Anime Los Angeles

Anime Los Angeles (stylized as Animé Los Angeles) is an annual four-day anime convention held during January at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center in Long Beach, California.

Anime Los Angeles
StatusActive
VenueLong Beach Convention and Entertainment Center
Location(s)Long Beach, California
Coordinates33°45′53″N 118°11′26″W
CountryUnited States
Inaugurated2005
Attendance12,961 total in 2020[1]
Websiteanimelosangeles.org

Programming

The convention typically offers an AMV contest, artists' alley, con suite, cosplay chess, dealers room, a gaming room, karaoke, manga lounge, and masquerade.[2][3][4][5][6]

History

The convention moved from the Los Angeles Airport Marriott to the Ontario Convention Center in 2016.[5] This move was made to accommodate the convention's growth. Anime Los Angeles 2021 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7][8] In 2022, the convention will move to the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center.[8]

Event history
DatesLocationAtten.Guests
January 28-30, 2005 Airtel Plaza Hotel
Van Nuys, California		616Caroline "Carmen" Curtis, Jerry Koudelik, and Tadao Tomomatsu.[9]
January 27-29, 2006 Airtel Plaza Hotel
Van Nuys, California		1,346Phuong-Mai Blasich (PMBQ), Hiroaki Inoue, Karisu-sama, Richard Man, and Tadao Tomomatsu.[10]
January 26-28, 2007 Airtel Plaza Hotel
Van Nuys, California		1,875Svetlana Chmakova, J Dee DuPuy, and Tadao Tomomatsu.[11]
January 4-6, 2008 Burbank Airport Marriott Hotel & Convention Center
Burbank, California		2,509Darrel Guilbeau, Vic Mignogna, Tadao Tomomatsu, and Bryan Wong.[12]
January 2-4, 2009 Los Angeles Airport Marriott
Los Angeles, California		2,851Zac Bertschy, Johnny Yong Bosch, Darrel Guilbeau, Kevin Lillard, Scott Ramsoomair, Tadao Tomomatsu, and Cristina Valenzuela.[13]
January 8-10, 2010 Los Angeles Airport Marriott
Los Angeles, California		3,207Bekka the Alice, Jessica Gaona, Kyle Hebert, The Spoony Bards, and Tadao Tomomatsu.[14]
January 29-30, 2011 Los Angeles Airport Marriott
Los Angeles, California		3,598Gina Biggs, Taliesin Jaffe, Helen McCarthy, Jason Charles Miller, Patrick Seitz, and Tadao Tomomatsu.[15]
January 6-8, 2012 Los Angeles Airport Marriott
Los Angeles, California		4,211Jon Allen, Mark Allen, Jr., Chris Cason, Julie Rei Goldstein, Kyle Hebert, Lauren Landa, Danielle McRae, Dave Merrill, Craig Miller, Panda Cubed, Derek Stephen Prince, Stan Sakai, Jessica Straus, Kaiji Tang, Jonathan Tarbox, Tadao Tomomatsu, and Stephen Weese.[16]
January 4-6, 2013 Los Angeles Airport Marriott
Los Angeles, California		5,001Zac Bertschy, Johnny Yong Bosch, Edward Bosco, Kira Buckland, Eunyoung Choi, Meri Davis, Lucien Dodge, Tim Eldred, Richard Epcar, M. Alice LeGrow, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Danielle McRae, Panda Cubed, Laura Post, David Keith Riddick, Matt Schley, Patrick Seitz, Justin Sevakis, Kaiji Tang, Tadao Tomomatsu, Kimlinh Tran, Stephen Weese, Ezra Weisz, Sarah Anne Williams, and Masaaki Yuasa.[17]
January 10-12, 2014 Los Angeles Airport Marriott
Los Angeles, California		4,583Edward Bosco, Kira Buckland, Lucien Dodge, Erin Fitzgerald, Kyle Hebert, Natalie Hoover, Rai Kamishiro, Lolita Dark, Danielle McRae, Neil Nadelman, Panda Cubed, Parlé Productions, Laura Post, David Keith Riddick, Patrick Seitz, Christopher Smith, Aimee Major Steinberger, Kaiji Tang, Jonathan Tarbox, Tadao Tomomatsu, Kimlinh Tran, Ezra Weisz, Lisle Wilkerson, and Sarah Anne Williams.[18]
January 9-11, 2015 Los Angeles Airport Marriott
