Riot Games Attending Anime Expo 2015?

Collared Kitty·Jun 28, 2015·1 votes·1,087 views

Not sure if this is the right board (hence misc.), but for those who are unfamiliar, Anime Expo (an annual event in LA on July 4th weekend) hosted Riot Games at their 2014 convention. There was a giant booth where Riot employees gave out free merch and had displays of several lore-specific weapons. It was overall a really great experience, and having looked at the hosting website of Anime Expo, I can't seem to find League as a sponsor for this year.

Does anyone have any information on this? Would be great to hear.

5 Comments

SEKAIJun 28, 20151 votes

Maybe they aren't doing it this year, LoL isn't an anime after all. Yeah I get League takes quite a few inspiration and references from anime alike but still it's not an anime/manga if you get what I mean.

Would be cool to see them joining the expo every year though, but in the end of the day it's entirely up to them.

Collared KittyJun 28, 20151 votes

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Maybe they aren't doing it this year, LoL isn't an anime after all. Yeah I get League takes quite a few inspiration and references from animes alike but still it's not an anime/manga if you get what I mean.

Would be cool to see them joining the expo every year though, but in the end of the day it's entirely up to them.

Yea, I thought it was weird that they were around last year, but it was still awesome to see them show up - hence my interest this year with the event coming up.

Athenes LuluJun 28, 20151 votes

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Maybe they aren't doing it this year, LoL isn't an anime after all. Yeah I get League takes quite a few inspiration and references from anime alike but still it's not an anime/manga if you get what I mean.

Would be cool to see them joining the expo every year though, but in the end of the day it's entirely up to them.

Anime expo is actually 2/3 anime and 1/3 video game culture. League is slowly getting a lot more popularity in that part, that's why they took part last year. In fact, a lot of cosplayers dressed up as LoL-related characters as well at AX.

SEKAIJun 28, 20151 votes

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Anime expo is actually 2/3 anime and 1/3 video game culture. League is slowly getting a lot more popularity in that part, that's why they took part last year. In fact, a lot of cosplayers dressed up as LoL-related characters as well at AX.

Shame if they don't get into this year's expo then.

Athenes LuluJun 28, 20151 votes

I remember they mentioned that they're not having their own booth this year at AX somewhere on Reddit or Boards, but things may change.

Yeah, I was rather disappointed too. Even though I'm hoping for people to actually sell League-related merchandise there, last year was already a good start at making more goodies.