JAKARTA - The Japanese pop culture event Anime Festival Asia (AFA) was held virtually for the first time. Through the digital platform "AFA STATION Festival Online Week" will be held for the next three days.

The first day of "AFA STATION Festival Online Week" began with a merchandise promotion event entitled "Akiba Town Online". Pop culture fans can watch the replay via the official AFA STATION website.

Viewers can enjoy 3 full hours of anime-related content, games, and knick-knacks on the AFA STATION website today. Guided by Reiko and Ash, viewers can also take live interactive quizzes with prizes related to Japanese pop culture.

As quoted by Antara, AFA STATION Festival Online Week will bring festival experiences such as in Jakarta, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok to fans through their respective devices. This event will be held again through the "AFA STATION Online Festival Weekend" program on September 5 and 6, both starting at 13.00 WIB.

The lineup of performers at AFA STATION on September 5 and 6 included the voice actor Nico Yazawa's character "Love Live!" Sora Tokui, voice actor Hiroto Kuga "Gundam Build Divers Re: RISE" Chiaki Kobayashi, to virtual YouTuber (VTuber) Kiryu Coco and member of idol group 22/7 Chiharu Hokaze.

There will also be a special appearance by the popular voice actor Wataru Hatano as Gaku Yaotome "Idolish7" and Mibuchi Reo "Kuroko no Basket", who will be performing for his online concert, "Wataru Hatano - Online Live 2020 -ReIntro-" on September 4th 2020 on the platform. AFA STATION.

AFA STATION Festival Online Week will also feature various anime-games and exclusive products such as "Genshin Impact", "Honkai Impact 3", "No Straight Roads", "SINoALICE", and others. Fans can also look forward to product previews from BANDAI SPIRITS, Kotobukiya, and other Japanese merchandise makers.

Tickets for the AFA STATION series of events are available at an early bird ticket price of 9 Singapore dollars, and regular tickets are priced at 12 Singapore dollars Rp. 128 thousand. Booking for these tickets will end at 23:59 on 30 August.


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