I am not going to lie going to MCM comic con the last few years have become a bit of a chore to attend. Watching the onces must see event truning to a just a other event had been a bit sad going from companies shown off their must see shows truning into lucky bag stalls has been a sad sight, that been sad it’s not fully Reed pop fault with a global pandemic and a lot of big companies in the nerd spaces especially video game companiese have been downsizing I can understand staying a float is more important than showing up at comic con.

MCM comic con may 2025 was a step in the right direction it was going to be interesting to see what October MCM Comic con was going to bring to the table taking places on the 24th to the 26th of October at the excel center I went in with a bit of optimism as there was more of the excel center been used with promise of some big things to see.

Anime limited/All the anieme

Anime Limited had a Dandadan them stall this year they had even planed a dandadan guest Director Fuga Yamashiro but sadly he had to pull out last minute but that didn’t stop the dandadan fun with a Dandadan photo opportunity free Dandadan posters stickers and voting paddle this was a Dandadan fans dream with the opportunity to be the first to buy the Dandadan bluray set with 2 different editions a alien edition and a yokai edition. Dandadan wasn’t the only show on show cyberpunk edgerunners new blu ray was also available for the very first time and a lot of work had gone into like all of anime limited special edition, with a ride range of blu-rays dvd and vinyl anime limited had a amazing range, old and new with some great prices on older stock did see a great deal on Your lie in april which I would have picked up if it wasn’t for the fact I already have it, also great to catch up with Andrew and I am looking foward to seening what anime limited are bringing out next.

Crunchyroll

Its was great to see crunchyroll back at mcm comic con after not appearing in May crunchyroll returned with a huge booth sadly there was nothing for sale like last October but there was a lot of activities to do such as out punch One punch man, guess who with the my hero academia cast (I a had a round with scott from anime blu ray uk) and a photo booth with free photos. Also if you where a crunchyroll premium subscriber and show it to the staff you got a free attack on titan poster and a free candle. Was kind of stock not to see anything for chainsaw man the movie reze arc that is out this weekend in uk cinemas but was just nice to see crunchyroll back at MCM comic con

Bandai namco

Bandai namco had a huge stall with the return of the huge Gundam Bandai Namco had a huge shop with many products from one piece, naruto, dragon ball godzilla and of Course gundam with a huge range of gunpla exclusive to this, the event the line was almost wrapping around the stall as kind Gundam fans try get there exclusives they was after I was very happy to walk out with both set I was looking for there was also a gashapon area sadly not as big as other years but they did have a a white selection for the area they had including the really hard to find Dandadan gashpon that was even sold out in japan when I last visted. Over all a other great showing from Bandai Namco

Panini manga

I am going to have a bigger report later on about Panini manga new releases but was lovely to see panini take manga seriously with some very passionate staff with the panel was super fun and Scott from Anime blu ray UK won himself a free manga. Its wonderful to see kingdom hearts 3 manga will be getting a full release in english (I know Beth one of my co host will be happy about this its been stuck on part 3 for years) also lovely to see the kingdom hearts 1 manga rerelease having extra content never seen before in previous English releases and lovely to see panni go above & Beyond.

Traveling man

Traveling man had one of the best stall all of mcm comic con with a full on both this time they had 3 for 2 on most manga making this any manga readers dream Scott was like a kid in a candy store picking out all the manga he wanted. There was also a nice selection of gumpla kits with some of them been hard to find elsewhere.

Over all Mcm comic con was a huge improvements I will admit I still think the tickets are a bit too expensive and would like to see more video games stalls dose fills like the EGX area is getting smaller each year which is sad to see. It was love to see huge range of cosplayers from all types of series, the artist alley was full of many wonderfull artist with a lots of k pop demon hunters that made me very happy to see, also a lot of pokemon cards with brotherhood of games having the best range I pick up a beat up base set Chazriad for £30.

MCM comic con london will retrun next year in May and October with the MCM Comic con birmingham 28 – 30 Nov 2025 more info here

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