Comic Con LA Partners With Otaku Collectives

Los Angeles Comic Con announces their partnership with Otaku Collectives, in an interest to create a unique and amazing inclusive space for Anime and Anime fans alike! The show is returning on September 26, 2025 through September 28, 2025.

Otaku Collectives is a fan-founded experience and marketplace dedicated to celebrating anime, gaming, and Japanese pop culture. This year, they will take over a substantial portion of the West Hall and with it bring an Akiba Food Market, inspired by the vibrant streets of Akihabara and Japan’s otaku districts!

Specifically in creating the Akiba Station, the Convention’s largest Anime activation ever! This space will be a 40,000-square-foot anime destination. Within the space there will be themed exhibitors, cosplay meet-ups, pop-up food experiences, gaming zones, immersive experiences, and even exclusive programming with voiceover talent appearances including Zach Aguilar, Luci Christian, Zach Gordon, Ian Sinclair, Sonny Strait, and more to be announced!

Ahead of the partnership, we reached out to our friend Chris DeMoulin, the CEO of Comikaze Entertainment.

Eric Bryan Seuthe II: Hey Chris, it’s always a pleasure to talk to you about one of our favorite conventions, Los Angeles Comic Con!

Chris DeMoulin: Hi Eric! Always a pleasure to talk to you and, as always, thank you for your interest in and support for Los Angeles Comic Con.

Eric: Over the past few years, the West Hall at the convention seems to have been growing more and more with regards to video games, but originally it started off more dedicated to both Anime and Video Games, almost equally, do you feel like the West Hall, with the inclusion of the Akiba Station will be more equal in representation, or do you think that the hall in full will still be very much the Video Game hall?

Chris: I love that question, it really provides some insight into how we plan. The West Hall was always intended to be the “Anime & Gaming Hall,” because those two fandoms are highly requested by our fans, and they’re both completely intertwined with so many other fandoms. It just so happened that as we were looking to grow the hall, we initially found more Gaming interest and partners — like the Milk Cup last year. But we’ve always sought a partner who had real experience and insight into Anime fandoms, someone we could partner with so they could help curate the space. And then we met Johnny and the team from Otaku Collectibles! From the moment we met, we knew that our DNA’s were similar — fans first, surprise and delight, super professional but also passionate fans. So with Otaku on board, we think you’ll see the Anime content in the hall flourish as Gaming has.

Eric: The rooms and spaces above the West Hall have been used for some great opportunities in the past, will we see them be utilized generally this year, or will their utilization be in tandem with the new dedication of Anime themed growth of the convention?

Chris: Ultimately that will depend on the full scope of brands and partners who join us to launch Akiba Station this year. As you say, it is great to have all that meeting and activation space close at hand, so the opportunity is there for terrific content to come to life — if not this year, then in 2026 and 2027.

Eric: With the new partnership with Otaku Collectives, what can fans of Anime look forward to in the dedicated space and Akiba Station?

Chris: First and foremost, I think fans will find a full destination for Anime that feels authentic genuine — from the Torii gates at the entrance to the exhibitors, products, Japanese voice actors, games, and even the food. We hope they find it to be an immersive experience unlike anything they’ve ever before encountered at an Anime event in L.A., or anywhere outside of Japan. In terms of specifics, the Otaku team is still lining up guests, vendors and surprises, so everyone will have to come see for themselves, and then give us input on what else they want to see for 2026!

Eric: Did Los Angeles Comic Con reach out to Otaku Collective, or did they reach out to you?

Chris: We actually met them at another fan event where they had a booth, and were really impressed by their set-up, product, fans and influencer support. So we started a dialogue, and it led to Akiba Station.

Eric: In the early years of the convention the con had a dedicated lounge for tabletop, but it disappeared shortly into it’s run. Now in some of the new reference guides I noticed that there is a lot more space being reserved for Tabletop gaming than in prior years. Was there a push from vendors or attendees for more tabletop gaming?

Chris: Tabletop gaming has always been popular with the fans, and the last year or two, they’ve been asking us to expand it, and devote more space and energy to it. So as with fan Talent requests, we take that input very seriously, and try to align our content with the fans’ wishes. There are exciting things going on with the Tabletop gaming world right now, and we’re excited to be able to feature it in a bigger way.

Eric: Thanks again Chris, and we can’t wait to once again walk the halls of the Los Angeles Comic Con!

Chris: And we can’t wait to have you — always a pleasure! See you in September.

Tickets for this event are live now and you can purchase your tickets Here.