Anime LA 2026 Artist Alley haul
- shiimapan
- Feb 9
- 5 min read
The Anime LA Artist Alley continues to be fucking amazing in terms of finding new artists and the selection of merch, but also terrible for my wallet, haha. 😭💸 Still, I'm always more than happy to support my faves and this con continues to be a great way to kick off the new year! You're all here for the pretty pictures so let's get into it and I plan on getting an accompanying vlog up soon, to better showcase everything! At a glance, here are all the fandoms/series featured in this post: Kpop Demon Hunters, Katamari Damacy, Chainsaw Man, Legend of the Galactic Heroes (!!), Shin Megami Tensei, Doki Doki Literature Club, Jujutsu Kaisen, Hollow Knight, Silksong, VA-11 HALL-A, Fallout, Call of Duty, Baldur's Gate, Mass Effect, Monster Hunter, Disco Elysium, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Space Ghost, Home Movies, Dungeon Meshi, Transformers, Earthbound, and SoulsBorne. WHEW. 💀 There's also cats, photocard holders, and Citypop thrown in there for good measure~
Of course, I had to get this Derpy sticker sheet, which the artist said they used their cat as a reference and yes, I can definitely see it, haha. I didn't get into KPDH right away, but still very much enjoyed it and have the soundtrack on regular rotation!
I'm a simple woman, I see black cats, I buy!! 🖤
Anyone else buy this game because of the cows on the cover LMAO 🐄 plus it was only $20, and it's still one of the best $20 I've ever spent on a video game!
Uhh, so same with anything black cats, but if I see Yoru, I buy and I will always take the opportunity to tell the artist (and everyone in general tbh) that one of my cats is named after her, hehe.
I feel like I was genuinely loosing my mind at this artist's table, because they had Legend of the Galactic Heroes (!!) and Shin Megami Tensei, like what the actual FUCK. I of course, had to get the Demi-Fiend standee for David, and went back the next day for the Tadano Hitonari one, because fuck it, it's so incredibly rare to come across any SMT: Strange Journey merch in the wild, the helmet being removable (via magnet) is such an awesome touch! Note: the Arthur mini charm came with a ball chain keychain, but it's been swallowed and lost to the void in my bag somehow 😅 maybe it'll turn up at some point, though it's no biggie for me to buy a replacement.
The KPDH sticker got my initial interest, then I had to get the DDLC and JJK stickers for David, haha.
A cat bag that actually loafs?! Genius 💡 the artist had other cat styles too, which was really cute and of course, I had to pick up a matching acrylic keychain and stickers! I think the coffee mug one is my fave lol
Another thing I picked up for David, it's probably not obvious what these are, but they're binder clips and of course I had to get both The Knight and Hornet!
Another pickup for David, Jill from VA-11 Hall-A can you tell I I love buying trinkets for him wherever I go LMAO I still have to play the game myself, but I thought this acrylic keychain looked so cool!
OKAY SO LIKE, I originally found this artist because there's a whole story behind that Ghost sticker which I thought was hilarious, I'm not on TikTok anymore so I can't link the video but tl;dr put all these bitches in maid outfits with cat ears!!!!!!! 👏😤 I'm also glad I managed to grab ome of the last Joshua Graham acrylic charms!
I originally found this artist at Lvl Up Expo last year, I'm a bit bummed I won't be able to make it this year so I'm glad they were vending at Anime LA!! I previously bought their Narcaguga pin, and decided to get the matching Nergigante, both have a hinged head which is really cool and I don't see that done often!
I had no idea they were gonna be at the con LMAOOO so I only bought this one little keychain, seeing as I own a lot (ok, a ton) of their merch already 🙈 also you're gonna ignore how I need to deep clean my keyboard, sorry lol
I feel like I probably spent the most time at this booth trying to decide what acrylic keychains I wanted to buy LMAOOO 🙈 and for some reason I completely missed the Dungeon Meshi/Monster Hunter Palico stickers so I'm glad I had some time on Saturday to swing back!! They had asked me who I wanted to pull as it was random, and I said Izutsumi then I pulled Chilchuck and I was like: OKAY HOLD ON I'M HAPPY WITH THIS!! LMAO
himochi makes my absolute fave photocard holders around, and I'm so glad I was able to snag their new Game Boy photocard holder!! 🤗💖 'Gameboy' by Katseye is now playing in your head, you're welcome~
Harley was one of the first COD artists I found when I first got into the fandom, so it was great being able to see him and catch up at the con! I got a bunch of patches to put on my BGTF tactical crossbody bag, and his new König heart button! EVERYTHING on his Etsy is currently on sale and/or clearanced so if you're looking for cute COD and/or Transformers merch check it out!
I originally headed over to this artist's booth as OUSIA. mentioned that they have a LOGH-related ribbon 👀 so I bought this bag for David as it's in his style so I could get said ribbon, haha.
I bought David this desk mat last year, he really likes the size as it works well for his work from home setup, so I decided to get another desk mat from the same artist LOL 🤪😅 I got to pick out a free sticker and felt like I was going insane as there were like 100 designs to choose from, but Ranni won as she reminds us of one of our cats, Kainé!
If you made it to the end, here's your cat tax as I forgot to put one at the end of my previous post. Here's Yoru (left) and Kainé (right) staring at something. Probably their brother, Emil doing something incredibly stupid tbh.
If you attended Anime LA, did you pick up anything from these artists? My next con won't be until WonderCon in March, I think. I've been keeping an eye out for smaller cons/events to attend between now and then, but I haven't found any so far. If you know of any, please let me know so I can look into it!
See ya in the next one~
-shiimapan