CICF×AGF Guangzhou Anime-Game Festival: Greater Bay Area ACG Grand Event Lights Up National-Day Holiday

Co-hosted by China International Comics Festival Anime-Game Expo (CICF EXPO) and the Awesome Game Fair (AGF), CICF×AGF Guangzhou Anime–Game Festival stands as South China’s largest and most influential comprehensive ACG industry gathering. Held annually during China’s National Day golden-week holiday, the expo builds an integrated platform for anime-game enthusiasts and industry professionals for exhibition, business networking and fan engagement.

The event runs from October 2 to 5 each year at Guangzhou Poly World Trade Expo Center (Pazhou), easily accessible via Metro Line 8 and Line 11 Pazhou Station. Official updates are available on the website: www.cicfexpo.com广州CIC….

As a flagship segment of the China International Comics Festival, the expo delivers multi-layered value for industrial demonstration, cultural communication and public entertainment. It serves as an offline venue for domestic and overseas studios to premiere products and promote IPs, while delivering an immersive pop-culture carnival for general audiences. The show boosts integration between ACG sub-culture and urban cultural-tourism consumption, and fuels the growth of digital-creative industries across the Greater Bay Area CICAF

Key Show Highlights

Gathering Top–tier Brands & Diverse Intellectual Properties Leading domestic and international ACG enterprises take part, including Tencent Video, Bilibili, miHoYo, NetEase Games and Bandai Namco. Many new games, animation IPs and collectible merchandise make their physical debut here. Exhibitors span the full industrial chain covering game development, animation production, publishing, figure merchandise and digital cultural creation. Visitors get hands-on access to unreleased game demos and limited-edition collectibles中国国际漫….

Guest Stage Programmes Connect Creators with Fans Multiple main stages and signing platforms are arranged inside the venue. Popular voice actors, singers, seiyuu, comic artists and renowned cosplayers are invited for meet-and-greet and autograph sessions. Radio-drama crews and original novel authors also hold on-site book-signing events, enabling face-to-face communication between content producers and fandom communities广州CIC….

Competitions & Doujin Zones Support Local Original Creation A rich lineup of supporting events runs alongside the main exhibition, such as the Golden Dragon Award National Cosplay Super Competition, Star Dance Galaxy National Otaku Dance Contest and Dimensional Comic Idol Singing Contest. The COMICSEED Creation Exchange Area offers booths for doujin circles and independent creators to showcase original works, encouraging Chinese fan-art and comic creation. Additional attractions include cosplay free-pass programmes, esports tournaments and indie-game demo zones to satisfy diverse hobby interests.

Industrial & Social Significance

Far more than a fan-focused convention, CICF×AGF functions as a vital offline hub for China’s digital-creative sector. It links enterprises, independent creators and consumers. The expo offers valuable exposure for home-grown animation and game titles, facilitates technical exchange and commercial cooperation within the ACG ecosystem. As youth-oriented pop-culture event, it drives cultural-tourism consumption during the National Day holiday in Guangzhou. It also fosters cross-border cultural exchange, showcasing the innovation vitality of the Greater Bay Area digital-creative industry to domestic and international audiences

Drawing hundreds of thousands of attendees every edition, CICF×AGF has become a landmark youth-culture event in South China, continuously supporting the outreach and development of original Chinese animation and game productions.