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Anime XP 2026 Afterparty — Los Angeles

Jul 4 – Jul 5, 2026 Catch One, 4067 W Pico Blvd, Los A…

The convention floor closes. The night doesn’t. Every year, Sonicboombox has turned what should be the last night of Anime Expo into something the official schedule doesn’t list — a proper nightclub night for the people who stayed too long and still aren’t done. Anime XP Afterparty 2026 returns to Catch One, a two-floor, three-stage venue on West Pico Blvd in Los Angeles. Seven bars. A full game room that takes Beyblades seriously. Outdoor patio. And six anime DJs who treat the playlist like it matters, because it does. The lineup: Taylor Senpai, Dimi, Johnny Romer, DJ French, Beari, Foureyes. From 8:30 PM to 2:00 AM, the music runs through anime OSTs, J-pop, and electronic — whatever connects to the cultural moment that just spent four days filling the convention center. This is the exhale at the end of AX weekend. Catch One, 4067 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles. 21+ with valid ID. July 4, 2026. Doors at 8:30 PM. $25 in advance, $40 at the door.

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Anime Expo 2026 — Day 3

Jul 4, 2026 From $65 Los Angeles Convention Center, 120…

Day 3 at Anime Expo is when the convention becomes itself. Saturday, July 4, 2026 at the Los Angeles Convention Center — the highest-attendance day of the largest anime convention in North America. Over 100,000 fans across the floor, programming running in every corner of the building, the cosplay competition at full force. This year, Day 3 carries weight for two fandoms simultaneously. The BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War — The Calamity panel takes place Saturday morning at Crypto.com Arena, with Japanese VA Masakazu Morita and English voice director Johnny Yong Bosch present. And in the afternoon (2:45–4:05 PM, JW Diamond room), Science SARU presents the North American premiere panel for Ghost in the Shell 2026 — the first new entry in the franchise in over a decade, premiering on streaming July 7. This is a rare convergence: two landmark franchise events, one day, one convention. Beyond the main panels: the Artist Alley is at its most densely packed, exclusives sell out by early afternoon, and the spontaneous meetups — people who found each other because of a shared series, a specific cosplay, a niche fandom — run into the night. Plan for crowds at the main entrances by midmorning. General admission and day badges available. The Saturday ticket moves fastest.

Sukeban World Championship Fight Night — Anime Expo 2026

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Sukeban World Championship Fight Night — Anime Expo 2026

Jul 3, 2026 51.6 Los Angeles Convention Center, 120…

This is not a wrestling show with an anime theme. It is a convergence: Harajuku fashion aesthetics, anime character energy, live music, and genuine athletic competition fused into one arena experience. Sukeban is Japan's premier female pro wrestling league — and its first-ever World Championship Fight arrives at Anime Expo 2026 on July 3rd at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The league brings rival girl gangs from Tokyo — the Harajuku Stars, Cherry Bomb Girls, and Vandals stables — fighting for a championship belt on the biggest stage in the league's history. Special appearances confirmed. Every match is a story arc. Every outfit is a character declaration. The room this fills: anime fans who also watch wrestling. Sneakerheads who follow Harajuku drops. AEW and WWE fans who've been waiting for something that hits different — aesthetically, athletically, culturally. Sukeban occupies an intersection no other event touches: J-fashion, pro wrestling, anime convention, live performance. Ticketed separately from AX general admission to keep the room committed. Entry requirements: valid Anime Expo credential (4-day or any 1-day pass) plus a separate Sukeban event ticket. GA Floor (standing): $51.60. Balcony A (seated): $101.60. VIP Ringside: $151.60. Tickets at leapevents.com — limited capacity.

Demon Slayer: New Arc — Season Premiere Watch Party

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Demon Slayer: New Arc — Season Premiere Watch Party

Jul 3, 2026 Animé Café, 3671 30th St, San Dieg…

Animé Café, 3671 30th St, San Diego. July 4th. Demon Slayer's new arc premieres on Crunchyroll and Animé Café hosts the watch party — the specific version of this event where the room is full of people who have been waiting since the last arc ended and have opinions ready before the first episode loads. Demon Slayer watch parties are their own category of experience. The show builds to moments — the breathing technique reveals, the demon transformations, the specific chord progressions that arrive underneath the fights that earn them — and those moments are designed to be witnessed with other people. The collective inhale before something lands, the collective exhale after it does, the conversation that starts before the credits finish. That's what the Animé Café watch party provides. July 4th. crunchyroll.com for the premiere schedule. Animé Café at 3671 30th St runs a venue built for exactly this gathering. Arrive before the episode — the setup includes the context catch-up that works whether you rewatched everything recently or haven't touched it since the last arc. Come in for a drink. Stay for the whole watch. The new arc starts here.

