Pacific Media Expo

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Pacific Media Expo
Pacific Media Expo logo
Pacific Media Expo logo
Status Active
Genre Anime, Manga, J-Pop, J-Rock/Visual Kei, Gothic Lolita, J-Drama/K-Drama, Asian Cinema, East Asian/Pacific Rim Pop Cultures[citation needed]
Venue Hilton Los Angeles Airport
Location Los Angeles, California
Country Flag of the United States United States
First held 2004
Organizer Pacific Media Association
Official website

The Pacific Media Expo (PMX) started in 2003 in California by Mike Tatsugawa, one of the founders of Anime Expo. As a convention, its focus is on anime and manga, J-Pop, J-Rock/Visual Kei, Gothic Lolita, J-Drama/K-Drama, Asian cinema and East Asian/Pacific Rim pop cultures. In its debut year of 2004, the convention gained fame for hosting concerts by T.M.Revolution, Nami Tamaki, and Psycho le Cému.[citation needed]

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[edit] Previous conventions

Dates Location Atten. Guests
May 29–31, 2004 Anaheim Convention Center
Anaheim, California
est. 3,000 Daisuke Moriyama, Yasuhiro Nightow, Psycho Le Cému, Secret Secret, T.M.Revolution, Nami Tamaki, and Takahiro Yoshimatsu.[1]
September 3–5, 2005 Long Beach Convention Center
Long Beach, California
Masaki Asai, Kumiko Kato, Naoko Matsui, Seiji Mizushima, Daisuke Moriyama, Rex Navarrete, Koichi Ohata, and Random Ninjas.[2]
October 28–29, 2006 Hilton Los Angeles Airport
Los Angeles, California
Michael DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Olivia Lufkin, MECHANiCAL PANDA, Novala Takemoto, and UchuSentai NOIZ.[3]
November 9–11, 2007 Hilton Los Angeles Airport
Los Angeles, California
The Candy Spooky Theater, Head Phones President, James Kyson Lee, LiN Clover, Yukana Nogami, The Slants, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Thee Out Mods, and Takahiro Umehara.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Pacific Media Expo 2004 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-25.
  2. ^ Pacific Media Expo 2005 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-25.
  3. ^ Pacific Media Expo 2006 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-25.
  4. ^ Pacific Media Expo 2007 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-25.

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