OffKai Expo is an up-and-coming convention being held for the first time ever in just a few weeks. For the uninitiated, an offkai is an "offline meeting." Offline, aka "real life" or "in person," as opposed to online. Given that a lot of us haven't seen each other in years at this point, the name is fitting.  OffKai Expo focuses on one thing that really blew up over the last few years: Virtual YouTubers, or virtual streamers, or whatever you'd like to call them. Now, streaming itself isn't anything new, but the combination of anime plus streaming is what OffKai Expo is all about. The OG, Kizuna Ai, now sleeps, but the world has been left in the capable hands of many, many others.

Aside from the wide variety of games, there was also some very some very impressive cosplayers on the show floor. Here's just a quick look at some of the coolest cosplay we found at PAX West.

The fourth and final event of the July Fourth weekend is Kurocon (Kurotsukicon). Kurocon, you ask? Don't worry if you've never heard of it; I hadn't either until earlier this week when a friend told me about it. There's a Canadian eventer (slang for a person who goes to Japanese events, generally musical in nature, and generally a lot of them) who goes by the name of Kurotsuki. As Anime Expo was not taking place this year he decided, perhaps jokingly, to make his own event. Things kind of ran from there, a bunch of people jumped on board, industry joined too, and voila, here we are.

The third event of 2020's July Fourth weekend is Aniplex Online Fest. Much like FunimationCon, Aniplex Online Fest is all about Aniplex's own franchises and IP. Aniplex Online Fest takes place on July 4-5.