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Angeles Convention Center">Los Angeles Convention Center</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, California, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Anime_Expo&params=34.039737_N_118.270293_W_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">34°02′23″N</span> <span class="longitude">118°16′13″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">34.039737°N 118.270293°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">34.039737; -118.270293</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Inaugurated</th><td class="infobox-data">July 3, 1992<span class="noprint">; 32 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1992-07-03</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Most recent</th><td class="infobox-data">July 4, 2024<span class="noprint">; 7 months ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2024-07-04</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Next event</th><td class="infobox-data">July 3, 2025<span class="noprint">; 4 months' time</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2025-07-03</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Attendance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 110,000 (2018)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Organized by</th><td class="infobox-data">Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Filing status</th><td class="infobox-data">non-profit</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.anime-expo.org/">anime-expo.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anime_expo_2022_Convention_Opening.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Anime_expo_2022_Convention_Opening.jpg/240px-Anime_expo_2022_Convention_Opening.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="238" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Anime_expo_2022_Convention_Opening.jpg/360px-Anime_expo_2022_Convention_Opening.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Anime_expo_2022_Convention_Opening.jpg/480px-Anime_expo_2022_Convention_Opening.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="3430" /></a><figcaption>Attendees at AX 2022</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cosplayers_of_Ram,_Emilia_and_Rem,_Re-Zero_20180705b.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Cosplayers_of_Ram%2C_Emilia_and_Rem%2C_Re-Zero_20180705b.jpg/240px-Cosplayers_of_Ram%2C_Emilia_and_Rem%2C_Re-Zero_20180705b.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Cosplayers_of_Ram%2C_Emilia_and_Rem%2C_Re-Zero_20180705b.jpg/360px-Cosplayers_of_Ram%2C_Emilia_and_Rem%2C_Re-Zero_20180705b.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Cosplayers_of_Ram%2C_Emilia_and_Rem%2C_Re-Zero_20180705b.jpg/480px-Cosplayers_of_Ram%2C_Emilia_and_Rem%2C_Re-Zero_20180705b.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/Re:Zero_%E2%88%92_Starting_Life_in_Another_World" class="mw-redirect" title="Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World">Re:Zero</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Cosplayers" class="mw-redirect" title="Cosplayers">cosplayers</a> at AX 2018</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anime_Expo_South_Hall_Lobby_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Anime_Expo_South_Hall_Lobby_2016.jpg/240px-Anime_Expo_South_Hall_Lobby_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Anime_Expo_South_Hall_Lobby_2016.jpg/360px-Anime_Expo_South_Hall_Lobby_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Anime_Expo_South_Hall_Lobby_2016.jpg/480px-Anime_Expo_South_Hall_Lobby_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6022" data-file-height="4015" /></a><figcaption>Attendees gather at the LA Convention Center's South Hall during AX 2016.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anime_Expo_2015_panorama_(19875315555).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Anime_Expo_2015_panorama_%2819875315555%29.jpg/240px-Anime_Expo_2015_panorama_%2819875315555%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="52" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Anime_Expo_2015_panorama_%2819875315555%29.jpg/360px-Anime_Expo_2015_panorama_%2819875315555%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Anime_Expo_2015_panorama_%2819875315555%29.jpg/480px-Anime_Expo_2015_panorama_%2819875315555%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8112" data-file-height="1744" /></a><figcaption>People at Anime Expo 2015</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Anime Expo</b>, abbreviated <b>AX</b>, is an American <a href="/wiki/Anime_convention" class="mw-redirect" title="Anime convention">anime convention</a> held in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> and organized by the non-profit <b>Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation</b> (SPJA). The convention is traditionally held annually on the first weekend of July, spanning the course of four days. Anime Expo is regularly hosted at the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Convention_Center" title="Los Angeles Convention Center">Los Angeles Convention Center</a> but has also been held in other cities such as <a href="/wiki/Anaheim,_California" title="Anaheim, California">Anaheim</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>. </p><p>Anime Expo has events and activities during the convention for attendees to take part in such as guest panels, tabletop gaming, competitions, an arcade, and concerts.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Convention_history">Convention history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anime_Expo&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Convention history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History">History</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anime_Expo&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cosplayers_of_Naruto_at_Anime_Expo_2006-07-02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Cosplayers_of_Naruto_at_Anime_Expo_2006-07-02.jpg/240px-Cosplayers_of_Naruto_at_Anime_Expo_2006-07-02.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Cosplayers_of_Naruto_at_Anime_Expo_2006-07-02.jpg/360px-Cosplayers_of_Naruto_at_Anime_Expo_2006-07-02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Cosplayers_of_Naruto_at_Anime_Expo_2006-07-02.jpg/480px-Cosplayers_of_Naruto_at_Anime_Expo_2006-07-02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Naruto" title="Naruto">Naruto</a> meet-up at AX 2006</figcaption></figure> <p>The first Anime Expo was held from July 3–6, 1992 at the Red Lion Hotel in San Jose, California. Many of its original staff came from <a href="/wiki/Anime_Con" class="mw-redirect" title="Anime Con">Anime Con</a>, an anime convention held in San Jose in 1991, and later absorbed by the SPJA in 1992. In 1994, Anime Expo made a strategic relocation to the Southern California area and all subsequent conventions have taken place there since.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It currently holds the title of North America's largest anime convention, a title which it has consistently held every year except in 2003, in which its attendance was slightly edged out by the east coast anime convention <a href="/wiki/Otakon" title="Otakon">Otakon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AC2003_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC2003-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1,750 attendees in 1992, Anime Expo's size has increased to over 107,658 in 2017, making Anime Expo the largest anime and manga convention in <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-aclargest2017_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aclargest2017-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2009, chief executive officer Trulee Karahashi, who had been a part of Anime Expo and SPJA in various capacities for 11 years, left the organization.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September, former Universal Studios executive Michael Lattanzio was later hired as the SPJA's new CEO.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2010, eight members of Anime Expo's upper management team (ConCom) publicly resigned because of disagreements over the organization's new direction set forth by Lattanzio. One significant point of contention was Lattanzio's decision to refocus and restructure the SPJA's marketing efforts, starting with the dismissal of a PR and marketing contractor that the organization had a close working relationship with since 2004. Additionally, two other personnel had already left for other reasons, leaving only the vice-chair and two others as returning members of the previous year's team.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2010, Lattanzio was released from his CEO position.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In early 2012, <a href="/wiki/Anime_News_Network" title="Anime News Network">Anime News Network</a> reported that Anime Expo suffered a $1.2 million loss in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2011 convention saw a $100,000 profit and reduced the outstanding debt to $700,000. The article also stated that one of the creditors, <a href="/wiki/IDG_World_Expo" class="mw-redirect" title="IDG World Expo">IDG World Expo</a>, will be taking over several aspects of the organization, with guest selection and programming remaining under SPJA control. Additionally, Takayuki Karahashi<sup id="cite_ref-Otakon_Parent_Elects_New_Board_of_Directors_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Otakon_Parent_Elects_New_Board_of_Directors-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AX_Parent_Reveals_Board_of_Directors_Election_Results_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AX_Parent_Reveals_Board_of_Directors_Election_Results-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> has been elected as chairman of the board of directors.<sup id="cite_ref-Exclusive:_AX_2010_Lost_$1.2_Million;_IDG_to_Boost_Involvement_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Exclusive:_AX_2010_Lost_$1.2_Million;_IDG_to_Boost_Involvement-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The convention continued to be located at the LACC through 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-ann06272015_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ann06272015-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2016, Marc Perez left the company, with Ray Chiang becoming acting CEO of SPJA.<sup id="cite_ref-ann04072016perez_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ann04072016perez-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 30, 2017, the first Pre-Show Night was added to the Anime Expo, which included the Neon District, hosting the World Cosplay Summit U.S. Finals, and premieres. </p><p>As the convention's attendance has grown, it's seen long lines for entry into the convention hall, which organizers said was due to safety and security concerns.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the months leading to the 2020 event, a <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">global coronavirus outbreak</a> created concerns related to large gatherings, such as Anime Expo. On April 17, 2020, the SPJA announced that it was cancelling Anime Expo 2020, citing "health and safety" concerns. However, the SPJA stated it still planned to hold the 2021 event on its normal July dates.<sup id="cite_ref-AX2021_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AX2021-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ann04172020_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ann04172020-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AC-2020_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2020-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 27, 2020, they announced a two-day online convention, titled Anime Expo Lite, which took place on July 3 and 4, 2020. On March 3, 2021, the SPJA canceled the 2021 live convention, and announced that the Anime Expo Lite would instead be held on the 2021 schedule, citing "continued uncertainties surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic." Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Anime Expo returned in-person in 2022; Anime Expo 2022 began on July 1 and ended on July 4 as an in-person event for the first time since 2019. </p><p>Anime Expo in 2023 suffered from serious overcrowding issues, and also occurred during a hotel staff strike.<sup id="cite_ref-ann07262023_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ann07262023-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Convention_locations">Convention locations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anime_Expo&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Convention locations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Dates</th> <th>Location</th> <th>Atten.</th> <th>Guests </th></tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">July 3–6, 1992 </td><td class="nowrap">Red Lion Hotel<br /><a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose, California</a></td><td style="text-align:center;">1,750<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>Jerry Beck, L. Lois Buhalis, <a href="/wiki/Ben_Dunn" title="Ben Dunn">Ben Dunn</a>, Robert Fenelon, <a href="/wiki/Lea_Hernandez" title="Lea Hernandez">Lea Hernandez</a>, Seiji Horibuchi, Ken Iyadomi, <a href="/wiki/Shawne_Kleckner" class="mw-redirect" title="Shawne Kleckner">Shawne Kleckner</a>, Trish Ledoux, <a href="/wiki/Carl_Macek" title="Carl Macek">Carl Macek</a>, Luke Menichelli, <a href="/wiki/Keiji_Nakazawa" title="Keiji Nakazawa">Keiji Nakazawa</a>, Robert Napton, John O'Donnell, Claude J. Pelletier, David Keith Riddick, <a href="/wiki/Frederik_L._Schodt" title="Frederik L. Schodt">Frederik L. Schodt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buichi_Terasawa" title="Buichi Terasawa">Buichi Terasawa</a>, Jeff Thompson, <a href="/wiki/Yoshiyuki_Tomino" title="Yoshiyuki Tomino">Yoshiyuki Tomino</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Wang" title="Steve Wang">Steve Wang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Woodhead" title="Robert Woodhead">Robert Woodhead</a>, and Toshifumi Yoshida.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-1992_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-1992-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">July 2–4, 1993 </td><td class="nowrap">Parc Oakland Hotel and <br /> Oakland Convention Center<br /><a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland, California</a></td><td style="text-align:center;">1,693</td><td><a href="/wiki/Keita_Amemiya" title="Keita Amemiya">Keita Amemiya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kia_Asamiya" title="Kia Asamiya">Kia Asamiya</a>, Robert DeJesus, Doug Dlin, Robert Fenelon, Peter Goll, Kenji Goto, David Ho, Seiji Horibuchi, Leo Hourvitz, <a href="/wiki/Yasuhiro_Imagawa" title="Yasuhiro Imagawa">Yasuhiro Imagawa</a>, Junco Ito, <a href="/wiki/Makoto_Kobayashi_(artist)" title="Makoto Kobayashi (artist)">Makoto Kobayashi</a>, Steve Kyte, Trish Ledoux, Carl Macek, <a href="/wiki/Helen_McCarthy" title="Helen McCarthy">Helen McCarthy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haruhiko_Mikimoto" title="Haruhiko Mikimoto">Haruhiko Mikimoto</a>, Robert Napton, <a href="/wiki/Yasushi_Nirasawa" title="Yasushi Nirasawa">Yasushi Nirasawa</a>, Martin Oulette, <a href="/wiki/Wil_Overton" title="Wil Overton">Wil Overton</a>, Claude J. Pelletier, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Pidgeon" title="Jeff Pidgeon">Jeff Pidgeon</a>, Frederik L. Schodt, Jan Scott-Frazier, Masatoshi Tahara, Takayuki Takeya, and Toshifumi Yoshida.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-1993_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-1993-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">July 1–3, 1994 </td><td class="nowrap">Anaheim Marriott Hotel and <br /> <a href="/wiki/Anaheim_Convention_Center" title="Anaheim Convention Center">Anaheim Convention Center</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Anaheim,_California" title="Anaheim, California">Anaheim, California</a></td><td style="text-align:center;">2,057</td><td>Allen Hastings, <a href="/wiki/Shoji_Kawamori" class="mw-redirect" title="Shoji Kawamori">Shoji Kawamori</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hiroyuki_Kitazume" title="Hiroyuki Kitazume">Hiroyuki Kitazume</a>, <a href="/wiki/Izumi_Matsumoto" title="Izumi Matsumoto">Izumi Matsumoto</a>, Haruhiko Mikimoto, Jan Scott-Frazier, Minoru Takanashi, and <a href="/wiki/Nobuteru_Yuuki" class="mw-redirect" title="Nobuteru Yuuki">Nobuteru Yuuki</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-1994_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-1994-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">June 30 – July 2, 1995 </td><td class="nowrap">Los Angeles Airport Hilton<br /><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles, California</a></td><td style="text-align:center;">2,138</td><td>Amy Chia, Danger Productions, Allen Hastings, Leo Hourvitz, Kazuhiko Ikeguchi, <a href="/wiki/Noboru_Ishiguro" title="Noboru Ishiguro">Noboru Ishiguro</a>, Jay Miao, Haruhiko Mikimoto, <a href="/wiki/Koichi_Ohata" title="Koichi Ohata">Koichi Ohata</a>, Nobuyuki Ohnishi, Jan Scott-Frazier, Ryoei Tsukimura, Satoshi Urushibara, and <a href="/wiki/Kinji_Yoshimoto" title="Kinji Yoshimoto">Kinji Yoshimoto</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-1995_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-1995-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">June 28–30, 1996 </td><td class="nowrap">Anaheim Marriott Hotel and <br /> Anaheim Convention Center<br />Anaheim, California</td><td style="text-align:center;">2,918</td><td><a href="/wiki/Hideaki_Anno" title="Hideaki Anno">Hideaki Anno</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hiroki_Hayashi" title="Hiroki Hayashi">Hiroki Hayashi</a>, Noboru Ishiguro, <a href="/wiki/Yoshiaki_Kawajiri" title="Yoshiaki Kawajiri">Yoshiaki Kawajiri</a>, Hiroyuki Kitazume, Toshihiko Nishikubo, Hiromasa Ogura, Koichi Ohata, <a href="/wiki/Ai_Orikasa" title="Ai Orikasa">Ai Orikasa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mamoru_Oshii" title="Mamoru Oshii">Mamoru Oshii</a>, Jan Scott-Frazier, <a href="/wiki/Kenichi_Sonoda" title="Kenichi Sonoda">Kenichi Sonoda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yumi_Takada" title="Yumi Takada">Yumi Takada</a>, and Ryoei Tsukimura.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-1996_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-1996-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">July 4–6, 1997 </td><td class="nowrap">Los Angeles Airport Hilton<br />Los Angeles, California</td><td style="text-align:center;">3,826</td><td>Jan Scott-Frazier<sup id="cite_ref-AC-1997_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-1997-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">July 3–5, 1998 </td><td class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hilton_Anaheim" title="Hilton Anaheim">Anaheim Hilton and Towers</a><br />Anaheim, California</td><td style="text-align:center;">4,883</td><td>Mika Akitaka, <a href="/wiki/Akira_Kamiya" title="Akira Kamiya">Akira Kamiya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hiroyuki_Kitakubo" title="Hiroyuki Kitakubo">Hiroyuki Kitakubo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yasuhiro_Nightow" title="Yasuhiro Nightow">Yasuhiro Nightow</a>, Jan Scott-Frazier, Nobuyuki Takahashi, <a href="/wiki/Yuu_Watase" title="Yuu Watase">Yuu Watase</a>, and Takahiro Yoshimatsu.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-1998_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-1998-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">July 16–18, 1999 </td><td class="nowrap">Anaheim Hilton and Towers<br />Anaheim, California</td><td style="text-align:center;">6,400</td><td>Mika Akitaka, <a href="/wiki/Mari_Iijima" title="Mari Iijima">Mari Iijima</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yoko_Kanno" title="Yoko Kanno">Yoko Kanno</a>, Hiromi Matsushita, <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Ortiz" title="Lisa Ortiz">Lisa Ortiz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gilles_Poitras" title="Gilles Poitras">Gilles Poitras</a>, and Jan Scott-Frazier.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-1999_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-1999-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">June 30 – July 3, 2000 </td><td class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Disneyland_Hotel_(California)" title="Disneyland Hotel (California)">Disneyland Hotel</a><br />Anaheim, California</td><td style="text-align:center;">9,700</td><td><a href="/wiki/Rika_Fukami" title="Rika Fukami">Rika Fukami</a>, <a href="/wiki/Keiji_Gotoh" title="Keiji Gotoh">Keiji Gotoh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kunihiko_Ikuhara" title="Kunihiko Ikuhara">Kunihiko Ikuhara</a>, Noboru Ishiguro, Akira Kamiya, Yukio Kikukawa, <a href="/wiki/Mahiro_Maeda" title="Mahiro Maeda">Mahiro Maeda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yutaka_Minowa" title="Yutaka Minowa">Yutaka Minowa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Range_Murata" title="Range Murata">Range Murata</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kazuto_Nakazawa" title="Kazuto Nakazawa">Kazuto Nakazawa</a>, Yasuhiro Nightow, <a href="/wiki/Chiho_Saito" title="Chiho Saito">Chiho Saito</a>, Jan Scott-Frazier, Yuu Watase, and Nobuteru Yuuki.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2000_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2000-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">July 5–8, 2001 </td><td class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Long_Beach_Convention_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Long Beach Convention Center">Long Beach Convention Center</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Long_Beach,_California" title="Long Beach, California">Long Beach, California</a></td><td style="text-align:center;">13,000</td><td><a href="/wiki/Hisashi_Abe" title="Hisashi Abe">Hisashi Abe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morio_Asaka" title="Morio Asaka">Morio Asaka</a>, Kia Asamiya, <a href="/wiki/Jo_Chen" title="Jo Chen">Jo Chen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kikuko_Inoue" title="Kikuko Inoue">Kikuko Inoue</a>, <a href="/wiki/Masayuki_Kojima" title="Masayuki Kojima">Masayuki Kojima</a>, Hidenori Matsubara, Haruhiko Mikimoto, Jan Scott-Frazier, Makoto Uno, and Yuu Watase.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2001_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2001-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ANN_AX_2001_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ANN_AX_2001-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">July 4–7, 2002 </td><td class="nowrap">Long Beach Convention Center<br />Long Beach, California</td><td style="text-align:center;">15,250</td><td>Jo Chen, <a href="/wiki/Hiroaki_Goda" class="mw-redirect" title="Hiroaki Goda">Hiroaki Goda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tsukasa_Hojo" title="Tsukasa Hojo">Tsukasa Hojo</a>, Kunihiko Ikuhara, Hiroaki Inoue, <a href="/wiki/Yoko_Ishida" title="Yoko Ishida">Yoko Ishida</a>, Noboru Ishiguro, Masashi Ishihama, Akira Kamiya, Shoji Kawamori, <a href="/wiki/Maria_Kawamura" title="Maria Kawamura">Maria Kawamura</a>, Yukio Kikukawa, <a href="/wiki/Hideyuki_Kurata" title="Hideyuki Kurata">Hideyuki Kurata</a>, <a href="/wiki/Koichi_Mashimo" class="mw-redirect" title="Koichi Mashimo">Koichi Mashimo</a>, Koji Masunari, Hidenori Matsubara, Toshiharu Murata, <a href="/wiki/Mamiko_Noto" title="Mamiko Noto">Mamiko Noto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Puffy_AmiYumi" title="Puffy AmiYumi">Puffy AmiYumi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nobuhiro_Watsuki" title="Nobuhiro Watsuki">Nobuhiro Watsuki</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Takumi_Yamazaki" title="Takumi Yamazaki">Takumi Yamazaki</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2002_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2002-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">July 3–6, 2003 </td><td class="nowrap">Anaheim Convention Center<br />Anaheim, California</td><td style="text-align:center;">17,000</td><td><a href="/wiki/Yoshitoshi_ABe" class="mw-redirect" title="Yoshitoshi ABe">Yoshitoshi ABe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kazuki_Akane" title="Kazuki Akane">Kazuki Akane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Duel_Jewel" class="mw-redirect" title="Duel Jewel">Duel Jewel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Forstadt" title="Rebecca Forstadt">Rebecca Forstadt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crispin_Freeman" title="Crispin Freeman">Crispin Freeman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kazuhiro_Furuhashi" title="Kazuhiro Furuhashi">Kazuhiro Furuhashi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mitsuru_Hongo" title="Mitsuru Hongo">Mitsuru Hongo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taliesin_Jaffe" title="Taliesin Jaffe">Taliesin Jaffe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yuki_Kajiura" title="Yuki Kajiura">Yuki Kajiura</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yousuke_Kuroda" class="mw-redirect" title="Yousuke Kuroda">Yousuke Kuroda</a>, Mahiro Maeda, <a href="/wiki/Atsuko_Nakajima" title="Atsuko Nakajima">Atsuko Nakajima</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liam_O%27Brien" title="Liam O'Brien">Liam O'Brien</a>, Koushi Rikudo, <a href="/wiki/Goro_Taniguchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Goro Taniguchi">Goro Taniguchi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Misa_Watanabe" title="Misa Watanabe">Misa Watanabe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kazuki_Yao" title="Kazuki Yao">Kazuki Yao</a>, and Nobuteru Yuuki.