ACG Fiesta 2017

Committee members, performers and special guests of ACG Fiesta 2017

The UTAR Asian Cultural Society of Sungai Long Campus held a cosplay event titled “Anime, Comic & Games (ACG) Fiesta 2017” at Sungai Long Campus from 21 to 22 January 2017. The fiesta acted as a platform for cosplayers to network and showcase their creativity.

“Cosplaying is an excellent opportunity to connect with those who share similar interests, and a chance to be the character you love. Through this fiesta, I hope more people will learn to appreciate and adopt this subculture,” ACG Fiesta 2017 Chairperson Goh Jun Kian said.

Participants showing off their costumes

Dance performance by BeatFang (left) and Kiseki (right)

The fiesta featured special guests such as AbamApam, Angie, and Lea & Mikki, as well as the GG Twins as the emcees for the event. Among the fun activities were a Cosplay Cafe, solo and group cosplay competitions, a talent competition, mini concerts, various game booths, and a haunted house.

Some of the costumes in the group competition

Goh said around 900 participants from the public showed up. “According to their feedback, most of them are looking forward to next year’s fiesta.”

Cosplay (コスプレ), a contraction of the words costume and play, is a performance art where a participant (known as a cosplayer), dresses up in costumes and accessories to represent a specific character from manga, anime, comic books, cartoons, video games, films or television series.

Special guests Lea & Mikki conducting a makeup tutorial

Cosplay Café hostess welcoming patrons