Anime Conventions 2024 Southern California. Anime expo bills itself as the largest celebration of japanese pop culture in north america, which after 33 years of conventions, it probably is. Anime expo (ax) started in 1991 as “anime con” by the members of uc berkeley’s anime club, cal animage alpha.

A list of 2023 california anime conventions from the biggest convention database as found on animecons.com. There’s never a dull moment at anime expo.