 Anime Fuse (also partnered with the Bushido Car Show) is a one day event held at The Big Fresno Fair on June 11 and it's an interesting event that mixes up a standard anime convention (with guests, vendors, and even a maid café) with a full car show. Naturally there was a lot to see and we have a gallery to show off the event below! Check it out, enjoy, and be sure to keep an eye out for more content from other events! All photos by Ivan Aburto  Toei Animation and the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA), the non-profit organization behind Anime Expo, just announced an exclusive Anime Expo performance by two-time Grammy-nominated artist Steve Aoki to promote the upcoming release of “One Piece Film Red”, which will take place on Saturday, July 2 at The Novo in L.A. Live.
 The nation’s largest anime fan convention marked its 30th anniversary earlier this month with Anime Expo Lite. Held online again due to the continuing effects of the COVID pandemic, this year’s Anime Expo Lite garnered over 375,000 views from fans in more than 100 countries such as the UK, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, and Malaysia. With another online event behind us all, there's other big news for the convention.
 Virtual Crunchyroll Expo is almost upon us (August 5-7) and Crunchyroll has a full schedule packed full with guests, premieres, performances, and more! Furthermore they'll be VOD content available worldwide until 10 PD PDT August 9 from across all the stages and you'll have enough content to take over even the greatest of weekends! There's probably something in the lineup for you, but just in case, let's outline some of the events scheduled to take place.
 Crunchyroll Expo 2020 is going virtual and all the fun and awesomeness is right around the corner! This weekend to be exact! (September 4-6) The schedule is quite impressive, and there are more guests and special events than we can even begin to discuss here. With that in mind we had the opportunity to talk to a few of the many upcoming guests and these mini interviews and their event schedule can be found below! We assure you that this isn't the last word we're going to have on this amazing event!
Since Virtual Crunchyroll Expo is this weekend, make sure to register HERE. It's free so you have no excuse!  Aniplex of America is thrilled to announce the first ever Aniplex Online Fest streaming July 4 – July 5, 2020 on YouTube with Sally Amaki of 22/7 (nanabun no nijyuuni) serving as the emcee for the English version of the special two-day event.
By Ivan Aburto  The recent public health situation has seen several online events and conventions replace the in-person ones that were forced to cancel. Last weekend saw "Anime Lockdown 2020" go live.
This first year virtual con streamed on Twitch.tv. There was also a discord server for fans to gather and talk about various subjects as well as displaying their cosplays. The discord server had many vendors who are going through difficult times due to convention cancellations.. The panels averaged a few hundred to over 800 viewers on twitch, which ran very smoothly. The con featured the following guests; Veronica Taylor Kyle Hebert DiscoTek Media Right Stuf Anime DJ Obi-Wan Shinobi Below are some panel summaries.  VIZ Media has a lot lined up for Anime Expo 2019, from guests, to exclusive merchandise, and more! Check out all that they will be presenting at the show below!
 Anime Expo is just around the corner, with only a month to go and they dropped a huge Guest of Honor announcement today! Katsuhiro Otomo, the legend behind AKIRA and more, will be attending Anime Expo 2019!
 We recently got to attend Fan Expo Dallas, the DFW area's premiere pop culture convention!
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