If you weren’t able to catch the Cloud Matsuri event live over the weekend, don’t fret. The virtual event has also been put on YouTube for you to catch up on it. The video for day one (which is more than 9 hours long) consists …Read more »
The Asia Society Southern California is putting on a virtual (and free!) event tomorrow, Friday November 20. Called “Hollywood’s New Anime Gold Rush,” it will be a panel consisting of founder and CEO of Sentai Filmworks John Ledford, president of Production I.G USA Maki Terashima-Furuta, …Read more »
COVID-19 may have thrown off Japan’s major doujinshi convention Comiket this year, but the people putting on the con are already making plans for next year. According to SoraNews24, the next Comiket is scheduled for May 2-5, 2021, and it’s supposed to be a live …Read more »
Last weekend, from Oct 30 to Nov 1, the world of Japanese figures and hobby collectables was shaken to its very foundations by the 2020 MEGAHOBBY EXPO ONLINE! This annual event held in Tokyo went web-only for the first time ever and the doors were …Read more »
Aside from Comiket, AnimeJapan is one of Japan’s biggest events for all things anime, manga and more. This year, the event was canceled due to you-know-what. But it’s just been announced that Anime Japan 2021 will happen. The event is set for March 2021, with …Read more »
MegaHouse is a name that spells excitement for fans of collectable Japanese figures. For years, this based-in-Tokyo company has been on the high-end of the hobby goods market, delivering likenesses of characters from the worlds of anime, manga, and gaming that look like they just …Read more »
Los Angeles Comic Con, which was supposed to take place December 11-13, has been scrubbed. Rather than doing a virtual con as some other conventions have done (like San Diego Comic Con and New York Comic Con), LACC made plans to be back next year …Read more »
Jonathan & Joseph & Jotaro & Josuke & Giorno. The boys of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (well, their voice actors, anyway) are set to meet on stage for an official JoJo’s event. It’s called JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure The Animation Special Event ~Inherit the Soul of Joestar~, and …Read more »
The doujinshi convention Comiket decided to go fully online to avoid the spread of COVID-19 and were quite thorough in their digital world. However, Comitia, another doujinshi convention, is hoping they can have a physical con in November. Comitia is holding a crowdfunding campaign to …Read more »
Last month we posted about a Hunter x Hunter real escape game, and the latest update has the original Hunter x Hunter cast returning to reprise their roles for the event. That’s right, if you loved the cast in the anime adaptation, you’re going to …Read more »
Earlier this month, we posted about a Comiket alternative that was coming just in time to make up for the lack of a physical doujinshi event this year. ComicVket 1 ended up being held from August 13 to 16 in a virtual reality space, and …Read more »
Convention season is still going strong, even if it’s been downgraded a tad to virtual convention season. Unfortunately, another event has been fully canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the latest is Anime NYC Powered By Crunchyroll. Anime NYC 2020 was scheduled for …Read more »
The slew of conventions going virtual to avoid the spread of COVID-19 continues with New York Comic-Con. Typically held in fall, it was previously unclear whether the con would go ahead or not depending on how things were looking in regards to the pandemic, but …Read more »
Anime comes to life on stage every day in Japan thanks to “2.5D” plays: shows that mix music, action, elaborate costumes, and visual effects to bring you into the world of your favorite show. These productions make just about anything possible — and by the …Read more »
The pandemic has been tough on a lot of people, and that definitely applies to events and those who depend on them. In the case of the World Cosplay Summit, the executive office issued an announcement this week that they will be turning to crowdfunding …Read more »
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