Convention attendees in San Antonio will compete live against players in 196 countries, with a real-time leaderboard and dozens of prizes
SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Masters of Triobal Collection 2026, will exhibit at San Japan, the largest anime and gaming convention in the South Texas region, taking place September 4 to 6, 2026 at the Henry B. González Convention Center
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Professor Leonard Whitman, Masters of Tri
At the center of the company’s presence is a live multiplayer anime quiz tournament that connects the convention floor to the platform’s worldwide player base. Attendees who visit the Masters of Trihem. They will be answering the same questions, at the same moment, as players in 196 countries, with results appearing on a live leaderboard visible throughout the event
Dozens of prizes will be awarded across the three days, and Professor Whitman, the company’s mascot, will appear on the floor throughout the convention.
“Anime fandom is one of the most knowledgeable communities on the internet, and it does not respect borders,” said Dom Einhorn, Founder and CEO of Masters of Trihed the same series, argued about the same episodes, and know the same obscure details. San Japan gives us the chance to put them in the same room, or as close to the same room as a leaderboard allows.”
A convention floor connected to a global player base
Most convention trins, and a winner known only to the people present. The Masters of Triorm’s live anime and gaming categories, scored in real time, and ranked against the wider player population, so a strong performance at San Japan registers globally rather than locally
The format is designed to reward depth rather than speed alone. Questions range across series history, adaptation differences between manga and anime, voice acting, studio production, and the gaming titles that have grown alongside the medium.
“What we keep learning is that fans do not want to be tested, they want to be recognized,” said Dr. Hanh Nguyen, Chief Brand Officer at Masters of Triours somebody spent on something they love actually amount to expertise.”
Anime and gaming as a knowledge category
Masters of Triries, with gaming and entertainment among the most heavily played. The company’s presence at San Japan reflects a broader position: that popular culture is a legitimate knowledge domain, with its own history, technical vocabulary and standards of expertise, and that quizzing is one of the most effective ways to demonstrate and retain what people know
That approach was recognized earlier this year with the company’s selection to the HundrED Global Collection 2026, an annual identification of impactful and scalable innovations in education.
Masters of Triive players in 196 countries
Convention attendees can find Masters of Tri tournament times and prize categories will be announced ahead of the event
Masters of Trivia is a global trivia and edutainment platform founded in 2005 and operated by Masters of Trivia, Inc., a Wyoming corporation and subsidiary of Intelligent Games LLC. The platform offers more than 100,000 quizzes across 17 primary categories, including movies, music, gaming, history, geography, sports and literature, and serves more than 300,000 monthly active players across 196 countries. Masters of Trivia was selected to the HundrED Global Collection 2026. The company is led by Founder and CEO Dom Einhorn. More information is available at mastersoftrivia.com.
San Japan is the largest anime and gaming convention in the South Texas region, held annually in San Antonio, Texas. The 2026 edition takes place September 4 to 6, 2026 at the Henry B. González Convention Center.
Dom Einhorn
Founder and CEO, Masters of Tri
