Anime Conventions
in California
Ani-Jam [visit site]
August 17-18, 2013
Fresno Convention Center
Fresno, CA
Information:
Ani-Jam is a two-day convention held annually that celebrates Japanese animation and East Asian pop culture. The two-day convention brings in over a thousand people from the valley and throughout the state to participate in cosplay and costuming events, panels featuring our special guests of honor, concerts, screenings, game tournaments and more. In 2013, Ani-Jam will be celebrating it's 10th year anniversary. Ani-Jam is a local business owned by businessman Antonio Airoso and is an event that is directed by an all volunteer, unpaid staff.
Japan Expo USA [visit site]
August 23-25, 2013
Santa Clara Convention Center
Santa Clara, CA
Information:
Japan Expo is the premier event of SEFA Entertainment, based in San Francisco, California. SEFA Entertainment is the American subsidiary of JTS Group, originators of Japan Expo located in Paris, France. Founded in 1999, Japan Expo is the largest Japanese popular culture event of its kind in Europe, and one of the largest in the world with 219,614 certified attendees in 2012. Since the creation of this event the Japan Expo brand has expanded to include a number of events across Europe throughout the calendar year. Japan Expo is now expanding to include North America as well. Working together with JTS Group, SEFA Entertainment is committed to bringing its unique skillset and expertise to create our first event "Japan Expo, 1st Impact" in Santa Clara, California from August 23rd-25th, 2013.
Sac-Anime [visit site]
August 30 - September 1, 2013
Sacramento Convention Center
Sacramento, CA
Information:
SacAnime is the show where "Fans Come to Play". Our philosophy has always been to provide fun, safe, family friendly environment, with top shelf entertainment at a reasonable price. SacAnime began as an extension of our quarterly Comic, Toy and Anime Show (SAC-CON), which has been running in Sacramento since July 1, 1986. Originally a strictly comic book show, SAC-CON has grown to encompass all forms of pop-culture entertainment, with a large emphasis on anime and manga. In 2004, the manager of Walden Books' Sunrise Mall store approached us with the idea of organizing an anime show to be held at the Sunrise Mall. Always willing to jump into the deep end without knowing how to swim, we gave it a try. Thus, on the last weekend in July 2004, SacAnime was born.
Kin-Yoobi Con [visit site]
August 9-11, 2013
Newark/Fremont Hilton Hotel
Newark, CA
Information:
Get ready and get set for the seventh iteration of Kin-Yoobi Con. It's returning to the Hilton Newark/Fremont Hotel in Newark, California on August 9-11, 2013. Preregistration is up and running so sign up and save. Hotel registration information will be available soon so stay tuned! Of course, we'll be adding more events and activities from the year before so this year will certainly be our best year yet. Visit our site as well as our Facebook page for updates on our programming schedule. We're really excited and amped to deliver a fun, entertaining, and enhanced experience for fans of games and anime. We're pulling out all the stops so get ready for our best year yet.