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2003_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2003-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">July 2–5, 2004 </td><td class="nowrap">Anaheim Convention Center<br />Anaheim, California</td><td style="text-align:center;">25,000</td><td><a href="/wiki/Koichi_Chigira" title="Koichi Chigira">Koichi Chigira</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kate_Higgins" title="Kate Higgins">Kate Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hiromi_Hirata" title="Hiromi Hirata">Hiromi Hirata</a>, Yoko Ishida, Masashi Ishihama, <a href="/wiki/Shinichiro_Kimura" title="Shinichiro Kimura">Shinichiro Kimura</a>, Hideyuki Kurata, <a href="/wiki/Wendee_Lee" title="Wendee Lee">Wendee Lee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Lindsay" title="Michael Lindsay">Michael Lindsay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Masao_Maruyama_(film_producer)" title="Masao Maruyama (film producer)">Masao Maruyama</a>, Shino Masanori, <a href="/wiki/Koji_Masunari" title="Koji Masunari">Koji Masunari</a>, Yuji Matsukura, MIQ, Minoru Murao, Range Murata, Toshiharu Murata, <a href="/wiki/Lee_Myung-jin" title="Lee Myung-jin">Lee Myung-jin</a>, Satoshi Nishimura, Kazufumi Nomura, Tomonori Ochikoshi, <a href="/wiki/Yoshiyuki_Okamura" class="mw-redirect" title="Yoshiyuki Okamura">Yoshiyuki Okamura</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ichiro_Okouchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Ichiro Okouchi">Ichiro Okouchi</a>, Kaoru Ozawa, Tadashi Ozawa, <a href="/wiki/Cindy_Robinson" title="Cindy Robinson">Cindy Robinson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Ruff" title="Michelle Ruff">Michelle Ruff</a>, <a href="/wiki/Katsushi_Sakurabi" title="Katsushi Sakurabi">Katsushi Sakurabi</a>, Soichiro Sano, <a href="/wiki/Carrie_Savage" title="Carrie Savage">Carrie Savage</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tomokazu_Seki" title="Tomokazu Seki">Tomokazu Seki</a>, Ren Usami, Cindy Yamauchi, and Reina Yoshimura.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2004_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2004-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">July 1–4, 2005 </td><td class="nowrap">Anaheim Convention Center<br />Anaheim, California</td><td style="text-align:center;">33,000</td><td>Hunter MacKenzie Austin, <a href="/wiki/Greg_Ayres" title="Greg Ayres">Greg Ayres</a>, <a href="/wiki/JB_Blanc" title="JB Blanc">JB Blanc</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Yong_Bosch" title="Johnny Yong Bosch">Johnny Yong Bosch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colleen_Clinkenbeard" title="Colleen Clinkenbeard">Colleen Clinkenbeard</a>, Siobhan Flynn, Crispin Freeman, <a href="/wiki/Ugetsu_Hakua" title="Ugetsu Hakua">Ugetsu Hakua</a>, Rachel Hirschfeld, <a href="/wiki/Ryo_Horikawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Ryo Horikawa">Ryo Horikawa</a>, Hiroyuki Kitakubo, <a href="/wiki/Osamu_Kobayashi_(illustrator)" title="Osamu Kobayashi (illustrator)">Osamu Kobayashi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tsuneo_Kobayashi" title="Tsuneo Kobayashi">Tsuneo Kobayashi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kotoko_(singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kotoko (singer)">Kotoko</a>, Sara Lahti, Wendee Lee, Range Murata, Liam O'Brien, <a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Osaka" class="mw-redirect" title="Hiroshi Osaka">Hiroshi Osaka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maaya_Sakamoto" title="Maaya Sakamoto">Maaya Sakamoto</a>, Carrie Savage, Tomokazu Seki, Miho Shimogasa, J.D. Stone, Helena Taylor, Wendee Tomson, Kazue Yamamoto, and Akihito Yamashita.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2005_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2005-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">July 1–4, 2006 </td><td class="nowrap">Anaheim Convention Center<br />Anaheim, California</td><td style="text-align:center;">40,647</td><td><a href="/wiki/Laura_Bailey" title="Laura Bailey">Laura Bailey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Troy_Baker" title="Troy Baker">Troy Baker</a>, Johnny Yong Bosch, <a href="/wiki/Clamp_(manga_artists)" title="Clamp (manga artists)">CLAMP</a>, Colleen Clinkenbeard, <a href="/wiki/Koge_Donbo*" class="mw-redirect" title="Koge Donbo*">Koge Donbo*</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quinton_Flynn" title="Quinton Flynn">Quinton Flynn</a>, Crispin Freeman, <a href="/wiki/Toru_Furuya" class="mw-redirect" title="Toru Furuya">Toru Furuya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Hebert" title="Kyle Hebert">Kyle Hebert</a>, Noboru Ishiguro, Yutaka Izubuchi, <a href="/wiki/Ryuhei_Kitamura" title="Ryuhei Kitamura">Ryuhei Kitamura</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tomoki_Kyoda" title="Tomoki Kyoda">Tomoki Kyoda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mana_(Japanese_musician)" title="Mana (Japanese musician)">Mana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_McFarland" title="Mike McFarland">Mike McFarland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vic_Mignogna" title="Vic Mignogna">Vic Mignogna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seiji_Mizushima" title="Seiji Mizushima">Seiji Mizushima</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Nagahama" title="Hiroshi Nagahama">Hiroshi Nagahama</a>, Atsuko Nakajima, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Nimoy" title="Jeff Nimoy">Jeff Nimoy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mick_Takeuchi" title="Mick Takeuchi">Mick Takeuchi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Travis_Willingham" title="Travis Willingham">Travis Willingham</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Yozuca*" class="mw-redirect" title="Yozuca*">yozuca*</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2006_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2006-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">June 29 – July 2, 2007 </td><td class="nowrap">Long Beach Convention Center<br />Long Beach, California</td><td style="text-align:center;">41,671</td><td><a href="/wiki/Tetsuro_Araki" class="mw-redirect" title="Tetsuro Araki">Tetsuro Araki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Arias" title="Michael Arias">Michael Arias</a>, Greg Ayres, Laura Bailey, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Blum" title="Steve Blum">Steve Blum</a>, Johnny Yong Bosch, <a href="/wiki/Minori_Chihara" title="Minori Chihara">Minori Chihara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leah_Clark" title="Leah Clark">Leah Clark</a>, Colleen Clinkenbeard, <a href="/wiki/Justin_Cook" title="Justin Cook">Justin Cook</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caitlin_Glass" title="Caitlin Glass">Caitlin Glass</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yuko_Goto" class="mw-redirect" title="Yuko Goto">Yuko Goto</a>, Kate Higgins, <a href="/wiki/Aya_Hirano" title="Aya Hirano">Aya Hirano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yuuna_Inamura" class="mw-redirect" title="Yuuna Inamura">Yuuna Inamura</a>, Eisaku Inoue, <a href="/wiki/Chiaki_Ishikawa" title="Chiaki Ishikawa">Chiaki Ishikawa</a>, Taliesin Jaffe, Satoru Kannagi, Hideo Katsumata, <a href="/wiki/Takaaki_Kidani" title="Takaaki Kidani">Takaaki Kidani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Masaru_Kitao" title="Masaru Kitao">Masaru Kitao</a>, Mike McFarland, <a href="/wiki/Mary_Elizabeth_McGlynn" title="Mary Elizabeth McGlynn">Mary Elizabeth McGlynn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haruko_Momoi" title="Haruko Momoi">Haruko Momoi</a>, Shuhei Morita, Hiroshi Nagahama, Sumire Nanohana, Tomonori Ochikoshi, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Oliver" title="Tony Oliver">Tony Oliver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oreskaband" title="Oreskaband">Oreskaband</a>, Kate Oxley, Takaharu Ozaki, <a href="/wiki/Brina_Palencia" title="Brina Palencia">Brina Palencia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orion_Pitts" title="Orion Pitts">Orion Pitts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Potter" title="Brandon Potter">Brandon Potter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dai_Sato" class="mw-redirect" title="Dai Sato">Dai Sato</a>, <a href="/wiki/Savage_genius" class="mw-redirect" title="Savage genius">savage genius</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Seitz" title="Patrick Seitz">Patrick Seitz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Sheh" title="Stephanie Sheh">Stephanie Sheh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anna_Tsuchiya" title="Anna Tsuchiya">Anna Tsuchiya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kounosuke_Uda" class="mw-redirect" title="Kounosuke Uda">Kounosuke Uda</a>, and Travis Willingham.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2007_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2007-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">July 3–6, 2008 </td><td class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Convention_Center" title="Los Angeles Convention Center">Los Angeles Convention Center</a><br />Los Angeles, California</td><td style="text-align:center;">43,000 (warm); 103,000 (turnstile)<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2008_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2008-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-icv2ax2008_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-icv2ax2008-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>Yamila Abraham, Masahiro Ando, <a href="/wiki/Ayane_(singer)" title="Ayane (singer)">Ayane</a>, Greg Ayres, Cameron Baity, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Fasolo" title="Mike Fasolo">Mike Fasolo</a>, Fullmoon 13, GaGaalinG, <a href="/wiki/David_Hayter" title="David Hayter">David Hayter</a>, Masamitsu Hidaka, Yoko Ishida, <a href="/wiki/Jyukai_(band)" title="Jyukai (band)">Jyukai</a>, Hiromi Kato, <a href="/wiki/Hideyuki_Kikuchi" title="Hideyuki Kikuchi">Hideyuki Kikuchi</a>, Kuro, <a href="/wiki/LM.C" class="mw-redirect" title="LM.C">LM.C</a>, Chris Many, <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Meza" title="Jonathan Meza">Jonathan Meza</a>, Vic Mignogna, <a href="/wiki/Jason_Charles_Miller" title="Jason Charles Miller">Jason Charles Miller</a>, Jeanette Moffat, <a href="/wiki/Shoko_Nakagawa" title="Shoko Nakagawa">Shoko Nakagawa</a>, Tony Oliver, le Peruggine, Riku, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Root" title="Tom Root">Tom Root</a>, Kaeko Sakamoto, Patrick Seitz, <a href="/wiki/Toshihiko_Seki" title="Toshihiko Seki">Toshihiko Seki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Shinick" title="Kevin Shinick">Kevin Shinick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Akemi_Takada" title="Akemi Takada">Akemi Takada</a>, Saiko Takaki, Thee Out Mods, VelBet, and Travis Willingham.