{"id":132396,"date":"2025-08-26T13:58:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T20:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=132396"},"modified":"2025-08-26T23:51:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T06:51:25","slug":"anime-nyc-2025-welcomed-148000-attendees-returns-aug-20-23-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/08\/26\/anime-nyc-2025-welcomed-148000-attendees-returns-aug-20-23-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Anime NYC 2025 Welcomed 148,000 Attendees, Returns Aug 20-23 in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">LeftField Media, the convention organizers behind Anime NYC, announced 148,000 attendees at this year&#8217;s 4-day event, an increase from 101,000 attendees in 2024. It was the event&#8217;s first year, starting on Thursday, which opened the Exhibitor &amp; Artist Alley for a couple of hours in the afternoon, and one featured programming by Netflix. The event will be returning to the Javits Convention Center in New York City on August 20-23, 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Some highlights and major programming included:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u2022 &#8220;hololive STAGE World Tour &#8217;25 -Synchronize!-\u201d world tour<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u2022 JAM Project as a part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/12\/12\/one-punch-man-season-3-airs-in-2025\/\"><em>One-Punch Man<\/em><\/a> Special Event &#8211; THE HERO!<br \/>\u2022 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Yoko Takahashi concert celebrating 30 years of <em>Evangelion<br \/>\u2022 <\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Yu-Gi-Oh!<\/em> 25th anniversary panel with VA Kenjiro Tsuda<br \/>\u2022 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/07\/22\/spy-x-family-season-3-releases-1st-trailer\/\"><em>SPY x FAMILY<\/em><\/a> Special Panel ft. Kenichiro Matsuda and Emiri Kato<br \/>\u2022 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/08\/22\/star-wars-visions-volume-3-reveals-poster-trippy-black-images\/\"><em>Star Wars: Visions Volume 3<\/em><\/a> &#8211; Episode Screening, Q&amp;A, and More!<br \/>\u2022 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Obey Me!<\/em> Virtual Concert 2025 Dawn&#8217;s Embrace<br \/>\u2022 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">HIDIVE Presents <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/08\/04\/creepy-nuts-releases-call-of-the-night-season-2-anime-collaboration-music-video-for-mirage\/\"><em>Call of the Night Season 2<\/em><\/a> Dub Premier<br \/>\u2022 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Akane-banashi<\/em> Sneak Peak: with SHUEISHA JUMP!! Special Guest &#8211; Presented by TV Asahi<br \/>\u2022 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em>New Panty &amp; Stocking with Garterbelt <\/em>live drawing with TRIGGER (18+)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> press release<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LeftField Media, the convention organizers behind Anime NYC, announced 148,000 attendees at this year&#8217;s 4-day event, an increase from 101,000 attendees in 2024. It was the event&#8217;s first year, starting on Thursday, which opened the Exhibitor &amp; Artist Alley for a couple of hours in the afternoon, and one featured programming by Netflix. 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