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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 what they were most excited to see and attend. Plan…
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 call for resilient communities. Our focus is uniting Chicagoans through…
The Wind Rises
The Wind Rises review by Neil Clingerman Rating 10/10 (Masterpiece) “But he who knows the body, who knows life, also knows death. Except that’s not the whole thing — but…
Join our Meetup!
Facebook hasn’t been the most reliable communication channel. We still update it, but if you want the latest AnimeChicago has to offer, join our new Meetup Group! Receive every announcement…
Announcing – Study Japanese with AnimeChicago
Interested in studying Japanese? AnimeChicago is currently organizing a study group for eight participants. We’ll kick off at Multilingual Chicago for a one-day intensive Bootcamp on Sunday, January 26th, 10am–5pm.…
2013 Annual Report: Just the Beginning
It’s been 365 days since our 2012 annual report, and gee… way too much has happened since. AnimeChicago’s 7th anniversary was met with renewed enthusiasm by all of our members. Round…
Website Upgrades
You may have noticed AnimeChicago.com slowly transforming week by week. After evaluating the needs of anime fans across Chicago, we’ve been chipping away at styling, functionality, and performance issues to…
Demand Evangelion: 3.0!
ELEVEN ARTS recently announced a list of cities that will be screening the latest Eva film. Brace yourself… Chicago did not make the cut. How come? Because not enough fans have…
Origoh
AnimeChicago’s Interview series highlights local organization leaders, artists and personalities. We’re chatting Hiro Morita, CEO of Chicago-based company Origami Creative. Origami recently launched Origoh, an online community connecting Japanese creatives with art-collecting…
Alleged pickpocket targets Chicago cosplay community
Word is some attendees at cosplay gatherings had some cash disappear on them recently. Local cosplay artist and photographer RamenCartel posted a notice about a potential pickpocket attending these events,…
Announcing – Our club officers!
Jamie here with a quick update on club business. Back in August, I proposed forming a team of Officers to push AnimeChicago to its furthest limits. Our board members supported this vision…
Update – Convention Organizers in Hot Water for Unauthorized Use of Domo-Kun Brand
Update at 8:40pm on July 27: The folks at AnimeCon.org (including Kopf) sent a notice to their email subscribers on the newly renamed convention, Con Alt Delete. No other changes…
Meet Chicago Cosplay Photographers in this Awesome Interview Video
Videographer Hikikomorisama captured a summer cosplay outing at the Chicago Botanic Gardens and took the opportunity to highlight some of Chicago’s local photographers and videographers in action. Meet Viet, Soy Sauce, Keir, Kersten, Sen…
AnimeChicago on Games.Anime.Stuff Podcast
Our friends at Games.Anime.Stuff. podcast invited AnimeChicago to chat about all types of animation and live-action goodness, from City Hunter to Rocko’s Modern Life. Listen to Episode 17: We Forgot to…
Justin Yeh
AnimeChicago’s Interview series highlights local organization leaders, artists and personalities. We’re chatting with Justin Yeh, president of the Northwestern University Anime Club during the 2012–2013 school year. AC: When was Northwestern…
AnimeChicago on Chicago Nerd Social Club Podcast!
Local organization Chicago Nerd Social Club invited AnimeChicago to share our knowledge and entice the anime-curious on their monthly podcast. Check out Episode 7: A Slice of Anime at ChicagoNerds.com for the full interview. Subscribe…