Anime Expo Announces Live Convention’s Return for 2022

<p>Anime Expo recently announced that the convention will return to live in Los Angeles in 2022&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"wp-image-170515 size-large aligncenter" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;05&sol;17181800&sol;SPJA-Anime-Expo-Lite-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Anime Expo Lite" width&equals;"1024" height&equals;"576" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center">Anime Expo Lite Details<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Held online on July 3 &amp&semi; 4&comma; this year’s <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;anime&plus;expo">Anime Expo Lite<&sol;a> garnered over 375&comma;000 views from fans in more than 100 countries such as the UK&comma; Japan&comma; Saudi Arabia&comma; Brazil&comma; and Malaysia&period; Program highlights included the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;star-wars-visions-anthology-revealed-and-detailed-during-anime-expo-lite&sol;">Star Wars&colon; Visions Sneak Peek<&sol;a>&comma; the Shikizakura world premiere&comma; and the LisAni&excl;LIVE L&period;A&period; concert featuring performances by ASCA&comma; BURNOUT SYNDROMES&comma; JO&star;STARS&comma; Liella&excl; &lpar; Love Live&excl; Superstar&excl;&excl;&rpar;&comma; and Morfonica &lpar;BanG Dream&excl;&rpar;&comma; as well as special guests such as Hololive English&comma; NIJISANJI’s Lazulight&comma; and many more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ray Chiang&comma; CEO of the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation commented on the news saying&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;For the 2nd year in a row&comma; Anime Expo was held online due to the Covid pandemic&comma; but we were gratified and amazed at the continued strong support we received from so many fans from around the world&period; We presented a comprehensive array of panel events&comma; exclusive premieres&comma; and sneak peeks&comma; and music performances and made a sizeable donation to Hate Is A Virus&comma; which will help them continue their work to battle anti-Asian discrimination and defamation&comma; which continues to AAPI communities across the nation&period; As we look ahead to next year&comma; we are 2021 Anime Expo Lite Wrap Up Announcement Page 2 excited to announce the return of Anime Expo to the Los Angeles Convention Center on July 1- 4&comma; 2022&comma; and to welcoming back all of our fans&comma; exhibitors&comma; and participants&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><strong>About Anime Expo<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Anime Expo &lpar;AX&rpar; brings together fans and industry from Japan&comma; the US&comma; and all over the world for the largest celebration of Japanese pop culture in North America&period; Taking place every year since 1992&comma; Anime Expo celebrates the best in Japanese entertainment and pop culture&period; For more information&comma; visit <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;anime-expo&period;org&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">www&period;anime-expo&period;org<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Did you attend Anime Expo Lite 2021&quest; If so&comma; What do you think of it&quest; Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;