For we must all learn to howl.

Yep, I went there today. AFA 2013, the biggest anime festival that we probably have in Singapore. It's like Comic-Con for anime - everybody, and I mean everybody  shows up for this. The festival always has tons and tons and tons of people attending, be they otakus or slightly less passionate fans of anime and Japanese pop culture. You'll also have, as usual, the cosplayers. Ah, the cosplayers. You'll have your regular cosplayers going as characters from the current series that everyone at least knows about (such as Shingeki no Kyojin or Free! this season), the others who go as characters from other series that might be over but certainly won't be forgotten just yet (like One Piece), the ones who go as characters from classic anime series that everyone knows and expects to see, at least a bit, every year (I'd be talking about Pokemon here. Every goddamned year. ). You'll also have the cosplayers who decide to go as characters from popular video games like ...