Anime Expo, the largest anime convention in North America, returns to Los Angeles Convention Center and will be held July 4–7 this year. MAL users and moderators have attended Anime Expo for years, and our team will once again provide live updates from the event this year.
#MALatAX
Over the extended weekend, we will provide updates on our Official X (Twitter) page.
- Attending Anime Expo? Join MAL at AX on Saturday, July 6 at 3:00–3:30 p.m. for our MAL Meet Up! Come meet fellow members, lead admin Kineta, and other MAL community members!
You can also tweet using the hashtag #MALatAX, and we will share some of them to our followers.
- Not attending Anime Expo? Follow our Official X (Twitter) page or the #MALatAX hashtag to get a glimpse of this year's event! The digital version of AX, Anime Expo Lite, will also be streaming select events.
About Anime Expo 2024
Each year, Anime Expo brings together fans and industry from Japan, the US, and all over the world for the largest celebration of Japanese pop culture in North America. Anime Expo features the best in Japanese entertainment, music, fashion, and video games.
Industry Panels - July 4, 11:00 a.m.: Orange Studio Unveiling: Trigun Stampede (Kanketsu-hen), Beastars Final Season and...
- July 4, 11:30 a.m.: Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers - Special Event
- with Game Producer Ken Miyauchi and guests from Sanzigen Studios Norimitsu Kaiho (Anime Series Composition) and Seiji Mizushima (Anime Associate Producer)
- July 4, 12:30 p.m.: Aniplex of America x A-1 Pictures Industry Panel
- July 4, 01:00 p.m.: On Stage and Beyond: A Conversation with Hiroki Nanami and Urara Reimi + GoH Q&A
- July 4, 01:00 p.m.: That Time There Was a Lot of Isekai Anime on Crunchyroll
- July 4, 02:00 p.m.: Warner Bros. Japan presents Isekai Suicide Squad (Suicide Squad Isekai) and Ninja Batman tai Yakuza League (Ninja Batman vs. Yakuza League)
- with creative staff from Japan and a special performance by ED theme song artist Mori Calliope
- July 4, 03:15 p.m.: Shoushimin Series (Shoshimin: How to Become Ordinary) ft. Anime Trending Industry Panel
- July 4, 03:15 p.m.: Spy x Family / Kaiju No. 8 (Kaiju No. 8) Special Event Hosted by TOHO animation
- July 4, 03:15 p.m.: Studio Bones New Anime Project with Kodansha
- July 4, 03:45 p.m.: Kodansha: New Licensing Announcements
- July 4, 04:00 p.m.: Trigun Stampede Panel, Presented by Crunchyroll and Orange
 - July 4, 04:15 p.m.: Yamada-kun to Lv999 no Koi wo Suru (My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999) Manga Panel
- July 4, 04:45 p.m.: KADOKAWA Industry Panel
- July 4, 05:30 p.m.: Tongari Boushi no Atelier (Witch Hat Atelier) Panel featuring Manga Author Kamome Shirahama and Anime Staff
- July 4, 06:15 p.m.: GoHands New Animation Project Momentary Lily
- July 4, 06:15 p.m.: Shouji Kawamori Q&A
- July 4, 06:45 p.m.: GKIDS Industry Panel
- July 4, 06:45 p.m.: Webtoons to Anime
- with Takaya Yamaguchi (Head of Anime Production, Crunchyroll), Ernest Woo (Chief Strategy Officer, Tappytoon), Won Young Seo, (Editor, Ize Press), and Deb Aoki (Mangasplaining)
- July 4, 07:00 p.m.: CloverWorks Industry Panel
- July 5, 10:00 a.m.: Nanatsu no Taizai: Mokushiroku no Yonkishi (The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse) Official Panel
- July 5, 10:30 a.m.: MangaGamer: Ohara Sayaka Q&A
- July 5, 11:30 a.m.: VIZ Industry Panel
 - July 5, 12:00 p.m.: Blue Lock panel – Meet the EGOISTS at AX!
