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AnimeJapan 2018 5th Anniversary Announcing All 46 Programs For 5 AJ Open Stages

~Admission Tickets with Stage Lottery now on sale~

AnimeJapan 2018, the biggest Anime Event in the World celebrates its 5th Anniversary.
The long awaited Stage schedule is revealed, with 46 programs in total!
To celebrate the 5th anniversary, all 5 stages will be open to the public.
We will be bringing you new anime announcements, talk events, live performances and appearances by famous guests.
To view the AJ Open Stages from the reserved seats area, applying for the stage lottery is required.
Admission tickets with the stage lottery option are now on sale!
Tickets with original Ticket Holders are also on sale.
Check all 21 unique designs, some created especially for AnimeJapan 5th Anniversary.

AJ Open Stage [RED / WHITE / GREEN / YELLOW / BLUE] Schedule

【March 24 (Sat)】
RED Stage
・Program 1:Anireco TV Special Stage ~ The Princes Who Make up the Voices of TV Tokyo Anime ~
[MC] Yusuke Inoue (NON STYLE), Karen Miyama [Guests] Yuki Kaji, Natsuki Hanae, Ayumu Murase
・Program 2:BS11 "Anison Days" Special Stage
[Guests] Hiroko Moriguchi, Mikio Sakai, Wataru Komado
・Program 3:NETFLIX Anime Festival! Special Stage
[Guests] A lineup of a stellar cast and directors for NETFLIX series broadcasting in March.
・Program 4:GENCO New Anime Stage "Rokuhoudou Yorsuiro Biyori" and
"YU-NO: Kono Yo no Hate de Koi o Utau Shoujo"
[Guests] Junichi Suwabe, Yuichi Nakamura, Ari Ozawa, Yu Hayashi
・TV Anime "Fate/EXTRA Last Encore" Special Talk Stage
[Guests] Sakura Tange, Kana Ueda, and more

WHITE Stage
・Program 1:TV Anime "Jushinki Pandora" Pre-Broadcast Special Stage
[Guests] Tomoaki Maeno, Kenjirou Tsuda, Director Shoji Kawamori, and more
・Program 2:"The Seven Deadly Sins" Special Stage
[Guests] Yuki Kaji, Sora Amamiya, Misami Kuno, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Takagi Yuuhei
・Program 3:"Record of Grancrest War" Special Stage
[Guests] Kentarou Kumagai, Akari Kito, Yuichi Nakamura, Reina Ueda, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka,
Natsumi Takamori, Ai Kayano
・Program 4:"Darling in the Franxx" Stage Event
[Guests] Yuuto Uemura, Haruka Tomatsu
・Program 5:SACRA MUSIC LIVE STAGE
[Guests] GARNiDELiA、TrySail、LiSA

GREEN Stage
・Program 1:"Full Metal Panic! IV" Briefing Stage
[Guests] Gato Shouji, Tomokazu Seki, Satsuki Yukino, Yukana, Ikue Kimura, Daisuke Namikawa
・Program 2:BS Fuji Presents Anime Guild 2018 Series Broadcast Announcement (Temporary)
[Guests] Nichika Omori, others *To be updated
・Program 3:"Butlers ~Chitose Momotose Monogatari~" Special Talk Show
[Guests] Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Takuya Sato, Toshiyuki Toyonaga
・Program 4:"Non Non Biyori Vacation" Special Stage
[Guests] Kotori Koiwai, Rie Murakawa, and others

YELLOW Stage
・Program 1:"Yuragi-so no Yuna-san" Special Stage
[Guests] Yuki Ono, Miyuri Shimabukuro, Eri Suzuki, Rie Takahashi, others
・Program 2:TV Anime "Comic Girls" Pre-Broadcast Special Stage
[Guests] Hikaru Akao, Saori Onishi, Rie Takahashi and others
・Program 3:The 50th Anniversary work of Nagai Go TV Anime "Cutie Honey Universe" Special Stage
[Guests] Go Nagai, AOP, others (TBA)
・Program 4:Just Before the First Broadcast! TV Anime "Golden Kamuy" Special Stage
[Guests] Chikahiro Kobayashi, Haruka Shiraishi, Kentaro Ito