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Anime Expo 2026 — Day 2

Jul 3, 2026 From $65 Los Angeles Convention Center, 120…

Anime Expo 2026 — Day 2 continues Friday, July 3 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Anime Expo is the largest anime convention in North America, drawing over 100,000 fans to the Los Angeles Convention Center each summer. The 2026 edition runs July 2-5 across all four days, with a massive 340,000-square-foot Exhibit Hall, Artist Alley, J-Pop and ani-song concerts, industry panels, anime premieres, cosplay competitions, autograph sessions, and gaming areas. The convention is organized by the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation and runs continuously across all four days. Each day brings different programming, exclusive announcements, and guests from across the anime, manga, and J-Pop industries. Saturday and Sunday draw the largest crowds; Thursday and Friday move at a more manageable pace for exhibit hall access. The Los Angeles Convention Center is located at 1201 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90015, steps from the EXPO/Convention Center Metro station. Badge pickup opens before the convention; pick yours up early to avoid lines. Tickets are available at anime-expo.org. Single-day and four-day badges are offered, with four-day badges providing the best value for full-weekend attendees.

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One Piece Rave — Los Angeles (1720 LA)

Jul 3, 2026 1720 LA, 1720 E 16th Street, Los A…

The One Piece Rave comes to 1720 LA on July 3, 2026 -- a club night built for the One Piece fandom at the intersection of anime culture and nightlife. Presented by ORLOVE, this event is part of the growing SoCal anime rave circuit forming around the one-two punch of the One Piece live-action season and the first-ever ONE PIECE Fest landing in LA in August. The format: DJ sets of J-pop, anime OSTs, and hype tracks; a crowd in One Piece cosplay and fandom gear; a venue (1720 LA) that has hosted some of LA's best underground club nights. If you are a Nakama in Los Angeles, this is your pre-Fest gathering. 1720 is located at 1720 E 16th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90021 in the Arts District. 21+ event. Doors open at 9 PM. Tickets available in advance through the event page -- One Piece events in LA have been selling out fast with the current fandom momentum. One Piece Fest (COSM LA, August 25-26) is the anchor. The Rave on July 3 is the community warm-up. Come as your favorite character. Leave with new crew members.

Anime Furikunikku LA Takeover — Los Angeles July 2026

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Anime Furikunikku LA Takeover — Los Angeles July 2026

Jul 2 – Jul 3, 2026 The Catwalk Club, Los Angeles, CA

Anime Furikunikku LA Takeover is an anime-themed club night taking over The Catwalk Club in Los Angeles on July 2, 2026. This is an adults-oriented evening built around anime music, AMV screenings, DJ sets mixing anime openings and endings with electronic and pop, and a crowd that shows up in cosplay and does not apologize for it. Furikunikku events have built a reputation in the SoCal anime nightlife scene for taking the concept seriously — this is not a bar that slapped an anime sticker on its usual Thursday night. The playlist is curated, the visuals are intentional, and the venue is transformed for the evening. Expect everything from classic shonen opening bangers to underground anime city pop and hyperpop remixes. Adult content may be present — this is an 18 and over event. Doors at 8pm. The Catwalk Club is located in Los Angeles with street parking and nearby transit options. For anime fans who have always wanted to go out in cosplay to a space where that is completely normal, this is the event. July 2, 2026.

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Anime Expo 2026 — Day 1

Jul 2, 2026 From $65 Los Angeles Convention Center, 120…

Anime Expo 2026 — Day 1 opens Thursday, July 2 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Anime Expo is the largest anime convention in North America, drawing over 100,000 fans to the Los Angeles Convention Center each summer. The 2026 edition runs July 2-5 across all four days, with a massive 340,000-square-foot Exhibit Hall, Artist Alley, J-Pop and ani-song concerts, industry panels, anime premieres, cosplay competitions, autograph sessions, and gaming areas. The convention is organized by the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation and runs continuously across all four days. Each day brings different programming, exclusive announcements, and guests from across the anime, manga, and J-Pop industries. Saturday and Sunday draw the largest crowds; Thursday and Friday move at a more manageable pace for exhibit hall access. The Los Angeles Convention Center is located at 1201 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90015, steps from the EXPO/Convention Center Metro station. Badge pickup opens before the convention; pick yours up early to avoid lines. Tickets are available at anime-expo.org. Single-day and four-day badges are offered, with four-day badges providing the best value for full-weekend attendees.

