General registration for Anime Expo 2023 gets started on January 24. But things will be a little different at this year’s anime con: Premier Fan badges are now a thing of the past. Previously, a Premier Fan badge could get you a lot of extra …Read more »
Shueisha Inc.’s JUMP FESTA 2023 will take place on December 17-18 at the Makuhari Messe convention center near Tokyo. But even if you can’t be there in person, Shueisha has some good news for you: they’re offering their first-ever livestream of stage performances on their …Read more »
One of the big events at Anime Frontier 2022 was a planned concert featuring Yoko Takahashi, best known for singing the iconic Neon Genesis Evangelion theme song, “A Cruel Angel’s Thesis.” Unfortunately—due to visa issues outside of both the performer’s and the convention’s control—Takahashi will …Read more »
The year may be winding down, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t more unforgettable conventions to attend before 2022 comes to an end. The next event on the horizon is Anime Frontier Powered by Crunchyroll, which is being held December 2-4 at the Fort Worth …Read more »
Attack on Titan is a popular franchise around the world, but mangaka Hajime Isayama has never been to the United States for an event. That’s about to change. Anime NYC, which will occur November 18-20 at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City, will …Read more »
Get over here, friends! Japan will finally be lifting its restrictions on tourist travel starting October 11, said Prime Minister Fumio Kishida while visiting the UN in New York this week. Visitors from countries that were previously exempted from visas for travel, such as the …Read more »
Are you counting down the days to the new (and final) season of Attack on Titan? The concluding season of an anime franchise this big is going to have big celebrations about it in Japan, and that includes the upcoming Attack on Titan Final Season …Read more »
Mathew Klickstein calls himself a Multi-Platform Storyteller, and his newest book, See You At San Diego: An Oral History of Comic-Con, Fandom, and the Triumph of Geek Culture, is being released on September 6 by Fantagraphics. The 500-page book has all sorts of information and …Read more »
The annual Pokémon World Championships got called off the last two years because of COVID, but now that it’s 2022, they’re back on. The event runs August 18-21, and for the first time it’s taking place in London. That means the event is playing up …Read more »
In the past two years the COVID pandemic has had a major effect on all of our lives, and for all the otaku out there, that’s included anime conventions. Anime conventions in America have been cancelled or scaled back, and as Anime NYC has shown …Read more »
This past weekend was a big one for Comic Market, AKA Comiket. Its 100th show went down, and even with a typhoon on day one it managed to record 170,000 visitors over the course of its two-day showing. Comiket 100’s daily numbers were shared via …Read more »
For anyone wondering what would happen to this summer’s Wonder Festival, plans have been confirmed for the Japanese figure event. The fest returned for the winter event back in February, and now Wonder Festival 2022 Summer has been announced for July 24 at the Makuhari …Read more »
The “Dragon Ball Symphonic Adventure” is coming to America, and its first stop is the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on May 21. Tickets are on sale now. An official press release says the event “combines scenes and sounds of Dragon Ball together with live …Read more »
In December 2021, the just-finished convention Anime NYC was all over the news, and not for a fun reason. The second confirmed case of the Omicron COVID variant in America was found in a convention-goer, and shortly after it was reported that about half of …Read more »
Starting February 21 and going through March 10 Pacific Time, Sony Music Solutions in Japan is offering the VR online event called “`Sword Art Online -EX-CHRONICLE- Online Edition’ Global version.” The event is available for fans in America, Japan, United Kingdom, Germany, Hong Kong, Korea, …Read more »
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