Anime Express

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Anime Express
Status	Inactive
Venue	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Location	Daytona Beach, Florida
Country	United States
Years in existence	1997 to 2006
Organizer	Anything Goes Anime Club
Attendance	Estimated 1,100 paid attendees (2006)^[1]
Official Website

Anime Express is Florida's longest running anime convention. Hosted by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Anything Goes Anime Club, it had been held every year in Daytona Beach, Florida from 1997 until 2007 when it was canceled due to a tornado that struck Embry-Riddle on Christmas.^[2]

1 History
2 Origin of Anime Express's mascot
3 Previous guests
4 Previous dealers
5 References
6 External links

[edit] History

The first Anime Express was held in March of 1997 and was solely a project of the Anything Goes Anime (AGA) club at Embry-Riddle. Since then, the AGA club has made many partnerships with other nearby anime-affiliated organizations to help run and provide content for the convention. These groups include Orange Anime, Anime Belle, and Wasabi Anime, most of which are based out of nearby Orlando, Florida.^{[citation needed]} The convention is traditionally held the weekend before the Embry-Riddle's spring break, so it usually falls on the third weekend in March.^[3]

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[edit] Origin of Anime Express's mascot

The mascot of Anime Express was drawn specifically for Anime Express by manga artist Steve Bennett, who has worked as an artist on several anime series, including Urusei Yatsura.^{[citation needed]}