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2008_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2008-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">July 2–5, 2009 </td><td class="nowrap">Los Angeles Convention Center<br />Los Angeles, California</td><td style="text-align:center;">44,000 (unique); 109,000 (turnstile)<sup id="cite_ref-annaxattendance_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-annaxattendance-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>Tomo Asaha, Karan Ashley, auncia, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Axelrod_(actor)" title="Robert Axelrod (actor)">Robert Axelrod</a>, Nakia Burrise, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Cardenas" title="Steve Cardenas">Steve Cardenas</a>, Northrup Davis, <a href="/wiki/Dan_Ewing" title="Dan Ewing">Daniel Ewing</a>, Mike Fasolo, <a href="/wiki/Blake_Anthony_Foster" class="mw-redirect" title="Blake Anthony Foster">Blake Anthony Foster</a>, Kun Gao, <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Goldstein" class="mw-redirect" title="Douglas Goldstein">Douglas Goldstein</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Goodson" title="Barbara Goodson">Barbara Goodson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seth_Green" title="Seth Green">Seth Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hangry_%26_Angry" title="Hangry & Angry">Hangry & Angry</a>, Kyle Hebert, Jason Hoffs, Ken Hoinsky, <a href="/wiki/Hiroyuki_Imaishi" title="Hiroyuki Imaishi">Hiroyuki Imaishi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daisuke_Ishiwatari" title="Daisuke Ishiwatari">Daisuke Ishiwatari</a>, Noriyuki Jinguji, <a href="/wiki/Walter_E._Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="Walter E. Jones">Walter E. Jones</a>, Takeshi Kajii, Shigeru Kitayama, Shawne Kleckner, <a href="/wiki/Yun_Kouga" class="mw-redirect" title="Yun Kouga">Yun Kouga</a>, Yousuke Kuroda, Robert Le, <a href="/wiki/Patricia_Ja_Lee" title="Patricia Ja Lee">Patricia Ja Lee</a>, Joshua Long, Nobuo Masuda, Monica May, Mike McFarland, <a href="/wiki/Chris_McKay" title="Chris McKay">Chris McKay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Breckin_Meyer" title="Breckin Meyer">Breckin Meyer</a>, Seiji Mizushima, <a href="/wiki/Moi_dix_Mois" title="Moi dix Mois">Moi dix Mois</a>, Toshimichi Mori, <a href="/wiki/Toshiyuki_Morikawa" title="Toshiyuki Morikawa">Toshiyuki Morikawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morning_Musume" title="Morning Musume">Morning Musume</a>, Robert Napton, Yasuhiro Nightow, Atsushi Nishigori, Satoshi Nishimura, <a href="/wiki/Takashi_Okazaki" title="Takashi Okazaki">Takashi Okazaki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Austin_Osueke" title="Austin Osueke">Austin Osueke</a>, Race Owen, Brina Palencia, Luis Reyes, Amy Rolle, Reggie Rolle, Tom Root, <a href="/wiki/Satsuki_(musician)" title="Satsuki (musician)">Satsuki</a>, Justin Sevakis, Eric P. Sherman, Kevin Shinick, Dan Southworth, <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Sutherland" title="Catherine Sutherland">Catherine Sutherland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tsunku" title="Tsunku">Tsunku</a>, Roger Velasco, <a href="/wiki/Cerina_Vincent" title="Cerina Vincent">Cerina Vincent</a>, Chris Violette, Kevy Vona, <a href="/wiki/Kari_Wahlgren" title="Kari Wahlgren">Kari Wahlgren</a>, Selwyn Jaydon Ward, and <a href="/wiki/Erik_Weiner" title="Erik Weiner">Erik Weiner</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2009_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2009-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">July 1–4, 2010 </td><td class="nowrap">Los Angeles Convention Center<br />Los Angeles, California</td><td style="text-align:center;">46,000 (warm); 105,000 (turnstile)<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2010_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2010-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-annaxattendance_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-annaxattendance-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td><a href="/wiki/Saki_Aibu" title="Saki Aibu">Saki Aibu</a>, <a href="/wiki/AKB48" title="AKB48">AKB48</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yuu_Asakawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Yuu Asakawa">Yuu Asakawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beni_(singer)" title="Beni (singer)">Beni</a>, Johnny Yong Bosch, <a href="/wiki/Danny_Choo" title="Danny Choo">Danny Choo</a>, DJ Chucky, Guhroovy, Kyle Hebert, <a href="/wiki/Rei_Hiroe" title="Rei Hiroe">Rei Hiroe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yui_Horie" title="Yui Horie">Yui Horie</a>, Tomohiko Ishii, <a href="/wiki/Kenji_Kamiyama" title="Kenji Kamiyama">Kenji Kamiyama</a>, Yoko Kanno, <a href="/wiki/Toshihiro_Kawamoto" title="Toshihiro Kawamoto">Toshihiro Kawamoto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eri_Kitamura" title="Eri Kitamura">Eri Kitamura</a>, <a href="/wiki/Katsuyuki_Konishi" title="Katsuyuki Konishi">Katsuyuki Konishi</a>, Robert Le, M-Project, m1dy, <a href="/wiki/May%27n" title="May'n">May'n</a>, <a href="/wiki/MELL" class="mw-redirect" title="MELL">MELL</a>, Vic Mignogna, Jason Charles Miller, <a href="/wiki/Masakazu_Morita" title="Masakazu Morita">Masakazu Morita</a>, <a href="/wiki/Megumi_Nakajima" title="Megumi Nakajima">Megumi Nakajima</a>, Satoru Nakamura, No+Chin, <a href="/wiki/RSP_(band)" title="RSP (band)">RSP</a>, Kaeko Sakamoto, DJ Schwarzenegger, Eric P. Sherman, <a href="/wiki/Sophia_(Japanese_band)" title="Sophia (Japanese band)">Sophia</a>, Nobuyuki Takahashi, <a href="/wiki/Cristina_Vee" title="Cristina Vee">Cristina Vee</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Shinichi_Watanabe" title="Shinichi Watanabe">Shinichi Watanabe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2010_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2010-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">July 1–4, 2011 </td><td class="nowrap">Los Angeles Convention Center<br />Los Angeles, California</td><td style="text-align:center;">47,000 (unique); 128,000 (turnstile)<sup id="cite_ref-annaxattendance_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-annaxattendance-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td><a href="/wiki/Takanori_Aki" title="Takanori Aki">Takanori Aki</a>, Tetsuro Araki, <a href="/wiki/Peter_S._Beagle" title="Peter S. Beagle">Peter S. Beagle</a>, Hiroyuki Birukawa, Koichi Chigira, Danny Choo, <a href="/wiki/Danceroid" title="Danceroid">Danceroid</a>, Dig Jelly, Toshihiro Fukuoka, Toshio Furukawa, <a href="/wiki/Fred_Gallagher_(cartoonist)" title="Fred Gallagher (cartoonist)">Fred Gallagher</a>, Kentaro Hashimoto, <a href="/wiki/Hiroyuki_Ito" title="Hiroyuki Ito">Hiroyuki Ito</a>, Taliesin Jaffe, <a href="/wiki/Kalafina" title="Kalafina">Kalafina</a>, Makoto Kobayashi, Onyx Kobayashi, <a href="/wiki/Maon_Kurosaki" title="Maon Kurosaki">Maon Kurosaki</a>, Izumi Matsumoto, Vic Mignogna, <a href="/wiki/Hatsune_Miku" title="Hatsune Miku">Hatsune Miku</a>, Jason Charles Miller, Seiji Mizushima, Toshiyuki Morikawa, <a href="/wiki/Sohei_Niikawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Sohei Niikawa">Sohei Niikawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nirgilis" title="Nirgilis">Nirgilis</a>, Wataru Sasaki, <a href="/wiki/Miyuki_Sawashiro" title="Miyuki Sawashiro">Miyuki Sawashiro</a>, Takaaki Suzuki, Masayoshi Tanaka, Tune in Tokyo, Stephanie Yanez,<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2011_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2011-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Katsuyuki Hirano, Takaki Kosaka, Kenta Sugano,<sup id="cite_ref-ann2011highsc_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ann2011highsc-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Kyle Hebert.<sup id="cite_ref-ann2011axopening_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ann2011axopening-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">June 29 – July 2, 2012 </td><td class="nowrap">Los Angeles Convention Center<br />Los Angeles, California</td><td style="text-align:center;">49,400 (unique); 130,000 (turnstile)<sup id="cite_ref-annaxattendance_42-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-annaxattendance-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tas2012ax_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tas2012ax-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td><a href="/wiki/Animetal_USA" title="Animetal USA">Animetal USA</a>, Ei Aoki, <a href="/wiki/Misako_Aoki" title="Misako Aoki">Misako Aoki</a>, Morio Asaka, Steve Blum, Danny Choo, Kunihiko Hamada, Ryo Horikawa, Yuki Kajiura, Hikaru Kondo, <a href="/wiki/Rikiya_Koyama" title="Rikiya Koyama">Rikiya Koyama</a>, <a href="/wiki/LiSA_(Japanese_musician,_born_1987)" class="mw-redirect" title="LiSA (Japanese musician, born 1987)">LiSA</a>, Cyril Lumboy, <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Marchi" title="Jamie Marchi">Jamie Marchi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joel_McDonald" title="Joel McDonald">Joel McDonald</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nobuhiko_Okamoto" title="Nobuhiko Okamoto">Nobuhiko Okamoto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monica_Rial" title="Monica Rial">Monica Rial</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tatsuo_Sat%C5%8D_(director)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tatsuo Satō (director)">Tatsuo Sato</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ian_Sinclair_(voice_actor)" title="Ian Sinclair (voice actor)">Ian Sinclair</a>, Takuya Tsunoki,<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2012_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2012-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yosuke Adachi, ayami, bamboo, Atsuhiro Iwakami, Shinji Katakura, <a href="/wiki/Izumi_Kitta" title="Izumi Kitta">Izumi Kitta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minami_Kuribayashi" title="Minami Kuribayashi">Minami Kuribayashi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Nigri" title="Jessica Nigri">Jessica Nigri</a>, Foo Midori, Koichiro Natsume, <a href="/wiki/Aimi_(voice_actress)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aimi (voice actress)">Aimi Terakawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamiyasu_Tomoe" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamiyasu Tomoe">Tamiyasu Tomoe</a>, and Kouki Yoshimune.