Hong Kong Ani-Com 2025: heavy rain fails to deter fans on event’s last day
Crowds pack venue despite black rainstorm signal, as vendors tout last-minute offers to entice fans
Comic book fans braved heavy downpours to attend Hong Kong’s annual anime and games festival on its last day, as vendors slashed product prices to clear inventory.
Despite a black rainstorm signal being issued on Tuesday morning, fans headed out to Ani-Com & Games Hong Kong 2025 at the Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai, where some queued for more than 30 minutes.
The forecaster raised the black signal, the highest level in the three-tier warning system, at 9.10am before downgrading it to red at 11.05am and then amber at 11.45am. The warning was eventually lifted at 2.15pm.
Dickson Mo, 17, said it was his third time attending the annual festival, which started on Friday.
“I got soaked by the rain when walking from my home to Ho Man Tin station. But I knew once I got in the MTR, it would be fine, as the venue was directly connected to the station,” he said.
Mo, who joined two friends at the event, said he enjoyed “the festive atmosphere” of past fairs. He said he did not have a budget or specific vendors in mind but wanted to walk around and see whether there was anything interesting.