AnimeJapan explained

AnimeJapan
Status:Active
Venue:Tokyo Big Sight (2014-2019, 2022-2023)
Online (2021)
Location:Tokyo
Country:Japan
First:2014

AnimeJapan is a Japanese anime consumer show held annually at the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition center in Tokyo since March 2014. It was created from the merger of the Tokyo International Anime Fair with the Anime Contents Expo.[1]

It is organized by the AnimeJapan Executive Committee with support from The Association of Japanese Animations and The Association of Manga Publishers.[2] [3] The 2020 AnimeJapan event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the event the following year took place online. The event returned to Tokyo Big Sight in 2022.[4]

In 2023, the event re-adopted a split format for the first time since 2019, in which the first two days of the show are open to the public (deemed "Public Days") and the final two are "Business Days" limited toward those in the anime industry.[5]

AnimeJapan Executive Committee

The AnimeJapan Executive Committee is made up of the following 19 companies:

Events history

DateAttendanceExhibitorsLocation
22–23 March 2014111,252 100+ Tokyo Big Sight[6]
20–22 March 2015121,540
25–27 March 2016135,323
23–26 March 2017145,453
22–25 March 2018152,331[7]
23–26 March 2019146,616
27–30 March 2021Online ? Tokyo Big Sight[8] [9]
26–29 March 2022N/A 100+
25-28 March 2023N/A
23-24 March 2024132,557[10] Tokyo Big Sight[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tokyo Int'l Anime Fair, Anime Contents Expo Unite to Form AnimeJapan. October 10, 2013. January 22, 2014. Anime News Network.
  2. Web site: AnimeJapan 2014. January 22, 2014. anime-japan.jp.
  3. Web site: 「アニメのすべてが、ここにある。」 AnimeJapan 2014 ステージプログラム第一弾発表!!! 2日間で全42プログラム、 延べ約5万人収容のイベントステージ. Japanese. January 22, 2014. January 22, 2020. At Press (@Press).
  4. Web site: AnimeJapan 2022 . 2024-01-26 . AnimeJapan.
  5. Web site: AnimeJapan 2024 . 2024-01-26 . AnimeJapan.
  6. Web site: AnimeJapan 2014第2回プレゼンテーション開催 ステージやコラボの詳細が明らかに. Japanese. January 22, 2014. January 22, 2020. Animeanime.jp.
  7. News: What is AnimeJapan? Manga Planet Finds Out (and Takes Photos!) - Manga Planet. March 27, 2018. Manga Planet. March 27, 2018. en-US.
  8. Web site: AnimeJapan 2021 Convention Will Be Online Only. 2021-02-10. Anime News Network. en.
  9. Web site: AnimeJapan 2021. 2021-02-10. AnimeJapan 2021. ja.
  10. Web site: March 30, 2024 . AnimeJapan 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240330065548/https://www.anime-japan.jp/en/ . March 30, 2024 . March 30, 2024 . AnimeJapan.
  11. Web site: AnimeJapan 2024 . 2024-03-01 . AnimeJapan 2024 . en.