St. Pete Comic Con organizer turns focus to anime, manga

Dewey Caruthers, the nerd culture ambassador who brought St. Petersburg its very own Comic Con earlier this year, is at it again with Anime St. Pete, a two-day celebration of Japanese animated cartoons, known as anime, and comic books, commonly referred to as manga.

Set for Sept. 17-18 at the Coliseum in downtown St. Pete, the event will feature appearances by six voice actors from popular anime shows, panel discussions, cosplay contests, a lip-sync competition, a TikTok film festival and a K-pop (Korean pop music) and J-pop (Japanese pop music) dance showcase. Some events will take place at the nearby Sunshine Center, and some require advance registration. See the complete event schedule, at AnimeStPete.FloridaComicCons.com/schedule, for details.