Anime Festival Asia

Anime Festival Asia (AFA)
Participants at the 2009 festival held at the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre
Status	Active
Venue	Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre (2008–2011, 2013– ) Singapore Expo MAX Pavilion (2012)
Location(s)	Singapore (main convention)
Country	Singapore (main convention)
Inaugurated	2008
Attendance	145,000 in 2014
Website
http://www.animefestival.asia

Anime Festival Asia (AFA) is a series of anime conventions held in the Southeast Asian region, with a core annual convention held in Singapore. The main convention is traditionally held over a weekend in mid-November. It was held at the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre in 2008–2011, but was moved to the Singapore Expo MAX Pavilion in 2012 due to renovation works at Suntec Convention Centre that year. Satellite conventions were also held in 2012 at the Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and at the Jakarta International Expo, Kemayoran, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Alongside the main conventions, AFA also holds periodic business conferences focusing on the anime and manga industry. The first of these was Animation Asia Conference, held in 2009.

AFA is notable for having one of the largest attendance figures for anime conventions outside Japan, with 82,000 attendees in 2011. Total attendance since 2008 as of 2014 is 678,000.

The continued organisation of AFA is managed by Sozo. in partnership with Zepp Entertainment & Dentsu.

First held at Suntec Convention Hall, Singapore. Managed to invite Kōji Morimoto, Animation Director of Studio 4 °C and Kunio Okawara, mechanical designer of Gundam for the industry talk. Ichirou Mizuki and May'n (her first overseas concert) were also present at the event.

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 who sang a duet with Ichrou Mizuki on Day 1 of the event and Yoshiki Fukuyama who sang a duet with May'n on Day 2 of the event. Hatsune Miku made her first "live" solo appearance overseas.