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LeftField Media Launches New 'Anime Frontier' Convention in Texas in May 2020
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Event company LeftField Media — which hosts the Anime NYC, Awesome Con, Rose City Comic Con, and Big Easy Con events in the United States — announced on Friday that it will launch a new anime convention in Fort Worth, Texas titled Anime Frontier. The first event will be held on May 8-10, 2020 at the Fort Worth Convention Center.
The company announced seven English voice actor guests who will attend the event, including Arryn Zech, Barbara Dunkelman, Kara Eberle, Max Mittelman, Ray Chase, Robbie Daymond, and Samantha Ireland. In addition, the company stated that it will also host "Japanese pop culture creators, illustrators, directors, and voice actors" as well as concerts.
LeftField Media said Anime Frontier will also host "exhibits, panels, premieres, and guests from publishers including Aniplex of America Inc., Animate, Crunchyroll, GKIDS, HIDIVE, Kodansha Comics, Sentai Filmworks, Sunrise, Vertical, Inc., and Viz Media."
Anime NYC's Peter Tatara and Justin Flores will lead the event. Weekend tickets to the event are available for US$45.
LeftField Media launched Anime NYC in 2017, and the event had more than 36,000 attendees in 2018.
Source: Press release