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War — The Calamity U.S. Theatrical Screening

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Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War — The Calamity U.S. Theatrical Screening

Jun 25 – Jun 29, 2026 Varies by theater — check Fathom Events AMC and Cinemark Theatres, Souther…

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War has spent three arcs building toward this: The Calamity. In a limited U.S. theatrical run June 25-29, 2026, Fathom Events and VIZ Media are bringing the final arc of the TYBW saga to the big screen before its streaming premiere — three episodes, one screen, the conclusion that Bleach fans have been waiting a decade for. This is not a home viewing event. The Gotei 13 versus the Quincy Sternritter in a theatrical presentation built for it. Yhwach, Ichigo, the Soul Society in its final stand. For the fan who started Bleach in middle school and is now finishing it as an adult, this is the one. What to expect: three episodes of the final arc in one theatrical showing, Dolby audio, and a room full of people who have been tracking this since the manga. No spoilers in the lobby — everyone is discovering it together. When: June 25-29, 2026 (limited run). Specific showtimes vary by theater. Check Fathom Events for your nearest location and book early — these screenings sell out. Where: Participating AMC, Regal, and Cinemark locations across SoCal. Major markets: Los Angeles, San Diego, Inland Empire, Orange County. Tickets: Available through Fathom Events and individual theater websites. Advance purchase strongly recommended.

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Avatar: The Last Airbender S2

Jun 25 – Jun 27, 2026 Streaming on Netflix — Worldwide

Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action Season 2 drops June 25th, 2026 on Netflix — the Earth and Fire books, the Fire Nation arc, the characters people have carried since childhood now rendered in live action by a production that had a full season to calibrate to what the fanbase actually needs. This is not a show you watch alone if you don't have to. The reaction to a well-executed Fire Nation reveal — Zuko's arc landing, Toph in live action for the first time — multiplies when there's someone next to you to grab. Find your watch party before June 25th: anime clubs, gaming bars, fan Discord servers organizing viewing nights, venues that do watch party events for major streaming drops. San Diego and LA have enough genre-community infrastructure that watch parties for a show this size will exist — look on Eventbrite, look on Meetup, look in the Avatar fan communities that have been waiting since Season 1 ended. If you can't find one, host one. Eight episodes drop the same day. Pick your room, pick your people, have everything ready before the first episode loads. The first watch with a room full of people who care is the one you remember.

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VidCon 2026 — Anaheim, CA

Jun 25 – Jun 27, 2026 Anaheim Convention Center, 800 W K…

Millions of subscribers, thousands of fans, several days in Anaheim — the moment the people on the other side of the screen become real. VidCon is where the parasocial relationship finds its physical address. What it feels like to be there: VidCon operates on a different logic than most entertainment conventions. The celebrities here are creators who built their audience one subscriber at a time — the recognition runs both ways in a way it rarely does at traditional fan events. A creator who makes videos for 2 million subscribers genuinely knows the specific language and inside jokes of their audience, and the interactions in hallways and signing lines reflect that. The energy is different from comic conventions: less cosplay, more collaboration and mutual recognition between people who have been watching each other's content for years. Is it worth it? VidCon is for people who consume content online and want to experience its creators in person, or for people building a creator career who want access to industry conversations that do not exist elsewhere. Community Track provides the fan-meeting experience. Creator Track has panels and workshops taught by people who figured out what you are still trying to figure out. Featured Creator panels are the highest-demand events and require early arrival. What to know before you go: The Anaheim Convention Center is large, and VidCon fills all of it — reviewing the schedule the night before and planning your route through the building is essential, not optional. Lines form early for Featured Creator events; arrive 30-60 minutes ahead for the creators you most want to see. The Anaheim Resort Transit or a nearby hotel within walking distance are practical alternatives to convention center parking. Programming emphasis shifts between days, with Creator and Industry days having different energy from Community days. VidCon sits on Falkor's Nation's Best list because it documents a cultural shift that happened faster than most institutions could track. The most-watched content on Earth in 2026 was made by individuals in their homes, not studios — and VidCon is where the people who made that happen gather to meet the communities that chose them. That is a historically unusual thing, and watching it in person is worth understanding even if you never attend. 2026 specifics: This is VidCon Anaheim 15th anniversary edition. The biggest new addition is a dedicated AI and Innovation Track -- the first VidCon to formally address AI tools as a creator discipline. For anyone building a content business in 2026, this track will be the most talked-about room at the convention. Honest split: Creator Pass holders consistently rate VidCon as worth it for education and networking. Community track holders are increasingly mixed -- the fan experience peaked around 2018-2019 as brand activations thinned. The value depends entirely on which track you buy. 55,000 attendees expected.

