{"rewrite":{"id":"r_36861f69494824558bd5ca27","clusterId":"c_99d2b019bc738fb6749e1438","slug":"machi-asobi-vol-31-eve-festival-runs-past-three-hours-in-tokushima","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Machi★Asobi Vol.31 Eve Festival Runs Past Three Hours In Tokushima","summary":"Ahead of Machi★Asobi vol.31 in Tokushima City on October 17 and 18, an Eve Festival ran from 16:00 on Friday the 16th and went over three hours. Voice actress Eriko Nakamura hosted. Four programs ran, including a talk between Aniplex's Yuma Takahashi and KADOKAWA's Sho Tanaka, a four-team industry quiz won by Team Aniplex, and a Newtype Anime Awards segment.","whyItMatters":"The eve festival expanded from roughly an hour at the previous October edition to more than three hours here, and the crowd at Shinmachigawa Higashi Park filled the seating area and the surrounding ground, which signals how much of Machi★Asobi's pull now sits in the pre-event night rather than the weekend proper.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe Eve Festival filled Shinmachigawa Higashi Park on Friday evening, with the seating area almost full and spectators spilling into the circular ground where the stage was visible. Eriko Nakamura, the Tokushima Anime Ambassador, hosted.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe program ran four segments: a talk marking the executive officer appointments of Aniplex\u0026#39;s Yuma Takahashi and KADOKAWA\u0026#39;s Sho Tanaka, a rapid-fire quiz between four industry teams, a Newtype Anime Awards segment with former Monthly Newtype editor-in-chief Kiyoto Sumi, and a promo slot for participating companies. Machi★Asobi vol.31 itself runs Saturday and Sunday.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Machi★Asobi Vol.31 puts Aniplex's Yuma Takahashi and KADOKAWA's Sho Tanaka on the same Eve Festival stage. The convention's opening night is built on two rival publishers sharing a mic, not on the convention floor.","twitterPost":"Machi★Asobi Vol.31 hands its opening night to Aniplex and KADOKAWA sharing a talk stage before the convention floor opens.","threadsPost":"Machi★Asobi Vol.31's Eve Festival ran past three hours on Friday, and its first big program paired Aniplex's Yuma Takahashi with KADOKAWA's Sho Tanaka. The convention leads with two publishers sharing a mic before attendees even get on the floor.","newsletterBlurb":"Machi★Asobi vol.31 opens Saturday in Tokushima City, and its Eve Festival ran over three hours on Friday, well past the roughly one-hour eve event held last October. Eriko Nakamura hosted four programs, including a talk between Aniplex's Yuma Takahashi and KADOKAWA's Sho Tanaka and a four-team industry quiz that Team Aniplex won after a quadruple-point final question. Kiyoto Sumi, former editor-in-chief of Monthly Newtype, joined the Newtype Anime Awards segment.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"GIGAZINE\",\"url\":\"https://gigazine.net/news/20261016-pre-event-machiasobi31/\",\"title\":\"Machi★Asobi Vol.31 Eve Festival Runs Over 3 Hours with Talks and Quizzes in a Grand Celebration\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4799,"outputTokens":683,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792160532,"createdAt":"2026-10-16T14:17:43.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-16T14:21:07.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-16T14:21:07.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_99d2b019bc738fb6749e1438","canonicalTitle":"マチ★アソビ Vol.31前夜祭は3時間超でトークありクイズありの大祭りに","representativeArticleId":"a_5a832e15654175d385f8ce1b","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Machi Asobi\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-16T13:35:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-16T13:35:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-16T14:21:08.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"GIGAZINE","url":"https://gigazine.net/news/20261016-pre-event-machiasobi31/","title":"マチ★アソビ Vol.31前夜祭は3時間超でトークありクイズありの大祭りに"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Machi Asobi"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"event","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}