Anime Cons in California
list of 10 largest anime conventions not comic con
10. Anime Impluse Bay Area – https://animeimpulse.com/bay-area
- Santa Clara
- Location – Santa Clara Convention Center
- 2 days
- Attendance 40K*
9. Anime San Diego – https://www.animesandiego.com/
- Ontario
- Location – San Diego convention center
- September
- 2 days
- Attendance 14K (expected)
8. AX Chibi – https://axchibi.org/
- Ontario
- Location – Ontario convention center
- November
- 3 days
- Attendance 15K ( not Turnstile count))
7. Anime Impluse LA – https://www.animeimpulse.com
- Pomona
- Location – Pomona fair ground
- February
- 2 days
- Attendance 70K*
- note – Bay area (Santa Clara Convention Center July)
6. Anime Impluse OC – https://animeimpulse.com/orange-county
- Anaheim
- Location – Anaheim convention center
- August
- 2 days
- Attendance 60K*
5. AP – Anime Pasadena – https://www.animepasadena.com
- Pasadena
- Location – Pasadena Convention Center
- 2 days
- Attendance 15K (not Turnstile count)
4. ALA – Anime Los Angeles – https://animelosangeles.org
- Long Beach
- Location – LB Convention Center
- January (trying to be first con of the year)
- 4 days
- Attendance – 21K (not Turnstile count)
3. SacAnime – https://www.sacanime.com
- Sacromento
- Location – SAFE Credit Union Convention Center
- Winter (Jan)
- 3 days
- Attendance – 26K (not Turnstile count)
- Summer (Sep)
2. Fanime Con – https://www.fanime.com
- San Jose
- Location – San Jose McEnery Convention Center
- May
- 3 days
- Attendance – 28K (not Turnstile count)
1. AX – Anime Expo – https://www.anime-expo.org
- Los Angeles
- Location – Los Angeles Convention Center
- July (always around 4th)
- 4 days
- Attendance – 110K (410,000 over 4 days turnstile)
Note:
- Anime con – top 10 largest in California
- *Ai media & team – told me actually number tickets scanned
- Comic con not list are SD, LA, Wonder (Ana), SF, Bakerfeild, Ontario & Fresno
- attendance is rounded and not accurate with CONS not telling truth and Covid-19
- Turnstile count is different than sold tickets
List of others not on top 10 list but got over taken due to small cons leaving or new cons getting bigger.
PMX – Pacific Media Expo – http://pacificmediaexpo.org
- Pasadena
- Location – Sheraton LA San Gabriel
- 3 day
- Attendance 10K (not Turnstile count)
Anime Riverside – https://www.animeriverside.com/
- Pasadena
- Location – Sheraton LA San Gabriel
- 3 day
- Attendance 10K (not Turnstile count)
Titan Con CSUF – titan-con.org (not working right now) –
- Fullerton
- located CSUF student union
- not Titan Con in Belfast
Anime Conji – http://animeconji.org/ (site is not working right now)
- San Deigo
- Location – San Diego Marriott Mission Valley
- Attendance
*above dates will vary and may be their average or turn count