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AFA Singapore Reveals Panel, Voice Actor, Anime Staff Guest Lineup

Friday, November 29:

• Paradox Live mixed-media franchise stage event, featuring VTuber musicians Shoto and Unnämed (more details to be announced at a later date)
• Hatsune Miku panel, featuring Miku creator Crypton Future Media and CEO Hiroyuki Itō
• World premiere screening of the upcoming Übel Blatt anime, featuring voice actor Yūya Hirose (voice of Köinzell in the anime) and producer Yuki Watanabe

Saturday, November 30:

• Oshi no Ko panel featuring voice actors Takeo Ōtsuka (voice of Aqua in the anime) and Yurie Igoma (voice of Ruby), with producer Shinpei Yamashita
• Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- panel featuring voice actor Yūsuke Kobayashi (voice of Subaru Natsuki in the anime)
• Tower of God anime panel with voice actors (no information on exact guest lineup yet)

Sunday, December 1:

• BanG Dream! It's MyGo!!!!! panel featuring MyGO!!!!! band members Rin Tateishi (playing Anon Chihaya in the in-story band) and Hina Aoki (Rāna Kaname)
• Ranma ½ anime panel featuring MAPPA CEO Manabu Ohtsuka and Ranma ½ director Kōnosuke Uda
• Kamitsubaki Studio panel with virtual artists KAF and Isekaijoucho

The convention will also have a Hatsune Miku 10th Anniversary booth with various activities in the Exhibition Hall.

The convention's announced musical guests include Shiyui, Aqua Timez, Takanori Nishikawa, and Teddyloid for November 29; hololive VTubers AZki, Tsunomaki Watame, Moona Hoshinova, Kobo Kanaeru, Takanashi Kiara, Ninomae Ina'nis, and Hakos Baelz for November 30; and KAF, KANA-BOON, ReoNa, May'n, and Sally Amaki from 22/7 on December 1. In addition to the above guests, who will perform for the I Love Anisong concert in the convention, hololive VTuber duo FUWAMOCO, and hololive VTubers Kaela Kovalskia and Ouro Kronii will also have panels in the convention.

Anime Festival Asia Singapore will take place at the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre in Singapore on November 29 to December 1.

The convention returned to have an Indonesian event earlier this year for the first time since 2018. The convention took place at the Jakarta Convention Center on May 3 to 5.

The Anime Festival Asia conventions take place in Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, and Japan. The event is one of the largest anime and Japanese pop-culture conventions outside Japan. 2015's Anime Festival Asia in Singapore drew 90,669 visitors. Aside from Anime Festival Asia and its attached I Love Anisong label, Sozo also owns JLive Asia, and organizes the Japan Music Festival brand.

Source: Email correspondence