Long post incoming.
So I went to Anime Festival Asia yesterday. Love Live got featured in many of the booths, be it official booths or in the creator's hub because of the movie being aired here at the 21st of October and also the overall popularity of the series here. Here are some photos from the event (sorry for the low quality of some of the pictures, the event was moved to a smaller place than last year, which makes it very crowded):
Picture of the event venue, taken from AFA Official Facebook page (linked since the pic is too big):
Event Pic
LLSIF got featured in the Bushiroad booth:
The TV on the right was used to broadcast people playing SIF in the booth. They used a cracked version of the app which has unlimited LP and all songs unlocked bar EX ones. Those who played there and passed a song gets an LLSIF sticker (which I already got last year). Too bad the signal at the venue started acting up in the afternoon so the playing booth became empty afterwards.
The LL nendos in Good Smile Company's booth:
Some merch from the booths, mostly posters/drawings (official and non-official ones):
My friend bought this set of LL keychains:
While I bought the newest Mimorin CD album instead, while it's available here:
There was also a Love Live themed cafe, which I didn't go into since the price is high. Though they gave away some merchandises for eating there, such as these watches:
On a slightly (un)related note, I got to watch the I Love Anisong concert there as well yesterday, which featured 4 artistes.
LiSA was the one to open the show. She sang 8 songs, including Crossing Field (SAO) and Ichiban no Takaramono (Angel Beats!) to name a few.
Next up was DJ Kazu, who remixed some famous anime songs.
Then came Yanaginagi, who performed songs such as Aqua Terrarium and Mitsuba no Musubime from Nagi no Asukara.
And last but not least, the one to close the show was none other than fripSide, who performed 9 songs which included all Toaru Kagaku no Railgun songs and some from their first album.
Bonus pics from the concert:
The view from my seat, taken before the concert started.
The concert in full force, pic from AFA FB page.
fripSide signed poster, which unfortunately I failed to get because I came to the event late (the raffle for the fripSide autograph had ended, I got DJ Kazu's instead). Pic taken from a friend who got the autograph.
Overall was a pretty exhausting but exciting experience. Went there at 9 AM and the concert ended at 11 PM, though seeing Nanjolno (especially) and the other artistes perform live in front of me was pretty amazing. Hope I'll have the time to come back next year.