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Going to be at Anime Central 2026 this weekend?

Keep up with the conversation in our Discord thread!

https://discord.com/channels/574709442344517706/1496665148343980165

If you can do one more thing for Anime Central this weekend, go support an industry guest!

They make all the anime you love!

Celebrate what makes conventions so fun at our Show Up & Show Off event at Anime Central 2026!

📅 Saturday May 16 2pm
📍 Anime Central 2026

ACen Prep & Pre-Game: Know Before You Go!, Thu, May 7, 2026, 7:00 PM | Meetup 7pm Doors / 7:15pm Talk / 8:00pm Social Hour **WHAT'S IT ABOUT?** Anime Central is right around the corner. Navigating the largest anime con in the Midwest can be a lot, s

Panels! Live Events! Merch! Oh my! Let’s make sense of all that madness.

Join us for our upcoming Anime Central Prep & Pre-Game!

📅 Thursday May 7 7pm
📍 Beermiscuous Lakeview

ACen Prep & Pre-Game: Know Before You Go!, Thu, May 7, 2026, 7:00 PM | Meetup 7pm Doors / 7:15pm Talk / 8:00pm Social Hour **WHAT'S IT ABOUT?** Anime Central is right around the corner. Navigating the largest anime con in the Midwest can be a lot, s

There’s so much to do at Anime Central!

Let’s make it more manageable with our planning party!

📅 Thursday, May 7 7pm
📍Beermiscuous Lakeview

ACen Prep & Pre-Game: Know Before You Go!, Thu, May 7, 2026, 7:00 PM | Meetup 7pm Doors / 7:15pm Talk / 8:00pm Social Hour **WHAT'S IT ABOUT?** Anime Central is right around the corner. Navigating the largest anime con in the Midwest can be a lot, s

Not sure what to do at ACen this year?

There’s a lot of great guests and our next Anime Showcase will feature their work!

📅 Tuesday, April 28 7pm

Anime Showcase: Made by 2026 ACen Guests, Tue, Apr 28, 2026, 7:00 PM | Meetup Not sure which events to attend at Anime Central 2026? Let us convince you to see some wonderful guests… with examples! We’re running some well-made shows made by creatives

Which anime is going to be your spring fling?

Find out at our upcoming Anime Sampler!

📅 Saturday April 18 Noon

Anime Sampler: Spring 2026, Sat, Apr 18, 2026, 12:00 PM | Meetup Join us for our Meetup members-only watch-party! We curate the new season’s best first episodes, introduce the title and studio, and discuss live how we like it. You leave

At least the Jackson Park cherry blossoms are actually coming out, unlike the next Madoka movie.