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    Anime Expo Announces Cancellation Due to Coronavirus

    Breana CeballosBy Breana CeballosApril 17, 20204 Mins Read
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    Orgainizers of Anime Expo announced their cancellation today. Anime Expo is one of the largest anime conventions in the United States and usually boasts a crowd of over 100,000 people. With Coronavirus not yet contained and a massive shelter-in-place order still happening, they’ve decided to cancel this year and focus on 2021.

    From their official page they state:

    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 for AX 2021

    Ray Chiang
    CEO
    The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation

    Their decision to cancel comes as no surprise amid the coronavirus taking the world by storm. It’s unfortunate but it’s necessary to keep us safe in the long run. Governor Newsom on Tuesday April 14th stated, “The prospect of mass gatherings is negligible at best until we get to herd immunity and we get to a vaccine, so large-scale events that bring in hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of strangers altogether across every conceivable difference, health and otherwise, is not in the cards based upon our current guidelines and current expectations.”

    “When you suggest June, July, August, (mass gatherings) are unlikely,” Newsom said.

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