Anime NYC


Anime NYC is an annual three-day anime convention held during November at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.

Programming

The convention typically offers arcade games, an artist alley, concerts, manga library, masquerade, panels, screenings, vendors, and video and card games. Anime NYC offered 100 hours of programming in 2017. The convention features media companies like Crunchyroll, Aniplex, Bandai Namco, Funimation, and more.

History

Anime NYC's organizer LeftField Media created the New York Comic Con and also runs Washington DC's Awesome Con. New York was chosen for the event due to its lack of a large anime convention. The first Anime NYC took over a year to plan and used two halls in the convention center. In the convention's first year, they did not use the amount of space used by New York Comic Con. New York City declared an Anime NYC Weekend for the 2017 convention. Anime NYC added more floor space in 2018, with additional expansion planned in 2019. The convention also hosted Anisong World Matsuri at the Hammerstein Ballroom.
In 2019, Anime NYC used all of the Javits main event space. Artists alley was moved into the dealer's hall, which was doubled in size. New York City Councilmen Ben Kallos and Kanji Yamanouchi, Japan's UN representative both attended the event.

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