#ax2020

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Anime Expo 2020 has officially been cancelled due to the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The next planned event will take place from July 2-5, 2021.

Dear Anime Expo Community,

This is a day my team and I hoped wouldn’t come, but it is with a heavy heart that I am announcing the cancellation of Anime Expo 2020. Our utmost concern is for the health and safety of our amazing Anime Expo community. We understand your disappointment as we are anime fans first and foremost too. As you can imagine, this was one of the most difficult decisions we have had to make in the 29 years of Anime Expo.

With the COVID-19 situation continually changing, as well as more restrictions in place worldwide and in our host city Los Angeles, we can’t in good faith move forward with this year’s event. We know it will affect all of you differently and we did not come to this decision lightly.

For exhibitors, artists, contractors, performers, and more, this impacts you on many levels. Anime Expo is an important source of income as well as inspiration for all of you. We know you have been working tirelessly in preparation for July and we appreciate your dedication to your craft.

For our staff and volunteers, who have been working hard, planning every detail of this year’s event since before AX 2019 ended, we share your sadness – please know we support you every step of the way as we turn our attention to next year, Anime Expo’s 30th anniversary!

For our attendees, AX is a place to see old friends, make new ones, and experience the immersive nature of the larger anime community. We will miss seeing you!

We thank each and every one of you for being a part of a community that makes Anime Expo such a special experience every single year.

Badge holders will have the option to receive a full refund or to have their badges rolled over to AX 2021. As this is a big undertaking, please give us time to get the process solidified and stay tuned for more information in the coming days. Exhibitors and artists can expect to receive information via email sometime next week.

Hotel room reservations booked through ConferenceDirect in the AX official hotel block will be automatically cancelled. If you booked a room outside the AX hotel block, please contact your hotel directly.

It remains our goal to provide fans and industry partners from around the world with a safe space to come together to celebrate and share our love of anime. We are committed to bringing you the best of the best next year as we return to Los Angeles for our 30th anniversary on July 2-5, 2021!

As I have said before, we are in this together. We love and support our community and know Anime Expo is an event like no other. Each summer, Anime Expo allows all of us to connect and share our love of anime and Japanese pop culture.

Be safe, continue to do your part, support your community, and most of all stay well!

We look forward to seeing you at AX 2021!

11:10 AM - 12:10 PM (PDT) | Channel 2 | Saturday 4 July 2020

Panel Description: Join Production I.G. USA President/Producer, Maki Terashima-Furuta as she hosts her annual Production I.G panel, introducing their current and upcoming shows, including Junji Ito’s Uzumaki, B: The Beginning Season 2, along with many other titles. The panel will feature the new trailers, as well as video letters from her virtual guests Mitsuhisa Ishikawa (the founder of Production I.G), Hiroshi Nagahama (director of Uzumaki Anime), Haruyasu Makino (producer of Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045), Rui Kuroki (producer of B: The Beginning), George Wada (producer of Attack on Titan, Great Pretender, etc.), and Junichi Fujisaku (writer of Ghost in the Shell: SAC, Blood C, Blood +), Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (English voice of Major Motoko Kusanagi) and Jason DeMarco (senior VP Adult Swim). Followed by 10 minutes of Q&A.

--- My Review (@peggyseditorial): There were not many notes to be had in this panel. One of the cool things about attending was simply seeing all the different faces of Production I.G.’s team and some of their partnering creators. We also got to see some trailers for upcoming or recently released works like Haikyuu!!: To The Top, Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These, and Mars Red. A thing to note is that production has been delayed from the current pandemic, maybe by a lot more than the team was willing to express in the panel. 

Overall, it was a semi-disappointing panel. The messages from the creators were pretty repetitive and there was not much news to be found in the mix. Some of the things we were looking forward to hearing about, as Noblesse’s release were never mentioned. (Fingers crossed that we still get a 2020 release!) But there was still some news and I know that Casea (@madamekrow) is looking forward to Junji Ito’s Uzumaki being adapted into a 4-episode animated mini-series.

In all, you can keep up with Production IG’s working list by checking out their website, link. You can read more about the panel hosts here, link.

I was hoping this survey would allow me to talk about many of the games I love, but I ended up just repeating "Rival Schools" for most of the answers.  ~.~;  

Me, realizing that AX may be cancelled.

ME, REALIZING I MAY HAVE WHALED FOR NOTHING.