On the morning of October 1st, outside the gate of the Yuelai Convention and Exhibition Center, young people dressed in various games and animation costumes gathered here, so that the tourists who came seemed to be in the animation plot. It turned out that they had all come to the exhibition to participate in the 9th Western China Animation Culture Festival (ACCF).
It is reported that the Western China Animation Culture Festival has been held since 2009, and has been successfully held for eight sessions so far, and together with the Hangzhou International Animation Festival and the Dongguan Animation and Game Exhibition, it has been ranked as one of the three well-known brand animation festivals in China. The cultural festival is also the largest and most high-grade comprehensive exhibition of animation and games in the southwest region.
All first-class animation companies participated in the exhibition
This year's animation festival will last for 4 days, and continue to take the theme of "animation in the city, animation in the whole industry, and animation for the whole people". The total exhibition area of the festival is 50,000 square meters. Brand exhibitors cover animation first-class enterprises, NetEase Games, bilibili, Chongqing Cable, Douyu TV, Mei Nianda, Blizzard Entertainment, Youman Cartoon, Xuanji Technology, Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts Film and Television Animation School, etc., all of which have brought new products with strong playability, rich interactive experience and high technology content.
National anime fans gather at the Cultural Festival
At the same time, the Western Comic Party was held at the scene, creating the ultimate experience of two-dimensional user service. Cosplay Carnival, more than 200 sets of cos clothing on-site free rental, attracted many young anime fans to come to change clothes to show.
At the scene, young boys and girls are dressed in costumes of various anime characters, carefully dressed up, and holding various props. Many of these people are from anime fan groups. According to an anime team called "Thorn Bird", most of their team members are high school students and college students, the youngest age is only 13 years old, are anime fans, they often organize party activities, mostly role-playing.
"This is our carnival." They face the camera, do not shy away from the stage, and pose in various shapes. There were also many enthusiasts from Guangdong, Yunnan, Shanghai and other provinces and cities, who booked their tickets in advance and rushed to Chongqing the night before.
Anime stars held sign-offs on the spot
As one of the sub-projects of this cultural festival, the 9th China COSPLAY-TOP list has been fiercely launched in the country, with hundreds of thousands of players from 19 divisions across the country participating. At the scene of this year's finals, a new domestic elite community gathering activity was added, and the elites of the second dimension stage gathered to ignite the passion feast of cosplay.
At the same time, at the cultural festival, some of the top domestic two-dimensional stars also joined the LIVE show. On October 1st, Tianshui Sanqian, Ibaraki, Cat Shao, Rabbit Xiaoye and Deep Blue held a signing sale at the scene.
The next activities are: October 2, the Song of Time Western Comic Live special session; October 3, young singer Live special session, super popular superstar Li Changchao (Lao Qianmao), B station UP master San wu Marblue offline premiere; October 4, popular dance to see the judge Luo Director, Raku Xiao man on-site signing.
Upstream News - Chongqing Morning News reporter Yang Ye photography Yang Xinyu