Well, im really just assuming what an anime is hihihi. But I think it would be somewhat close. One definition I found online is:

A style of animation developed in Japan, characterized by stylized colorful art and often adult themes.

I cant really put the difference in words, but they do look different to me. Some that are popular nowadays I think are fullmetal alchemist, bleach and naruto.

Im gonna post pictures after the expo. People actually dress like these characters for fun and theres gonna be a lot of em there.