AnimeJapan

AnimeJapan
StatusActive
VenueTokyo Big Sight (2014-2019, 2022-2023)
Online (2021)
Location(s)Tokyo
CountryJapan
Inaugurated2014
Websitewww.anime-japan.jp/en

AnimeJapan is a Japanese anime consumer show held annually at the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition center in Tokyo since March 2014. It was created from the merger of the Tokyo International Anime Fair with the Anime Contents Expo.[1]

It is organized by the AnimeJapan Executive Committee with support from The Association of Japanese Animations and The Association of Manga Publishers.[2][3] The 2020 AnimeJapan event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the event the following year took place online. The event returned to Tokyo Big Sight in 2022.[4]

In 2023, the event re-adopted a split format for the first time since 2019, in which the first two days of the show are open to the public (deemed "Public Days") and the final two are "Business Days" limited toward those in the anime industry.[5]

  1. ^ "Tokyo Int'l Anime Fair, Anime Contents Expo Unite to Form AnimeJapan". Anime News Network. October 10, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  2. ^ "AnimeJapan 2014". anime-japan.jp. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  3. ^ "「アニメのすべてが、ここにある。」 AnimeJapan 2014 ステージプログラム第一弾発表!!! 2日間で全42プログラム、 延べ約5万人収容のイベントステージ". At Press (@Press) (in Japanese). January 22, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  4. ^ "AnimeJapan 2022". AnimeJapan. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  5. ^ "AnimeJapan 2024". AnimeJapan. Retrieved 2024-01-26.