Crunchyroll Expo


Crunchyroll Expo is an annual three-day anime convention held during August/September at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California over Labor Day weekend. The convention is organized by anime licensor Crunchyroll and Reedpop.

Programming

The convention typically offers an Artists Alley, Dealers Room, a Masquerade, panels, and video games.

History

Crunchyroll Expo was first held in 2017 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California. LeftField Media was bought in to help run the convention. Crunchyroll Expo received most of its ticket sales in the days before the event. MAGWest was held the same weekend, and the conventions partnered to allow attendees to participate in limited events at the other. The convention had staffing and badge check issues, along with autograph ticket confusion. They also had no video rooms.
Crunchyroll Expo for 2018 moved to the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. They were the same weekend as SacAnime. Crunchyroll partnered with Reedpop to organize Crunchyroll Expo starting in 2020. Crunchyroll Expo 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Replacing the traditional Crunchyroll Expo is Virtual Crunchyroll Expo, which will take place online from September 4 through September 6, 2020.

Event history