by Anime NYC (ANIME NYC), a significant festival of Japanese pop culture represented by anime and manga, will be held at the Javits Center in New York for three days from 19th to 21st, and anime and manga fans from all over the United States will be wearing cosplay. They were gathered at.
Since this year’s event will be held in Corona, it was mandatory to wear a vaccination certificate and mask to enter. Still, visitors of the same level as usual visited, and there was a waiting line for several hours at the start time.
The “Demon Slayer” here is still prevalent. The talk event on the 20th, which welcomed three voice actors from the movie, was so crowded with fans that it couldn’t fit in the venue.
Looking forward to this event and visiting himself in the costume of Tanjiro Kamado, Gend Castellio grew up watching “NARUTO” as a child. “I was surprised that many people wore the same costumes in the venue so that they looked normal,” she said happily.
“I’m very sorry that last year’s event was canceled, but I’m looking forward to it this year,” says Richard, who is wearing a Shiroko cosplay from “Blue Archive.” I have been looking forward to this event for the first time in two years.
When I asked the visitors about their “favorite anime and manga works,” they immediately answered “Berserk,” “NARUTO,” and “Mob Psycho100.”
A memorial corner for Kentaro Miura, a Berserk writer who died at the young age of 54 in May this year, was also set up in the venue, and many fans sent a message of sadness.
When I talked to other visitors, my favorite anime and manga were “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba,” “Laputa Castle in the Sky,” and “Noragami.” “Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun” “Serial Experiments Lain” “Hunter x Hunter” “BEASTARS” etc., The names of various works have also risen.
During the panel discussion and autograph lottery by animation director Shinji Aramaki, the booths of manga artists and illustrators, where you can play various games from video games to Hyakunin Isshu, and the Japanese food sales corner such as curry and lunch boxes were also famous.
