🏙An Important Booking Update for City Center Hotel🌉 We've updated our site w/ new booking details from City Center. Review them at https://animelosangeles.org/locations/official-hotels/ . Rooms at this hotel will be available by Wed. Visit animelosangeles.org/registration & get your badge today! 🏕

🏙The Hotel Block Waitlist is LIVE🌉 Join the #AnimeLA22 Hotel Block wait list and have room nights automatically added to your reservation when they become available! Visit https://animelosangeles.org/locations/official-hotels/#AnimeLA22for the waitlist FAQ & more information! 🏕

🏙 Elevate your stay with a suite at the Marriott Downtown Long Beach!🌉 The Marriott has provided a small number of suites for your booking pleasure! Visit https://animelosangeles.org/locations/official-hotels/ for details! 🏕

🏙 The ALA Hotel Block Waitlist is LIVE! 🌉 Book what you can & waitlist extra days you need, or modify your current reservation to waitlist extra days! Visit https://animelosangeles.org/locations/official-hotels/ to view our various housing options & book your ALA stay! 🏕

🏙 Waiting For the Right Hotel Reservation? Join Our Waitlist! 🌉 Not able to get all the nights you wanted? Starting Sunday, you can waitlist room nights as we work to expand the hotel block! Visit https://animelosangeles.org/locations/official-hotels/ to read our waitlist FAQ! 🏕

🏙Hotel Blocks are LIVE!🌉 Visit https://bit.ly/ALA22Hotels to book your room today! Head to https://animelosangeles.org/locations/official-hotels/ to check our various hotels & room rates! Be sure to visit animelosangeles.org/registration to get your badge today! 🏕

🏙Hotel Blocks go live SOON!🌉 Head to https://animelosangeles.org/locations/official-hotels/ to check our various room rates before the block opens in 1 hr! A direct link for booking will be posted on here & discord! Be sure to visit animelosangeles.org/registration to get your badge today! 🏕

🏙Hotel Blocks go live SOON!🌉 Head to https://animelosangeles.org/locations/official-hotels/ to check our various hotels & room rates before the block opens at 10 am! Be sure to visit animelosangeles.org/registration to get your badge today! 🏕

🏙ICYMI🌉 Mark your calendars folks! On June 1st, ALA Hotel Blocks go LIVE @ 10am! Also, Full Event badge prices will go up from $75 ➡ $85! Get your Full Event badge with the most savings! Be sure to visit animelosangeles.org for details! 🏕

🏙 June 1st Brings a 2-for-1 Update!🌉 Mark your calendars folks! On June 1st, ALA Hotel Blocks go LIVE @ 10am! Also, Full Event badge prices will go up from $75 ➡ $85! Get your Full Event badge with the most savings! Be sure to visit animelosangeles.org for details! 🏕

🏙ICYMI🌉 Come meet some of your favorite anime talents at Comic Con Revolution at the Ontario Convention Center, May 16th & 17th, 2026! Use code ALA2026 & get 10% off your tickets! We'll be there as well so be sure to stop on by! 🏕

🏙Incredible Anime Talent Comes to CCR!🌉 Come meet some of your favorite anime talents at Comic Con Revolution at the Ontario Convention Center, May 16th & 17th, 2026! Use code ALA2026 & get 10% off your tickets! We'll be there as well so be sure to stop on by! 🏕

🏙 Interested In Staffing? Applications are OPEN! 🌉 ALA is nothing w/out our amazing staff that help run the show! Interested in staffing? Fill out our application form: https://animelosangeles.org/staffing-opportunities/ Be sure to visit animelosangeles.org/registration to get your badge today! 🏕

🏙EXTRA EXTRA! Read All About it!!! 🌉 Read the 1st of 4 quarterly newsletters to give you all the info you need as we approach #AnimeLA22! Read it here: https://animelosangeles.org/news/the-anime-los-angeles-quarterly-newsletter/ Visit animelosangeles.org/registration#AnimeLA22to get your badge today! 🏕

