Convention & Expo Events
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San Diego Anime Convention 2026
San Diego Anime Con returns for its fourth year November 13-15 at the DoubleTree Mission Valley. Three days of anime culture: 50+ vendors, 50+ artists, a maid cafe, VR and board game rooms, panels, idol performances, variety shows, and game shows. Silk Road Productions has grown this into one of the premier anime conventions in Southern California outside of Anime Expo. Single-day passes from 0, 3-day passes from 0. VIP available at 00. Early registration pricing through June 12. Tickets on Eventbrite.
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AX Chibi 2026
AX Chibi is the smaller, more accessible sibling of Anime Expo — held at the Anaheim Convention Center across Thanksgiving weekend, with a floor plan that makes sense and lines that don't require a strategy. Two days of vendor halls, artist alley, gaming, and the kind of cosplay that benefits from a long weekend to prepare. The event for people who love Anime Expo but want it at a scale where they can actually talk to someone.
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Fan Expo San Francisco 2026
Fan Expo SF brings comics, sci-fi, horror, anime, and gaming to the Moscone Center for a post-Thanksgiving weekend — celebrity guests, dealers, panels, and the NorCal fan community finally assembled at a convention built for the size of its enthusiasm. November 27–29, 2026: three floors, three days, the Bay Area at full attendance. The weekend after Thanksgiving has a new reason to stay in San Francisco.
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LA Comic Con 2026
LA Comic Con closes out the convention year in December at the Los Angeles Convention Center — three days of comics, cosplay, celebrity guests, gaming, and the particular energy of a city that is more connected to comics and film than anywhere else on earth. The guest list runs deep on TV and film talent, the dealers' room is substantial, and the cosplay is built by people who work in costume and effects professionally. The holiday season makes the atmosphere different. Worth the December trip.
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Anime Los Angeles 2027
Anime Los Angeles opens the convention calendar every January at Long Beach — four days of panels, guest signings, gaming rooms, cosplay, and the reunion energy that only the first con of the year carries. ALA runs smaller and tighter than Anime Expo, which is exactly why its regulars keep coming back: the celebrity panels are actually accessible, the artist alley doesn't require two hours of queueing, and January in Southern California is a perfectly reasonable excuse to be in a convention center in a costume. The con that starts the year right.