
[Latest Guide] 2012 Anime, Manga, Cosplay Conventions around the World!
1. Anime Expo
Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2011, the Anime Expo in Los Angeles is the biggest anime convention in North America. Visitors come not only from the USA, but from all over the world, attracted by the cosplay events, concerts, and other shows taking place simultaneously at numerous venues day and night. Guests are invited from the Japanese and American anime industries each year to what is proving to be an extremely exciting summer anime festival. While taking an avant-garde look at the latest Japanese subcultures, such as maid cafés, Doujinshi self-published works, video games, and karaoke, it also offers a broad overview of Japanese culture from...