her roles in the various anime series.

and of course, there's the Regional Cosplay Championship 2010 as well and the I love Anisong concert.

so thats what they have released so far, but ticket pricing... its slightly different this year (well, it was expected)

So there isn't any 2-day special pricing ticket, yet (who knows if there's gonna be a change? :D)

it's $15 bucks PER day with stage access, and $8 PER day for non-stage access.
and note this "

Grants full access to exclusive main stage activities and content, such as Special Guest Appearances, Movie Screenings, AFA Regional Cosplay Championships and more! * Does not grant access to I LOVE ANISONG concerts.

*from their web*

and so whats in for the concert?

NO MORE STANDING and WATCHING this year =/ disappointed? yes. but what if i wanna stand? pay.

thats the rule this year, no more free standing areas for the concert.

Its now $55 bucks to STAND, and watch the concert, PER day

and for the concert tickets itself, its $118 bucks PER day and $198 bucks for a two-day special offer.

leaving money behind, and after thinking it through, here are the guests for this year's I Love Anisong:

for day 1: Ichirou Mizuki and JAM project
for day 2: SCANDAL, angela and May'N

i will definitely miss the concert feel this year and this year, angela's coming D: dang, i wanna hear her sing live =X but for that amount of money, i'll pass this year, not being able to fork out this year =/

so till 13/14th Nov 2010! AFA yooooshi!