🏙 Rise & Shine! Early Bird Rates are Live!!! 🌉 Get your 4-Day badges for $75, that's less than $20 a day! Rates start to go up starting on May 31st! Be sure to visit animelosangeles.org/registration to get your badge today! 🏕

🏙Time To Hit The Ice!🌉 Get your tickets today at https://www.gofevo.com/event/2025-26LAKAnimeLANaruto Get an exclusive jersey while supplies last! Enter for a chance to win a pair of tickets! https://forms.gle/prZECFMWRLkW36WD7 Visit animelosangeles.org/registration to get your badge today! 🏕

🏙Incredible Anime Talent Comes to CCR!🌉 Come meet some of your favorite anime talents at Comic Con Revolution at the Ontario Convention Center, May 16th & 17th, 2026! Use code ALA2026 & get 10% off your tickets! We'll be there as well so be sure to stop on by! 🏕

Do you wish you could relive that time you got reincarnated at an anime convention called Animé LA 21? Now you can! We had so much fun with you all, and we'll remember every second of it! But here are some of our favorite highlights <3 See you next year! https://youtu.be/-GUi_KBnJsc

Our MAIN event! Brought to you straight from the Terrace Theater! The Animé Los Angeles 21 Masquerade!!! Watch your favorite performances again and again, witness all the talent & magic that cosplay can bring!!! https://youtu.be/mxOs0j2qbtw

Do you wish you could relive that time you got reincarnated at an anime convention called Animé LA 21? Now you can! We had so much fun with you all, and we'll remember every second of it! But here are some of our favorite highlights <3 See you next year! https://youtu.be/-GUi_KBnJsc

​🎆21K at Animé LA 21!🎉 The numbers are in... AND ITS A NEW RECORD! We had 21,000+ attendees join us at Animé LA 21 this year!!! That's absolutely amazing, what a way to celebrate a 20th anniversary! Thank you all for joining us, we can't wait to see you again soon!🎊

How did you enjoy your convention experience? We've been at this for 21 years! But your input makes all the difference! We would be grateful if you took the time and filled out our attendee survey: https://forms.gle/RMJMM6SToRCxDkR99 We'll see you again at Animé LA 22, Jan 7th - 10th, 2027!

We conquered dungeons, defeated demons, befriended fairies, met life long guild members, & completed a quest we'll never forget! And now our journey in another world is over... But that's okay! We can enjoy a nice slice-of-life with you all next year! See you at ALA 22 💖🌆🏞️

We've hit level 99999, explored all the dungeons, defeated the Demon Lord & now it's time to be sent back to our original world...! Closing Ceremoniesis starting on the Main Stage, come say goodbye to our Guests of Honor!

Congrats to our Hall Cosplay Weekend Winners 🏆: Best Overall jewel.tone.jacob (Cowboy Raichu), Best Element kimpee.cos (Shiver), Most Creative spillersshelby (Crowley). RunnerUps: poppylopcos (Pink Link), kryraynecosplay (Tron Ares), joestarcos (Master Chief). Thank you all—see you in 2027!

Posters will be available for pickup by the photographers & cosplayers featured in them until 6:00pm at the tables outside LP1! Make sure to stop by & check if your work was featured! Please do not remove them from the walls yourself - staff are collecting them for pickup!

Did you catch the amazing drag show on Saturday & are hungry for more? The stars of the show are back for a meet & greet at Haus Party:Meet the Cast of Jimmy Sherfy’s Haus of Cosplay over in LP3! Find out how they got started in the drag community & more~

See your work or someone you know on the posters around the con center? The posters will be available for pickup by the photographer/cosplayers later today from 5:00 to 6pm, so let your friends know to stop by the pickup table by LP1! Please do not remove them yourself!

Get ready to hear the finalists sing their hearts out to claim the title of Karaoke Champion at the Mini Karaoke Contest Finals, hosted by Lemar Harris over in the Karaoke Room!