<sup id="cite_ref-japanatorax2012_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-japanatorax2012-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">July 4–7, 2013 </td><td class="nowrap">Los Angeles Convention Center<br />Los Angeles, California</td><td style="text-align:center;">61,000 (unique);<sup id="cite_ref-annaxattendance_42-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-annaxattendance-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-law2013axpeople_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-law2013axpeople-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 161,000 (turnstile)<sup id="cite_ref-annaxattendance_42-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-annaxattendance-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>Takanori Aki, Johnny Yong Bosch, Danny Choo, Eyeshine, Kazuhiro Furuhashi, <a href="/wiki/Alodia_Gosiengfiao" title="Alodia Gosiengfiao">Alodia Gosiengfiao</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jessie_James_Grelle" title="Jessie James Grelle">Jessie James Grelle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Megumi_Han" title="Megumi Han">Megumi Han</a>, Kyle Hebert, Aya Ikeda, <a href="/wiki/Kazuhiko_Inoue" title="Kazuhiko Inoue">Kazuhiko Inoue</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mitsuhisa_Ishikawa" title="Mitsuhisa Ishikawa">Mitsuhisa Ishikawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Noizi_Ito" title="Noizi Ito">Noizi Ito</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kaya_(Japanese_musician)" title="Kaya (Japanese musician)">Kaya</a>, Vic Mignogna, <a href="/wiki/Satsuki_(musician)" title="Satsuki (musician)">Moon Stream</a>, Sohei Niikawa, <a href="/wiki/Mari_Okada" title="Mari Okada">Mari Okada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ram_Rider" title="Ram Rider">Ram Rider</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Sabat" title="Christopher Sabat">Christopher Sabat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Makoto_Shinkai" title="Makoto Shinkai">Makoto Shinkai</a>, Nobuyuki Takahashi, <a href="/wiki/Austin_Tindle" title="Austin Tindle">Austin Tindle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alexis_Tipton" title="Alexis Tipton">Alexis Tipton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Vale" title="Eric Vale">Eric Vale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Masaaki_Yuasa" title="Masaaki Yuasa">Masaaki Yuasa</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2013_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2013-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kazuhiko_Inoue" title="Kazuhiko Inoue">Kazuhiko Inoue</a>, Nobuhiro Kikuchi, <a href="/wiki/Kazuchika_Kise" title="Kazuchika Kise">Kazuchika Kise</a>, Hiroaki Matsuura, <a href="/wiki/Porno_Graffitti" title="Porno Graffitti">Porno Graffitti</a>, Keigo Sasaki, <a href="/wiki/George_Wada" title="George Wada">George Wada</a>, and Max Watanabe.<sup id="cite_ref-ann2013axurotsukidoji_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ann2013axurotsukidoji-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">July 3–6, 2014 </td><td class="nowrap">Los Angeles Convention Center<br />Los Angeles, California</td><td style="text-align:center;">80,000 (unique); 220,000 (turnstile)<sup id="cite_ref-annaxattendance_42-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-annaxattendance-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td><a href="/wiki/Angela_(band)" title="Angela (band)">Angela</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eir_Aoi" title="Eir Aoi">Eir Aoi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Linda_Ballantyne" title="Linda Ballantyne">Linda Ballantyne</a>, Sonya Belousova, <a href="/wiki/Karen_Bernstein" title="Karen Bernstein">Karen Bernstein</a>, Danny Choo, Sean Danconia, Doremi, <a href="/wiki/Katie_Griffin" title="Katie Griffin">Katie Griffin</a>, Kyle Hebert, <a href="/wiki/Keiji_Inafune" title="Keiji Inafune">Keiji Inafune</a>, Yoshitaka Kawaguchi, <a href="/wiki/Reki_Kawahara" title="Reki Kawahara">Reki Kawahara</a>, Mary Long, Comfort Love, Eru Matsumoto, Vic Mignogna, Kazuma Miki, <a href="/wiki/Masahiko_Minami" title="Masahiko Minami">Masahiko Minami</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Morgenstern" title="Stephanie Morgenstern">Stephanie Morgenstern</a>, Masakazu Morita, <a href="/wiki/Toby_Proctor" title="Toby Proctor">Toby Proctor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Susan_Roman" title="Susan Roman">Susan Roman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ron_Rubin_(voice_actor)" title="Ron Rubin (voice actor)">Ron Rubin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yoshiki_Sakurai" title="Yoshiki Sakurai">Yoshiki Sakurai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Keith_Silverstein" title="Keith Silverstein">Keith Silverstein</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Sinterniklaas" title="Michael Sinterniklaas">Michael Sinterniklaas</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Stocker_(voice_actor)" title="John Stocker (voice actor)">John Stocker</a>, Sushio, <a href="/wiki/Eiko_Tanaka" title="Eiko Tanaka">Eiko Tanaka</a>, Tasha, Luna Tsukigami, Kimura U, <a href="/wiki/Gen_Urobuchi" title="Gen Urobuchi">Gen Urobuchi</a>, Adam Withers, <a href="/wiki/Yutaka_Yamamoto" title="Yutaka Yamamoto">Yutaka Yamamoto</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2014_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2014-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> abec, Fuminori Kizaki, <a href="/wiki/Ami_Koshimizu" title="Ami Koshimizu">Ami Koshimizu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kazuki_Nakashima" title="Kazuki Nakashima">Kazuki Nakashima</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eiji_%C5%8Ctsuka" title="Eiji Ōtsuka">Eiji Ohtsuka</a>, Lunatic Joker, <a href="/wiki/Uki_Satake" title="Uki Satake">Uki Satake</a>, Yosuke Toba, and <a href="/wiki/Ry%C5%8Dka_Yuzuki" class="mw-redirect" title="Ryōka Yuzuki">Ryoka Yuzuki</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ann2014axurotsukidoji_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ann2014axurotsukidoji-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">July 2–5, 2015 </td><td class="nowrap">Los Angeles Convention Center<br />Los Angeles, California</td><td style="text-align:center;">90,500 (unique); 260,700 (turnstile)<sup id="cite_ref-ax2015attendance_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ax2015attendance-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td><a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8D_Aikawa_(screenwriter)" title="Shō Aikawa (screenwriter)">Sho Aikawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aimer" title="Aimer">Aimer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dino_Andrade" title="Dino Andrade">Dino Andrade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mashiro_Ayano" title="Mashiro Ayano">Mashiro Ayano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Ayres" title="Christopher Ayres">Christopher Ayres</a>, Aza, Bosshi, Chocolate Covered Cosplay, Danny Choo, Olivia Chubear, <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Daymond" title="Robbie Daymond">Robbie Daymond</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ben_Diskin" class="mw-redirect" title="Ben Diskin">Ben Diskin</a>, Dustbunny, <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Fox" title="Sandy Fox">Sandy Fox</a>, Yuichi Fukushima, Futange, <a href="/wiki/Tiffany_Grant" title="Tiffany Grant">Tiffany Grant</a>, Alexander "Octopimp" Gross, <a href="/wiki/Yumiri_Hanamori" title="Yumiri Hanamori">Yumiri Hanamori</a>, HappiLeeErin, <a href="/wiki/Isuna_Hasekura" title="Isuna Hasekura">Isuna Hasekura</a>, Kyle Hebert, <a href="/wiki/Itaru_Hinoue" title="Itaru Hinoue">Itaru Hinoue</a>, <a href="/wiki/Naoto_Hirooka" class="mw-redirect" title="Naoto Hirooka">Naoto Hirooka</a>, Mel Hoppe, Hori, IA, Hiroyuki Imaishi, Keiji Inafune, Daisuke Ishiwatari, Atsuhiro Iwakami, Taliesin Jaffe, Miles Jai, Junnyan, Kamitani, <a href="/wiki/Ayako_Kawasumi" title="Ayako Kawasumi">Ayako Kawasumi</a>, Kiba, <a href="/wiki/Kiss_(band)" title="Kiss (band)">KISS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kazutaka_Kodaka" title="Kazutaka Kodaka">Kazutaka Kodaka</a>, Hikaru Kondo, <a href="/wiki/Tomoyo_Kurosawa" title="Tomoyo Kurosawa">Tomoyo Kurosawa</a>, Brooke "Dodger" Lawson, <a href="/wiki/Linda_Le" title="Linda Le">Linda Le</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cherami_Leigh" title="Cherami Leigh">Cherami Leigh</a>, Comfort Love, <a href="/wiki/Toshio_Maeda" title="Toshio Maeda">Toshio Maeda</a>, Azusa Maxima, <a href="/wiki/Amanda_C._Miller" class="mw-redirect" title="Amanda C. Miller">Amanda C. Miller</a>, Takahiro Miura, Masanori Miyake, <a href="/wiki/Momoiro_Clover_Z" title="Momoiro Clover Z">Momoiro Clover Z</a>, Shinichi Nakamura, Tomonori Ochikoshi, Chicchai Ossan, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Romain" title="Thomas Romain">Thomas Romain</a>, Garnet Runestar, <a href="/wiki/Ryukishi07" title="Ryukishi07">Ryukishi07</a>, Christopher Sabat, Chii Sakurabi, Shella Santa Maria, <a href="/wiki/Sean_Schemmel" title="Sean Schemmel">Sean Schemmel</a>, Stephanie Sheh, Shinya, Tomonori Sudo, <a href="/wiki/Julietta_Suzuki" title="Julietta Suzuki">Julietta Suzuki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yoko_Takahashi" title="Yoko Takahashi">Yoko Takahashi</a>, Eiko Tanaka, LeSean Thomas, Naokatsu Tsuda, Luna Tsukigami, Kimura U, Cristina Vee, <a href="/wiki/WagakkiBand" class="mw-redirect" title="WagakkiBand">WagakkiBand</a>, Sylar Warren, Lisle Wilkerson, Adam Withers, Yamatogawa, Yoshifumi Yarimizu, <a href="/wiki/Miki_Yoshikawa" title="Miki Yoshikawa">Miki Yoshikawa</a>, Koki Yoshimune, and <a href="/wiki/Yoh_Yoshinari" title="Yoh Yoshinari">Yoh Yoshinari</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2015_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2015-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">July 1–4, 2016 </td><td class="nowrap">Los Angeles Convention Center<br />Los Angeles, California</td><td style="text-align:center;">100,420 (unique); 304,799 (turnstile)<sup id="cite_ref-ax2016attendance_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ax2016attendance-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>Aicosu, <a href="/wiki/Yoshitaka_Amano" title="Yoshitaka Amano">Yoshitaka Amano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chika_Anzai" title="Chika Anzai">Chika Anzai</a>, Eir Aoi, Ari Arad, <a href="/wiki/Naoshi_Arakawa" title="Naoshi Arakawa">Naoshi Arakawa</a>, Ayakashi, Bamboo, <a href="/wiki/Beau_Billingslea" title="Beau Billingslea">Beau Billingslea</a>, Steve Blum, <a href="/wiki/Justin_Briner" title="Justin Briner">Justin Briner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christine_Marie_Cabanos" title="Christine Marie Cabanos">Christine Marie Cabanos</a>, Chalk Twins, Chocolate Covered Cosplay, Danny Choo, Stella Chuu, Dancing Dolls, Robbie Daymond, Dodger, Doremi, Dustbunny, <a href="/wiki/Dynamite_Tommy" title="Dynamite Tommy">Dynamite Tommy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melissa_Fahn" title="Melissa Fahn">Melissa Fahn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flow_(Japanese_band)" title="Flow (Japanese band)">Flow</a>, Sandy Fox, <a href="/wiki/Makoto_Furukawa" title="Makoto Furukawa">Makoto Furukawa</a>, Shigeo Hamashima, Hamo, HappiLeeErin, Joshua Hart, <a href="/wiki/Luna_Haruna" title="Luna Haruna">Luna Haruna</a>, <a href="/wiki/DJ_HeavyGrinder" class="mw-redirect" title="DJ HeavyGrinder">DJ HeavyGrinder</a>, Mel Hoppe, <a href="/wiki/Kenji_Horikawa" title="Kenji Horikawa">Kenji Horikawa</a>, Daisuke Ichikawa, <a href="/wiki/Koji_Igarashi" title="Koji Igarashi">Koji Igarashi</a>, Keiji Inafune, Yoko Ishida, Akira Itsuki, Miles Jai, <a href="/wiki/JAM_Project" title="JAM Project">JAM Project</a>, Junnyan, Jyunya, <a href="/wiki/Tetsuya_Kakihara" title="Tetsuya Kakihara">Tetsuya Kakihara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kazue_Kato" title="Kazue Kato">Kazue Kato</a>, Shoji Kawamori, DJ Kazu, Kiba, Shuichi Kobayashi, Shigeto Koyama, Minami Kuribayashi, Reo Kurosu, Yuro Kyoya, <a href="/wiki/Lauren_Landa" title="Lauren Landa">Lauren Landa</a>, Wendee Lee, <a href="/wiki/Lia_(Japanese_singer)" title="Lia (Japanese singer)">Lia</a>, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, <a href="/wiki/Erica_Mendez" title="Erica Mendez">Erica Mendez</a>, Michi, Amanda C. Miller, Masahiko Minami, Yasuo Miyakawa, Masanori Miyake, Yu Mizokam, momoMc, <a href="/wiki/Tatsuyuki_Nagai" title="Tatsuyuki Nagai">Tatsuyuki Nagai</a>, NaPaTa, <a href="/wiki/Shingo_Natsume" title="Shingo Natsume">Shingo Natsume</a>, Tomonori Ochikoshi, Octopimp, Hiroshi Ogawa, Okayado, <a href="/wiki/Oldcodex" title="Oldcodex">Oldcodex</a>, Tony Oliver, QueersPlay, Garnet Runestar, Christopher Sabat, Shunsuke Saito, Saitom, Nobukazu Sakai (nbkz), Sakira, Nami Sano, Takumi Sano, Erect Sawaru, Sayori, Stephanie Sheh, Makoto Shinkai, <a href="/wiki/Mayumi_Shintani" title="Mayumi Shintani">Mayumi Shintani</a>, Nao Shirahane (DMYO), Michael Sinterniklaas, <a href="/wiki/Sphere_(Japanese_band)" title="Sphere (Japanese band)">Sphere</a>, Sushio, <a href="/wiki/Junichi_Suwabe" title="Junichi Suwabe">Junichi Suwabe</a>, <a href="/wiki/T.M.Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="T.M.Revolution">T.M.Revolution</a>, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Tasha, <a href="/wiki/TeddyLoid" title="TeddyLoid">TeddyLoid</a>, Luna Tsukigami, <a href="/wiki/Kazuya_Tsurumaki" title="Kazuya Tsurumaki">Kazuya Tsurumaki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kotaro_Uchikoshi" title="Kotaro Uchikoshi">Kotaro Uchikoshi</a>, Masuo Ueda, LeeAnna Vamp, Cristina Vee, Steff Von Schweetz, <a href="/wiki/Akira_Yasuda" title="Akira Yasuda">Akira Yasuda</a>, Yo, Mai Yoneyama, Koki Yoshimune, <a href="/wiki/Team_Shanghai_Alice" title="Team Shanghai Alice">ZUN</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2016_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2016-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Aqours" class="mw-redirect" title="Aqours">Aqours</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ann05182016_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ann05182016-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">July 1–4, 2017 </td><td class="nowrap">Los Angeles Convention Center<br />Los Angeles, California</td><td style="text-align:center;">107,658 (unique); 357,178 (turnstile)<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2017_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2017-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ann07282017_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ann07282017-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td><a href="/wiki/Ali_Project" title="Ali Project">Ali Project</a>, Angela, Mashiro Ayano, <a href="/wiki/Gregg_Berger" title="Gregg Berger">Gregg Berger</a>, Beau Billingslea, Steve Blum, <a href="/wiki/Kimberly_Brooks" title="Kimberly Brooks">Kimberly Brooks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rodger_Bumpass" title="Rodger Bumpass">Rodger Bumpass</a>, Zach Callison, Minori Chihara, <a href="/wiki/Charlet_Chung" title="Charlet Chung">Charlet Chung</a>, Stella Chuu, <a href="/wiki/Jonny_Cruz" title="Jonny Cruz">Jonny Cruz</a>, Robbie Daymond, <a href="/wiki/Debi_Derryberry" title="Debi Derryberry">Debi Derryberry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jessica_DiCicco" title="Jessica DiCicco">Jessica DiCicco</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michaela_Dietz" title="Michaela Dietz">Michaela Dietz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jason_Douglas" title="Jason Douglas">Jason Douglas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Dunkelman" title="Barbara Dunkelman">Barbara Dunkelman</a>, Dustbunny, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Eiding" title="Paul Eiding">Paul Eiding</a>, Melissa Fahn, <a href="/wiki/Maile_Flanagan" title="Maile Flanagan">Maile Flanagan</a>, <a href="/wiki/GARNiDELiA" class="mw-redirect" title="GARNiDELiA">GARNiDELiA</a>, Barbara Goodson, <a href="/wiki/Todd_Haberkorn" title="Todd Haberkorn">Todd Haberkorn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deedee_Magno_Hall" title="Deedee Magno Hall">Deedee Magno Hall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Erika_Harlacher" title="Erika Harlacher">Erika Harlacher</a>, Kyle Hebert, Itaru Hinoue, Takafumi Hori, Yui Horie, Ryo Horikawa, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Horvitz" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Horvitz">Richard Horvitz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xanthe_Huynh" title="Xanthe Huynh">Xanthe Huynh</a>, Mari Iijima, Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, <a href="/wiki/Yui_Ishikawa" title="Yui Ishikawa">Yui Ishikawa</a>, Atsuhiro Iwakami, <a href="/wiki/Sunao_Katabuchi" title="Sunao Katabuchi">Sunao Katabuchi</a>, Ayako Kawasumi, Kiba, Tetsuya Kinoshita, Shigeto Koyama, Shizuka Kurosaki, <a href="/wiki/AmaLee" title="AmaLee">Amanda "AmaLee" Lee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Erica_Lindbeck" title="Erica Lindbeck">Erica Lindbeck</a>, Ralph Lister, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Misty/Chronexia, <a href="/wiki/Max_Mittelman" title="Max Mittelman">Max Mittelman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xander_Mobus" title="Xander Mobus">Xander Mobus</a>, momoMc, <a href="/wiki/Cassandra_Lee_Morris" title="Cassandra Lee Morris">Cassandra Lee Morris</a>, Kazuto Nakazawa, Sohei Niikawa, Jeff Nimoy, <a href="/wiki/Tensai_Okamura" title="Tensai Okamura">Tensai Okamura</a>, Tony Oliver, Brina Palencia, QueersPlay, Ram Rider, <a href="/wiki/Nicki_Rapp" title="Nicki Rapp">Nicki Rapp</a>, Nicolas Roye, Christopher Sabat, <a href="/wiki/William_Salyers" title="William Salyers">William Salyers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tara_Sands" title="Tara Sands">Tara Sands</a>, Sean Schemmel, Tomokazu Seki, Keith Silverstein, <a href="/wiki/Rikki_Simons" class="mw-redirect" title="Rikki Simons">Rikki Simons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_St._Peter" title="Paul St. Peter">Paul St. Peter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Taber" title="Catherine Taber">Catherine Taber</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fred_Tatasciore" title="Fred Tatasciore">Fred Tatasciore</a>, Courtenay Taylor, TeddyLoid, <a href="/wiki/Kirk_Thornton" title="Kirk Thornton">Kirk Thornton</a>, Tsunku, <a href="/wiki/Yoshihiko_Umakoshi" title="Yoshihiko Umakoshi">Yoshihiko Umakoshi</a>, Long Vo, Steff Von Schweetz, Kari Wahlgren, Hiromi Wakabayashi, <a href="/wiki/Ezra_Weisz" title="Ezra Weisz">Ezra Weisz</a>, Yoh Yoshinari, Tsukuda Yuto, and Steven Zakari.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2017_61-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2017-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">July 4–8, 2018 </td><td class="nowrap">Los Angeles Convention Center<br />Los Angeles, California</td><td style="text-align:center;">110,000 (unique); 350,000 (turnstile)<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2018_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2018-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ann07112018_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ann07112018-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>Aimer, AKB48, Aqours, <a href="/wiki/Christine_Auten" title="Christine Auten">Christine Auten</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anjali_Bhimani" title="Anjali Bhimani">Anjali Bhimani</a>, Justin Briner, Kimberly Brooks, Rodger Bumpass, Zach Callison, <a href="/wiki/Ray_Chase_(voice_actor)" title="Ray Chase (voice actor)">Ray Chase</a>, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Robbie Daymond, Michaela Dietz, Patricia Duran, <a href="/wiki/Estelle_(musician)" title="Estelle (musician)">Estelle</a>, Melissa Fahn, Maile Flanagan, Todd Haberkorn, Deedee Magno Hall, Yui Horie, Kenji Horikawa, Richard Horvitz, Masashi Ishihama, Tomohiko Ishii, <a href="/wiki/Kyle_C._Jones" title="Kyle C. Jones">Kyle Jones</a>, Yuki Kajiura, Katsumi Kawaguchi, Ayako Kawasumi, <a href="/wiki/Josh_Keaton" title="Josh Keaton">Josh Keaton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hiroki_Kikuta" title="Hiroki Kikuta">Hiroki Kikuta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seiji_Kishi" title="Seiji Kishi">Seiji Kishi</a>, Haruka Kurebayashi, Eugene Lee, <a href="/wiki/Rachael_Lillis" title="Rachael Lillis">Rachael Lillis</a>, Erica Lindbeck, <a href="/wiki/Yui_Makino" title="Yui Makino">Yui Makino</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yoshitsugu_Matsuoka" title="Yoshitsugu Matsuoka">Yoshitsugu Matsuoka</a>, May'n, Erica Mendez, Max Mittelman, Cassandra Lee Morris, <a href="/wiki/Go_Nagai" title="Go Nagai">Go Nagai</a>, Shoko Nakagawa, Shinichi Nakamura, Mari Okada, <a href="/wiki/Jason_Paige" title="Jason Paige">Jason Paige</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bryce_Papenbrook" title="Bryce Papenbrook">Bryce Papenbrook</a>, QueersPlay, <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Ravassa" title="Carolina Ravassa">Carolina Ravassa</a>, Tara Sands, Sayori, Yosuke Shiokawa, Keith Silverstein, Rikki Simons, <a href="/wiki/John_Swasey" title="John Swasey">John Swasey</a>, TeddyLoid, LeSean Thomas, Kirk Thornton, Naokatsu Tsuda, Kotaro Uchikoshi, <a href="/wiki/David_Vincent_(voice_actor)" title="David Vincent (voice actor)">David Vincent</a>, Steff Von Schweetz, Hiromi Wakabayashi, and Akira Yasuda.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2018_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2018-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">July 3–7, 2019 </td><td class="nowrap">Los Angeles Convention Center<br />Los Angeles, California</td><td style="text-align:center;">350,000 (turnstile est.)<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2019_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2019-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td><a href="/wiki/Shingo_Adachi" title="Shingo Adachi">Shingo Adachi</a>, Aimi, Aqours, Anjali Bhimani, Edward Bosco, Ray Chase, <a href="/wiki/Sean_Chiplock" title="Sean Chiplock">Sean Chiplock</a>, Robbie Daymond, <a href="/wiki/Ricco_Fajardo" title="Ricco Fajardo">Ricco Fajardo</a>, Yuichi Fukushima, <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Gordon" title="Bonnie Gordon">Bonnie Gordon</a>, Kohei Hattori, Kyle Hebert, Rachelle Heger, Hiroyuki Imaishi, Kaye Cosplay, Shigeto Koyama, <a href="/wiki/Yusuke_Kozaki" class="mw-redirect" title="Yusuke Kozaki">Yusuke Kozaki</a>, Lauren Landa, Cherami Leigh, Jamie Marchi, <a href="/wiki/Mona_Marshall" title="Mona Marshall">Mona Marshall</a>, David Matranga, <a href="/wiki/Rica_Matsumoto" title="Rica Matsumoto">Rica Matsumoto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kyle_McCarley" title="Kyle McCarley">Kyle McCarley</a>, Marin M. Miller, Masahiko Minami, Max Mittelman, Phil Mizuno, Xander Mobus, Cassandra Lee Morris, Range Murata, <a href="/wiki/Kaori_Nazuka" title="Kaori Nazuka">Kaori Nazuka</a>, None Like Joshua, Manabu Ono, Lisa Ortiz, <a href="/wiki/Katsuhiro_Otomo" title="Katsuhiro Otomo">Katsuhiro Otomo</a>, The Pillowcases, <a href="/wiki/Laura_Post" title="Laura Post">Laura Post</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jamieson_Price" title="Jamieson Price">Jamieson Price</a>, Carolina Ravassa, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Rogers_(voice_actor)" title="Bill Rogers (voice actor)">Bill Rogers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yoshiyuki_Sadamoto" title="Yoshiyuki Sadamoto">Yoshiyuki Sadamoto</a>, Sayori, <a href="/wiki/Jonah_Scott" title="Jonah Scott">Jonah Scott</a>, Patrick Seitz, Eric P. Sherman, Keith Silverstein, Michael Sinterniklaas, <a href="/wiki/Karen_Strassman" title="Karen Strassman">Karen Strassman</a>, <a href="/wiki/TiA" title="TiA">TiA</a>, Kotaro Uchikoshi, and Hiromi Wakabayashi.