anime expo Archives

This past weekend at Anime Expo, 505 Games and indie game developer Lab Zero Games (Skullgirls) treated fans to an exclusive first-look at a special animated intro for their upcoming hybrid platformer/RPG game Indivisible. Created by Emmy award-winning animation production company Titmouse (Avatar: The Last Airbender, Nick Kroll's Big Mouth) and anime studio TRIGGER (Little Witch Academia), the new trailer teases lush, hand-drawn[...]

Even as temperatures soared past 100 degrees in sunny Southern California, it hasn't dampened the annual pilgrimage of anime fans of all ages to the Los Angeles Convention Center for Anime Expo 2018 Open through July 8th, the event, put on by the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation, expects to host well over 350,000[...]

During their Anime Expo panel, the company dropped the news that the Stupro-DX-developed game will be heading to the Nintendo Switch, complete with an announcement trailer. In The Longest Five Minutes, you play as a hero who has reached the final boss in your RPG adventure But just as you're about to fight him, you've lost all memory[...]

Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana received a special announcement during a gameplay panel at Anime Expo 2017 The panel was hosted by NISA, and featured the DLC which will give players the armor worn by Adol in the first Ys title, which is referred to as "Silver Armor" This DLC will be available as a free bonus download[...]

At this year's Anime Expo 2017, fans were treated to a small taste of what to expect as the first teaser trailer for the show's second and third seasons was released: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhW81Ekacf4Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: FLCL Season 2 and 3 Trailer – Anime Expo 2017 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhW81Ekacf4) During it's initial six-episode season, FLCL[...]

This is the true fall out of what happened last weekend… how conventions will change going forward or what will happen if they don't. And indeed, weapons policies have tightened at shows, including at the upcoming Anime Expo, happening July 1 – July 5 at the Los Angeles Convention Center Anime Expo's weapons policy, promoted as recently[...]

By Michele Brittany, West Coast Correspondent This past weekend at the Los Angeles Convention Center, the 24th annual Anime Expo was in full swing One of the gems I found was the Entertainment Hall, which centered on gaming and cosplay In comparison to the main Exhibition Hall where the vendors, artists and small press was congregated,[...]

By Michele Brittany, West Coast Correspondent I am continually impressed by the costumes that I see each year at Anime Expo, held at the Los Angeles Convention Center the first weekend of July This year was no exception: funny, serious, beautiful, and elaborate designs inspired by homegrown imagination to the familiar famous anime and manga IPs[...]

By Michele Brittany, West Coast Correspondent North America's largest Anime Expo was back in Los Angeles this weekend for its 24th year Taking up the entire Los Angeles Convention Center, talent from around the world come each year the first week of July to celebrate all things anime, manga and popular Japanese culture The Anime Expo[...]

There's a parking lot nearby. If you missed Anime Expo in July, or you are ready for more anime, then you'll want to check out a new event, Anime California 2014, scheduled for August 22 – 24 at the Hyatt Regency Orange County in Garden Grove Special guests include Chris Patton (Fullmetal Alchemist, Dagonball Z: The[...]

By Michele Brittany, a West Coast Bleeding Cool Correspondent This was my second year attending the nation's largest convention dedicated to anime and manga, the Anime Expo (AX) held at the Los Angeles Convention Center from July 3 – 6 Last year I only attended one day (Saturday) and knew that the expo had too much[...]

By Michele Brittany, a West Coast Bleeding Cool Correspondent It was serendipitous that I ended up attending the last half of Comfort Love and Adam Withers' panel on creating a character Friday afternoon at the 23rd annual Anime Expo, held again this year at the Los Angeles Convention Center The husband and wife duo, who have[...]

By Sage Ashford Founder of Japanese indie company Comcept, as well as chief designer/creator of beloved Capcom mascot Mega Man, Keiji Inafune, made an appearance at Anime Expo to talk about his new creation, Mighty No 9, spiritual successor to Mega Man and holder of one of the largest video game Kickstarters ever Inafune had much[...]

By Michele Brittany, a West Coast Bleeding Cool Correspondent It was the third day of Anime Expo being held at the Los Angeles Convention Center over the Fourth of July holiday weekend Last year, the attendance was recorded at 61,000 and after seeing the many lines forming between the buildings through the day today, I think[...]

US translator and publisher of the Oh My Goddess! series by Kōsuke Fujishima, Dark Horse Comics announced at Anime Expo that they will be re-releasing the series after publishing the final volume last December. Just they'll be doing it a little bigger. Expect fifteen omnibus volumes to be contain the entire series in a bigger format with better[...]

By Michele Brittany, a West Coast Bleeding Cool Correspondent Walking around the exhibition hall, it doesn't take too long to figure out what's popular this season in anime and manga, according to the 23rd annual Anime Expo (AX) that's being held at the Los Angeles Convention Center July 3 – 6. It's day two of AX and[...]

By Michele Brittany, a West Coast Bleeding Cool Correspondent It was the second day of the 23rd annual Anime Expo (AX) being held at the Los Angeles Convention Center over the holiday weekend This is my second year, having attended only one day last year, which wasn't enough time to see the entire exhibition hall and[...]

When and where was your first con? RW: We started selling prints officially May 1, 2011, and October 2011 was our first comic convention, the Long Beach Comic and Horror Convention. MB: And lastly, where can people see your art in the coming months? RW:  We are booked at lots of shows coming up! July 3-6 Anime[...]

There are three events throughout the day: it is $6 to attend The Comix Stage, which includes a round table interview with the special guests, however the Cartoonist Expo is free. And, plan early for these very popular events coming up in July: For anime and manga fans, the Anime Expo is an event not to be[...]

By Hannah Means-Shannon, photos by Michele Brittany It was a gala weekend for all things anime in Los Angeles last weekend, and the general growth spurt in cons of all kinds has given anime a bump in numbers also, particularly the Anime Expo, the largest of its kind in the country now celebrating its 22nd year[...]