- July 5, 12:00 p.m.: Mato Seihei no Slave (Chained Soldier) Q&A by Voice Actor Yuya Hirose & Latest footage reveal
- July 5, 12:00 p.m.: KING AMUSEMENT CREATIVE New Title Announcement
- July 5, 01:00 p.m.: Sousou no Frieren (Frieren: Beyond Journey's End) / Kusuriya no Hitorigoto (The Apothecary Diaries) Special Event Hosted by TOHO animation
- July 5, 01:30 p.m.: J-Novel Club Anime Expo 2024 Industry Panel
- July 5, 01:30 p.m.: Bright Horizons: The Artistic Journey of Acky Bright
- July 5, 02:15 p.m.: Square Enix Manga & Books Announcements: Uncover Unforgettable
- July 5, 03:15 p.m.: 2024 Gundam News: Silver Phantom & Requiem for Vengeance
- July 5, 03:30 p.m.: Ao no Exorcist (Blue Exorcist) Special Event featuring Nobuhiko Okamoto (Rin Okumura)
- July 5, 03:45 p.m.: Dark Horse Manga
- July 5, 03:45 p.m.: Kotobukiya's BISHOUJO 15th Anniversary Showcase
- July 5, 04:00 p.m.: Ore dake Level Up na Ken (Solo Leveling) Panel
- July 5, 04:00 p.m.: Netflix presents TERMINATOR ZERO
- July 5, 04:45 p.m.: Yen Press Industry Panel
 - July 5, 05:15 p.m.: Übel Blatt Behind Scene talk by Voice Actor Yuuya Hirose & latest footage reveal
- July 5, 06:15 p.m.: Studio TRIGGER Presents: Dungeon Meshi (Delicious in Dungeon) Live Drawing and Q&A Session
- July 5, 06:15 p.m.: BILIBILI Live: Meet the Voices and Creatives Behind Our Beloved Animations
- July 5, 06:45 p.m.: Acky Bright's live drawing magic: 3 decks challenge
- July 5, 06:45 p.m.: Manga Licensing with DENPA BOOKS and KUMA
- July 5, 07:30 p.m.: Coming up Anime Panel by Avex Pictures 10th anniversary
- July 5, 07:40 p.m.: The Art of Clouds: Yoichi Nishikawa's Journey + GoH Q&A
- July 5, 08:00 p.m.: Bocchi the Rock! Panel with Director Keiichiro Saito and Yoshino Aoyama
- July 6, 10:00 a.m.: Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen - Soukoku-tan (Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Conflict) Presented by VIZ Media
- July 6, 10:00 a.m.: Beyblade X
 - July 6, 10:30 a.m.: Crunchyroll Presents Kadokawa Anime
- July 6, 11:30 a.m.: Ao no Hako (Blue Box) Official Panel
- July 6, 11:30 a.m.: Warner Bros. Japan presents DanMachi series and more
- July 6, 12:00 p.m.: Boku no Hero Academia (My Hero Academia) Special Event Hosted by TOHO animation
- July 6, 12:00 p.m.: King Records Official Industry Panel
- July 6, 01:00 p.m.: Blue Lock panel – Direct Shot into AX!
- with Kazuki Ura (Isagi Yoichi), Megumu Tsuchiya (Blue Lock Manga Editor), and Ryoya Arisawa (Blue Lock Anime Producer)
- July 6, 01:45 p.m.: Dungeon Meshi (Delicious in Dungeon) Panel
- July 6, 02:00 p.m.: Production I.G x WIT x Signal MD Panel
- July 6, 02:00 p.m.: Kuroshitsuji: Kishuku Gakkou-hen (Black Butler: Public School Arc) Panel
- July 6, 03:30 p.m.: Orange Presents, State of Our Animation
- July 6, 03:45 p.m.: Azuki Manga Industry Panel
 - July 6, 03:45 p.m.: King Records Presents: Sumire Uesaka artist debut 10th Anniversary Panel
- July 6, 04:00 p.m.: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Fifth Anniversary Special Event
- July 6, 04:45 p.m.: Japanese Manga Editors Industry Roundtable
- July 6, 05:00 p.m.: Crunchyroll Industry Panel
- July 6, 05:15 p.m.: Look Back Panel
- July 6, 05:15 p.m.: Nakaba Suzuki (The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse Mangaka) GoH Live Art and Q&A
- July 6, 07:30 p.m.: Bandai Namco Filmworks Industry Panel
- July 6, 07:30 p.m.: Studio KAI Industry Panel with Director Yosuke Kabashima
- July 7, 10:00 a.m.: Jujutsu Kaisen panel, powered by Crunchyroll
- July 7, 10:30 a.m.: Kodansha Presents Kamome Shirahama Panel
