After four long years the AnimeNEXT anime convention finally returns to great fanfare but not to great applause. Years 2020 and 2021 were lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic and 2022 was cancelled due to a spat with the Atlantic City Convention Center. For 2023 the organizers of AnimeNEXT decided to move the convention to the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center in Edison, NJ. However as attendees learned the hard way, things were not so rosy and fine with the new location.