The last in-person AnimeNEXT event was held at Atlantic City Convention Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey in June 2019.
The staff of New Jersey-based anime convention AnimeNEXT announced on Wednesday that it is calling off all public-facing attractions of AnimeNEXT 2022, which includes the in-person convention.
The staff is canceling the event because of issues with the Atlantic City Convention Center, which the convention had been using since 2016.
Due to the contractual obligations, the convention staff still required to hold an “event” within the convention center or they would trigger multiple cancellation clauses.