Anime Expo is the second largest anime convention in the world. It’s typically held close to the Forth of July in California.
NewSpeakTV.com recently posted a very funny video of their trip to Anime Expo 2009. There’s a great moment where they interview a Chun Li cosplayer but treat her as if she’s the real deal:
Question: And how does it feeI that it is by far the worst movie made in the history of the United States?
Chun [...]
The Anime Blog reader and contributor Liz Ohanesian went to Anime Expo 2009 last week and brought back some great coverage of the con, including a report on otaku trends, the One Piece controversy, an interview with Mana and more! Here are links to each article:
a href=”http://www.malice-mizer.co.jp/”>Malice Mizer Front Man, Mana, to Attend Nation’s Largest Anime and Manga Convention
Visual kei fans get ready for a musical explosion as Moi dix Mois rocks Anime Expo 2009 as an official Guest of Honor for the nation’s largest anime and manga convention held July 2-5, 2009 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Moi dix [...]
Legendary Seiyuu Toshiyuki Morikawa to Attend Nation’s Largest Anime and Manga Convention
Anime Expo 2009 will be the place to be this fourth of July weekend as legendary and world re-known Japanese voice actor (seiyuu) of Anime and video games, Toshiyuki Morikawa, is announced as one of the official Anime Expo 2009 Guest of Honor for [...]
Celebrated Talents Imaishi and Nishigori to Attend Nation’s Largest Anime
and Manga Convention
Animation Kobe Director Award winner, Hiroyuki Imaishi and 7th Annual Tokyo International Anime Award recipient, Atsushi Nishigori, are now announced as official Anime Expo 2009 Guests of Honor at the nation’s largest anime and manga convention held July 2-5, 2009 at the Los Angeles [...]
Japanese music was the theme of Anime Expo this year. The con featured a number of standout j-rockers, and TheAnimeBlog.com was lucky enough to attend Anna Tsuchiya’s press panel! Most of the questions focused on Ms. Tsuchiya’s solor music career, but she’s also a model and actress. You might have seen her in the ever-so-awesome [...]
ORESKABAND performed live at Anime Expo 2007 on July 1, 2007 at the Long Beach Arena.
ORESKABAND is an all-female ska band from Osaka, Japan. They have released one full album, in July 2006, titled Ore. They have performed both in Japan and the United States, including the Fuji Rock Festival. Their songs have been [...]
For J-Rock fans at Anime Expo 2007, the Pop Shock Masquerade was a great event to see your favorite music-related cosplayers up on stage. The costumes were great and there were even a few performances! We have video featuring one the groups that did an excellent job cosplaying as Dir En Grey – they even [...]
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