Anime Frontier Rides Back into Cowtown

Returning for its fifth year, North Texas's largest anime convention promises to be the biggest event to date.

Fort Worth, Texas (Sept. 17, 2025) – LeftField Media is thrilled to announce the 2025 Anime Frontier Presented by Crunchyroll is taking place at the Fort Worth Convention Center December 12–14. Now in its fifth year, Anime Frontier has grown into the largest anime convention in North Texas and promises its most exciting weekend yet.

“Anime Frontier has found its home in Fort Worth and to see the collaboration between cultures and creativity has been incredible” said MK Goodwin, Vice President of Content & Anime Events at LeftField Media. “Each year Anime Frontier gets bigger and better and 2025 will be no exception.”

As presenting sponsor, Crunchyroll returns with exclusive fan experiences only for Texas anime fans.

Featured Highlights for 2025

Guests
Anime Frontier brings together a wide variety of guests, from voice actors of popular anime series to well- known cosplayers and V-tubers with tenure in the anime community. Major guests include six members from

Critical Role, the acclaimed group of voice actors who took their passion for Dungeons & Dragons and created a multi-faceted entertainment platform. For the full list of announced guests, visit https://animefrontier.com/guests/. Guests will continue to be announced in the weeks leading up to Anime Frontier.

Bang Zoom Studios
Back for a second year, Bang Zoom! Studios will host their immersive voice acting experience for aspiring voice actors. Fans will be able to participate in educational sessions and even audition to be given the opportunity to be flown out to Los Angeles for a real anime audition.

Wild West Idol Fest
The 2025 Wild West Idol Fest at Anime Frontier will kick off with a concert-style showcase of local idols performing popular tunes from anime favorites to J-pop and K-pop top hits. Part cosplay, part lip sync extravaganza, the evening's performances are bound to get the crowd pumped and excited for the weekend ahead.

Artist Alley
Anime Frontier's Artist Alley is a curated section of the exhibit hall floor for Independent and mainstream manga/comic creators, webcomic artists, professional writers/illustrators, and 2D artists. A community favorite, fans are bound to find their next favorite piece of original or fan art here!

Anime Frontier's 3-day, daily, and kids badges are currently on sale and can be purchased at https://animefrontier.com/badges. The badge mailing deadline is Oct. 28th, with badge rates increasing on Oct. 29.

About Anime Frontier Presented by Crunchyroll
Created by LeftField Media (the creators of the award-winning largest anime show on the east coast: Anime NYC), Anime Frontier is set in Fort Worth, TX, a city that blends cosmopolitan energy and cowboy culture, Anime Frontier Presented By Crunchyroll brings together the best of the US and Japan for a showcase of what's next in Japanese entertainment. Featuring some of the biggest guests in anime and manga and leading publishers internationally to Texas, Anime Frontier is three days of exciting exhibits, exclusive premieres, and show-stopping special events. Join us for a convention unlike any other in Texas! For more, visit AnimeFrontier.com.

About Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll is the global anime brand that fuels fans' love of anime. With the ambition to make anime an even bigger part of pop culture, Crunchyroll offers fans the ultimate anime experience and destination centered around a premium streaming service. Crunchyroll has the largest dedicated anime library, an immersive world of events, exciting theatrical releases, unique games, must-have merchandise, timely news, and more. Anime is for everyone and is accessible to stream across territories through Crunchyroll—whether on the go on mobile, through gaming consoles and big-screen devices at home, or on desktops anywhere.

Crunchyroll, LLC is an independently operated joint venture between U.S.-based Sony Pictures Entertainment and Japan's Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., both subsidiaries of Tokyo-based Sony Group.