Aniplex America Celebrates 20th Anniversary at Anime Expo 2025

For all 4 days of Anime Expo, Aniplex of America is hosting different types of panels for attendees of all interests. Original Japanese voice actors, production committee, directors, and composers will be present from Demon Slayer, Solo Leveling, Lycoris Recoil, and Fate/Grand Order.

The booth itself will be present in the Exhibit Hall (Booth #1920) and stands at 9,300 square feet with a mini performance stage and free giveaways, such as licensed Aniplex of America calenders. Along with its celebration, Alterna Vvelt -Blue Exorcist Another Story- , was just released to a worldwide audience, and can now be played as of June 25th.

Panels and Events

Day 1 (July 3rd) will be hosting two different industry panels, with a focus on anime and video games respectively. Each one will be held in Petree Hall at 2:00pm and 5:30pm PST. To warm up for the con weekend, attendees can expect an emphasis on the past, present, and future of Aniplex itself!

Day 2 will be much more eventful, with a 6-year anniversary celebration of Demon Slayer that will be held at Peacock Theater at 10:30am. Natsuki Hanae, Tanjiro’s Japanese VA, will be performing music from the Unwavering Resolve Arc live. Crunchyroll and A-1 Pictures will be hosting their own panels later in the day, with a focus on the two winners of The 2025 Anime Awards, Solo Leveling and Lycoris Recoil at 3:45pm at the JW Diamond. Attendees will be given the opportunity to see Atsushi Kaneko (Producer of Solo Leveling), Shunsuke Sugimoto (Producer of Lycoris Recoil), Toshitaka

Morioka (Director of Solo Leveling and Lycoris Recoil), and Akihisa Shibuya (Producer of Eisen Flügel) and Director Seiji Mizushima from A-1 Pictures, who will be representing the upcoming series, Eisen Flügel.

On Day 3, Fate/Grand Order enthusiasts will have plenty to enjoy and indulge in. In Petree Hall at 1:30pm, Albert Kao of Aniplex of America and VAs, Ayako Kawasumi (Altria Pendragon, Anne Bonny), Satoshi Tsuroka (Arash, Gille de Rais, Spartacus), and Toshiyuki Kanazawa (Marketing Staff) will be making appearances. Fans can expect other TYPE-MOON projects to be discussed as well!

Booth First-hand Fun!

On the mini-stage, every 30 minutes to an hour, there will be a multitude of events being held, such as Aniplex of America’s “hype show”, legacy, localization series, and game show on day 1. In between will be Fate/Grand Order-centric events such as a cosplay gathering and damage contest. Many of the same events as the previous day will be carried over onto day 2, along with two WindBreaker panels and a Madoka Magica cosplay gathering. Day 3 will have the largest variety, with a Disney: Twisted Wonderland cosplay gathering, more AOA-themed “game shows”, more Demon Slayer and FGO kigurumi performances, a collaboration between Honkai Star Rail and Fate/Stay Night, and more! Finishing off the weekend, three more kigurumi performances, another hype show, and two game shows, one of which is Sword Art Online themed at set to present, before finishing off with a weekend review.

Celebrating at Home

Along with the booth itself, Aniplex of America will have a wide selection of merchandise and goods for attendees to choose from. For necessities, a 20th Anniversary portable fan and water bottle will be available for purchase, as well as AOA-exclusive shaker charms from Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai, WindBreaker, Gurren Lagan, and Your Lie in April. There will also be official anime figurines, clothing, cards, accessories, and DVDs from other Aniplex series’. The Exhibit Hall will be open from 10:00am to 6:00pm on days 1-3 and 10:00am to 3pm on day 4.