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Anime Central 2025 – Across the Board
We’re a few days from Anime Central, Chicago’s biggest anime convention fondly known as ACen. So we asked AnimeChicago teammates…
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…
Con Food Strategy Guide
With convention season getting into top gear, we at AnimeChicago would like to offer some advice on one of the…
Manga Spice Cafe
AnimeChicago’s Interview series highlights local organization leaders, artists and personalities. Today we’re chatting with the anime-influenced artist AnimeSpice about her…
A Brief History of Anime and Manga: From Zen Cartoons to Sailor Moon
As caveat, we will be exploring anime and manga from a Western perspective and this small summary is by no…
Anime Marathons & Session Beers
Some anime you watch in the same way you’d enjoy a fine glass of whisky – slow, and with contemplative…
Furious Spoon
Boasting three locations in the city of Chicago and creating lots of buzz with two successful Kickstarters, Furious Spoon capitalizes…
Across the Board: Anime Directors
The AnimeChicago team meets weekly and we sometimes we find ourselves in heated discussions about anime. Here’s just one of…
Lessons from the Scrubbin’ Bubbles: Tabletop Gaming in the World of One Piece
Warning: Minor spoilers for One Piece. I’ve been a fan of the massively popular shounen adventure series One Piece since…
What are AnimeChicago’s Favorite Anime?
When you first join the AnimeChicago Meetup page, one of the questions you answer is, quite simply, “What is your…
Across the Board: Anime Studios
Did you know that the AnimeChicago team meets weekly to plan all the great events around Chicago? Just like every…
My Favorite Anime of 2016, Erased: A Time Traveling and Character Driven Delight
I was blown away by Erased, which is called Boku Daki ga Inai Machi in Japan. I consider myself a…
A Small Taste of Craft Beer in Japan – Part 3
Hitachino Nest turned around my disappointing Kyoto craft beer experience. At this point, my opinion on Japan’s craft beer scene…
Ramen Review: High Five Ramen
I’ve been struggling to come up with something to write for AnimeChicago for the longest time when I stumbled upon…
2016 Annual Report: 10 Years and Counting
When I registered AnimeChicago.com in 2006, it was a small dream. Chicago lacked a central guide for all the anime…