Selected Driver Not Found 10202 Logic Model on this page. Anirevo is a collection of events that allow individuals to explore, celebrate and enjoy a colorful culture not readily available in North America. Similar to gaming, Japanese Anime and the culture that surrounds it reveals new worlds, ideologies, philosophies that expand the limits of creativity. Anirevo hosts a variety of programs that encourage and motivate the community to participate in culture exchange.

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This is a list of noteworthy gaming conventions. Tokyo Game Show – Tokyo in September; New Zealand. VCON – Vancouver, British Columbia in October.

For a summary of a previous TGS, check out our media day review and pics here: The Tokyo Game Show remains one of the top gaming shows in the world. While the first two days of the event are industry and press only, days three and four are open to the sweaty masses. The show is on a huge scale with booths from all the major game publishers, console makers and mobile gaming platforms with a few indies and international booths thrown in as well. If you want to play some of the new games, you’ll need to turn up early (the more fanatical mill around the station area all night and then queue up from 5am) and know exactly where you’re going when you get inside.

The queues at the entrance ease up around noon, so if you turn up before that, bring liquid refreshment and a hat as the weather in this part of Japan is still hot in September. If you’re not into waiting in line at the booths for hours, there is plenty of other entertainment—including one of the biggest gathering of around. There is also a dedicated area for families with small children. Cheapo Pro-tip: Pre-purchasing your ticket from a convenience store or online direct from the organisers will save you 200 yen and you don’t need to queue to purchase tickets at the gate (you still have to queue, just not for purchasing tickets). The 2017 edition saw a slight drop in visitor numbers over 2015 and 2016 with 254,000 visitors cramming into Makuhari Messe, including 106,000 on the opening public day. Usually the closing day is most popular, but people tend to rearrange their plans (as they did in 2017) due to the frequent typhoons that buffet the Japan archipelago in September. Be warned, if you don’t like (at times) intensely crowded places, you may not enjoy the public days at TGS.