Anime Festival Asia Singapore 2026 (AFASG26) runs from 27 to 29 November 2026 at Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre, Halls 401 to 406, and tickets start from S$19. That buys you a day of cosplay, a marketplace of more than 100 independent creators and free-flowing stage programmes, while each of the three evenings ends in a concert. If your November still looks empty, this weekend fills it.
Organiser SOZO says in its 19 October media release that this year’s festival runs alongside SJ60, which marks 60 years of diplomatic relations between Singapore and Japan. Each night has a different headliner, and the release dates most daytime sessions to a single day, so planning by day works better than wandering in and hoping for the best.
Friday: Kajiura Comes to Town
Friday’s big one is Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#22 ~precious pieces~ in Singapore -SPECIAL SETLIST-, which the release bills as the composer’s first concert performance in Singapore. If you’ve watched Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Puella Magi Madoka Magica or anything in the Fate series, you already know her sound. She’s bringing vocalists KAORI, YURIKO KAIDA, Joelle, LINO LEIA and EMIKO, along with what organisers describe as a specially curated Singapore setlist.
Fans moved fast on this one. By the 19 October launch, the General Sales Friday Concert CAT 1 (Category 1) package, which came with a Yuki Kajiura signed badge, had already sold out!
Before the lights go down, the AFA NEXT Stage hosts the Asian premiere of BLESS, an A-1 Pictures anime about two young people chasing careers in makeup artistry and modelling. Voice actress Konomi Inagaki then presents Devils’ Crest, which is based on the work of Sword Art Online creator Reki Kawahara. She has her own Meet & Greet that day, with a Q&A, a group photo and an autograph on a shikishi (a stiff square autograph board).
Saturday: Kyary, Pikotaro and Eurobeat
Saturday night belongs to the AFASG26 Music Fest, powered by Crunchyroll, and it’s the most mixed bill of the weekend. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu headlines alongside anisong (anime theme song) vocalist May’n, rock band Aooo, and virtual singers KAF and Isekaijoucho from KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO. Liyuu, Naomi Payton and Yuina from Liella!, the school idol group from Love Live! Superstar!!, round it out.
The daytime pick is a nostalgia double. Pikotaro, the man behind “PPAP”, returns as an SJ60 Friendship Supporter exactly 10 years after his 2016 AFA Singapore appearance, and Eurobeat producer Dave Rodgers, known for “DEJA VU” and “SPACE BOY” from the Initial D era, performs the same day. If you spent secondary school humming either, Saturday is your day.
Anime fans get two strong Day Stage sessions on Saturday as well. Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End returns with voice actors Tarusuke Shingaki (Genau) and Shinichiro Miki (Revolte), and KADOKAWA brings Satomi Arai, the voice of Beatrice, for a Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- presentation ahead of its fourth season. Overgeared fans can catch voice actor Tatsumaru Tachibana and director Ayako Kono at a complimentary Crunchyroll Meet & Greet, which requires redeeming a ticket at the Crunchyroll booth.
Sunday Belongs to Miku
Sunday’s evening programme opens with the HoneyWorks Vocal All Stars. CHiCO, Hanon and Kotoha from HaKoniwalily, Momoko Hashimoto and Momona Matsumoto from TAKANE NO NADESHIKO, and Rio Nagao and Yura Nishihara from Karen na Ivory perform with the HoneyWorks live band. According to the release, the collective’s related digital content has passed three billion views.
Then comes the headline act: AFA VOCALOID NIGHT feat. Hatsune Miku. The release lists five producers and DJs, kz (livetune), Hachioji P, TeddyLoid, jon-YAKITORY and picco, and frames the night as a celebration of Vocaloid and electronic music. That makes it a producers’ night built around the world’s best-known virtual singer rather than a solo Miku concert, which is great news if you love the tracks as much as the character.
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