- July 7, 02:30 p.m.: TOKYOPOP: Manga for Everyone
- July 7, 03:00 p.m.: Kodansha Manga Spotlight
 Premieres and Screenings- July 4, 10:00 a.m.: Senpai wa Otokonoko (Senpai is an Otokonoko) Early Premiere
- July 4, 10:30 a.m.: Ao no Miburo (Blue Miburo) World Premiere presented by ytv animation
- July 4, 01:30 p.m.: HIDIVE Presents Ore wa Subete wo "Parry" suru: Gyaku Kanchigai no Sekai Saikyou wa Boukensha ni Naritai (I Parry Everything) North American Premiere
- July 4, 06:45 p.m.: Tu Bian Yingxiong X (To Be Hero X) Special Premiere featuring director Li Haolin
- July 4, 07:15 p.m.: Crunchyroll x Kadokawa Presents Special Screenings
- July 4, 08:30 p.m.: Katsute Mahou Shoujo to Aku wa Tekitai shiteita. (The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies) Premiere
- July 4, 08:30 p.m.: Exclusive Premieres with Crunchyroll
- July 4, 09:00 p.m.: HIDIVE Presents 2.5-jigen no Ririsa (2.5 Dimensional Seduction) North American Premiere
- July 4, 10:30 p.m.: HIDIVE Presents Elf-san wa Yaserarenai. (Plus-Sized Elf) World Premiere
- July 5, 10:00 a.m.: Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou Season 3 (Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest Season 3) Premiere + Voice Cast Talk
- July 5, 02:00 p.m.: HIDIVE Presents Hitoribocchi no Isekai Kouryaku (Loner Life in Another World) North American Premiere
 - July 5, 05:00 p.m.: Exclusive World Premiere of Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 3rd Season (Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3)
- July 5, 07:30 p.m.: Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II at Anime Expo
- July 5, 08:00 p.m.: Frontier Works (animate GROUP) Presents Haigakura Episode 1 World Premiere
- July 5, 10:00 p.m.: HIDIVE and AX Cinema Nights Present Juubee Ninpuuchou (Ninja Scroll) 30th Anniversary Screening (18+)
- July 6, 03:15 p.m.: HIDIVE Presents "Oshi no Ko" 2nd Season Premiere Screening and Special Guest Panel
- July 6, 03:45 p.m.: Kinnikuman: Kanpeki Chоujin Shiso-hen (Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc) Episode 0 & 1 Premier Screening and Behind Story Talk
- July 6, 05:45 p.m.: HIDIVE Presents Dungeon no Naka no Hito (Dungeon People) North American Premiere
- July 6, 05:45 p.m.: Kami no Tou: Ouji no Kikan (Tower of God Season 2) Special Premiere
- July 6, 07:30 p.m.: Dandadan - World Premiere of Episode 1
 Concerts- July 4, 06:00 p.m.: "Utano☆Princesama ALL STAR STAGE -MUSIC UNIVERSE-"
- A joint performance by ST☆RISH, QUARTET NIGHT, and HE★VENS
- July 5, 04:30 p.m.: "Obey Me! 1st Virtual Concert ~OVERTURE~"
- Featuring the demon brothers, Lucifer, Mammon, Leviathan, Satan, Asmodeus, Beelzebub, and Belphegor
- July 6, 12:00 & 6:00 p.m.: "NIJISANJI EN SUMMER JAM"
- Featuring Elira Pendora, Finana Ryugu, Petra Gurin, Rosemi Lovelock, and Millie Parfait for Group 1; and Luca Kaneshiro, Shu Yamino, Sonny Brisko, and Uki Violeta for Group 2
- July 6, 03:30 p.m.: "TUBEOUT! In Los Angeles 2024"
- A virtual music festival combining VTubers and anime featuring "HASU NO SORA JOGAKUIN SCHOOL IDOL CLUB," "HIMEHINA," "Akari Ishikari (Aogiri High School)," "kson (vshojo)," "Uruka Fujikura (Phase Connect)," and "Tacitly."
- July 7, 02:00 p.m.: "Welcome to Wonder Wander World"
- Featuring ChroNoiR's, the NIJISANJI VTuber unit reprising their live concert from Japan.
Schedule is as reported by Anime Expo and may change without notice.
All times are Pacific Daylight Time (GMT-7).
Official site: anime-expo.org
Official schedule: anime-expo.org/ax/schedule-2024/ |
