Anime Con at block association convention center

NYC’s annual anime convention, called “Anime NYC,” was back at the Javits Center this last extended weekend, running from Thursday to Friday (August 20 - 23). This led to some interesting transactions and interactions around the neighborhood, including a guy with a (plastic?) sword ordering sushi at Whole Foods and a purple-haired superheroine watching golf with the rest of her crew on the big TV in Hudson Yards.

We’re here for it. Anime NYC is the largest anime convention on the East Coast and an estimated 150,000 people showed up this year. The organized events at the Javits Center are an array of panels ranging from Living in Japan 101, a crash course on living in Japan, to industry panels filled with creators and publishers who talk about how the characters came to be. But really the whole thing is a way for the like-minded and like-interested to come together, which naturally means that we are strong supporters.

Will be back next August!