Anime Expo announced today that with the continued uncertainties surrounding COVID-19, the physical Anime Expo event in Los Angeles scheduled to be held between July 2-5 will be canceled. Ray Chiang, the CEO of The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA) announced the cancellation in a press release on the Anime Expo website.

Chiang went on to confirm that Anime Expo Lite, the online virtual convention held last year, will return for the July 4 weekend.