Animate Girls Festival 2019 for BL Fans
Get your dose of BL at Japan's largest event that focuses content for female fans
Animate Girls Festival, also known as AGF, is Japan’s largest event that focuses content for female fans including anime, manga, otome games, BL, merchandise, voice actors, theater and cosplay. Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, it was held last November 9 and 10, 2019 at Sunshine City, its main venue, as well as other parts of Ikebukuro.
This year, a record-breaking 100,333 visitors joined the festivities around Ikebukuro while 40,438 visitors came to the main venue in Sunshine City, where 127 exhibitors sold merchandise, held events such as meet-and-greets, talk and autograph sessions both in their booths and at the Fountain Plaza located on the first floor of Sunshine City.
futekiya compiled all the booths selling BL goods in Animate Girls Festival just for BL fans!
F.Heart
Goods maker F.Heart (read as “F dot Heart”) was the first of many booths selling Given merchandise, namely button pins. They also had button pins, acrylic keychains and stands for Kimetsu no Yaiba, Bungo Stray Dogs, Dr.STONE, and Sarazanmai fans.
【#AGF2019グッズ紹介】『ギヴン』より、えふぉるめパジャキャラ缶バッジを〈AGF2019限定商品〉として発売させていただきます！またBOX購入特典として「上ノ山立夏＆佐藤真冬缶バッジ」をご用意！よろしくお願いいたします！ブースはR13になります。 #ギヴン #AGF_2019 pic.twitter.com/weKH1HjGGD
— えふとも エフドットハート (@F_dot_Heart) October 3, 2019
HOBiGIRLS
HOBiGIRLS, a online shopping site for drama CD and games for the female audience, sold event exclusive goods set for BL games Nie no Machi by Zombilica and Paradise by PIL/SLASH. In addition, fans who bought goods worth 1,000 yen or more got a limited edition postcard.
Their Nie no Machi goods lineup included a teru teru bouzu (a small traditional handmade doll made of white paper or cloth usually hung outside the window to bring good weather or prevent rain) acrylic keychain set, a Mio x Hisora AGF2019 set consisting of a tapestry, acrylic stand using new art and a drama CD, acrylic stand sets with small booklets, button pins and drama CDs.
【AGF2019 HOBiGIRLS物販情報①】
◆贄の町 てるてる坊主アクリルキーホルダーセット
【セット内容】
アクリルキーホルダー5個セット
（※キャラにより多少サイズが異なります）https://t.co/3YCVxvfJQD pic.twitter.com/OCTT0YUvMo— HOBiGIRLS(ホビガールズ) (@HB_GIRLS) September 20, 2019
【AGF2019 HOBiGIRLS物販情報】
AGF2019ではこちらのイラストを使用した贄の町新作グッズを販売致します。
イラストは厘のミキ先生の描き下ろしです！#AGF_2019 pic.twitter.com/REIz4olXj3— HOBiGIRLS(ホビガールズ) (@HB_GIRLS) October 4, 2019
【AGF2019 HOBiGIRLS物販情報③】◆贄の町 笑男×日天 AGF2019セット
厘のミキ先生描き下ろしイラストを使用したAGF2019新作グッズが登場です！B2タペストリー＆アクリルスタンド＆録り下ろしプチドラマCDのセットとなります。 pic.twitter.com/AqxZcGyZ0m— HOBiGIRLS(ホビガールズ) (@HB_GIRLS) September 27, 2019
Their Paradise goods lineup also used new art and included acrylic stand sets with small booklets, and button pins.
【AGF2019 HOBiGIRLS物販情報】
AGF2019ではこちらのイラストを使用したParadise新作グッズを販売致します。
イラストは篠田まめ先生の描き下ろしです！https://t.co/3YCVxvfJQD pic.twitter.com/UkH9x6xBjB— HOBiGIRLS(ホビガールズ) (@HB_GIRLS) October 4, 2019
【AGF2019 HOBiGIRLS物販情報④】
◆Paradise SS小冊子付 アクリルスタンドセット
アクリルスタンド5個とSS小冊子のセット商品です。
イラストは篠田まめ先生描き下ろし、SS小冊子は休養沢ライチ先生描き下ろしの4編を収録しております！#AGF_2019 pic.twitter.com/qlGZLMTGN1— HOBiGIRLS(ホビガールズ) (@HB_GIRLS) October 4, 2019
PRART Anime Store
Printing company PRART’s Anime Store offered a variety of goods from Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu. and Given at the booth, from your common plush keychains, acrylic keychains, figures to hand soaps, lip balms and even shot glasses.