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2019_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2019-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">July 4–5, 2020 </td><td class="nowrap">Online convention<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AE-2020_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AE-2020-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center;"></td><td></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">July 3–4, 2021 </td><td class="nowrap">Online convention<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AX2021_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AX2021-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AC-2021_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2021-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center;"></td><td></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">July 1–4, 2022 </td><td class="nowrap">Los Angeles Convention Center<br />Los Angeles, California</td><td style="text-align:center;"></td><td>Takanori Aki, Mika Akitaka, <a href="/wiki/The_Anime_Man" title="The Anime Man">The Anime Man</a>, Anjali Bhimani, <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Bowling" title="Anthony Bowling">Anthony Bowling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kira_Buckland" title="Kira Buckland">Kira Buckland</a>, Ray Chase, <a href="/wiki/Amber_Lee_Connors" title="Amber Lee Connors">Amber Lee Connors</a>, Robbie Daymond, Ricco Fajardo, Sandy Fox, <a href="/wiki/Lizzie_Freeman" title="Lizzie Freeman">Lizzie Freeman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diana_Garnet" title="Diana Garnet">Diana Garnet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Gibis" title="Tom Gibis">Tom Gibis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gigguk" title="Gigguk">Gigguk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yaya_Han" title="Yaya Han">Yaya Han</a>, Mari Iijima, Kaye Cosplay, <a href="/wiki/Brianna_Knickerbocker" title="Brianna Knickerbocker">Brianna Knickerbocker</a>, Shigeto Koyama, <a href="/wiki/Lex_Lang" title="Lex Lang">Lex Lang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Maxwell" title="Elizabeth Maxwell">Elizabeth Maxwell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adam_McArthur" title="Adam McArthur">Adam McArthur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daman_Mills" title="Daman Mills">Daman Mills</a>, Max Mittelman, Phil Mizuno, Jeff Nimoy, Maiko Okada, Kiera Please, Carolina Ravassa, <a href="/wiki/Zeno_Robinson" title="Zeno Robinson">Zeno Robinson</a>, Michelle Ruff, <a href="/wiki/Megan_Shipman" title="Megan Shipman">Megan Shipman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abby_Trott" title="Abby Trott">Abby Trott</a>, Twin Cosplay, <a href="/wiki/Tow_Ubukata" title="Tow Ubukata">Tow Ubukata</a>, Natalie Van Sistine, Hiromi Wakabayashi, <a href="/wiki/Howard_Wang" title="Howard Wang">Howard Wang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wally_Wingert" title="Wally Wingert">Wally Wingert</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dan_Woren" title="Dan Woren">Dan Woren</a>, and Yoh Yoshinari.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2022_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2022-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">July 1–4, 2023 </td><td class="nowrap">Los Angeles Convention Center<br />Los Angeles, California</td><td style="text-align:center;">392,000 (turnstile est.)<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2023_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2023-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>Aicosu, Yoshitaka Amano, Ryan Bartley, Kira Buckland, Robbie Daymond, Demondice, Doremi, <a href="/wiki/D.C._Douglas" class="mw-redirect" title="D.C. Douglas">D.C. Douglas</a>, Ricco Fajardo, Lizzie Freeman, Adam Gibbs, Caitlin Glass, <a href="/wiki/Natalie_Rose_Hoover" class="mw-redirect" title="Natalie Rose Hoover">Natalie Rose Hoover</a>, Carl Gustav Horn, Hiroyuki Imaishi, <a href="/wiki/Neil_Kaplan" title="Neil Kaplan">Neil Kaplan</a>, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Ayako Kawasumi, <a href="/wiki/Christina_Marie_Kelly" class="mw-redirect" title="Christina Marie Kelly">Christina Marie Kelly</a>, Makoto Kimura, <a href="/wiki/Aika_Kobayashi" title="Aika Kobayashi">Aika Kobayashi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chiaki_Kobayashi" title="Chiaki Kobayashi">Chiaki Kobayashi</a>, Kazutaka Kodaka, Shigeto Koyama, Yusuke Kozaki, Anjali Kunapaneni, Gabe Kunda, Aleks Le, Alan Lee, Erica Lindbeck, Masao Maruyama, <a href="/wiki/Faye_Mata" title="Faye Mata">Faye Mata</a>, Adam McArthur, <a href="/wiki/Kayleigh_McKee" title="Kayleigh McKee">Kayleigh McKee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mega64" title="Mega64">Mega64</a>, Daman Mills, <a href="/wiki/Kayli_Mills" title="Kayli Mills">Kayli Mills</a>, Masahiko Minami, <a href="/wiki/Casey_Mongillo" title="Casey Mongillo">Casey Mongillo</a>, Masakazu Morita, NipahDUBS, Austin Osueke, Manabu Otsuka, Masahiko Otsuka, Kiera Please, Laura Post, Reika, Zeno Robinson, Arthur Romeo, <a href="/wiki/Kaho_Shibuya" title="Kaho Shibuya">Kaho Shibuya</a>, Sushio, <a href="/wiki/Kaiji_Tang" title="Kaiji Tang">Kaiji Tang</a>, Tasha, Peter Tatara, Abby Trott, UbersCosplay, <a href="/wiki/Koki_Uchiyama" title="Koki Uchiyama">Koki Uchiyama</a>, Anne Yatco, <a href="/wiki/Suzie_Yeung" title="Suzie Yeung">Suzie Yeung</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2023_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2023-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Takuya_Eguchi" title="Takuya Eguchi">Takuya Eguchi</a>, Kaori Makita, Kiyoshi Matsuda, Ryōta Ikeda, Masaya Saitō, Nobuhiro Osawa, <a href="/wiki/Acky_Bright" title="Acky Bright">Acky Bright</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atsushi_Ohkubo" title="Atsushi Ohkubo">Atsushi Ohkubo</a>, Hiroyuki Seshita, Jin, Kafka Asagiri, Kazuaki Terasawa, Kōhei Tokuoka, Kōichi Naruse, Kotaro Takata, Takayuki Hirao, <a href="/wiki/Yoko_Taro" title="Yoko Taro">Yoko Taro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yoshiki_(musician)" title="Yoshiki (musician)">YOSHIKI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Natsuki_Hanae" title="Natsuki Hanae">Natsuki Hanae</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moe_Kahara" title="Moe Kahara">Moe Kahara</a>, Takumi Hashimoto, Ryōta Hasegawa, <a href="/wiki/Mayu_Sagara" title="Mayu Sagara">Mayu Sagara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sayuri_Date" title="Sayuri Date">Sayuri Date</a>, Kazuya Yamashita, Hirotaka Kobayashi, Satoshi Kada, Shinya Sumi, Miura Ayme, Kyōhei Yaguchi, and Satoshi Ōnishi.<sup id="cite_ref-ann06152023expolineue_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ann06152023expolineue-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">July 4–7, 2024<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td><td class="nowrap">Los Angeles Convention Center<br />Los Angeles, California</td><td style="text-align:center;"></td><td>AllieCat, The Anime Man, Griffin Burns, <a href="/wiki/Mori_Calliope" title="Mori Calliope">Mori Calliope</a>, Ray Chase, <a href="/wiki/Shoya_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Shoya Chiba">Shoya Chiba</a>, Cowbutt Crunchies, Robbie Daymond, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Donovan_(actor)" title="Brian Donovan (actor)">Brian Donovan</a>, D.C. Douglas, <a href="/wiki/Junya_Enoki" title="Junya Enoki">Junya Enoki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doug_Erholtz" title="Doug Erholtz">Doug Erholtz</a>, Lizzie Freeman, Yuichi Fukushima, Tom Gibis, Gigguk, Caitlin Glass, <a href="/wiki/Kellen_Goff" title="Kellen Goff">Kellen Goff</a>, Tiffany Gordon, Kyle Hebert, Naoto Hirooka, Mara Junot, Shoji Kawamori, Ayako Kawasumi, <a href="/wiki/Akari_Kito" class="mw-redirect" title="Akari Kito">Akari Kito</a>, Brianna Knickerbocker, Lauren Landa, Jackie Lastra, <a href="/wiki/Brittany_Lauda" title="Brittany Lauda">Brittany Lauda</a>, Amanda "AmaLee" Lee, Erica Lindbeck, Faye Mata, <a href="/wiki/Brandon_McInnis" title="Brandon McInnis">Brandon McInnis</a>, Daman Mills, Kayli Mills, Max Mittelman, Xander Mobus, Shoko Nakagawa, Nobuhiko Okamoto, <a href="/wiki/Rumi_Okubo" title="Rumi Okubo">Rumi Okubo</a>, OR3O, Kiera Please, <a href="/wiki/Derek_Stephen_Prince" title="Derek Stephen Prince">Derek Stephen Prince</a>, David "Docjazz4" Ramos, <a href="/wiki/RinRin_Doll" title="RinRin Doll">RinRin Doll</a>, Zeno Robinson, Matthew David Rudd, Ryukishi07, <a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Saab" title="Alejandro Saab">Alejandro Saab</a>, Patrick Seitz, Kaho Shibuya, <a href="/wiki/Matt_Shipman" title="Matt Shipman">Matt Shipman</a>, Keith Silverstein, <a href="/wiki/Juliet_Simmons" title="Juliet Simmons">Juliet Simmons</a>, Peter Tatara, Chris Tergliafera, Kirk Thornton, <a href="/wiki/Kazuki_Ura" title="Kazuki Ura">Kazuki Ura</a>, Cristina Vee, David Vincent, Howard Wang, Yoshihiro Watanabe, Stephanie Yanez, Cory Yee, Suzie Yeung, Michael Yurchak, and <a href="/wiki/Arryn_Zech" title="Arryn Zech">Arryn Zech</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2024_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2024-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">July 3–6, 2025<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2025_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2025-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td><td class="nowrap">Los Angeles Convention Center<br />Los Angeles, California</td><td style="text-align:center;"></td><td></td> </tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_Anime_Expos">Other Anime Expos</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anime_Expo&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Other Anime Expos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The SPJA twice ran conventions outside California: <b>Anime Expo New York</b> in 2002, and <b>Anime Expo Tokyo</b> in 2004. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Anime_Expo_New_York">Anime Expo New York</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anime_Expo&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Anime Expo New York"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Anime Expo New York</b> (AXNY) was held in 2002 in the <a href="/wiki/Times_Square" title="Times Square">Times Square</a> district of <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2002NY_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2002NY-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The event was originally a joint effort with <a href="/wiki/Central_Park_Media" title="Central Park Media">Central Park Media</a> and its industry event, <a href="/wiki/Big_Apple_Anime_Fest" title="Big Apple Anime Fest">Big Apple Anime Fest</a> (BAAF). Due to differences, the event ran as separate entities within the same time frame and venues, with BAAF hosting the theatrical film screenings, and Anime Expo New York hosting the convention. The events shared some resources, with notable guests listed in the program guides of both events. The SPJA ran the event in order to demonstrate that it could run events outside its home state of California. The event was a precursor to Anime Expo Tokyo which ran in <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2004T_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2004T-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The SPJA has not run any events outside California since 2004. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Convention_locations_2">Convention locations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anime_Expo&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Convention locations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Dates</th> <th>Location</th> <th>Atten.