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The three-day convention celebrates all things
Japanese pop culture.
Anime, a sub-culture originating from Japan, has continued to
thrive and grow internationally in recent years despite the
pandemic, largely due to its vast online presence and supportive
participants.
AFA attracted 120,000 attendees the last time it was held in
2019. Although exact ticket sales will not be available until a
later date, festival director Shawn Chin told Reuters that he
expects the Singapore event to reach the same number, if not
surpass it.
"Now that I'm in Singapore it feels like a meetup of old
friends, because I was in constant online contact with people
here," said a featured Taiwanese cosplayer, Hiko, from her booth
at the exhibition hall.
Singapore eased most of its COVID-19 curbs this year, and had
seen various international events returning to the city-state in
recent months.
(Reporting by Lion Schellerer and Chen Lin in Singapore; Editing
by Kim Coghill)
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