Los Angeles, California		4,702Edward Bosco, Kira Buckland, Christine Marie Cabanos, Jacob Grady, Natalie Hoover, Carl Gustav Horn, Taliesin Jaffe, Carrie Keranen, Erik Scott Kimerer, Danielle McRae, Erica Mendez, Matthew Mercer, Marianne Miller, Panda Cubed, Laura Post, Kaiji Tang, Jonathan Tarbox, Tadao Tomomatsu, David Vincent, Ezra Weisz, and Sarah Anne Williams.[19]
January 29-31, 2016 Ontario Convention Center
Ontario, California		8,098Edward Bosco, Chocolate Covered Cosplay, Les E. Claypool III, Lucien Dodge, Victor Frost, Caitlin Glass, Todd Haberkorn, Kyle Hebert, Erica Lindbeck, Lionel Lum, Danielle McRae, Erica Mendez, Cassandra Lee Morris, Panda Cubed, David Keith Riddick, Stephanie Sheh, Tadao Tomomatsu, Ezra Weisz, Lisle Wilkerson, and Sarah Anne Williams.[20]
January 27-29, 2017 Ontario Convention Center
Ontario, California		8,954Brian Beacock, Pierre Bernard Jr., Edward Bosco, Jeff Burns, Chocolate Covered Cosplay, Mary Claypool, Les E. Claypool III, Richard Epcar, Victor Frost, Darrel Guilbeau, Hiroaki Inoue, Lauren Landa, Mela Lee, Erica Lindbeck, Jason Charles Miller, Sean O'Mara, Cindy Robinson, Tara Sands, Christopher Smith, Ellyn Stern, Cristina Valenzuela, Stephen Weese, Ezra Weisz, and Jason Wishnov.[21]
January 25-28, 2018 Ontario Convention Center
Ontario, California		11,360Pierre Bernard Jr., Beau Billingslea, Steve Blum, Zach Callison, Chocolate Covered Cosplay, Mary Claypool, Les E. Claypool III, Fon Davis, Dustbunny, Melissa Fahn, Victor Frost, Bonnie Gordon, Jacob Grady, Marc Handler, Grant Imahara, Xander Jeanneret, Karisu-sama, Wendee Lee, Lolita Dark, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Danielle McRae, Midnight Shinigami, Jeff Nimoy, Derek Stephen Prince, Raj Ramayya, Lia Sargent, Paul St. Peter, Skip Stellrecht, Ezra Weisz, and Stephanie Yanez.[22]
January 10-13, 2019 Ontario Convention Center
Ontario, California		11,760Pierre Bernard Jr., Morgan Berry, Justin Briner, Leo Camacho, Clifford Chapin, Chocolate Covered Cosplay, Mary Claypool, Les E. Claypool III, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Fon Davis, Dorothy Fahn, Melissa Fahn, Bryan Forrest, Victor Frost, Todd Haberkorn, Roland Kelts, David Matranga, Kyle McCarley, Kristen McGuire, Joe Ochman, Skip Stellrecht, Chris Tergliafera, Eric Vale, Christopher Wehkamp, and Ezra Weisz.[23]
January 9-12, 2020 Ontario Convention Center
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Ontario Airport
Ontario, California		12,961Steve Bennett, Pierre Bernard Jr., Mary Claypool, Les E. Claypool III, Zack Davisson, FEMM, Dorah Fine, Lauren Landa, Jason Charles Miller, Hiroshi Nagahama, Tony Oliver, Kaho Shibuya, Evil Ted Smith, Skip Stellrecht, Chris Tergliafera, Ezra Weisz, and Robert Woodhead.[1]
January 6-9, 2022 Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center
Long Beach, California		Pierre Bernard Jr., Kira Buckland, Mary Claypool, Les E. Claypool III, Cosplay Deviants, Richard Epcar, Victor Frost, Kazha, Jason Charles Miller, Casey Mongillo, Derek Stephen Prince, Adin Rudd, Kaho Shibuya, Evil Ted Smith, Ellyn Stern, Chris Tergliafera, and Ezra Weisz.[24]
January 5-8, 2023 Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center
Long Beach, California		Corina Boettger, Mary Claypool, Les E. Claypool III, Dorothy Fahn, Tom Fahn, Adam McArthur, Kayleigh McKee, Kayli Mills, Pros and Cons Cosplay, Molly Searcy, Kaho Shibuya, Evil Ted Smith, Kaiji Tang, Chris Tergliafera, Steff Von Schweetz, Ezra Weisz, Anne Yatco, and Mamoru Yokota.[25]
January 4-7, 2024 Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center
Long Beach, California		Mark Allen, Jr., Zack Davisson, Lizzie Freeman, Caitlin Glass, Amber May, Kayleigh McKee, Tara Sands, Chris Tergliafera, and Ezra Weisz.[26]

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