Inaugural Japanese Pop Culture Festival Anime Frontier Postponed Until 2021

2020 Dates Cancelled Due to Coronavirus

Fort Worth, Texas (March 25, 2020) - Anime Frontier Powered By Crunchyroll (animefrontier.com) today
announced its inaugural event has been postponed until 2021. This new Japanese pop culture festival
created with the Japanese pop culture industry was scheduled to take place May 20-22, 2020, in the Fort
Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas, and it will now be delayed until May 14-16, 2021, out of
an abundance of caution and rising coronavirus concerns.

Anime Frontier Powered By Crunchyroll was planned to be Texas' largest gathering of Japanese
entertainment celebrities and brands. Its guests were to include Japanese voice actresses Chiwa Saito
(Madoka Magica and Fate/Grand Order) and Ayaka Ōhashi (Magia Record and BanG Dream!), singer
ZAQ (Food Wars! and Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions), and major Japanese entertainment brands
including Crunchyroll, Aniplex of America Inc., Animate, GKIDS, HIDIVE, Kinokuniya, Sentai
Filmworks, and SUNRISE.

“After tremendous deliberation, we feel postponing until 2021 is the only right decision we can make,”
said Anime Frontier Show Director Peter Tatara. “We look to create an inviting, exciting, safe, and
healthy celebration for Texas' anime community - and there's no way to achieve this now without putting
this same community at COVID-19 coronavirus risk.”

All attendees who purchased tickets to Anime Frontier will have the option to roll their tickets over to
2021 or receive refunds. Likewise, all exhibitors will have the option to move their booths to 2021 or be
refunded. Attendees and exhibitors should all look for email communications in the next 24 hours with
additional details.

Due to the continued COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, cities and states across the U.S. have limited
large gatherings and begun to use convention centers, themselves, as virus testing sites and hospitals, and Anime Frontier is only the latest large event to postpone. To date, over 200 conventions, conferences, and
other major events have cancelled across the U.S. over the next several months.

Anime Frontier was launched by the creators of Anime NYC, the second largest anime convention in the
U.S., together with key companies from the worlds of anime, manga, and Japanese entertainment with the
goal of bringing fans, publishers, and Japanese creators together in Texas like never before. This goal will
remain when Anime Frontier returns in 2021.

Anime Frontier 2021 tickets, guests, and further details will begin to be announced later this year, and
fans wanting to learn more can subscribe to the Anime Frontier newsletter and follow the event on
Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

About Anime Frontier Powered By Crunchyroll
Set in Fort Worth, Texas, a city that blends cosmopolitan energy and cowboy culture, Anime Frontier
Powered By Crunchyroll brings together the best of the U.S. 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
in their first appearances in 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.