Articles from AnimeChicago
Weekly musings direct from our members.
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2024 Annual Report: A Year of Connection
18 years later, and AnimeChicago not only keeps the lights on – we’re strengthening our social ties daily. Tough times…
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Anime’s Game Changers: Our Interview with FACETS
The spaces in which we enjoy anime and the people who share in that joy can be just as much…
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2022 Annual Report: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
Since our founding sixteen years ago, AnimeChicago has grown from a small group of friends to a vibrant and engaged…
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Summer 2022 Anthology: Then & Now
Just like the plethora of remakes popping up in the anime sphere, we tasked our artists to recreate a work from their past. Unlike more remakes, the results are actually good!
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Anime’s Game Changers: Hiroyuki Imaishi
This is Anime’s Game Changers, the podcast dedicated to highlighting the people, ideas, and events that shaped the anime you…
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Spring 2022 Anthology: Cover Image
We asked our Art Circle artists to help promote the program to newcomers using their personal style. We are blown away by these new promo covers!
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Winter 2022 Anthology: Very Very Peri
We challenged our Art Circle artists to create a work inspired by 2022’s Pantone Color of the Year: Very Peri. Let’s just say that the results are Peri good!
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6 reasons Anime Sampler is worth your time
159 anime titles premiere this Spring 2022. They certainly aren’t all winners. But how can you be the most informed fan…
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AnimeChicago at ACen 2022!
Come rep AnimeChicago at Anime Central 2022! Join us for 3 panels, an IRL Member Mixer, and our first-ever Cosplay…
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Fall 2021 Anthology: Your Favorite Anime
Fan art might be ubiquitous in the anime community, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t special. Especially the pieces our Art Circle regulars put together for our Your Favorite Anime Anthology.
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2021 Annual Report: Old Favorites, New Norms
Last year was more of what we didn’t ask for: staying indoors, peeled to screens, creating whatever this “new normal”…
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Summer 2021 Anthology: Wild Monsters
AnimeChicago proudly presents Summer 2021 Anthology: Wild Monsters published as a digital gallery for public viewing.
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Spring 2021 Anthology: Summer Festival
AnimeChicago proudly presents Spring 2021 Anthology: Summer Festival, published as a digital gallery for public viewing. Each piece includes an artist’s statement that provides context into their creation.
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Learn how your skills pay bills at “AMA: Passion to Profession”
Anime Central 2020 approved this panel and a pandemic thwarted it. So we’re bringing it online! Four AnimeChicago members will…
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Our Digital Future is Now – Recapping AnimeChicago’s First Online Symposium
On March 6th, 2021 – and nearly one year after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic – AnimeChicago hosted its…
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Winter 2021 Anthology: Cyberpunk
AnimeChicago’s Art Circle rebooted at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic as a weekly online meetup for creatives to de-stress. These passionate artists met throughout 2020 and formed a small and mighty studio. As Art Circle built up steam, the desire to share…