ABOUT THE SPJA

The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA) is a non-profit California Corporation founded and administered by a volunteer staff. The purpose of the SPJA is to popularize and educate the American public about Japanese animation (anime) and comics (manga), as well as provide a forum, Anime Expo, to facilitate communication between professionals and fans.

The SPJA seeks to highlight the positive aspects of anime in the United States. Among the ways that the SPJA promotes Japanese animation and manga is through the SPJA Industry Awards, which seek to recognise and reward excellence in both the Japanese and American animation and comics industries.

The SPJA also promotes Japanese animation in the U.S. by working with the media to create magazine and newspaper articles as well as television stories with a positive view of Japanese animation.

Stories about the work of the SPJA have appeared in newspapers and magazines all over the world. Japanese magazines such as "B-Club", "Newtype, the Moving Pictures Magazine","Animedia", and Animage" have covered our event for many years. Domestic publications like the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Oakland Tribune, San Jose Mercury News and the Village Voice have also run articles about Anime Expo. Anime Expo has also received US-wide television coverage on the Sci-Fi Channel.

The SPJA seeks to provide an objective view of the Japanese animation industry through EX: The Online World of Anime and Manga. The premier online magazine devoted to the Japanese animation industry on both sides of the Pacific, EX has a readership base of both fans and industry professionals spread across five continents.

Anime Expo is a servicemark of the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation.
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