- Title: ‘Biggest number yet’-100,000 fans to swarm to Anime NYC 2024 convention
- Date: 23rd August 2024
- Summary: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 23, 2024) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF COSPLAYERS AT ANIME NYC 2024 CONVENTION AT JAVITS CENTER ACCELERATED VIDEO OF COSPLAYERS IN COSTUME POSING FOR VIDEO FANS LINING UP FOR THE OPENING OF ANIME NYC / ENTERING TO CONVENTION PEOPLE WALKING IN EXHIBITION (SOUNDBITE) (English) SHOW DIRECTOR OF ANIME NYC, MK GOODWIN, SAYING: “We're expecting over 100,000 excited fans to start coming through those doors over this weekend. [REPORTER: ”Is that the biggest number?”] It's the biggest number yet.” TIME-LAPSE FOOTAGE OF PEOPLE AT EXHIBITION (MUTE) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE AT CONVENTION VARIOUS OF ANIME-RELATED PRODUCTS (SOUNDBITE) (English) SHOW DIRECTOR OF ANIME NYC, MK GOODWIN, SAYING: “So the breadth of anime and what it covers is so broad, from romance to action, adventure to sci-fi to magical girl. There's something for everybody.” SIGNAGE READING “WELCOME TO AN!ME NYC” / PEOPLE WALKING PEOPLE WITH COSTUMES TALKING PETRA IRISH FROM CHICAGO POSING AS A CHARACTER, ‘RAPI’ FROM ‘NIKKE : GODDESS OF VICTORY’ POSTER SHOWING IMAGE OF ‘RAPI’ FROM ‘NIKKE : GODDESS OF VICTORY’ (SOUNDBITE) (English) PETRA IRISH FROM CHICAGO DRESSED AS RAPI FROM NIKKE GODDESS OF VICTORY, SAYING: “Anime, there is constantly new series, new characters like new worlds building, So it's new and fresh and it's updating constantly. So, I think a lot of the American audience really likes just what Japan's doing in terms of like, entertainment, anime industry. It's new, it's fresh, it's fun and it's never the same. So there's something for everyone.” (SOUNDBITE) (English) ARIELLE WHITNEY FROM NEW JERSEY DRESSED AS CHUYA NAKAHARA FROM BUNGO STRAY DOGS, SAYING: “I feel like there's a little bit more freedom in a lot of the worlds that Japanese manga (comic books) and anime typically have, whereas comic books, they kind of tend to do like the same thing, which is absolutely fine if that's what you want. But the diversity is, I think really what gets people going.” SIGNAGE READING “COSPLAY PHOTO SETS” COSPLAY PHOTO SETS ON DISPLAY PEOPLE POSING AT PHOTO SET (SOUNDBITE) (English) ASHLEY WALKER FROM NEW JERSEY DRESSED AS ‘MIRACLE’ FROM ‘MY HERO ACADEMIA’, SAYING: “I love cosplay because it's just like a really nice freedom of expression, especially for like being Black. There's not like a lot of characters that are represented in our community. So I like to give that representation, especially for the next generation that's up and coming for this.” WALKER POSING (SOUNDBITE) (English) EVAN COWDREY DRESSED AS ‘SIMON’ FROM ‘GURREN LAGGAN’, SAYING: “It gives you a lot of confidence to be someone else, but at the same time, I get to be me and I get to hang out with other people who also like this. And we get to talk about all of our favorite niches.” MAEVE FOLEY FROM NEW YORK CITY POSING AS A CHARACTER ‘OSAMU DAZAI’ FROM ‘BUNGO STRAY DOGS’ (SOUNDBITE) (English) MAEVE FOLEY FROM NEW YORK CITY DRESSED AS OSAMU DAZAI FROM BUNGO STRAY DOGS, SAYING: “I sewed everything here. I ended up actually going to fashion school because I was just so inspired by like my love of cosplay, just wanting to create clothing and beautiful things." [REPORTER: ”So how many years are you doing this?”] FOLEY SAYING: "Almost 20 years.” VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH EXHIBITS (SOUNDBITE) (English) EVAN COWDREY DRESSED AS ‘SIMON’ FROM ‘GURREN LAGGAN’, SAYING: “I love this convention so much. It's so much fun. I get to see all my friends here. It's basically I, I have a deep, like, love for like animation and anime itself. So I just have a great time coming out here and hanging on my friends and we all get to bond and hang out.” VARIOUS OF PEOPLE PLAYING WITH ‘GASHAPON’ VARIOUS OF PETRA IRISH IN BIG GASHAPON CAPSULE VARIOUS OF POPIN COOKING BOOTH VARIOUS OF ANIME POSTER BOOTH WIDE OF CONVENTION (SOUNDBITE) (English) SHOW DIRECTOR OF ANIME NYC, MK GOODWIN, SAYING: “It's just a lot of vibrancy (at ANIME NYC), you know? It's not even just anime. It's really anything an anime fans we think would like. So there's something here for everybody and it's just, it's honestly just a big party, a big gathering, and everyone's just so excited to see each other.” VARIOUS OF COSPLAYERS POSING MODEL OF ROBOT ON DISPLAY AT BOOTH PLUSH DOLLS ON DISPLAY ACCELERATED VIDEO OF PEOPLE WALKING AROUND EXHIBITION VARIOUS OF EXTERIOR OF JAVITS CENTER WHERE ANIME NYC TAKING PLACE
- Embargoed: 6th September 2024 20:57
- Keywords: Anime Japanese Javits Center New York City cosplay cosplayers
- Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
- City: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
- Country: US
- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,North America
- Reuters ID: LVA001887423082024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Anime NYC, a three-day Japanese animation and culture convention, kicked off on Friday (August 23) and is expected to attract its largest crowd to date since launching seven years ago.
More than 100,000 tickets have been sold for this year's event, which is taking place at the Javits Center in New York City.
“It's the biggest number yet,” said MK Goodwin, show director of Anime NYC.
This event started in 2017 with 20,000 fans in attendance that year. And according to organizers, interest has taken off because of “the breath of anime and what it covers [is] so broad, from romance to action, adventure to sci-fi to magical girl, There’s something for everybody.”
Anime derives from Japanese Animation in which animators use hand-written or computer-generated images to tell stories.
Many fans flock to the event dressed as their favorite characters from Japanese anime or video games.
“I love cosplay because it’s just like a really nice freedom of expression, especially for being black.” says Ashley Walker from New Jersey who came dressed up as the character, "Miracle" from "My Hero Academia."
"There's not like a lot of characters that are represented in our community. So I like to give that representation, especially for the next generation that's up and coming for this,” Walker added.
“It gives you a lot of confidence to be someone else," said Evan Cowdrey. “I love this convention so much. I t's so much fun. I get to see all my friends here"
The convention is not just for Japanese anime-related exhibits. Panels and screenings are featured as Japan's unique pop culture in the form of capsule toy vending machines called ‘Gashapon’ and miniature candy food.
Anime NYC will end on Sunday, August 25.
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