Anime Mascots News & Events

Upcoming Events

Visit BART at FanimeCon 2024 from Friday, May 24, to Monday, May 27, 2024. Join us for new merch, free buttons, eki stamps, life size stands, tech jobs, and more! BART is located at Dealer's Hall Table 1201, directly in front of the west entrance, which is across from Artist Alley. More details at bart.gov/anime. At the top of this graphic, you can find an illustration of our Anime Mascots. In the center of this graphic, there is a strip of three photos featuring a group cosplay photo, an eki stamp with buttons, and a sneak peek of a Baylee t-shirt design.

BART will be at FanimeCon 2024, with a pop-up merch store and a cosplay meetup on Sunday evening. More details to come.

There is an Official BART Cosplay Gathering on Sunday, May 26, 2024, 5:30pm at gathering location G4. Gathering location G4 is outdoors, in the main plaza facing San Carlos Street, near the Marriott hotel side. Come for cosplay (depicted as a photo of a Mira cosplayer holding up her badge), make friends (depicted as a photo of two people holding up BART gear together), and take photos (depicted as a group cosplay photo!) We will also bring our life size stands (depicted as a photo of our FanimeCon 2023 table.) Discord gathering chat server is QnSn4FpEpC (case sensitive.) Cosplay references & guides at bart.gov/anime. There is also a cosplay discount on May 24-27, 2024 for in-person purchases at the BART FanimeCon table. Get 15% off your entire purchase for coming in cosplay of the BART mascots. Get 5% your entire purchase for coming in cosplay of other transit mascots or fictional railway crew. Cosplayer must be present. Full text at bart.gov/anime.

FanimeCon 2024 Cosplay Discounts

Get a cosplay* discount at the BART table at FanimeCon 2024

15% off your entire for coming in cosplay of the BART mascots:

  • Cosplays of Baylee, Nimbus, Jasmine, Mira, or Barty:

15% off entire purchase for coming in cosplay of other transit mascots or fictional railway crew:

  • Any railway crew/staff from: published anime, manga, webcomics, video games, mobile games, or VTubers.
    • For Honkai: Star Rail, only the Astral Express Crew counts.
  • Any non-BART transit mascot (including via collabs.)
  • Cosplays with any transit-inspired outfits.
  • Humanized depictions of Bay Area transit.

Valid May 24-27, 2024 for in-person purchases at the BART table at FanimeCon 2024. Cosplayer must be present at transaction. Limit one discount per transaction.

 

Past Events

  • BART launched the mascots at FanimeCon 2023, the largest anime convention in the Bay Area. We gave out exclusive mascot charms and educated people about how to take BART and VTA to travel to South Bay. We also promoted our youth discount.
  • BART also had a table at the OffKai Expo VTuber convention in June 2023.
  • On September 16, 2023 BART held a Meet the Anime Mascots event at Powell St. Station. More than 700 riders came by to take photos with the mascots and grab a prize from the BART capsule ball machine. Some people came in cosplay of our mascots. We also introduced a stamp rally.