The main convention is traditionally held over a weekend in late November to early December.

Alongside the main conventions, AFA also holds periodic business conferences focusing on the anime and manga industry.

[5] In 2018, SOZO and Eliphant—the organizer of GameStart, a gaming and sports event in Singapore, formed a strategic alliance to bring more contents to the region.

Managed to invite Kōji Morimoto, Animation Director of Studio 4 °C and Kunio Okawara, mechanical designer of Gundam for the industry talk.

[38] Invited singers include Ichirou Mizuki, Flow, Lisa, and Sea*a on Day 2 of AFA.

[41] Chiwa Saitō, Gō Nakanishi, Danny Choo, Kaname and Usagi are special guests for the event.

The event in Malaysia was held at Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur from 9 to 10 June 2012.

Mitsuhisa Ishikawa and Tomohiko Ishii from Production I.G, Danny Choo, Kaname, and Tasha with Miyuko from Korea were special guests for the event.

Fumiaki Nishihara, Go Nakanishi, Kenji Kamiyama, Shinichiro Watanabe and Hachioji-P were special guests for the event.

Team Shikon from Japan and Lunar Asterisk from Indonesia presented a special cosplay performance during the event.

The largest ever held to date in Singapore Suntec City Convention Hall covering the entire 4th floor, new mascot Seika introduced.

And for the first time, AFA has set aside a dedicated space for the first niconico KUNIKAIGI to be held outside Japan!

[47] Featuring popular niconico groups and artists like Amatsuki, Kashitaro Ito, Gero, ROOT FIVE, Hachioji P, Yuyoyuppe, DJ CAESAR, Kozue Aikawa, Miume, ARS MAGNA, PCF and many more!.

Invited guests are popular Japanese music artists Garnidelia, DJ Hello Kitty, kz (livetune) and yanaginagi.

In 2017, the event was scheduled to be held at the revamped Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre.

[53] A special collaboration stage was held on the final day of AFASG where May'n and Minori Chihara performed a cover version of "Don't say lazy" from the anime K-on!

and Ayaka Ōhashi and Azusa Tadokoro joining the aforementioned singers to perform a cover version of "Butterfly" from the anime Digimon.

Features first hololive Meet in AFA, the first ever night stage session dedicated to VTubers.

The organizers promptly told the vendor to stop selling the affected goods on the following day.