Meet Your Cosplay Friends During These Moments

It is time to start planning your lineup for FanimeCon 2025, as they have announced the schedule for the cosplay gatherings. The schedule includes the date, time, theme, and location of the cosplay gathering. Be aware that this list only accounts for official cosplay gatherings organized by FanimeCon.

To find the location of the gathering, check out the official map. The schedule for all official FanimeCon 2025 cosplay gatherings is as follows:

Friday, May 23rd

• 11:00 AM Naruto at location G9
• Noon My Hero Academia at location G6
• Noon Critical Role at location G9
• 1:00 PM Honkai Impact 3rd at location G4
• 1:00 PM  Wuthering Waves at location G6
• 1:00 PM Sports/Wrestling at location G7
• 1:00 PM Omori at location G9
• 2:00 PM Vocaloid at location G5
• 2:00 PM DC Comics at location G6
• 2:00 PM Blue Lock at location G7
• 2:00 PM Guilty Gear at location G8
• 3:00 PM Sonic at location G4
• 3:00 PM Visual Novels at location G5
• 3:00 PM Fallout at location G6
• 3:00 PM Solo Leveling at location G7
• 3:00 PM Ranma 1/2 at location G9
• 4:00 PM ITA-BAG MEETUP-! at location G3
• 4:00 PM Chainsaw Man at location G4
• 4:00 PM Magical Girls at location G6
• 4:00 PM Persona / Shin Megami Tensei at location G7
• 4:00 PM Alien Stage at location G8
• 5:00 PM Ensemble Stars at location G5
• 5:00 PM Dragon Ball at location G6
• 5:00 PM Marvel Rivals at location G7
• 5:00 PM Final Fantasy XIV at location G9
• 6:00 PM Old School (Pre-2001) at location G3
• 6:00 PM Yakuza at location G4
• 6:00 PM Love and Deepspace at location G5
• 6:00 PM Helluva Boss at location G9

Saturday, May 24th

• 10:00 AM Final Fantasy at location G5
• 10:00 AM Witch Hat Atelier at location G9
• 11:00 AM RWBY at location G3
• 11:00 AM Shonen Jump at location G6
• 11:00 AM IDOLiSH7 at location G7
• 11:00 AM Capcom at location G8
• 11:00 AM Inazuma Eleven at location G9
• Noon Blue Exorcist at location G6
• Noon One Piece at location G6
• Noon Nikke Goddess Of Victory at location G7
• Noon Blue Archive at location G8
• 1:00 PM Monster Hunter at location G4
• 1:00 PM Link Click at location G5
• 1:00 PM League of Legends at location G6
• 1:00 PM Pokemon at location G7
• 1:00 PM Touhou Project at location G8
• 1:00 PM The Locked Tomb at location G9
• 2:00 PM BART at location G3
• 2:00 PM Girl’s Frontline at location G4
• 2:00 PM Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint at location G5
• 2:00 PM Arcane at location G6
• 2:00 PM Super Smash Bros at location G7
• 2:00 PM Project Moon at location G8
• 2:00 PM Baulder’s Gate 3 at location G8
• 3:00 PM Fear & Hunger at location G3
• 3:00 PM Yu-Gi-Oh at location G4
• 3:00 PM The Legend of Heroes at location G5
• 3:00 PM Hololive at location G6
• 3:00 PM Fire Emblem at location G7
• 3:00 PM Hades at location G8
• 3:00 PM Fate Series at location G9
• 4:00 PM Fromsoft Games at location G4
• 4:00 PM Puella Magi Madoka Magica at location G5
• 4:00 PM My Hero Academia at location G6
• 4:00 PM Splatoon at location G7
• 4:00 PM Ballad of Sword and Wine location G8
• 5:00 PM Steven Universe at location G4
• 5:00 PM Punishing: Gray Raven at location G5
• 5:00 PM Genshin Impact at location G6
• 5:00 PM Marvel Rivals at location G7
• 5:00 PM Rainbow Six Siege at location G8
• 5:00 PM Jujutsu Kaisen at location G9
• 6:00 PM Arknights at location G6
• 6:00 PM Hazbin Hotel at location G6
• 6:00 PM Tokyo Revengers at location G6
• 6:00 PM All Idols at location G23

Sunday, May 25th

• 10:00 AM Spy X Family at location G6
• 11:00 AM Project Sekai at location G6
• 11:00 AM Ace Attorney and Project Sekai at location G7
• 11:00 AM Chiikawa at location G8
• Noon NU: Carnival at location G3
• Noon Gintama at location G4
• Noon Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba at location G6
• Noon Kingdom Hearts at location G7
• Noon Promise of Wizard at location G8
• 1:00 PM NIJISANJI at location G4
• 1:00 PM Bleach at location G5
• 1:00 PM Jujutsu Kaisen at location G6
• 1:00 PM Love Live! at location G7
• 1:00 PM DanDaDan at location G8
• 2:00 PM Toilet Bound Hanako-Kun at location G3
• 2:00 PM Reverse:1999 at location G4
• 2:00 PM Zenless Zone Zero at location G6
• 2:00 PM Naruto + Boruto at location G7
• 2:00 PM The Idolm@ster at location G8
• 2:00 PM Dragon Age at location G9
• 3:00 PM Studio Ghibli at location G4
• 3:00 PM Identity V at location G5
• 3:00 PM Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure at location G6
• 3:00 PM Granblue Fantasy at location G7
• 3:00 PM Fictional YouTube Characters at location G8
• 4:00 PM Honkai: Star Rail at location G6
• 4:00 PM Trigun at location G7
• 4:00 PM Cookie Run at location G8
• 5:00 PM Twisted Wonderland at location G6
• 5:00 PM Delicious in Dungeon at location G8
• 6:00 PM MXTX / Danmei at location G8

What to Expect

Cosplay gatherings are one of several events set to take place during FanimeCon 2025. There will also be panels and special guests. Among the guests are VTuber Dokibird, voice performer Jessie James Grelle, professional cosplayer and Gunpla builder VampyBitMe, and singer VK Blanka. Also on the guest list are Tom and Dorothy Elias-Fahn along with Japanese voice actors Tsubasa Yonaga and Atsushi Abe.

FanimeCon 2025 will take place during the Memorial Day Weekend at the San Jose Convention Center along with the surrounding locations. It’s one of the largest fan-organized anime conventions in North America.

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