# Anime Los Angeles

Anime Los Angeles (stylized as Animé Los Angeles) is an annual four-day anime convention held during January at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center in Long Beach, California.

## Programming

The convention typically offers an AMV contest, artists' alley, con suite, cosplay chess, dealers room, fashion show, formal dance, a gaming room, karaoke, maid café, manga lounge, and masquerade.

## History

The convention moved from the Los Angeles Airport Marriott to the Ontario Convention Center in 2016. This move was made to accommodate the convention's growth. Anime Los Angeles 2021 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the convention moved to the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center. Anime Los Angeles 2025 occurred as scheduled despite the Los Angeles wildfires.

### Event history

| Dates | Location | Atten. | Guests |
| January 28-30, 2005 | Airtel Plaza Hotel Van Nuys, California | 616 | Caroline "Carmen" Curtis, Jerry Koudelik, and Tadao Tomomatsu. |
| January 27-29, 2006 | Airtel Plaza Hotel Van Nuys, California | 1,346 | Phuong-Mai Blasich (PMBQ), Hiroaki Inoue, Karisu-sama, Richard Man, and Tadao Tomomatsu. |
| January 26-28, 2007 | Airtel Plaza Hotel Van Nuys, California | 1,875 | Svetlana Chmakova, J Dee DuPuy, and Tadao Tomomatsu. |
| January 4-6, 2008 | Burbank Airport Marriott Hotel & Convention Center Burbank, California | 2,509 | Darrel Guilbeau, Vic Mignogna, Tadao Tomomatsu, and Bryan Wong. |
| January 2-4, 2009 | Los Angeles Airport Marriott Los Angeles, California | 2,851 | Zac Bertschy, Johnny Yong Bosch, Darrel Guilbeau, Kevin Lillard, Scott Ramsoomair, Tadao Tomomatsu, and Cristina Vee. |
| January 8-10, 2010 | Los Angeles Airport Marriott Los Angeles, California | 3,207 | Bekka the Alice, Jessica Gaona, Kyle Hebert, The Spoony Bards, and Tadao Tomomatsu. |
| January 29-30, 2011 | Los Angeles Airport Marriott Los Angeles, California | 3,598 | Gina Biggs, Taliesin Jaffe, Helen McCarthy, Jason Charles Miller, Patrick Seitz, and Tadao Tomomatsu. |
| January 6-8, 2012 | Los Angeles Airport Marriott Los Angeles, California | 4,211 | Jon Allen, Mark Allen, Jr., Chris Cason, Julie Rei Goldstein, Kyle Hebert, Lauren Landa, Danielle McRae, Dave Merrill, Craig Miller, Panda Cubed, Derek Stephen Prince, Stan Sakai, Jessica Straus, Kaiji Tang, Jonathan Tarbox, Tadao Tomomatsu, and Stephen Weese. |
| January 4-6, 2013 | Los Angeles Airport Marriott Los Angeles, California | 5,001 | Zac Bertschy, Johnny Yong Bosch, Edward Bosco, Kira Buckland, Eunyoung Choi, Meri Davis, Lucien Dodge, Tim Eldred, Richard Epcar, M. Alice LeGrow, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Danielle McRae, Panda Cubed, Laura Post, David Keith Riddick, Matt Schley, Patrick Seitz, Justin Sevakis, Kaiji Tang, Tadao Tomomatsu, Kimlinh Tran, Stephen Weese, Ezra Weisz, Sarah Anne Williams, and Masaaki Yuasa. |
| January 10-12, 2014 | Los Angeles Airport Marriott Los Angeles, California | 4,583 | Edward Bosco, Kira Buckland, Lucien Dodge, Erin Fitzgerald, Kyle Hebert, Natalie Rose Hoover , Rai Kamishiro, Lolita Dark, Danielle McRae, Neil Nadelman, Panda Cubed, Parlé Productions, Laura Post, David Keith Riddick, Patrick Seitz, Christopher Corey Smith, Aimee Major Steinberger, Kaiji Tang, Jonathan Tarbox, Tadao Tomomatsu, Kimlinh Tran, Ezra Weisz, Lisle Wilkerson, and Sarah Anne Williams. |
| January 9-11, 2015 | Los Angeles Airport Marriott Los Angeles, California | 4,702 | Edward Bosco, Kira Buckland, Christine Marie Cabanos, Jacob Grady, Natalie Rose Hoover, Carl Gustav Horn, Taliesin Jaffe, Carrie Keranen, Erik Scott Kimerer, Danielle McRae, Erica Mendez, Matthew Mercer, Marin M. Miller, Panda Cubed, Laura Post, Kaiji Tang, Jonathan Tarbox, Tadao Tomomatsu, David Vincent, Ezra Weisz, and Sarah Anne Williams. |
