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South China Morning Post
a day ago
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong Ani-Com 2025: heavy rain fails to deter fans on event's last day
Comic book fans braved heavy downpours to attend Hong Kong's annual anime and games festival on its last day, as vendors slashed product prices to clear their inventory. Despite a black rainstorm signal issued on Tuesday morning, some attendees queued for more than 30 minutes before they could get into the Ani-Com & Games Hong Kong at the Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai. The forecaster raised the black signal, the highest level in the three-tier warning system, at 9.10am before downgrading it to red at 11.05am and then to amber at 11.45am. The warning was eventually lifted at 2.15pm. Dickson Mo, 17-year-old high school graduate, said it was his third time attending the annual festival that started on Friday. 'I got soaked by the rain when walking from my home to Ho Man Tin station. But I knew once I got in the MTR, it would be fine, as the venue was directly connected to the station,' he said. Mo, who joined two friends at the event, said he enjoyed 'the festive atmosphere' of past fairs. He said he did not have a budget or specific vendors in mind but wanted to walk around and see whether there was anything interesting.
South China Morning Post
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Thousands of comic book fans brave summer heat to attend Hong Kong Ani-Com 2025
Cosplayers dressed as characters such as Dr. Mario, Pikachu and Hokusai were among the thousands undeterred by the summer heat who joined an outdoor queue before streaming into Hong Kong's annual comics and games fair on Saturday. Advertisement The 26th edition of Ani-Com & Games Hong Kong began on Friday and will run until Tuesday at the Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai, featuring a record-high number of 160 exhibitors and more than 788 booths. A snaking queue formed beyond the convention centre across the street on a footbridge into Central Plaza on Saturday, and was constantly moving without any signs of ending as of 2.30pm. Jonathan Nguyen, who came as Dr. Mario – the main character of the eponymous Nintendo video game – has attended all five days of every edition of the show in the last two decades after moving to Hong Kong from the US. 'I tell myself the budget is HK$2,000 [US$255] every year, but I go over budget all the time; it was double last year,' the kindergarten teacher in his 40s said. Advertisement He observed certain products were cheaper this year – such as figurines that used to be in the region of HK$600 and now priced at HK$400 – thanks to the low Japanese yen, adding that the economic downturn had not impacted his desire to spend. 'I would say that nerds spend no matter what the economy is like because we do it for the love of the game,' said Nguyen, who also dressed as Steven from Steven Universe and Russell from the film Up on other days of the event.