Seen cosplayers with horse ears around the but not sure what they were from? Umamusume, from Real Life to Anime in LP 3 covers the show's insipration of real racehorsing history that inspired the anime - come learn weird horse facts about Oguri Cap, Gold Ship & more!

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What's the difference between High Grade, Master Grade, Perfect Grade when it comes to model kits? How hard are they to put together? Gunpla 101: A Beginners Guide to Plastic Model Kits is here to give us the rundown in LP2!

Come fight for justice at the Foam Fighters: Fire Force - The Knights of the Ashen Flame in Workshops before 2pm! No weapon? No problem! Our armory can outfit your party~

Lose something over the weekend? Lost & Found is in room 102-C & open all hours of the convention! If you have left the convention for the weekend or realized you left something behind after the con, you can also email [email protected]!

Come on down to the Main Stage in the Grand Ballroom in the next 10 minutes to see Oyasumimi, Hamu Cotton, Moe↗Age & more perform at the 6th Annual ALA Idol Showcase! Catch them in exhibit hall later for photos & chekis with the performers~

There’s no better person to learn from than the master herself: Yaya Han’s panel Beyond Social Media - Long Term Success in Cosplay is starting soon over in LP3!

Guest of Honor Tsukasa Kotobuki is answering all your questions about his time working on Gundam, Saber Marionette J & moreat his panel Tsukasa Kotobuki's Work and Q&A over in LP 4!

The Hoyoverse collides with ALA 21 at Voice Actors of the Hoyoverse in LP2! Come join guests Emi Lo, Ben Diskin, Nic Olsen, Katiana Sakissian & more discuss the latest game developments, fandom theories & anything & everything~

Partied too hard last night or feeling like the last day of the con got you overstimulated? Take a rest over in the Quiet Lounge in LCBB 202B! We'll be open from now through 4pm~

See your work or someone you know on the posters around the con center? The posters will be available for pickup by the photographer/cosplayers later today from 5:00 to 6pm, so let your friends know to stop by the pickup table by LP1! Please do not remove them yourself!

"So, You Want to Know How Conventions REALLY Work - Part 4: Programming & Events" finishes out the series in LP4 at 10:45! We'll go over guests, panels, scheduling, & everyone's favorite - main events!

Registration opens at 9am but closes early today at 3pm, so make sure you're giving yourself plenty of time for badge pickup to see the last day of the con before returning to your original world~

Got an obscure fave BL you wish more people knew about? Open mic at FUJO TEA TIME! in Workshops is the perfect place to shout it out! Come mingle with other BL fans & get some new recs~ 18+ ID check at door

It’s a showdown for our top comedians from Friday’s tryouts: The Otaku Comedy Tournament: Finals (18+), hosted by Lemar Harris is finally here! Find out who gets to take home the trophy! There will be an 18+ ID CHECK at the door

Yokai like Enenra and Kuchisake Onna abound in Dandadan, but how much do you know about their folklore roots? Featured guest & monster scholar Zach Davisson dives in with The Yokai of Dandadan in LP2!

We are beyond thrilled to welcome back Jimmy Sherfy's Haus of Cosplay: A Drag Extravaganza for another year! The line has already started forming in front of LP4 so you'll want to head over soon to get a good seat

So how did protagonists get to other worlds before Isekai Truck-Kun became an institution? Find out at Vintage Isekai Anime before the Truck-kun Era in LP4! There will be ribbons!

Let's Talk Danmei with featured guest Hopeless.Night over in LP2 in starting soon! Come squeal over The Untamed, Scum Villain Self-Saving System & more with us~ 18+ ID check at the door

The last night of 18+ programming is starting soon at 8pm, so now’s a great time to double check that you have your ID with you! IDs will be checked at the doors!

Roundtable discussion Disability in the Con Community begins soon in the Workshops room! Please join us as we discuss, share stories, and educate one another on what it can be like being disabled in the con community