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At this year's Crunchyroll Expo, we met up with Rosalie Chiang who was very excited to attend her very first anime convention. Chiang is best known for her work as the character Mei Lee in the Pixar movie Turning Red on Disney Plus. We sat down with Chiang, to discuss anime, Turning Red, and more. Read on for the full interview!

Crunchyroll Expo's annual industry panel gave us a look at a massive amount of content to look forward to on the premiere anime streaming service.

Crunchyroll Expo is fast approaching. On Friday, July 22, anime fans at San Diego Comic Con were given a sneak-preview of one of the musical acts, ATARASHII GAKKO!. In Japan, they're known as 新しい学校のリーダーズ (ATARASHII GAKKO NO LEADERS), and the quartet brings a frenetic pace that transcends any one genre.

For fans of anime, San Diego Comic Con is not the kind of place you see the biggest announcements or the biggest releases. Most big news comes via Anime Expo just a few weeks prior. And with Crunchyroll Expo, happening in just a few weeks, Crunchyroll's big events are going to be reserved. This year, however, Crunchyroll is linking up with San Diego Comic Con to give you two concerts and some more fun.

Crunchyroll Expo's 2022 edition features a slightly different musical format than last time.  Instead of a concert with a separate ticket purchase, they have decided to make it all-inclusive with your badge.  They've just announced BURNOUT SYNDROMES as one of the headliners of the New Cruncy City Music Fest.

FLOW took the stage and performed at Crunchyroll Expo in San Jose on August 30th.  This was FLOW’s third time performing in San Jose with the first and second at Fanime Con in 2010 and 2011. It's been eight years since then. The concert was sold out with approximately 2,000 people in attendance.

Dance and vocal group MADKID is composed of five members who performed for the first time in the United States at Crunchyroll Expo on September 1st. The quintet features both singers and rappers and all of the members execute their dancing with a crispness second to none.  They appeared twice during the expo and we were there for both.

FLOW has performed in the US several times but San Jose is the first and only place where they've performed three times. Debuting in 2003, the band consists of KOHSHI (Vo/Gt), KEIGO (Vo), TAKE (Gt), GOT'S (Bass), and IWASAKI (drums). The band is famous for their many anime opening and ending songs. We had the chance to chat with them and ask what their thoughts were about their first appearance at Crunchyroll Expo and about their concert from the night before. 

22/7 (pronounced "Nanabun no Nijyuuni") is a project that has been in production for quite a while but may have flown under your radar.  Three of the eleven members made the trek to last year’s Anime Expo and this year they find themselves at Crunchyroll Expo. They’ve released a total of four singles and come early 2020 will have their anime premiere.  Today we find ourselves spending time with California native Sally Amaki (voice of Sakura Fujima), Ruri Umino (voice of Jun Toda), and Kanae Shirosawa (voice of Akane Maruyama) to learn a little more about the group and their histories.

We're about two weeks out from Crunchyroll Expo and they're not done with announcements. This is Crunchyroll's second time in San Jose and third event overall and they're setting the bar extremely high for conventions not only in California but across the United States.