High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Anime USA (AUSA) is a fandom convention for anime, manga and Japanese culture enthusiasts. It is an annual three-day event held over a weekend in Crystal City, Virginia (as of Anime USA 2007), part of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Anime USA is traditionally held the weekend before Thanksgiving Day, with the exception being the 2004 convention, which was held on Halloween weekend. The event is organized by Anime USA, a non-profit organization incorporated in the state of Virginia, and operated and staffed entirely by unpaid volunteers many from local anime clubs, such as the Northern Virginia Anime Association. Anime USA`s official tagline is "Of Otaku, By Otaku, For Otaku".