Dragon Ball Sparking Zero Community Night — June

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Dragon Ball Sparking Zero Community Night — June

Jun 27, 2026 $10 GameSync San Diego, 2860 Main St, …

June's Dragon Ball Sparking Zero community night at GameSync in downtown San Diego on June 27. The meta has evolved since launch — new techniques, new character tiers, new answers to the old dominant strategies — and so has the local competition. Full bracket, character variety encouraged, and the kind of crowd energy that only Dragon Ball generates in a live room. GameSync is the right venue for this: a fighting game community arcade with an audience that grew up with the franchise and takes it seriously without losing the joy. This is not casual. It is the San Diego FGC choosing the game it wants to compete at, which means the skill level is real and the matches are worth watching even if you are not in the bracket. Show up early to warm up. Bracket play starts after an open practice period. 2860 Main St in Barrio Logan — free street parking available after 6 PM. All skill levels welcome. The regulars will explain the matchups. Dragon Ball Sparking Zero rewards style as much as execution. This is the game the community chose. Show up.

SOUL COMIX CON 2026 — Leimert Park Los Angeles

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SOUL COMIX CON 2026 — Leimert Park Los Angeles

Jun 27, 2026 Barbara Morrison Performing Arts C…

SOUL COMIX CON is a comics festival dedicated to celebrating Black creators, Black characters, and Black storytelling across the comics medium. Organized by DP COMIX and held at the Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center in Leimert Park, one of Los Angeles's most important African American cultural neighborhoods, SOUL COMIX CON brings together indie comics, superhero comics, and graphic novels by Black artists and writers. Attendees can meet Black comic book creators in person, purchase original artwork and limited-edition prints directly from the artists who made them, and discover independent comics that are not available at any chain retailer. A cosplay party is included in the programming, with a focus on characters from Black-created and Black-led comics properties. Family-friendly and all ages. Saturday June 27, 11am to 5pm. Free or low-cost admission. Leimert Park is accessible by Metro and is one of the city's premier destinations for Black art, culture, and community. SOUL COMIX CON represents the kind of niche community gathering that is the reason Falkor exists — a room full of people who care deeply about the same thing, assembled for one afternoon.

MTG Marvel Super Heroes — Tabletop Release Day

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MTG Marvel Super Heroes — Tabletop Release Day

Jun 26, 2026 Local Game Shops — SoCal

Local game shops across SoCal. June 26th. The Magic: The Gathering Marvel Super Heroes Tabletop Release Day is the day the set is officially live at retail — the Friday when the shelves open, the sealed product hits the counters, and the set that everyone has been previewing for weeks is finally available to crack open. Release Day is not a tournament — it's the celebration of a new set arriving. The local game store events on release day vary by store: some run draft pods, some run sealed, some open the day with casual play and prize support for the first players in. The Marvel set brings the full IP catalog into Magic's card frame for the first time, which means every card is legible at two levels — the Magic mechanic and the character it's built around. Find your local SoCal game store at magic.wizards.com and check their release day events for June 26th. The first weekend of a new set is when the community gathers to figure out what everything does — the theory meets the card for the first time. Bring your deck-building instincts and expect to be surprised by how the set actually plays versus how it read in spoiler season.

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Anime Temecula Valley — Monthly Meetup June 2026

Every 3rd Sunday · Next Sep 20 Promenade Temecula, 40820 Winchest…

The conventions are the easy part. Everyone shows up for those. The harder thing is finding people who watch what you watch on an ordinary month with nothing on the calendar. That is what this is. A rotating cast of regulars who know each other by username, arguing about which episode of Frieren or Re:Zero actually landed this season and trading watch lists the way baseball fans once traded cards. Nobody is wearing their best cosplay to impress strangers — cosplay is welcome and never expected. The conversation is the draw. The mid-month timing is deliberate. It was built to not compete with weekend conventions, so it serves the person who already goes to AX in July but wants something closer to home the rest of the year. Promenade Temecula, 40820 Winchester Rd. No fee, no signup. The Meetup group carries the dates. Show up, say what you are watching, stay as long as you want.

