WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. has announced that it will be hosting several panels at this year’s upcoming Anime Expo convention, which runs from July 3, 2025 to July 6, 2025. The company confirmed that it will have a booth on the four-day event’s floor and is also bringing Tower of God creator SIU for his first-ever U.S. appearance.
WEBTOON’s panel programming will feature appearances from creators uru-chan (unOrdinary) and Brandon Chen (Just a Goblin, Overtime Elite), as well as industry executives and experts who will “explore the intersecting worlds of webcomics and anime.” The panels will also go over “anime’s complex power systems and stylized action, the growing webcomics-to-anime pipeline, and the crossover between sports, anime, and webcomics.”
The company’s full panel programming details are as follows:
- • The Art of Battle: Creating High-Impact Fights in Manga and Webcomics (July 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM PST in Room 402AB)
- • The Art of Leveling Up: Designing Power Systems in Anime, Manga, and Webcomics (July 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM PST in Room 411)
- • The Fans Go Wild: Sports, Anime, and Webcomics in Pop Culture (July 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM PST in Room 411)
- • Anime, Animation, and Webcomics: What’s Next? (July 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM PST in Room 411)
Meanwhile, at the WEBTOON booth located in the Entertainment Hall (E-90), fans will be able to purchase exclusive merchandise such as an exclusive Tower of God poster, where they will be able to meet the creator, SIU. It will also feature interactive games, photo ops, and free collectible WEBTOON signing cards.
Attendees can also purchase premium merchandise at the WEBTOON booth, with one exclusive item dropping each day of the convention.
Creator signings at the WEBTOON booth (E-90) are as follows:
- • July 3, 2025 from 1:00 PM — 2:00 PM PST: uru-chan and Brandon Chen
- • July 3, 2025 from 2:30 PM — 3:30 PM PST: Junepurrr (SubZero) and Red (School Bus Graveyard)
- • July 4, 2025 from 1:00 PM — 2:30 PM PST: SIU
- • July 5, 2025 from 1:00 PM — 2:30 PM PST: SIU
Dates, times, and locations for all Anime Expo panels and signings will be available on the Anime Expo website. WEBTOON’s Anime Expo schedule will be updated on its Twitter/X and Instagram accounts.
Source: press release
