HAMPTON — Virginia’s longest-running Anime convention, NekoCon, is returning to the Hampton Roads Convention Center from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2.

NekoCon has been an annual event since 1998, with the exception of the COVID-19 pandemic. NekoCon 2025 will be the 27th event in Hampton. Last year’s attendance was in the ballpark of 7,000, according to organizers, who added several programs from last year will be returning.

The event derives its name from the Japanese word for cat, and this year’s cat pun theme is “Cy-Purr-Punk.” Historically, the con explained its theme had always been staff-suggested and voted, however, last year, it began gathering information from attendees, including what types of events they would like to see in the future.

From there, a top 10 list of the most popular was c

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