One Piece Card Game: Pirates Party — Los Angeles

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One Piece Card Game: Pirates Party — Los Angeles

Jun 20, 2026 Entry fee required; varies by event TBD — Greater Los Angeles Area, CA

The One Piece Card Game Pirates Party 2026 regional event lands in the greater Los Angeles area — and the timing could not be more deliberate. With ONE PIECE Fest set for COSM LA in August, the TCG scene is reaching crystallization phase in SoCal: the anime is at peak cultural moment, the card game is in its most competitive window, and the regional tournament format brings competitive players face to face with the community that texts each other about pulls at 11pm. Pirates Party is Bandai Namco's signature regional event format: competitive main events, side tournaments, exclusive promo card distribution, community meetups, and the kind of trading floor energy that doesn't happen on Discord. SoCal has one of the most active One Piece Card Game communities in North America — the competitive circuit here runs through multiple stores in LA, Orange County, and San Diego year-round. Whether you are grinding ranked play or showing up to trade and watch, this is the room where the SoCal One Piece TCG community will be in May-June 2026. Registration through the official One Piece Card Game website. Exact venue to be announced — follow the official channels for confirmation. Promo cards distributed to all registered participants. Show up with your best deck and an empty binder.

MTG Marvel Super Heroes Prerelease — TCS Rockets

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MTG Marvel Super Heroes Prerelease — TCS Rockets

Jun 19, 2026 7626 Miramar Rd Suite 3900, San Di…

For one morning, everyone in the room is a beginner again. New-card day has a texture you can feel the second you walk into the shop -- forty people hunched over six packs each, sleeving creatures that didn't exist yesterday, doing math on abilities nobody has tested. On the day a Magic set becomes legal, the playing field is as level as it will ever be: no solved format, no one who's already cracked it, just a room full of players figuring it out at the same time. That's the Prerelease, and it's the weekend that belongs to the whole Magic community rather than the grinders. Sealed means you open six packs and build from exactly what you get -- you can't show up with an optimized list, only show up and work it out. The Marvel Super Heroes set brings an IP that Magic players already recognize, which makes it a genuinely good entry point: the characters are familiar even when the mechanics aren't legible yet. TCS Rockets runs its prereleases with everything the format needs -- organized pods, experienced judges, prize support, and the specific charge of a game store the morning a set drops. Playing well here means playing well under uncertainty, and on a brand-new set, everyone in the building is under it together. TCS Rockets, 7626 Miramar Rd, San Diego. June 19th. Arrive early for your pack allocation. Set details at magic.wizards.com.

MTG Marvel Super Heroes Prerelease — GameStar Hobbies

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MTG Marvel Super Heroes Prerelease — GameStar Hobbies

Jun 19, 2026 27380 Jefferson Ave Ste 101, Temec…

Nobody in the pod has solved it yet -- and for one weekend, nobody can. There's a specific thrill to the first day a Magic set is legal: the format is a blank map, there are no netdecks to copy, no one at the table has already figured out which cards win. Everyone is reading the new Marvel Super Heroes cards for the first time, discovering at the table what they actually do. The player across from you cracked the same six packs of uncertainty you did. That's what a Prerelease is, and it's the rare Magic weekend that belongs to the whole community and not just the grinders. Sealed format means you show up with nothing and build from what you open -- no optimized list, just forty-five minutes and whatever the packs gave you. The Marvel set folds an IP everyone already knows into Magic's frame, so every card reads twice: the mechanic it performs and the character it embodies. It's a good place to start if you've been curious. GameStar Hobbies is the Temecula shop that runs Magic with real infrastructure -- organized pods, experienced judges, prize support, and the particular electricity of a local game store on new-card day. It's the Inland Empire's Prerelease for players who've been waiting on this set and want to play it the day it's legal. GameStar Hobbies, 27380 Jefferson Ave, Temecula. June 19th. Show up early for your pack allocation. Full spoilers and set details at magic.wizards.com.

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