You may know tons about anime fandom, but did you know that anime academics are a thing? The number of ethnographic books and anthropologists studying our community is astounding. There’s even an annual research project…
Set your alarms, mark your calendars, pester your friends. Pre-registration for the 19th annual Anime Central opens this Thursday, October 1st. It coincides with Hyatt and Embassy con-block registration, which…
AnimeChicago is packing the house for the the premiere of The Tale of the Princess Kaguya at the Siskel Film Center. We will be attending the 7:45pm screening on December 5th. So far,…
AnimeChicago’s Interview series highlights local organization leaders, artists and personalities. We’re chatting Mary Warren, one-half of Nakama Toys, Chicago’s newest toy store featuring anime, video game, kaiju, vinyl, gashapon, and other exclusive collectables…
Local studio Seth Deming Films is producing a live-action short. They’re big fans of the series and want to feature local Attack on Titan cosplayers in their film. The test shots in their YouTube pitch video look amazing! So if you’re interested…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…