July 14th 2019 O.A.

E3 2019

June 11th to 13th was the Electronic Entertainment Expo E3 held at the LA Convention Center.

E3 is the world’s largest game exhibition and it gathers attention from the industry individuals to gamers around the globe.

This year marks the 25th year with more than 200 companies participating. Companies introduced their newest video games, PC games and mobile games for smartphones. Attendees watched presentations and played games before their release date.
Nintendo announced their newest Pokemon game series entitled “Pokemon Sword and Shield” available on November.

“Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games” was also announced. This is a game which Nintendo collaborated with Sega and features the Tokyo Olympics.

This is “Judgement,” the newest game from Sega Atlus.
Microsoft used the Microsoft Theater outside the convention center for their presentation, and announced their newest game lineups as well as their new game console “Project Scarlett” that will be released at the end of 2020.

Sony known for Playstation withheld their appearance this year. Topics about the future of E3 rose as well since companies can now share information online.

About 66,000 people attended the 3 day event.

Anime Expo 2019

Anime Expo also happened at the LA Convention Center from July 4th to the 7th.
Anime Expo is held by the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation. It is the largest anime event in North America, marking their 28th year.
Latest anime, TV series, fashion and video games were introduced at the event; and fans had fun by purchasing their favorite merchandise and taking photos.

International and domestic special guests were invited, and various events from autograph sessions to panel discussions were held.
The main event was Yoshihiro Ike’s anime music concert.
Ike sings the theme songs of famous anime like “Tiger & Bunny” and “Saint Seiya” as well as composing music for games, movies and TV dramas. This is his first concert overseas.

The production of anime “GIBIATE” was announced at the closing ceremony. Illustrator, Yoshitaka Amano known from the “Final Fantasy” series joins the team. It was an eventful 4 days.