[Coverage] Comic Fiesta 2019

[Coverage] Comic Fiesta 2019

Kuala Lumpur, December 2019 – One of the Malaysia most anticipated Anime-Comic-Game (ACG) events of the year, Comic Fiesta 2019 has taken place at the end of the year 2019, on 21^st and 22^nd December 2019. The event that happened at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) was a grand gathering for the ever growing ACG and cosplay community in our region. It has garnered a whopping amount of approximately 60,000 visitors over the weekend.

One of the main highlights of the event was the special panel on “The Art Of Monetizing Web Comics” which featured famous web artists including Ernest Ng, Nixon Siow and Fish Ball.

Manga Artist, Rino Mizuho famous for her works on “Magis Manis Coklat” also made an appearance in Comic Fiesta 2019 with an exclusive panel session too. The event also featured a special live-drawing session by Kaoru Mori, the award-winning manga artist behind Shirley, Emma and A Bride’s Story.

Another exciting highlight of the event was the presence of Kana Ueda, who is best known as the seiyuu (Voice over actress) for Rin Tohsaka in Fate Stay Night. Her other prominent works include voicing over for Hayate Yagami in the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series, Rachel Alucard in BlazBlue and most recently Ishtar and Ereshkigal in Fate/Grand Order anime.

Metronomik’s No Straight Roads Game has also taken the stage with the appearance of Wan Hazmer, the famous game designer from Malaysia and Mariko Honda, the voice behind Yuuko Aioi of Nichijou, Lion of Kemono Friends and Uzume Tennouboshi (Orange Heart) from the game Megadimension Neptunia VII.

There were also many other activities on ground during Comic Fiesta 2019 including butler and maid café by Le Petit Fox, video game competitions as well as amazing performances by local performers and DJs.

It was overall an amazing weekend which I am sure every anime-manga fans would have enjoyed! We are really looking forward for the future Comic Fiesta in Malaysia again!