anime festival asia

Yesterday, I went to AFA (Anime Festival Asia) in JCC, Senayan. It ranges from popular shows to not so known shows with two main options, exhibition and stage. I only ended up purchasing the exhibition ticket because for the most part, I went there to buy lots of cute handmade goods.

When I arrived in JCC, I couldn't find Dinda or Lia who I was supposed to be with at the festival. Naturally, I panicked and rather than waiting outside not knowing anyone, I went in. Alone. And it was very, very, crowded.

For approximately 2 hours I wandered off alone with no apparent aim while looking at merchandises and buying loads of them. I bought stickers to decorate my laptop, a bag for... Uh.... Just because it was cute and badges because why not, right? 

No-face from Spirited Away

After I successfully finished emptying out my wallet, I finally met them near the elevator and from then on we strolled around together. I took lots of pictures of the people doing cosplay (costume play), I met Darth Vader, characters from Spirited Away (a movie), Thor, Kagamine Rin and Kagamine Len (vocaloids), hoards of characters from Attack on Titan (an anime), and much more.

We ate shaved ice, takoyaki (Japanese octopus balls), dorayaki (Japanese snack), nitrogen ice-cream, and Dinda got Japanese hotdogs.

The handmade merchandises were very good and it was really cool to see how they were made. There was an amazing DJ that remixed and made medleys about a bunch of songs creating a surrounding mob. To put it simply, it was awesome. No regrets.