{"id":309138,"date":"2026-10-18T05:48:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T05:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/309138\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T05:48:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T05:48:20","slug":"hazard-con-returns-to-erie-celebrating-japanese-pop-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/309138\/","title":{"rendered":"Hazard Con returns to Erie, celebrating Japanese pop culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anime, video games and pop culture took center stage in Erie on Saturday as Hazard Con 2026 continued its weekend-long celebration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Japanese pop culture convention brought fans together at the Ambassador for a weekend filled with anime, manga and video games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:LIST: 2026 Halloween and fall events around Erie;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/digital-first\/digital-exclusive\/list-2026-halloween-and-fall-events-around-erie\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0LIST: 2026 Halloween and fall events around Erie\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Organized by the local nonprofit Society of Utils, the event gave fans of all ages a chance to connect with others who share their interest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The convention is named after Oliver &#8220;Hazard&#8221; Perry, the naval hero known for his victory at the Battle of Lake Erie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We have Bill Butts here this weekend, we have Charles Dunbar, who is a very highly educated panelist who has degrees in anthropology who was on a lot of panels regarding Japan,&#8221; said Joshua Palmquist, president of Hazard Con.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hazard Con continues through Sunday, giving fans one more day to enjoy the festivities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anime, video games and pop culture took center stage in Erie on Saturday as Hazard Con 2026 continued&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-309138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}