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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2023 Annual Report: My Kind of Town
Here at AnimeChicago, we’re serious about connecting our local anime community and celebrating the best of Japanese pop culture. That’s…
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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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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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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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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…
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2020 Annual Report: Sayonara, Dumpster-kun
We won’t sugarcoat this update – 2020 was challenging for Americans, nonprofits, and our community. The dumpster fire that was…