The 15th annual event will take place October 24-26 at the Sharonville Convention Center.

Single day, weekend and VIP level tickets are all available for purchase!

Early Bird VIPs passes are extremely limited! All VIP attendees will benefit with admission all 3 days, early entry all 3 days, priority panel seating in the Queen City Panel Room, a T-shirt, and now adding a $20 voucher to be used at the Cincinnati Comic Expo Merch Booth!

Creator and artist Ryan Ottley will be featured at the 2025 Cincinnati Comic Expo!

He is most known for his work on the INVINCIBLE series. He is a contributing creator on the series who designed and co-created a large part of the INVINCIBLE universe with writer Robert Kirkman, and is the primary artist for 127 issues of the 144 issue run. It is now an animated TV series on Amazon Prime video that Ottley works as a consultant for.

After INVINCIBLE, Ottley went to Marvel and did 20 issues on Amazing Spider-Man with writer Nick Spencer. Then artist on HULK with writer Donny Cates. Ottley finished the run as both the writer and the artist.

Ottley is now back at Image comics and Skybound working with Kirkman on a new Invincible Universe title, BATTLE BEAST!

Meet Ryan Ottley by getting your tickets all weekend long to the 2025 Cincinnati Comic Expo!

"I know what I need to do with my life now. Life is so precious, so beautiful and to be able to protect that, that's an amazing gift."

Kristin Kreuk is the latest Smallville cast member to join us at the 2025 Cincinnati Comic Expo!

On camera, Kristin got her start as the star on Edgemont, followed by the role of Snow White in the made of television movie. Kristin then landed the role of Lana Lang in Smallville. While still working on Smallville, Kristin's credits grew with Eurotrip, Earthsea, Chuck, Ben Hur, and Robot Chicken. Kristin then starred in Beauty and the Beast for all 4 seasons, followed by starring in Burden of Truth for 4 more years. Fans have seen her with appearances in Ghostwriter and Reacher. Currently, she stars in Murder in a Small Town on FOX with season 2 coming this fall.

Get your admission tickets to the 2025 Cincinnati Comic Expo for an opportunity to get an autograph and photo op on Saturday and Sunday with Kristin!

"No. Don't. I surrender...........NOT!"

Ray Chase is returning to the Queen City for the 2025 Cincinnati Comic Expo!

His voice acting spans hundreds of projects covering a wide range of fandoms in animated series, anime, and video games. Many notable roles are Neuvillette from Genshin Impact, Sukuna from Jujutsu Kaisen, and Bucciaratti from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. His resume furthers with X-Men '97, Demon Slayer, Final Fantasy XV, Nier, Berserk, and Persona 5. His credits continue to include World of Warcraft, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Hunter x Hunter, FML, Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Fallout 4, Dragon Ball Super, My Hero Academia, Radiant, One Punch Man, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Vinland Saga, Baki, Blockbuster, The Seven Deadly Sins, Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, Pokemon, Halo Infinite, and others. He has recently been on Ultraman, Spider-Man 2, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and more!

Get your admission tickets to the 2025 Cincinnati Comic Expo for an opportunity to get an autograph with Ray!

Artist and director Dan Riba will be a guest at the 2025 Cincinnati Comic Expo!

Dan Riba is an Emmy winning animation director with over 35 years in the industry. He has worked as a character designer, storyboard artist, and assistant animator…but mostly is known as a director.

He has worked at several studios including Ruby-Spears, D.I.C., TMS, Warner Bros, Cartoon Network and DreamWorks. He is primarily known for his involvement with Batman, Superman, Batman Beyond and Justice League. He received Emmys for directing on Freakazoid, The New Batman/Superman Adventures and Batman Beyond. He also received two Annie nominations…one for directing “Clash” for Justice League Unlimited and one for “Con of Rath” for Ben 10 Alien Force.

Meet Dan Riba by getting your tickets to the 2025 Cincinnati Comic Expo!

Performing in Cincinnati for one night only, Smallville Nights is coming to the 2025 Cincinnati Comic Expo!



On Saturday, 10/25/25, spend an intimate evening with Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum where you not only enjoy interacting with, hearing stories, and asking questions, but will also have the rare opportunity to watch and participate with the 2 actors as they play out scenes from old Smallville scripts. Each fan will also leave with a unique gift from Michael and Tom.

The special event will take place at a room TBD at the Sharonville Convention Center beginning at 7:30PM. Event is estimated to end between 8:30 and 9:00PM. No selfies or autographs are allowed. Admission is required to every attendee, regardless of their age.

Get your admission tickets to Smallville Nights in the Cincinnati Comic Expo Extras under the Admission tickets!

For the first time ever at the Cincinnati Comic Expo, a fast pass option is available to add to any ticket level! This extra is available under the Extras tab which can be found under the Admission tickets on the sales page. Details on the option can be found under the listing.

Keep checking the Extras tab throughout the year as more events, additional options, merchandise, and other items are going to be added by the time of the show.

Applications are open and being reviewed for exhibitors to the 2025 Cincinnati Comic Expo!

This event will temporarily take place at the Sharonville Convention Center starting the weekend of October 24-26, 2025. With the new space, every artist, vendor, and exhibitor must apply first and undergo an approval before being permitted to register and complete signing up for the event. Interested exhibitors may apply for the 2025 Cincinnati Comic Expo!

Join us July 11-13, 2025, to celebrate anime and pop culture. During this event at the Sharonville Convention Center, you will be able to shop for art and merchandise from various exhibitors, meet voice actors, listen to panels and workshops, and more!

The Anime Ohio 2025 Costume Contest has been scheduled for this year!

The contest will take place on Sunday, July 13th, at 2pm. The contest itself will be held in the panel room (rooms 102-105).

All contestants must register and undergo prejudging on Sunday before the contest. Contestants must report to the table of MaryMaryCosplay on Sunday from 11am to 1pm. Her table will located next to the exhibit floor stage.

Judging the contest, MaryMaryCosplay will be joined by fellow cosplay guests McKenzie Shane and Tehdy B Cosplay.



Come see some of their crafted cosplay all weekend long or check out the contest on Sunday at Anime Ohio 2025!

Reservations are now available for sessions to the Maid Cafe!

This activity will be hosted by Le Petit Papillon Maid Cafe. Fans may check out more info and details about the cafe and preorder tickets to a session by ordering in the tab above!



Preorder tickets will be available until Thursday, 7/10. Then the tickets will be available at the table outside rooms 107/108, where the Maid Cafe will be hosted.

Get your admission tickets all weekend long to Anime Ohio 2025!

iCon video game play and tournaments will be set up in rooms 201-203 throughout the weekend of Anime Ohio 2025!

Get your admission tickets all weekend long to Anime Ohio 2025!

Volunteer applications are now open for Anime Ohio! 

Volunteers make Anime Ohio possible!

Volunteer applications are now open for Anime Ohio 2025!

Click on the Become A Volunteer button and complete the form!

No dirty work. No heavy lifting. Meet like-minded people like yourself and have fun with all of the attendees for the weekend.

"Are you a brave hero or an evil villain? Maybe you're a warrior with a heart of gold or the angstiest of bad-boys? Experience what it's like to record original dialogue for unique characters! Choose from over 60 different line options and have fun acting in our portable recording booth! You'll even receive your dialogue edited with music and special effects, so you can really feel like you're in that anime of your dreams!"

This activity is not run by Anime Ohio and is not included with admission to Anime Ohio. Additional fees apply to record audio. The location of the sound booth will be in Room TBD on the first floor.



Get your admission tickets all weekend long to Anime Ohio 2025 for an opportunity to check out this new activity coming to the show!

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