</th> <th>Guests </th></tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">August 31 – September 2, 2002 </td><td class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Marriott_Marquis" title="New York Marriott Marquis">Marriott New York Marquis</a><br /><a href="/wiki/New_York,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="New York, New York">New York, New York</a></td><td style="text-align:center;">5,500</td><td><a href="/wiki/Akitaroh_Daichi" class="mw-redirect" title="Akitaroh Daichi">Akitaroh Daichi</a>, Noboru Ishiguro, Yoko Kanno, Toshihiro Kawamoto, <a href="/wiki/Takao_Koyama" title="Takao Koyama">Takao Koyama</a>, Taro Maki, <a href="/wiki/Chris_McKay" title="Chris McKay">Chris McKay</a>, Koji Sugiura, Atsushi Takeuchi, Yoshiyuki Tomino, and <a href="/wiki/Shinichiro_Watanabe" class="mw-redirect" title="Shinichiro Watanabe">Shinichiro Watanabe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2002NY_76-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2002NY-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Anime_Expo_Tokyo">Anime Expo Tokyo</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anime_Expo&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Anime Expo Tokyo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Anime Expo Tokyo</b> (AX Tokyo) was held in 2004 at the <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_City,_Tokyo" title="Sunshine City, Tokyo">Sunshine City Convention Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ikebukuro" title="Ikebukuro">Ikebukuro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2004T_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2004T-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was not technically organized directly by the SPJA, but rather was organized by the Japanese Association for Science Fiction International Communication (www.jasfic.or.jp)(JASFIC) with assistance from the SPJA. JASFIC had two goals for Anime Expo Tokyo. The first goal was to establish in Japan a non-corporate-sponsored convention dedicated to anime. The second goal was to demonstrate to the organizers of the World Science Fiction Convention (<a href="/wiki/WorldCon" class="mw-redirect" title="WorldCon">WorldCon</a>) that Japan could serve as a suitable venue for conventions that attract foreigners. Although Anime Expo Tokyo did not go on to a second year, JASFIC was ultimately successful in attracting the <a href="/wiki/65th_World_Science_Fiction_Convention" title="65th World Science Fiction Convention">65th World Science Fiction Convention</a> to Japan in 2007. </p><p>Anime Expo Tokyo had a list of over 40 guests such as manga artist <a href="/wiki/Ken_Akamatsu" title="Ken Akamatsu">Ken Akamatsu</a>, MiQ, <a href="/wiki/Under17" title="Under17">Under17</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Aro" title="Hiroshi Aro">Hiroshi Aro</a>, and many others, although a small handful had to make last-minute cancellations. Anime Expo Tokyo was also the very first Anime Expo that officially hosted guests from the U.S. anime industry such as webcomic artist <a href="/wiki/Fred_Gallagher_(cartoonist)" title="Fred Gallagher (cartoonist)">Fred Gallagher</a> and voice actor <a href="/wiki/Crispin_Freeman" title="Crispin Freeman">Crispin Freeman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2004T_77-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2004T-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of Anime Expo Tokyo's 4,249 attendees, approximately 300 of that number were estimated to have traveled from abroad. In addition to the attendance numbers were 240 members of the press, 40 of which were from overseas. An additional 430 people were composed of dealers, guests, or staff. </p><p>No plans to host another official Anime Expo outside California have been announced. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Convention_locations_3">Convention locations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anime_Expo&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Convention locations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Dates</th> <th>Location</th> <th>Atten.</th> <th>Guests </th></tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">January 16–18, 2004 </td><td class="nowrap">Sunshine City Convention Center<br /><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo, Japan</a></td><td style="text-align:center;">4,919</td><td><a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8D_Aikawa_(screenwriter)" title="Shō Aikawa (screenwriter)">Sho Aikawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ken_Akamatsu" title="Ken Akamatsu">Ken Akamatsu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Aro" title="Hiroshi Aro">Hiroshi Aro</a>, Crispin Freeman, Fred Gallagher, Yuichi Hasegawa, Saki Hijiri, <a href="/wiki/Ryusuke_Hikawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Ryusuke Hikawa">Ryusuke Hikawa</a>, Hiroyuki Imaishi, <a href="/wiki/Imai_toonz" class="mw-redirect" title="Imai toonz">Imaitoonz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Isamu_Imakake" title="Isamu Imakake">Isamu Imakake</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mutsumi_Inomata" title="Mutsumi Inomata">Mutsumi Inomata</a>, Noboru Ishiguro, Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, <a href="/wiki/Takehiko_Ito" class="mw-redirect" title="Takehiko Ito">Takehiko Ito</a>, Yutaka Izubuchi, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Hiroyuki Kitazume, Satomi Kodama, <a href="/wiki/Rie_Kugimiya" title="Rie Kugimiya">Rie Kugimiya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Akira_Kushida" title="Akira Kushida">Akira Kushida</a>, Tomomi Michizuki, MIQ, <a href="/wiki/Nao_Nagasawa" title="Nao Nagasawa">Nao Nagasawa</a>, Hiroshi Negishi, <a href="/wiki/Tetsuya_Nishio" title="Tetsuya Nishio">Tetsuya Nishio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hiroyuki_Okiura" title="Hiroyuki Okiura">Hiroyuki Okiura</a>, <a href="/wiki/Romi_Park" title="Romi Park">Romi Park</a>, Akemi Takada, <a href="/wiki/Nozomu_Tamaki" title="Nozomu Tamaki">Nozomu Tamaki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kana_Ueda" title="Kana Ueda">Kana Ueda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Under17" title="Under17">Under17</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yoshihiro_Yonezawa" title="Yoshihiro Yonezawa">Yoshihiro Yonezawa</a>, and Reina Yoshimura.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2004T_77-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2004T-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Anime_Expo_Chibi">Anime Expo Chibi</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anime_Expo&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Anime Expo Chibi"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Anime Expo Chibi</b> (formerly Anime Expo Ontario) is an annual two-day anime convention held during November at Ontario Convention Center in <a href="/wiki/Ontario,_California" title="Ontario, California">Ontario, California</a>. Organized by Anime Expo, it is designed to be a smaller convention that focuses on the artist alley and exhibit hall.<sup id="cite_ref-ann07042022_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ann07042022-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-trs07052022_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trs07052022-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-trs08172022_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trs08172022-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The programming has an arcade, cosplay contest, karaoke, live music, Maid Cafe, manga lounge, tabletop gaming, and workshops.<sup id="cite_ref-trs11102023_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trs11102023-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Convention_locations_4">Convention locations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anime_Expo&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Convention locations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Dates</th> <th>Location</th> <th>Atten.</th> <th>Guests </th></tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">November 12–13, 2022<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2022Chibi_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2022Chibi-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td><td class="nowrap">Ontario Convention Center<br /><a href="/wiki/Ontario,_California" title="Ontario, California">Ontario, California</a></td><td style="text-align:center;"></td><td></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">November 11–12, 2023 </td><td class="nowrap">Ontario Convention Center<br />Ontario, California</td><td style="text-align:center;"></td><td>Ben Balmaceda, Sandy Fox, Chris Hackney, Brianna Knickerbocker, <a href="/wiki/Mela_Lee" title="Mela Lee">Mela Lee</a>, Griffin Puatu, Zeno Robinson, Nicolas Roye, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Staley" title="Steve Staley">Steve Staley</a>, Marie Westbrook, and Cory Yee.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2023Chibi_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2023Chibi-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="">November 9–10, 2024 </td><td class="nowrap">Ontario Convention Center<br />Ontario, California</td><td style="text-align:center;"></td><td>Leeanna Albanese, Beanandcheese.burrito, Berry, Bill Butts, Kimberley Anne Campbell, Paul Castro Jr., Ray Chase, Brittany Cox, Robbie Daymond, D.C. Douglas, Ricco Fajardo, Analesa Fisher, Chris Hackney, Kyle Hebert, Takaaki Hirakawa, Lauren Landa, Jackie Lastra, Wendee Lee, Faye Mata, Kyle McCarley, Kayleigh McKee, Risa Mei, Kayli Mills, Max Mittelman, Cat Protano, Keith Silverstein, Justice Slocum, <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Corey_Smith" title="Christopher Corey Smith">Christopher Corey Smith</a>, Chris Tergliafera, V!CE, Cristina Vee, David Vincent, and Cory Yee.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-2024Chibi_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-2024Chibi-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_conventions">Other conventions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anime_Expo&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Other conventions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Anime_Conji">Anime Conji</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anime_Expo&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Anime Conji"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Anime_Conji" title="Anime Conji">Anime Conji</a></div> <p>In 2010, Anime Conji began as an annual anime convention in <a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-Conji2010_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-Conji2010-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, it began to be run by SPJA.<sup id="cite_ref-AC-SPJA_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-SPJA-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AC-Conji2013_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-Conji2013-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Anime Conji 2016 was cancelled due to event quality concerns.<sup id="cite_ref-ac2016canceled_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac2016canceled-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Anime Conji 2017 was also cancelled. The convention returned in 2018 under its original organizers, the San Diego Speculative Fiction Society (SanSFiS).<sup id="cite_ref-AC-Conji2018_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AC-Conji2018-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-spjaconji2018_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spjaconji2018-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Anime Conji held no event in 2020 due to financial and location problems.<sup id="cite_ref-accancelled2020_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-accancelled2020-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organizational_structure">Organizational structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anime_Expo&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Organizational structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA), the parent organization which produces Anime Expo, is a federal and California state registered <a href="/wiki/501(c)_organization#501(c)(3)" title="501(c) organization">501(c)(3)</a> non-profit charitable organization. Before January 1, 2020, they were registered as a <a href="/wiki/501(c)_organization#501(c)(6)" title="501(c) organization">501(c)(6)</a> non-profit trade benefit organization.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anime_Expo&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The 2009 event donated over $29,000 to the <a href="/wiki/Children%27s_Hospital_of_Orange_County" title="Children's Hospital of Orange County">Children's Hospital of Orange County</a> (CHOC) from the SPJA Charity Auction, announced during closing ceremonies on Sunday, July 5, 2009<sup id="cite_ref-expo09_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-expo09-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Masquerade main event was attended by a standing-room-only crowd with over 7,200 seats available.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Total 2010 through-the-doors attendance achieved 105,000 (turnstile), compared to 2009's attendance of 109,000 (turnstile). This was Anime Expo's second attendance decline since its inception.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anime_Expo&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFO'Rourke" class="citation news cs1">O'Rourke, Michael. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090714154302/http://www.mysanantonio.com/life/columnists/michael_orourke/50304182.html">"Like-minded fans share in 'Cosplay' at Anime Expo"</a>. <i>My San Antonio</i>. 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