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Crunchyroll Expo
The Crunchyroll Store at Crunchyroll Expo 2017
StatusActive
GenreAnime[1]
VenueSan Jose McEnery Convention Center
Location(s)San Jose, California
Coordinates37°19′43″N 121°53′20″W / 37.32861°N 121.88889°W / 37.32861; -121.88889
CountryUnited States
InauguratedAugust 25, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-08-25)
Attendance16,000 (est.) total in 2017[2]
Organized byCrunchyroll
Reedpop[3]
Websiteexpo.crunchyroll.com

Crunchyroll Expo (CRX) 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.[4] The convention is organized by anime licensor Crunchyroll and Reedpop.[3][5]

Programming

The expo floor hosts a variety of vendors and booths to give it a lively feeling. Guests could find a number of merchants along with industry booths organized by manga publishing houses, and other anime studios. There are also game publishers that have organized demo sessions of their upcoming games. Several industry booths will also host a raffle contest. Crunchyroll also has several booths set up selling their original merchandise. There are also a few food vendors scattered around the expo floor. The artist alley is organized at the other end of the expo hall.

One of the highlights of the weekend has been the Masquerade. Crunchyroll Expo hosts both fan and industry panels along with TED Talk inspired presentations from industry figures. It has hosted movie screenings along with the world premieres of OVA's, movies and series. There has been table top games tournaments and some years there have been eSport tournaments. [4][6]

History

Crunchyroll Expo was first held in 2017 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California.[1][7] LeftField Media was bought in to help run the convention.[7][8] Crunchyroll Expo received most of its ticket sales in the days before the event.[9] MAGWest was held the same weekend, and the conventions partnered to allow attendees to participate in limited events at the other.[6][10] The convention had staffing and badge check issues, along with autograph ticket confusion.[6] They also had no video rooms.[10]

Crunchyroll Expo for 2018 moved to the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. They were the same weekend as SacAnime.[4] Crunchyroll partnered with Reedpop to organize Crunchyroll Expo starting in 2020.[3][5] Crunchyroll Expo 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11][12][13] Replacing the traditional Crunchyroll Expo is Virtual Crunchyroll Expo, which will take place online from September 4 through September 6, 2020.[14]

Event history

Dates Location Atten. Guests
August 25–27, 2017 Santa Clara Convention Center
Santa Clara, California		16,000 (est.) total
35,000 turnstile[2]		Yoshitaka Amano, Ray Chase, SungWon Cho, Caitlin Glass, Roland Kelts, Mega64, Max Mittelman, Octopimp, Chris Parson, Monica Rial, Adam Savage, and Hiroshi Shimizu.[2]
September 1–3, 2018 San Jose McEnery Convention Center
San Jose, California		45,000 turnstile (est.)[15]Yoshitoshi ABe, Justin Briner, Mica Burton, Clifford Chapin, Luci Christian, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Yuichi Fukushima, Kun Gao, Ryo Horikawa, Atsuko Ishizuka, MeltingMirror, Atsushi Nishigori, Sean Schemmel, Stephanie Sheh, Mike Sinterniklaas, Masayoshi Tanaka, TeddyLoid, Mike Toole, and Andrew Upton.[15]
August 30 – September 1, 2019 San Jose McEnery Convention Center
San Jose, California		Yuu Asakawa, Kira Buckland, Flow, DJ HeavyGrinder, Ryo Horikawa, Xanthe Huynh, Junji Ito, Sunao Katabuchi, Mike McFarland, Toshio Nakatani, None Like Joshua, Brina Palencia, Tara Sands, Eric Stuart, Yuzuru Tachikawa, TeddyLoid, and Kimura U.[16]
September 4 - 6, 2020 OnlineAoi Yuki, Nao Toyama, Rie Takahashi, Sora Amamiya, Satoshi Shoji, Yuki Yamada, Kenta Onishi, Okina Baba, Mario Bueno, Linda Le [17], Patrick Seitz, Soma Saito, Yongje Park, Arthell Isom, Yoshikatsu Kimura, Masahiko Komino, Jeho Son and Kwangsu Lee [18]
August 6–8, 2021 San Jose McEnery Convention Center
San Jose, California

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Ressler, Karen (February 9, 2017). "Crunchyroll Announces Its Own Convention After Surpassing 1 Million Paid Subscribers". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Crunchyroll Expo 2017 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c McMillan, Graeme (November 20, 2019). "Reedpop Partners With WarnerMedia for Crunchyroll Expo Events". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c Delahanty, Patrick; Chmakova, Svetlana. "Crunchyroll Expo 2018 Report". AnimeCons TV. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  5. ^ a b Milton Griepp, Milton (November 21, 2019). "ReedPOP Gets Crunchyroll Expo". ICv2. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c Delahanty, Patrick. "Crunchyroll Expo 2017 Report". AnimeCons TV. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  7. ^ a b "New Anime Event Planned for 2017: Crunchyroll Expo | Exhibit City News". Exhibit City News. February 15, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  8. ^ Kelts, Roland (July 23, 2017). "Crunchyroll takes anime to a live level". The Japan Times. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  9. ^ Orsini, Lauren (September 6, 2017). "The Making Of Crunchyroll Expo, A Corporate Con With An Anime Fan Heart". Forbes. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  10. ^ a b Bertschy, Zac; Chapman, Jacob. "ANNCast - Kleckstarter". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  11. ^ Luster, Joseph (June 3, 2020). "Crunchyroll Expo 2020 Canceled, 2021 Dates Planned for August 6-8". Crunchyroll. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  12. ^ Mateo, Alex (June 4, 2020). "Crunchyroll Expo 2020 Canceled Due to COVID-19". Anime News Network. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  13. ^ "Crunchyroll Expo 2020 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  14. ^ Pryor, Terrance. "First string of guests announced for Virtual Crunchyroll Expo". MP3s and NPCs. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  15. ^ a b "Crunchyroll Expo 2018 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  16. ^ "Crunchyroll Expo 2019 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  17. ^ Rezaee, Stan. "First Batch of Virtual Crunchyroll Expo 2020 Guests Announced". 8Bit/Digi. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  18. ^ Rezaee, Stan. "Virtual Crunchyroll Expo 2020 Announces Second Batch of Guests". 8Bit/Digi. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
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