Discotek Expo

Discotek Expo (DTX) is an annual three-day anime convention held during August/September at the DCU Center in Worchester, Massachusetts over Labor Day weekend. The convention is organized by anime licensor Discotek Media and ReedPop.
== Programming ==
The convention typically offers an Artists Alley, Dealers Room, a Masquerade, panels, and video games.
== History ==
Discotek Expo was first held in 2017 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts. LeftField Media was brought in to help run the convention. Discotek Expo received most of its ticket sales in the days before the event. MAGWest was held the same weekend, and the conventions partnered to allow attendees to participate in limited events at the other. The convention had staffing and badge check issues, along with autograph ticket confusion. They also had no video rooms.
Discotek Expo for 2018 moved to the DCU Center in Worchester, Massachusetts. They were the same weekend as SacAnime. Discotek partnered with ReedPop to organize Discotek Expo starting in 2020. Discotek Expo 2020 was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. An online event named Virtual Discotek Expo was instead held from September 4–6, 2020. The pandemic also resulted in the 2021 convention's cancellation, and it was again replaced with an online event. The 2022 event will be a hybrid event.
=== Event history ===
Dates 	Location 	City 	Atten. 	Guests
July 7-9, 2017 	Hynes Convention Center	Boston, Massachusetts 	16,000 (est.) total
35,000 turnstile	Yoshitaka Amano, Ray Chase, SungWon Cho, Caitlin Glass, Roland Kelts, Mega64, Max Mittelman, Octopimp, Chris Parson, Monica Rial, Adam Savage, and Hiroshi Shimizu.
September 1–3, 2018 	DCU Center 	Worchester, Massachusetts	45,000 turnstile (est.)	Yoshitoshi ABe, Justin Briner, Mica Burton, Clifford Chapin, Luci Christian, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Yuichi Fukushima, Kun Gao, Ryo Horikawa, Atsuko Ishizuka, MeltingMirror, Atsushi Nishigori, Sean Schemmel, Stephanie Sheh, Mike Sinterniklaas, Masayoshi Tanaka, TeddyLoid, Mike Toole, and Andrew Upton.
August 30 – September 1, 2019	DCU Center 	Worchester, Massachusetts	45,000 turnstile (est.)	Yuu Asakawa, Kira Buckland, Flow, DJ HeavyGrinder, Ryo Horikawa, Xanthe Huynh, Junji Ito, Sunao Katabuchi, Mike McFarland, Toshio Nakatani, None Like Joshua, Brina Palencia, Tara Sands, Eric Stuart, Yuzuru Tachikawa, TeddyLoid, and Kimura U.
September 4–6, 2020 	Online convention 	Online convention 	N/A 	
August 6–8, 2021 	Online convention 	Online convention 	N/A 	
== Virtual Crunchyroll Expo ==
Due to the cancellation of Crunchyroll Expo 2020 because of COVID-19, an online event named Virtual Discotek Expo was held from September 4–6, 2020. The event featured many Japanese guests including Junji Ito, Soma Saito, Rie Takahashi, Mayumi Tanaka, and pro wrestler Miro. It also included a artists alley, cosplay event, and exhibitor hall.
== Discotek Expo Australia ==
Discotek Expo Australia is a planned two-day convention held during September at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in Melbourne, Australia.