Are you one of the many Hatsune Miku fans first pumped to learn about the North American tour, then disappointed to find out it wasn’t coming to your city? You may be in luck, as the Expo has now expanded from six to ten U.S. …Read more »
The anime industry increased profits about 10% in 2014 over the previous year, according to a new report published by the Association of Japanese Animations due out Sept 18. The industry as a whole pulled in 1.63 trillion yen (about $13.5 billion). To what does …Read more »
The 15th Midwest Furfest, a furry convention held in Rosemont, Illinois, was evacuated last weekend when the convention was apparently the target of a poison gas attack. Hazmat authorities cleared out a chlorine apparatus from the hotel’s ninth floor stairwell and evacuated the building. 19 …Read more »
Among the fun planned for this coming weekend's Otakon convention—which takes place at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, MD August 8-10—is a special Sailor Moon Day. Viz Media is organizing the event for Saturday, August 9, and it will include a cosplay gathering, official …Read more »
Anime and manga weren't the main thing at San Diego Comic-Con, but you didn't have to look too far to find fellow otaku. In the midst of more than 130,000 fans, otaku were definitely showing their fandom in the form of cosplay. (Okay, you caught …Read more »
1) The very first Otakon in 1994 attracted around 300 anime fans. Otakon 2012's attendance number of 30,785 is nearly 88 times that. 2) Otakon's 2012 attendance makes it the 2nd largest American anime convention in the United States. 3) If you learned something at …Read more »
San Francisco's 2013 J-POP Summit Festival continues to add more attractions, and the latest is a real treat for J-pop fans. Harajuku girl Kyary Pamyu Pamyu—who really blew up when her top-selling single "PON PON PON" made its debut—will be putting on a special live …Read more »
One of the best parts of attending an anime convention is getting to see all the great and creative costumes and outfits people come up with. Anime Central , which took place last month just outside of Chicago, is the largest anime convention in the …Read more »
Anime Expo attendees who are also fans of Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn have something special to look forward to at this year's convention. AX officially announced the addition of director Kazuhiro Furuhashi as a Guest of Honor for AX2013. In addition to kicking off directing …Read more »
Hello, Otaku USA readers, Yunmao Ayakawa here! It will soon be summer, which for me is time for conventions and car racing. Yes, I am both Cosplayer and Race Queen! I am lucky that sometimes those worlds come together, and this year they will do so …Read more »
Hello, otaku .. and Nerdcore friends! Convention Season 2013 has officially started! Usually one of the first conventions to kick the year off is MAGFest , holding its 11th annual event on January 3rd-5th at the Gaylord hotel in National Harbor, MD. This year a …Read more »
Hello, this is otaku and trend watcher, Yunmao Ayakawa! I mentioned that I have my Otaku Cosplay spies everywhere… Rain or Shine, they’ll be there any time! Well this past weekend they witnessed the over pouring of fun cosplayers at Anime Weekend Atlanta! – Even …Read more »
Hello, all Otaku USA readers! As you know, the World Cosplay Summit and Summer Comiket were held in July and August. This year cosplayer teams from 20 different countries made their way to the Summit, and gave great performances on and off the stage. Comiket …Read more »
Hello, everyone! This is otaku and trend watcher, Yunmao Ayakawa! Wow! Summer is almost over! It’s August and you know what that means… lots of different anime and cosplay events to attend! One of the events I would like to introduce to you is Ani-Son …Read more »
TOKYO GAME SHOW 2011 will be held from September 15 - 18 in Chiba, Japan. This is the biggest computer entertainment show in Japan and 180 computer game companies are expected to attend the show. About 750 new products will be introduced to approximately 180,000 …Read more »
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