BLUE Stage supported by LIVE DAM STADIUM
・Program 1:TV Anime "Captain Tsubasa" Pre-Broadcast Special Stage
[Guests] Yuuko Sanpei, Kenichi Suzumura, Ayaka Fukuhara, Katsuyuki Konishi
・Program 2:"Kiratto Puri☆chan" Why Don't we try a Special Pre-Broadcast Stage!!
[Guests] Koko Hayashi, Miyu Kubota, Nanami Atsugi, Yuuka Morishima
・Program 3:Animelo Summer Live 2018 Presentation
[Guests] Guest singers, song writers in "Anisama 2018" [MC] Ken Washizaki
・Program 4:Anime "GeGeGe no Kitarō"' 50th Anniversary & New Series Commemorative Special Stage
[Guests] Miyuki Sawashiro, Masako Nozawa, others
・Program 5:LIVE DAM STADIUM "Anikara JAPAN" Special Stage (Temporary)
[Guests] TBA

【March 25 (Sun)】
RED Stage
・Program1:"Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online" Stage Event
[Guests] Tomori Kusunoki, Yoko Hikasa, Kuzuyuki Okitsu, Chinatsu Akasaki
・Program2:"Tada-kun wa Koi o Shinai" Special Stage
[Guests] Yuuichi Nakamura, Manaka Iwami, Mamoru Miyano , Shino Shimoji, Yuuichirou Umehara, Shizuka Ishigami, Hiro Shimono, Inori Minase
・Program3:"PERSONA5 the Animation" Special Stage
[Guests] Jun Fukuyama, Mamoru Miyano, Nana Mizuki, Tomokazu Sugita, Rina Satou, Aoi Yuuki, Haruka Tomatsu, Soichiro Hoshi, others
・Program 4:Godzilla: Kessen Kido Zoshoku Toshi
[Guests] Mamoru Miyano, Takahiro Sakurai, Tomokazu Sugita, Yuki Kaji, Junichi Suwabe
・Program 5:"STEINS;GATE 0" Anime Japan Special Stage
[Guests] Mamoru Miyano, Tomokazu Seki, Asami Imai, Sayuri Yahagi

WHITE Stage
・Program 1:TV Anime "LOST Song" Pre-Broadcast Special Stage
[Guests] Konomi Suzuki, Yukari Tamura, Misaki Kuno, Yuto Suzuki [MC] Takeshi Washizaki
・Program 2:"Space Battleship Yamato 2202" Talkshow of Love 2018
[Guests] Daisuke Ono (VA), Kenichi Suzumura (VA), Hiroshi Kamiya (VA), Nobuyoshi Habara (Director), Harutoshi Fukui (Script writer)
・Program 3:TV Anime "Magical Girl Site" Pre-Broadcast Talk Show & Live Stage!
[Guests] Yuko Ohno, Himika Akaneya, Aina Suzuki, Yu Serizawa, Haruka Yamazaki, i☆Ris
・Program 4:"My Hero Academia" Season 3 Pre-Broadcast Special Stage
[Guests] Daiki Yamashita, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Ayane Sakura, Kaito Ishikawa, Kouki Uchiyama,
Hiro Shimono, Misato Fukuen
・Program 5:Fate/Grand Order Special Stage in AnimeJapan 2018
[Guests] Nobunaga Shimazaki, Rie Takashi, Ayako Kawasumi


GREEN Stage
・Program 1:"Yowamushi Pedal GLORY LINE" Season 2 Pre-Broadcast Special Stage
[Guests] TBA
・Program 2:TV Anime "Karakai Jozu no Takagi-san" Last Episode Pre-Broadcast Special Stage
[Guests] Rie Takahashi, Yuki Kaji
・Program 3:"A.I.C.O. Incarnation" Special Stage
[Guests] Haruka Shiraishi, Yusuke Kobayashi, Ai Kayano, Ryota Takeuchi
・Program 4:Special Stage: Natsume Yujinchou: The Movie
[Guests] Hiroshi Kamiya, Kazuhiko Inoue, others

