Houston’s Anime Matsuri convention announced on May 31 that it has hired former Anime Expo CEO Marc Perez as the con’s chief operating officer, reporting to con chair Deneice Leigh.
Perez announced in April that he left his job as the CEO of Anime Expo’s parent company Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA).
Anime Matsuri will hold its next convention on April 7-9, 2017 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston.
Perez told ANN that Anime Expo’s focus will remain the same, but SPJA will broaden its focus to include other types of entertainment media.