Convention and expo announcements

No luck for those waiting to visit the first edition of the Dutch edition of Heroes Made in Asia. Originally planned for 23 and 24 May of 2020, the event...

Swedish gaming and cosplay festival NärCon Sommar announced that they have to postpone the 2020 edition until next year due to the current situation around COVID-19 and the take measures...

Belgian agency and tour organisation HIGHFeeL mobilised a number of Japanese musicians and bands who will fill an hour with music during AnimeCon @ Home. From the famous names like...

After the decisions of the Belgium government to cancel all events in Belgium until the end of August 2020, it was clear that Summer Geek Festival could not take place...

Japanese theatrical group Japone will join the online convention AnimeCon @ Home in the weekend of 6 and 7 June. One of the group members, Kazuma, who is a dancer,...

MEX, Manga & Entertainment Expo, a convention in Berlin that was planned for 23, 24 and 25 October, has been postponed due to the measures taken by the local authorities...

The largest anime and Japan fair in Germany has planned their physical event in September, which normally would take place in May, but also decided to go online with DigiKomi,...

Salón del Manga y Cultura Japonesa de Alicante, a Spanish manga and Japanese culture fair in Alicante, announced earlier today that they will postpone the 10th edition of the event....

After cancelling the 2020 edition of the German convention Hanami Ludwigshafen, the organisation, Animexx eV, has been thinking of a way to sweeten the time until Hanami 2021. In the...

The organisation behind the Belgian convention Atsusacon, Ganbaro VZW, has announced that the 2020-edition which was also supposed to be the 10th-anniversary edition will be cancelled. The decision to cancel...

Originally, J-POP Foundation's AnimeCon Classic would take place in the first weekend of June. Since the classic edition got postponed and the regular edition of AnimeCon being planned for next...

After all the cancellations and postponements of several big events in Germany, such as Connichi and Wacken Open Air, it may not come as a surprise that the 2020 edition...

The Danish convention J-Popcon announced their postponement for their 2020 edition, that was planned for May 2020. The convention will now take place from 19 to 21 February 2021. According...

The German convention Connichi is another major event that has had to inform both its visitors and partners that they have been forced to cancel the 2020 edition. After the...

The organisation behind Viencon, a cosplay-focused convention that takes place at Centerparcs de Limburgse Peel in The Netherlands, has announced that the 2020 edition will get postponed to 2021. It...

As a result of the extension of the ban on events (with a permit) until 1 September, the organiser Duh-Events of the biggest outdoor gaming event was been forced to...

The organisation behind Abunai! has announced that they have to postpone the 2020 edition, with the theme The Good, The Bad and the Cheeky, to next year. The Dutch government...

Nishicon’s theme (Bizarre Adventure) is still very suited with what’s going on for the convention. The 2020-edition of the convention was originally planned on 2 and 3 May in Theater...

Following the decision of the French government to extend restrictions on large gatherings until mid-July due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been announced that Japan Expo Paris will skip...

AnimeCon Classic will not take place in June 2020, but in September 2021. That is what the organisation behind AnimeCon, J-POP Foundation, stated in an announcement that was shared yesterday....

Nishicon's theme (Bizarre Adventure) may be suited with what's going on at the convention. The 2020-edition of the convention was planned on 2 and 3 May in Theater Hotel Almelo,...

The organisation of MONO JAPAN, a fair about contemporary Japanese craft and design, announced that they will hold their fifth edition of the event in 2021. Originally the event was...

The new rule of the Dutch government to ban events until 1 June in connection with COVID-19 also affects several Japan-related events. The first edition of Heroes Made in Asia...

After the most recent announcement by the Dutch government to ban events until the 1st of June 2020, the organisation of anime convention TomoCon had to decide to move the...