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By J.D.  Day 0 (7/3):Also, my birthday and my cat’s.
I had a birthday breakfast with my family before catching the train to Los Angeles. It took about two hours to make it to Union Station and from there, I caught the Purple Line to 7th and Metro and walked another 15 minutes or so to the hotel where I met up with Manuel. Over the next few hours, the rest of our roommates and friends came in and the party slowly started which was mostly drinking and singing along to whatever music was playing on the speaker at the time. We also tried to get a game of Jukebox, the karaoke musical that was recommended by Lemar the Con Guy during our interview with him at Anime Los Angeles earlier this year. We got through about four songs before it ended because our other players were too drunk to continue. By J.D.  IntroAnime Boston, my favorite big anime convention. This was my fifth time going after going in 2016, 2017, 2022 and 2023. It’s always nice to go and see some of my friends from college/Tora-Con. This time, it was the week after Tora-Con so I had seen most of them just recently.
There are a lot of different things I could possibly cover about this con but I thought it might be interesting to break down my experience event by event to show what going to a con is like for me. It was a new experience writing this all down so I hope you enjoy it.  Bushiroad recently announced that a pop-up store commemorating the 15th Anniversary of the iconic brand will be held in Los Angeles. A variety of merchandise, from various Bushiroad titles, will be available so fans will probably want to head to the new pop-up, detailed below, as soon as possible!
 Anime NYC 2022 is just around the corner and the event announcements keep rolling out! Below are details regarding the booth run by MixBox and MyAnimeList and all that you can do over the course of the three-day convention. Check it out and look forward for more from Anime NYC!
 Anime NYC is always a big draw as far as east coast conventions go and a huge event centered around the anime series "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime" was recently announced. Check out all the details below!
 Crunchyroll Expo recently announced several new guests including the hit Japanese rock group BURNOUT SYNDROMES, who will headline the New Crunchy City Music Fest, alongside an exciting slate of guests from the action/adventure anime "The Rising of the Shield Hero".
 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.
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