【AGF2019商品情報_G-12】
「抱かれたい男1位に脅されています。」より新商品を先行発売いたします！■トレーディングふわふわマスコット 全5種
■ハンドクリーム 2種
[西條高人：ローズの香り]
[東谷准太：レモンの香り]この機会に是非お立ち寄りください！#だかいちアニメ #AGF_2019 pic.twitter.com/ibdwTfRhZM
— プラルトアニメストア (@p_animestore) October 23, 2019
【AGF2019商品情報_G-12】
「抱かれたい男1位に脅されています。」より新商品を先行発売いたします！■宝石せっけん 2種
[東谷准太/西條高人]ブースにてサンプルをご用意しますので、是非お手に取ってご覧ください！#だかいちアニメ #AGF_2019 pic.twitter.com/xoM4hSdT0X
— プラルトアニメストア (@p_animestore) October 30, 2019
Aniplex
Anime and music production company Aniplex joined this year’s Animate Girls Festival dubbed “Aniplex Girls Party 2019.” Their Given merchandise included button pins, acrylic mascots and plush dolls.
Chugai Mining
Character goods maker Chugai Mining also had Given goods: button pins, acrylic charms that you can link to each other, phonograph record-style coasters, and acrylic stands. Moreover, purchasing merchandise worth 2,000 yen or more will get you a postcard for free (randomly distributed).
COCOLLABO
COCOLLABO‘s Given merchandise (button pins, pouches, pass cases and acrylic cases) used cute SD versions of the characters that will surely make you want to add them to your collection!
【AGF情報】
「ギヴン」グッズのラインナップを解禁！詳細については来週頃またお知らせできる予定ですので、引き続きココラボアカウントのチェックをよろしくお願いします🎸#ギヴン #AGF_2019 pic.twitter.com/fuN4wVuQ9E— ココラボ【COCOLLABO】 (@cocollabo) October 4, 2019
KADOKAWA
Animate Girls Festival regular KADOKAWA did not sell any goods from BL titles, but they did give away free Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi ~Propose-Hen~ (The World’s Greatest First Love: Proposal Arc) postcards which was a hit and by 11:30 all the postcards had been given away!
KADOKAWAブース前にて【『世界一初恋～プロポーズ編～ 』ポストカード】の配布を開始いたしました。数に限りがございますので予めご了承ください。 #AGF_2019 #AGF19KD #世界一初恋 pic.twitter.com/anJXJ9ToNY
— KADOKAWAイベント情報 (@kadokawa_event) November 9, 2019
TAPIOKA
Anime and manga character goods maker TAPIOKA prepared a Given goods lineup that will make you squeal from their cuteness.
BLUE LYNX
Boys’ love anime label BLUE LYNX offered fans merchandise using new illustrations for their titles Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi – The Clouds Gather (Twittering Birds Never Fly), Given, and L’étranger de la Plage (The Stranger on the Beach).
🎀#AGF2019 商品情報🎀#BLUELYNX ブースのお品書きを公開！
AGF公式HPのWEBパンフレットからも見られます✨https://t.co/W11VDGEvSJ11/9(土)10(日)は池袋サンシャインシティYELLOWエリア 【Y-21】へ遊びに来てくださいね🐈🐾#囀る #saezuru #ギヴン #海辺のエトランゼ pic.twitter.com/yT0PBk5vGe
— BLUE LYNX (@BLUELYNX) November 1, 2019
Gift
Figure maker Gift prepared Given button pins and acrylic keychains using sketches from animation team Lerche for fans.
【AGF2019 Giftブースにて先行販売予定】
Lerche 原画缶バッジコレクション ギヴンhttps://t.co/RdAyWJOjdY pic.twitter.com/sZiNLMFeYD— 株式会社Gift (@gift_news) November 1, 2019
【AGF2019 Giftブースにて先行販売予定】
Lerche 原画アクリルキーホルダーコレクション ギヴンhttps://t.co/zIgGOnLrMG pic.twitter.com/hSeI5LqMnb— 株式会社Gift (@gift_news) November 1, 2019
Boys’ love was not limited to the main venue, as Animate Bangkok‘s booth, which was located at the East Ikebukuro park, sold copies of Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu. volumes 1 to 3 in Thai language!
They also held a mini exhibit of pages from the Thai version of the manga.
Which booths would you go to if you had the chance to go to Animate Girl Festival 2019? Tell us on our Twitter account!
If you’re interested in BL events, check out our reports on the GUSH’s 15th Anniversary Exhibition, Kizu Natsuki’s Given Illustration Exhibit at Manga10, Remnant and Pendulum Fair at Kinokuniya, Ten Count Fair at the Kinokuniya Shinjuku Main Store, Anime Japan, Yoneda Kou’s Op: The Colourless Days of Yoake Itaru Book Fair at Shosen, and Takato Yamamoto Exhibition -NOSFERATU-.
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