Anime Evolution

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Anime Evolution
Status	Active
Venue	Simon Fraser University
Location	Burnaby, British Columbia
Country	Canada
Years in existence	1998 to Present
Organizer	AE Convention Corp.
Attendance	~3,600 in 2006
List of events	Video rooms, anime music videos, game shows, charity auction, and cosplay
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Anime Evolution is an anime convention held at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is put on by the AE Convention Corporation. It has traditionally been held in August, but it has also taken place in July at a couple of points in previous years. In 2006, Anime Evolution overtook Animethon as Western Canada's largest anime convention by ~150 attendees.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] History

Anime Evolution was originally known as Anime Showcase, and was held in 1998 by the SFU ARC club. It was a two-day showing of anime that was supposed to be held annually, with the help of the Vancouver Japanese Animation Society, the UBC Anime Club, and V-SWAT.

In 2001 it was renamed Anime Evolution and in 2003 became a full anime convention. It has grown each year since 1999, and had attendance of over 3,500 people in 2006.^{[citation needed]} It is currently held during the second-to-last week of August each year.

In 2006 Anime Evolution held its first convention conert, featuring Japanese band ZZ on the convention's Saturday night.

[edit] Events

• 24 hour anime screenings
• Anime music video contest
• Anime Idol
• Anime Walkoff - 'a male modelling walkoff similar to Zoolander'
• Charity Auction
• Name That Tune Game
• Cosplay Contest
• Karaoke
• Anime at the Improv (very similar to "Whose Line is it Anyway?")
• Cosplay Battle Chess
• Anime Dating Game
• Gundam Building Contest
• Yaoi Panel
• Dealers Room
• Dance/Rave
• Industry Guests Q&A
• Video Game room

[edit] Event Committee

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Anime Evolution is comprised of volunteered staff who work most of the year prior to the convention.

The convention itself is lead by a nine member elected executive board, which includes four top-level executives and five directors. Under these directors, there are managerial staff, then there are coordinators, ending with volunteered staff. The current board structure was introduced in the 2006 elections. These elections are held one month after the convention has completed.

[edit] AKA Kon and its relation to Anime Evolution

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AKA Kon was an anime convention that took place in November in 2000 and 2001.

Since the convention was disbanded, Anime Evolution has had to shrug off comments that relate the convention directly to AKA Kon. The two conventions were run separately, and although some of the staff from AKA Kon did come over to help out with Anime Evolution, the main staff were and have never been involved.

Because of the debts left with the area hotels, and the relationship damaging that the former convention had done with guests and industry, Anime Evolution has slowly been working to get the former problems resolved. With the convention rapidly expanding to the point where its current existence at the university is starting to meet its maximums, finding an appropriate convention space has been difficult due to the problems left behind by AKA Kon.