YELLOW Stage
・Program 1:"Dakaretai Otoko Ichii ni Odosarete Imasu" Special Stage
[Guests] Yuuki Ono, Hiroki Takahashi, Tetsuya Yanagihara (MC)
・Program 2:"Hakyū Hōshin Engi" AnimeJapan2018 Stage
[Guests] Ono Kensho, Takahiro Sakurai, Tomoaki Maeno, Kousuke Toriumi
・Program 3:"Uma Musume Pretty Derby" Pre-Broadcast Special Stage
[Guests] Azumi Waki, Marika Kouno, Machico, Ayaka Ohashi, Chisa Kimura, Hitomi Ueda, Saori Onishi
・Program 4:VAP Anime Announcement Event 2018
[Guests] NASUNAKANISHI, ONO KENSHO ,"3D KANOJO REALGIRL" MAIN CAST 2MEI, KUNO MISAKI, MURAKAWA RIE

BLUE Stage supported by LIVE DAM STADIUM
・Program 1:"Ninja Batman" AnimeJapan 2018 Special Stage
[Guests] Ai Kakuma
・Program 2:Smartphone Application "Ikemen Series" 2018 Latest Release Special Stage
[Guests] Genki Okawa, Yuki Ono, Takaya Kuroda, Toshinari Fukamachi
・Program 3:4th AniRaji Award's Winners Collaboration Stage
[Guests] Winners of the 4th Aniraji Award *To be announced in the middle March
・Program 4:Tohoku Shinsha's Latest Release Announcement
[Guests] TBA
・Program 5:LIVE DAM STADIUM "Anikara JAPAN" Special Stage (Temporary)
[Guests] TBA

※ Guests and stage programs might change. Thank you for your consideration.

Tickets

■Original Ticket Holders ※Sold only with Admission Tickets (with Stage Lottery and Ticket Holder)
https://www.anime-japan.jp/en/main/goods/
Original Ticket Holders are available in 21 different versions, some of which include character designs made especially for the AnimeJapan 2018 key-visual. All 21 versions come with AnimeJapan 2018 neck strap.

●Admission Tickets (with Stage Lottery and Ticket Holders)
Sales Period:Jan 27(Sat) 10:00~Feb 18(Sun) 23:59 JST
※Sold on first come, first served basis, until supplies last.
Price: \3,400 (tax included) per day
Sales Location: AnimeJapan Official Website

●Admission Tickets (with Stage Lottery)
Sales Period: Jan 27(Sat) 10:00~Feb 18(Sun) 23:59 JST
Price: \1,800 (tax included) per day
Sales Location: AnimeJapan Official Website
http://www.anime-japan.jp/en/ticket/outline/


AnimeJapan 2018 Event Outline

Event Name: AnimeJapan 2018
Venue: Tokyo Big Sight (3-10-1 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-0063)
East Hall 1-8, East Exhibition Hall [Public Area]
Reception Hall, Conference Tower 1F [Business Area]
Main Area Dates: 10:00-17:00 Mar 24 [Sat] – 25 [Sun] 2018 ※Last Admission 16:30
Business Area Dates: 10:00-17:00 Mar 22 [Thu] – 23 [Fri] 2018 ※Last Admission 16:30
Special Sponsor: Sony × Fate/Grand Order
Sponsors: GODZILLA STORE × TOHO animation STORE / LIVE DAM STADIUM / SANKYO CO., LTD. / d AnimeStore / FIELDS CORPORATION
Supporters: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry / The Association of Japanese
Animations / The Association of MANGA Publishers
Organizer : AnimeJapan Organization
Program: Exhibition Booths (Displays/Sales) / Special Stages /
Business Area ※at Reception Hall, Conference Tower 1F / others
Tickets: Available from January 27(Sat) 2018
Pre-Ticket: Junior High Students and above: ¥1,800 (tax included) / Elementary
School Students and under: Free
Door Ticket: Junior High Students and over: ¥2,200 (tax included) / Elementary
School Students and under: Free
Official Website: http://www.anime-japan.jp/en/
Official Twitter: @animejapan_aj (hashtag:#animejapan)
Administrator: AnimeJapan Administration Office
[Sony Music Communications Inc.]

※Sony × Fate/Grand Order is a Sony Corporation and Fate/Grand Order joint sponsorship.

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