The biggest anime convention in Southeast Asia, Anime Festival Asia (AFA)
was once again held in Indonesia from August 15-17, 2014. Taking place
at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC), this year’s AFAID was packed,
especially with the appearance of international cosplayers including Aza
Miyuko, Ying Tze, Hana & Baozi, Kisaki Urumi, Angie, Mon, King and
Yuegene. A list of anime such as Sword Art Online and Detective Conan also dominated the three-day event.
As
for the main agenda, AFAID 2014 satisfied fans with its star-studded I
Love Anisong concert held during the second and last day of the event,
with Hachioji P, EGOIST and Aoi Eir performing on the 16th while Luna Haruna, GARNiDELiA and T.M. Revolution performing on the 17th.
JpopAsia
managed to greet some of the stars of the show including Hachioji P,
Luna Haruna, GARNiDELiA and T.M. Revolution, in which they shared their
thought and experience of their stay in Jakarta. Regarding their feeling
when first coming to Jakarta, everyone similarly said that they were
excited and surprised seeing how a lot of people in Indonesia actually
love anime and anisong.
For some like T.M. Revolution, DJ Kazu
and Aoi Eir, this year’s AFAID was not their first performance in
Indonesia, but they still prepared and gave the best for their stage.
All hoped they could fulfill fans’ thirst with their performance.
The
artists also shared their personal thoughts, starting with T.M.
Revolution who told us that a revolution doesn’t always start from a big
thing, but from smaller things such as helping each other, smiling and
any other simple act. Luna Haruna, who is an otaku, told us that she had
a life size poster of anime character in her room so she could get a
sweet dream every night.
Hachioji P, the producer of many Hatsune
Miku songs, shared that he likes Megurine Luka’s personality the most
among all Vocaloids. Last but not least, GARNiDELiA which consists of Maria and Toku revealed they sometimes play Monster Hunters and Mario Kart on their leisure time, also hoped that they could have a chance to collaborate with Final Fantasy series.