Machi★Asobi Vol.31 Eve Festival Runs Past Three Hours In Tokushima
The eve festival expanded from roughly an hour at the previous October edition to more than three hours here, and the crowd at Shinmachigawa Higashi Park filled the seating area and the surrounding ground, which signals how much of Machi★Asobi's pull now sits in the pre-event night rather than the weekend proper.
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Ahead of Machi★Asobi vol.31 in Tokushima City on October 17 and 18, an Eve Festival ran from 16:00 on Friday the 16th and went over three hours. Voice actress Eriko Nakamura hosted. Four programs ran, including a talk between Aniplex's Yuma Takahashi and KADOKAWA's Sho Tanaka, a four-team industry quiz won by Team Aniplex, and a Newtype Anime Awards segment.
The Eve Festival filled Shinmachigawa Higashi Park on Friday evening, with the seating area almost full and spectators spilling into the circular ground where the stage was visible. Eriko Nakamura, the Tokushima Anime Ambassador, hosted.
The program ran four segments: a talk marking the executive officer appointments of Aniplex's Yuma Takahashi and KADOKAWA's Sho Tanaka, a rapid-fire quiz between four industry teams, a Newtype Anime Awards segment with former Monthly Newtype editor-in-chief Kiyoto Sumi, and a promo slot for participating companies. Machi★Asobi vol.31 itself runs Saturday and Sunday.
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