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Win Tickets to Anime NYC - NYC's Biggest Anime Convention!

October 28, 2018

New York City's biggest Anime Convention, Anime NYC is coming up Nov 16-18, 2018 in Manhattan's Javits Center! Amazing list of guests, features, and more await you.

As a special treat for ANN Readers, we are giving away weekend passes to 10 lucky winners!

Anime NYC's features include...

Anisong World Matsuri
The biggest Japanese concert series in NYC history featuring Morning Musume。'18 (legendary idol group), Luna Haruna (Sword Art Online), Shoko Nakagawa (Gurren Lagann), Konomi Suzuki (Re:Zero), Hironobu Kageyama (Dragon Ball Z), Hiroshi Kitadani (One Piece), TRUE (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime), and nano (J-Pop star born in NYC)!

Fate Special Event featuring Aimer
A special two-hour celebration of the Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel] movie trilogy with English cast Kari Wahlgren (Saber), Cristina Vee (Sakura Matou), Bryce Papenbrook (Shirou Emiya), and Tony Oliver (ADR Director and Voice of Lancer) and an electrifying live concert from Japanese songstress Aimer!

Mob Psycho 100 II World Premiere
Be the first fans in the world to see Season 2 of Mob Psycho 100! Watch the first episode of Mob Psycho 100 II together with the Japanese voice of Mob - voice actor Setsuo Ito's coming to Anime NYC!

K World Premiere
Join voice actor Masakazu Morita (Yukari Mishakuji in K - and Ichigo in Bleach and Barnaby Brooks Jr. in Tiger & Bunny) for two very special K: Seven Stories screenings - the US Premiere of K: SEVEN STORIES “MEMORY OF RED – BURN -“ and the World Premiere of K: SEVEN STORIES “CIRCLE VISION – NAMELESS SONG -“!

Studio TRIGGER in NYC
Join Studio TRIGGER's Shigeto Koyama and Hiromi Wakabayashi together with voice actress Mayumi Shintani as they dive into Japan's most stylish studio and share new info SSSS.GRIDMAN and Promare!

Fairy Tail's Final Season
Celebrate Fairy Tail's final season with special screenings, signings, and talks from Fairy Tail's Todd Haberkorn (Natsu), Cherami Leigh (Lucy), Tia Ballard (Happy), and Tyler Walker (ADR Director)!

Over 50 Guests
Amazing guests including Range Murata (legendary designer), Ryōma Ebata (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime key animator), Tōru Furuya (the Japanese voice of Tuxedo Mask), Danny Choo (SMART DOLL designer), Max Mittelman (Saitama in One-Punch Man), Robbie Daymond (the US voice of Tuxedo Mask), Vic Mignogna (Ed Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist), and Vampy Bit Me (epic cosplayer)!

Premieres! Premieres! Premieres!
And a ton of premieres and preview screenings including Natsume Yujin-cho the Movie: Ephemeral Bond, Mobile Suit Gundam NT, HI SCORE GIRL, Sirius the Jaeger, Kase-san and Morning Glories, Sound! Euphonium, and Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki!

Over 200 Exhibitors
Over 200 exhibitors include Aniplex, ARC SYSTEM WORKS, BANDAI NAMCO, Banpresto, Bluefin, Crunchyroll, DENPA, Funimation, GKIDS, HIDIVE, Inti Creates, Kinokuniya, Kodansha, Lumica, Noir Caesar, Pony Canyon, Sentai Filmworks, SMART DOLL, TappyToon, TOKYO CHRONOS, Udon, Vertical, VIZ Media, VRV, and Yen Press!

Ticket information can be found here

Giveaway has ended. Congratulations to our lucky winners!
Sean Marsala
Alfred Navato
Christopher Dunn-Meynell
Veronica Sotomayor
Jason De Leon
Timothy Woods
Mehak Butt
Kathryn Hill
Jeremy Lopez
Zahira Chhibber

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