a theatrical anime event

by Gregory Boyle Jr. 9 min read
image

What is the biggest anime festival in the world?

Anime Festival Asia is the biggest anime event in the world by a landslide. The event is held at least three times a year across different countries in Asia, and has a total cumulative attendance of over 1.7 million. This event usually has the most popular anime musical guests, industry and fan work celebrities, and dazzling cosplay events. The event is organized by C3, which stands for Character, Culture, and Content. They are dedicated to spreading the newest and hottest stuff from the anime scene all across Asia, giving many more people the opportunity to attend.

What is the biggest anime convention in Japan?

Wonder Festival , also known as Wonfes, is the largest convention in Japan dedicated to DIY statues, figurines, and models of characters, robots, and monsters from popular anime. These are called garage kits, and there are numerous independent artists who come each year to sell their creations. The convention also welcomes official anime figure manufacturers such as Max Factory and Good Smile Company. You should go to Wonder Festival if you’re itching to get the newest nendoroid or if you’re one of three people who actually remembers your favorite character. You might just find those other two!

Where is the largest anime convention in Europe?

Japan Expo Paris is the largest anime convention in Europe, and likely the largest one anywhere outside Japan. Their highest recorded attendance numbers totaled over 240,000, which more than doubles the daily attendance of America’s Anime Expo. This convention hosts well known industry veterans along with high profile esport tournaments like this year’s Soul Calibur VI. This year, Nintendo also showed up to demo their new game, Fire Emblem: Three Houses for the Switch. Any European anime fan that can’t make it to Japanshould definitely consider Japan Expo.

What is Jump Festa?

Jump Festa is the most well known Japanese anime event outside the country. This is a convention for manga publisher Shueisha to showcase the newest Shounen Jump series and host events like special episode screenings and TV adaptation announcements. Here you’ll find everything related to One Piece, Dragon Ball Super, My Hero Academia, and The Promised Neverland. There has even been a Jump Festa exclusive episode of My Hero Academia that fleshed out the audience’s favorite side characters. Shueisha also welcomes game developers to the event so they can showcase and demo new tie-ins to the most popular series.

image