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Otakon (/ ˈ oʊ t ə k ɒ n / OH-tə-kon) is an annual three-day anime convention held during July/August. From 1999 to 2016, it took place at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland's Inner Harbor district; in 2017, it moved to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.
Sakura-Con is an annual three-day anime convention held during March or April at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington.The convention, which is traditionally held over Easter weekend, is the largest anime convention in the Northwest. [4]
[16] [17] During the early 90s anime in the UK was subject to a negative press campaign by several newspapers as a reaction to the violence and sexualized content in many of the available titles. [18] Publishers took advantage of this through the selected licensing of risqué anime in order to appeal to their chosen market. [2]
Katsucon is an annual three-day anime convention held during February at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.It is traditionally held in February over Presidents Day weekend and was previously held in various locations around Virginia and Washington, D.C.
There is significant awareness of Japanese popular culture in the United States.The flow of Japanese animation, fashion, films, manga comics, martial arts, television shows and video games to the United States has increased American awareness of Japanese pop culture, which has had a significant influence on American pop culture, including sequential media and entertainment into the 21st century.
In May 2016, CASS launched the Safe Bars Collective, a training program to help bar staff recognize signals that someone might feel unsafe or uncomfortable. [9] The initiative also trains transgender workers of color in Washington, D.C. alongside the Restaurant Opportunities Center .
Otaku is a Japanese term for people with obsessive interests, including anime or manga. In its original context, the term otaku is derived from a Japanese term for another's house or family (お宅, otaku), which is also used as an honorific second-person pronoun.
Anime USA (AUSA) is an annual three-day anime convention held during September/October at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia. Programming [ edit ]