{"id":255939,"date":"2026-01-21T10:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/255939\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T10:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:06:07","slug":"one-piece-demon-slayer-and-more-head-to-animejapan-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/255939\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;One Piece,&#8217; &#8216;Demon Slayer,&#8217; and More Head to AnimeJapan 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cDemon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba,\u201d \u201cJujutsukaisen,\u201d \u201cOne Piece,\u201d and \u201cFrieren: Beyond Journey\u2019s End\u201d and more are set to appear at <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/animejapan\/\" id=\"auto-tag_animejapan\" data-tag=\"animejapan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AnimeJapan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/anime\/\" id=\"auto-tag_anime\" data-tag=\"anime\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">anime<\/a> consumer show, will return to Tokyo for its 13th edition in March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe event will take place Mar. 28-29 in the East Exhibition Halls of Tokyo Big Sight, where previous events have hosted over 150,000 people, and will also expand to the South Exhibition Halls and the Rooftop Exhibition Area this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHeld across four performance stages: Red Stage, Green Stage, Blue Stage, and White Stage, the 50-title lineup ranges from fan-favorite programs to upcoming new anime. The anime set to appear were announced via the AnimeJapan Kick Off on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HZwpYMhFXHc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>, including \u201cDemon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba,\u201d \u201cJujutsukaisen,\u201d \u201cOne Piece,\u201d and \u201cFrieren: Beyond Journey\u2019s End.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe expo will feature over 120 companies, and Japanese girl group Sakurazaka46 will return as AnimeJapan 2026 Ambassadors for the second consecutive year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOfficial merchandise exclusive to AnimeJapan, featuring unique collaborations between Japanese traditional crafts, illustrators, and anime will be available.  In addition to paying a visit to the Production Works Gallery and Cosplayer\u2019s World. AnimeJapan will also host 10 food stalls and a food truck, along with a Digital Stamp Rally where fans can visit standees of their favorite character sto collect stamps and take photos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn addition to the main show, Family Anime Fiesta will take place Mar. 28-29, in the Tokyo Big Sight South Exhibition Hall 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAdmission tickets with stage lottery participation are on sale Jan. 16 to Feb. 24, while regular admission tickets are on sale Feb. 25 to Mar. 27. For more information about tickets and the lineup, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/anime-japan.jp\/en\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AnimeJapan website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cDemon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba,\u201d \u201cJujutsukaisen,\u201d \u201cOne Piece,\u201d and \u201cFrieren: Beyond Journey\u2019s End\u201d and more are set to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[30985,127517,93,61,60,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-255939","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-anime","9":"tag-animejapan","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}