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The first Anime Expo opened from July 3 to the 6th of June 1992 at the Red Lion Hotel in San Jose, California. Many of its original staff came from a previous gathering called Anime Con that had been held in San Jose during 1991.
Michael Lattanzio was hired as the new CEO in September 2009 but was released from his position in September 2010. Trulee Karahashi left the organization in March 2009 after serving in various capacities for 11 years.
On the 17th of April 2020, the SPJA announced it was cancelling the live event citing health and safety concerns related to a global coronavirus outbreak. They stated plans to hold the 2021 event on normal July dates initially before announcing a two-day online convention titled Anime Expo Lite on the 27th of May 2020.
Attendance started small with just 1,750 people attending the inaugural year in 1992. By 2017, the crowd had swelled to over 107,658 attendees.
Anime Expo New York took place in 2002 within the Times Square district of New York City as a joint effort with Central Park Media. This event served as a precursor to Anime Expo Tokyo which held its first event in 2004 at Sunshine City Convention Center in Ikebukuro, Tokyo.