The staff of AnimeJapan 2026 confirmed that the event reached a new attendance record of 156,000 attendees across its two public days on March 28 to 29 at the Tokyo Big Sight. AnimeJapan 2026 brought in roughly 3,600 more attendees than last year’s AnimeJapan, which was the previous attendance record holder at 152,400.
The AnimeJapan 2026 event featured over 130 exhibitor booths, which is another record high. There were four main stages with stage programs highlighting some of the year’s biggest anime releases, including One Piece, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Steel Ball Run, and Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3. The event also had a Cosplayers World area and Family Anime Festa, with the former being held indoors and outdoors.
AnimeJapan 2027 and AnimeJapan 2028 will move to Osaka. For the first time ever, AnimeJapan 2027 will be held outside Tokyo at the Intex Osaka convention center from March 27 to 28 next year. It will follow the same business and public days format, with the precise venue for business days being “under review.”
“‘AnimeJapan,’ which has been held in Tokyo for the past 13 years as ‘one of the world’s largest anime festivals,’ will be held in 2027 in Osaka—a city that has long flourished as a gateway for international trade and will welcome visitors from around the world for the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan,” the AnimeJapan committee said on the official website. “With the support of the Osaka Convention & Tourism Bureau, AnimeJapan will showcase the appeal of animation to the world from Osaka and strengthen Japan’s content industry, with the anime industry at its core.”
