Crunchyroll Expo facts for kids
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The Crunchyroll Store at Crunchyroll Expo 2017
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| Status | Active |
| Genre | Anime |
| Venue | San Jose McEnery Convention Center |
| Location(s) | San Jose, California |
| Coordinates | 37°19′43″N 121°53′20″W / 37.32861°N 121.88889°W |
| Country | United States |
| Inaugurated | August 25, 2017 |
| Attendance | 16,000 (est.) total in 2017 |
| Organized by | Crunchyroll Reedpop |
Crunchyroll Expo (CRX) is an annual three-day anime convention held during August/September at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California over Labor Day weekend. The convention is organized by anime licensor Crunchyroll and Reedpop.
Programming
The convention typically offers an Artists Alley, Dealers Room, a Masquerade, panels, and video games.
History
Crunchyroll Expo was first held in 2017 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California. LeftField Media was bought in to help run the convention. Crunchyroll Expo received most of its ticket sales in the days before the event. MAGWest was held the same weekend, and the conventions partnered to allow attendees to participate in limited events at the other. The convention had staffing and badge check issues, along with autograph ticket confusion. They also had no video rooms.
Crunchyroll Expo for 2018 moved to the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. They were the same weekend as SacAnime. Crunchyroll partnered with Reedpop to organize Crunchyroll Expo starting in 2020. Crunchyroll Expo 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. An online event named Virtual Crunchyroll Expo was instead held from September 4–6, 2020.
Event history
| Dates | Location | Atten. | Guests |
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| August 25–27, 2017 | Santa Clara Convention Center Santa Clara, California |
16,000 (est.) total 35,000 turnstile |
Yoshitaka Amano, Ray Chase, SungWon Cho, Caitlin Glass, Roland Kelts, Mega64, Max Mittelman, Octopimp, Chris Parson, Monica Rial, Adam Savage, and Hiroshi Shimizu. |
| September 1–3, 2018 | San Jose McEnery Convention Center San Jose, California |
45,000 turnstile (est.) | Yoshitoshi ABe, Justin Briner, Mica Burton, Clifford Chapin, Luci Christian, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Yuichi Fukushima, Kun Gao, Ryo Horikawa, Atsuko Ishizuka, MeltingMirror, Atsushi Nishigori, Sean Schemmel, Stephanie Sheh, Mike Sinterniklaas, Masayoshi Tanaka, TeddyLoid, Mike Toole, and Andrew Upton. |
| August 30 – September 1, 2019 | San Jose McEnery Convention Center San Jose, California |
Yuu Asakawa, Kira Buckland, Flow, DJ HeavyGrinder, Ryo Horikawa, Xanthe Huynh, Junji Ito, Sunao Katabuchi, Mike McFarland, Toshio Nakatani, None Like Joshua, Brina Palencia, Tara Sands, Eric Stuart, Yuzuru Tachikawa, TeddyLoid, and Kimura U. | |
| August 6–8, 2021 | San Jose McEnery Convention Center San Jose, California |
Virtual Crunchyroll Expo
Due to the cancellation of Crunchyroll Expo 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, an online event named Virtual Crunchyroll Expo was held from September 4–6, 2020. The event featured many Japanese guests including Junji Ito, Soma Saito, Rie Takahashi, Mayumi Tanaka, and pro wrestler Miro. It also included a artists alley, cosplay event, and exhibitor hall.
