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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…
A Small Taste of Craft Beer in Japan – Part 2
You can find part one of this craft beer adventure here. Osaka had showed me that Japan’s beer scene is…
Kyodai Hero: An Ultraman Introduction for New Viewers
We’ll continue the exploration of the monsters (in my prior article on Daikaiju Eiga), heroes, and robots that make up…
Rare Manga Reviews: Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms
Today marks the first ever review of a manga on my new series for AnimeChicago “rare manga reviews” which aims…
Cowboy Bebop
Fast guns, spaceships, fly girls, and the jazziest soundtrack you’ve ever heard! Yep, Cowboy Bebop is an absolute anime classic. If…
15 Minutes of Koukiatsu Boy
Part 1: Game Boy Boy Recently, I had the opportunity to go to Japan. It was an awesome, whirlwind trip,…
An Anime for DJs: Tonkatsu DJ Agetaro
If there ever was an anime specifically for DJs it’s Tonkatsu DJ Agetaro. Any mixmaster or DMC scratch DJ will…
Daikaiju Eiga 101: An Introduction to Early Godzilla and Toho Sci-fi
Disclaimer: The following films are difficult to find and may be out of print. So you’ve watched a bunch of…
Journey to Japan: Addressing the Challenges and Joys of Group Travel
AnimeChicago hit a huge milestone this year – we visited Japan! Nine members signed on for a 10-day excursion in…
A Small Taste of Craft Beer in Japan – Part 1
Ten days in Japan isn’t a lot of time, especially if you and your group are travelling to 3 different…
Passion, Professionalism, and Community: What I’ve Learned from AnimeChicago
When I found AnimeChicago on Meetup.com and clicked “Join,” I was nervous. Before getting involved with AnimeChicago, I had been…
Tokyo’s Subways from a CTA Regular
I’ve been riding CTA trains for over 10 years. To some, that makes me an experienced traveler and to others…
Divin’ N Vibin’: Tokyo Ghoul
Over the past several years, the anime community has received many new young fans, and has regained a good number…
Dark Lord Day: The Best Non-Anime Convention
Spring is finally here in Chicago, though some days might not feel like it, and with the change in season…
Presenters, Guests transform “Not Our Final Form,” AnimeChicago’s second Symposium
The finicky mix of winter and spring weather on April 2nd, 2016 did not keep 70 attendees from AnimeChicago’s second…