
Anime Expo (AX), North America’s largest anime and manga event, celebrated its 20th anniversary with its most successful event ever – four days at the Los Angeles Convention Center that drew over 125,000 fans of Japanese animation, manga (comic books) and pop culture. The program was highlighted by the first-ever U.S. performance of Japan’s [...]
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I have been attending AX (Anime Expo) for about 6 years. The expo has come a long way. The sheer diversity alone had me shocked. I’m used to seeing young and old fans at the convention, but to see families attending the expo is quite refreshing. Anime Expo’s attendance had really made me realize how big its fan base had become.
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Another year of anime and cosplay goodness. So what do i expect from AX this year? Well so far it’s pretty much what I got last year, but is that a bad thing?
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And now you’re here and everyone loves it and everyone who gets a pic is going to get one because you love the attention. So believe me when I say that you WILL out all your bags down EVERY time for a pic.
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Anime Expo is excited to announce today the AX Idol 2011 hosts and judges that will be participating in the event’s 9th season. Anime Expo, North America’s largest anime and manga convention, is scheduled for July 1 – 4, 2011, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. AX Idol will be held in Nokia Theater [...]
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NEC BIGLOBE, Ltd. (BIGLOBE), one of Japan¹s leading internet service providers, announced today its participation in Anime Expo 2011 (AX), the largest anime/manga convention in North America, from July 1-4, 2011 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. BIGLOBE is the creator of SUGOI BOOKS, an Android-based bookstore application, as well as its dedicated website aimed [...]
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San Francisco based comic book publisher, eigoMANGA unveils their event schedule for Anime Expo 2011, which takes place on July 1-4, at the Los Angeles Convention. eigoMANGA will be exhibiting at Booth #639. Animation Screenings: ‘Demian’ is screening on Saturday, July 2 at 5pm in Video Room 4 (LACC 406). [...]
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Aniplex of America has just announced their schedule of events for Anime Expo 2011. Times and availabilities are subject to change without notice. Friday, July 1 2:30 – 3:30 PM @ Live Programming 3> Aniplex of America Industry Panel. Come join Aniplex as they show what’s new, now available and coming soon from Aniplex [...]
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Anime Expo 2011 has announced Tetsuro Araki, Masayoshi Tanaka and Kentaro Hashimoto of Madhouse Studios as Guests of Honor. The trio will be present for a special July 2nd screening of the acclaimed zombie apocalypse series “HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD” and will host a creator’s panel at Anime Expo, when it returns to the [...]
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In conjunction with the highly-anticipated world premiere of “LASTEXILE -Fam, The Silver Wing-,” Anime Expo 2011 announces the production team behind the latest chapter in the popular “LASTEXILE” series as Guests of Honor. Fans of the series will have a chance to meet and hear from Koichi Chigira, Makoto Kobayashi, Takaaki Suzuki from GONZO and [...]
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