| January 29-31, 2016 | Ontario Convention Center Ontario, California | 8,098 | Edward Bosco, Chocolate Covered Cosplay, Les E. Claypool III, Lucien Dodge, Victor Frost, Caitlin Glass, Todd Haberkorn, Kyle Hebert, Erica Lindbeck, Lionel Lum, Danielle McRae, Erica Mendez, Cassandra Lee Morris, Panda Cubed, David Keith Riddick, Stephanie Sheh, Tadao Tomomatsu, Ezra Weisz, Lisle Wilkerson, and Sarah Anne Williams. |
| January 27-29, 2017 | Ontario Convention Center Ontario, California | 8,954 | Brian Beacock, Pierre Bernard Jr., Edward Bosco, Jeff Burns, Chocolate Covered Cosplay, Mary Claypool, Les E. Claypool III, Richard Epcar, Victor Frost, Darrel Guilbeau, Hiroaki Inoue, Lauren Landa, Mela Lee, Erica Lindbeck, Jason Charles Miller, Sean O'Mara, Cindy Robinson, Tara Sands, Christopher Corey Smith, Ellyn Stern, Cristina Vee, Stephen Weese, Ezra Weisz, and Jason Wishnov. |
| January 25-28, 2018 | Ontario Convention Center Ontario, California | 11,360 | Pierre Bernard Jr., Beau Billingslea, Steve Blum, Zach Callison, Chocolate Covered Cosplay, Mary Claypool, Les E. Claypool III, Fon Davis, Dustbunny, Melissa Fahn, Victor Frost, Bonnie Gordon, Jacob Grady, Marc Handler, Grant Imahara, Xander Jeanneret, Karisu-sama, Wendee Lee, Lolita Dark, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Danielle McRae, Midnight Shinigami, Jeff Nimoy, Derek Stephen Prince, Raj Ramayya, Lia Sargent, Paul St. Peter, Skip Stellrecht, Ezra Weisz, and Stephanie Yanez. |
| January 10-13, 2019 | Ontario Convention Center Ontario, California | 11,760 | Pierre Bernard Jr., Morgan Berry, Justin Briner, Leo Camacho, Clifford Chapin, Chocolate Covered Cosplay, Mary Claypool, Les E. Claypool III, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Fon Davis, Dorothy Fahn, Melissa Fahn, Bryan Forrest, Victor Frost, Todd Haberkorn, Roland Kelts, David Matranga, Kyle McCarley, Kristen McGuire, Joe Ochman, Skip Stellrecht, Chris Tergliafera, Eric Vale, Christopher Wehkamp, and Ezra Weisz. |
| January 9-12, 2020 | Ontario Convention Center DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Ontario Airport Ontario, California | 12,961 | Steve Bennett, Pierre Bernard Jr., Mary Claypool, Les E. Claypool III, Zack Davisson, FEMM, Dorah Fine, Lauren Landa, Jason Charles Miller, Hiroshi Nagahama, Tony Oliver, Kaho Shibuya, Evil Ted Smith, Skip Stellrecht, Chris Tergliafera, Ezra Weisz, and Robert Woodhead. |
| January 6-9, 2022 | Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center Long Beach, California | 13,828 | Pierre Bernard Jr., Kira Buckland, Mary Claypool, Les E. Claypool III, Cosplay Deviants, Richard Epcar, Victor Frost, Kazha, Jason Charles Miller, Casey Mongillo, Derek Stephen Prince, Adin Rudd, Kaho Shibuya, Evil Ted Smith, Ellyn Stern, Chris Tergliafera, and Ezra Weisz. |
| January 5-8, 2023 | Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center Long Beach, California | 16,663 | Corina Boettger, Mary Claypool, Les E. Claypool III, Dorothy Fahn, Tom Fahn, Adam McArthur, Kayleigh McKee, Kayli Mills, Pros and Cons Cosplay, Molly Searcy, Kaho Shibuya, Evil Ted Smith, Kaiji Tang, Chris Tergliafera, Steff Von Schweetz, Ezra Weisz, Anne Yatco, and Mamoru Yokota. |
| January 4-7, 2024 | Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center Long Beach, California | 17,786 | Mark Allen, Jr., Edward Bosco, Cowbutt Crunchies, Zack Davisson, Lizzie Freeman, Victor Frost, Caitlin Glass, Amber May, Kayleigh McKee, Chris Niosi, Tara Sands, Kaho Shibuya, Evil Ted Smith, Sana Takizawa, Hidetaka Tenjin, Chris Tergliafera, Kari Wahlgren, and Ezra Weisz. |
| January 9-12, 2025 | Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center Long Beach, California | | Aicosu, Shinji Aramaki, Athel Artistry, Zack Davisson, Richard Epcar, Dorothy Fahn, Tom Fahn, Fake Type., Rebecca Forstadt, Lizzie Freeman, Victor Frost, Barbara Goodson, Melora Harte, Xanthe Huynh, Steve Kramer, Wendee Lee, James Luceno, Melanie MacQueen, Kerrigan Mahan, Cassandra Lee Morris, Shihori Nakane, Jonah Scott, Kaho Shibuya, Evil Ted Smith, Sarah Spaceman, Paul St. Peter, Ellyn Stern, Chris Tergliafera, Kiba Walker, Shinichiro Watanabe, Ezra Weisz, and Suzie Yeung. |