Fandom Events, a Texas based company that put on OkiCon, the “adult anime” focused Ecchi Expo, and several other anime themed events, has announced they are shutting down.
Status Update: Fandom Events
Fandom Events, LLC has ceased operations and will not be producing future events.
On January 26, 2026, Fandom Events, LLC completed the sale and assignment of certain intellectual property assets, including event names, branding, and related digital assets, to Lion & Crown, LLC.
Lion & Crown, LLC did not assume and is not responsible for any debts, liabilities, obligations, refunds, or claims related to Fandom Events, LLC or its past events.
Fandom Events, LLC is not accepting ticket purchases, vendor applications, sponsorships, or event registrations. This website is maintained solely to provide public information about the company’s status and to prevent confusion.
A FAQ on the same page restates the above in several different ways without adding any information. A listing on VideoGameCons.com has past events frun by Fandom Events and future ones that got cancelled:
Anime New Mexico 2026 — March 27-29, 2026
Ecchi Expo San Antonio 2025 — December 12-14, 2025
OKiCon 2025 — November 7-9, 2025
Ecchi Expo Orlando 2025 — September 5-7, 2025
Windblume 2025 — August 22-24, 2025
Ecchi Expo Denver 2025 — August 8-10, 2025
Ecchi Expo Dallas 2025 — July 18-20, 2025
Fort Smith Comic Con 2025 — June 14-15, 2025
Anime Lubbock 2025 — May 24-25, 2025
Anime Onsen 2025 — May 2-4, 2025
OKiCon Tulsa 2025 — April 4-6, 2025
Anime New Mexico 2025 — March 28-30, 2025
Bomb City Con 2025 — March 1-2, 2025
Power Up Expo 2025 — January 10-12, 2025
As for the identity of new entity “Lion and Crown”, a Texas business registry shows that it is owned by Joshua Wilson, who is also the owner of Fandom Events.
I’m not enough of an expert in anime events to know what this all means – but for some tea there is a Reddit thread. Allowing for the usual outrage boost inherent in Reddit, it sounds like this family of events had some complaints in the past. In addition, they say Wilson was on the Ecchi Expo discord stating “We will still host conventions under a different banner, stay tuned for updates.”
Again I am not an expert, but this sounds like the increasingly popular “start a new LLC and transfer assets while shutting down the old one” maneuver.
