{"id":655,"date":"2026-03-19T18:20:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alicante-smarthotel.com\/?p=655"},"modified":"2026-03-19T18:23:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:23:21","slug":"manga-salon-in-alicante","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alicante-smarthotel.com\/en\/manga-salon-in-alicante\/","title":{"rendered":"Alicante Manga Convention to take place on 28\u201329 March 2026 at Fira Alacant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Alicante, on 28\u201329 March 2026, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.japanweekend.com\/alicante\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sal\u00f3n del Manga de Alicante 2026<\/a> will take place. The event will be held at Fira Alacant and organized by Japan Weekend. Tickets are already on sale, and the official poster for this new edition was created by illustrator Essie Lop.<\/p>\n<h2>Main guests<\/h2>\n<p>The organizers have already introduced the first festival participants. The announced guests include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hiroshi Kitadani \u2013 singer;<\/li>\n<li>MindaRyn \u2013 singer;<\/li>\n<li>Essie Lop \u2013 illustrator;<\/li>\n<li>Hermione \u2013 cosplayer;<\/li>\n<li>Kujalice \u2013 cosplayer;<\/li>\n<li>Hummy \u2013 cosplayer;<\/li>\n<li>Sara Vivas \u2013 voice actress;<\/li>\n<li>Carlos Ysbert \u2013 voice actor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What the program will include<\/h2>\n<p>On the main stage, there will be a meeting with Carlos Ysbert and Sara Vivas, concerts by MindaRyn and Hiroshi Kitadani, a cosplay contest, Asian Cover Dance, Idol Festival, and award ceremonies. In addition, there will be a K-pop Zone with Random Dance Play, themed quizzes, dance sessions, and workshops.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors will also be able to enjoy free activities and workshops. The official program page lists gaming areas, tournaments, board game demonstrations, pop culture-inspired activities, workshops in Japanese calligraphy, origami, Korean language, and other themed formats. There will also be an autograph area and a creators\u2019 area.<\/p>\n<h2>Location and useful information<\/h2>\n<p>The event will take place at: Fira Alacant, Carretera N-340, km 731, 03320 Elche, Alicante. The venue is located between Alicante and Elche, next to El Altet International Airport. There will be food outlets on site, and visitors will also be allowed to bring their own food.<\/p>\n<p>More information about the event and the program is available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.japanweekend.com\/alicante\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official festival page<\/a>, and tickets can be purchased on the <a href=\"https:\/\/entradas.japanweekend.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Japan Weekend ticket sales website<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Alicante, on 28\u201329 March 2026, the Sal\u00f3n del Manga de Alicante 2026 will take place. The event will be held at Fira Alacant and organized by Japan Weekend. Tickets are already on sale, and the official poster for this new edition was created by illustrator Essie Lop. Main guests The organizers have already introduced\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alicante-smarthotel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alicante-smarthotel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alicante-smarthotel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alicante-smarthotel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alicante-smarthotel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/alicante-smarthotel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":659,"href":"https:\/\/alicante-smarthotel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655\/revisions\/659"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alicante-smarthotel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alicante-smarthotel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alicante-smarthotel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alicante-smarthotel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}