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Anime Expo 2023 took place on July 1-4, 2023 in downtown Los Angeles at the LA Convention Center, LA Live, and JW Marriott conference spaces. This is the world’s largest gathering of anime fans, 160,000 otaku gathered in downtown LA…
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We were excited to find out that we had our “Cosplayers Guide to Shopping at the LA Fabric District” approved for Anime Expo ’23. We have a complicated relationship with AX – we don’t hate it, but it is a…
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Dame Scarlet Aznable and Jared the Greek share their thoughts about Anime Expo 2023.
ax chibi took place on November 12-13, 2022 at the Ontario Convention Center in Ontario, CA. The event was announced at the end of Anime Expo 2022. This event would be a “smaller” version of Anime Expo. Compared to the…
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ax chibi was a two day event at the Ontario Convention Center. We have attended the smaller Comic Con Revolution show previously at this venue. Comic Con Revolution held much less than the 10,000 estimated attendees for the inaugural run…
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Bass beat rattling the chandelier, feeling so Gatsby for that whole year It’s been a year since we have returned to the convention scene. Anime Expo is still the largest anime event. This sold out convention drew in over 100,000…
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I got my Nozomi shirt on with my Pikachu slippers – let’s go to Anime Expo Lite! Anime Expo Lite is Anime Expo’s second virtual convention. Anime Expo Lite (or AXL) went virtual on July 2 to July 4. AXL…
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There’s a bunny and kitty on the wing of the plane! This was the year we couldn’t have an Anime Expo in downtown Los Angeles. No lines. No overheating. No waiting for the shuttles. No rush to get from point…
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This was our attempt to try something new for our convention coverage. We were going to originally rename Zero Hour to “Convention Tea.” Here’s our immediate hot take after Anime Expo 2019. Is bigger better? Hosted by Eri Kagami and…
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Anime Expo 2019 took place on July 4 to July 7, 2019 in downtown Los Angeles. This four day event is the largest anime convention in the world. The event brings together industry persons and fans alike from the most…
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