Anime Vegas

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Anime Vegas
Status Active
Venue Cashman Center
Location Las Vegas, Nevada
Country Flag of United States United States
Years in existence 2004 to present
Organizer Anime Vegas, Inc.
Official Website

Anime Vegas is an anime convention and monthly gathering for fans with an interest in anime, manga, and other aspects of Asian culture in the Las Vegas and Henderson area. The convention was founded in 2004 and takes place annually in Las Vegas, Nevada.[citation needed]

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[edit] History

Anime Vegas began as a monthly anime club in Las Vegas. The screenings are traditionally held at the West Charleston Library. The first meeting was held September 28th 2002 with an attendance of 9 people. Since the first meeting, the club has grown by leaps and bounds with current monthly attendance around 150 people ranging in ages from 12-30 years. The screenings are co-sponsored by the Clark County Library District and have been free to attend since inception. The goal of Anime Vegas is to promote awareness of Japanese culture through animation and current media.[citation needed]

In September of 2004, the club founder started their first anime convention, Anime Vegas. It was a free event and open to the public. The event attracted 1019 attendees to the first convention, convincing the organizers to continue the event.[citation needed]

[edit] The Convention

The actual Anime Vegas convention has just celebrated its third year in existence. The three day convention usually takes place some time in the fall. The first year convention took place on Labor Day weekend, the second one moved to Halloween, and the third went back to Labor Day.[citation needed]

Unlike most other conventions where the attendee to guest ratio is low, the AV staff has striven to schedule many guests, while attendance ranges in just a few thousand. This has been seen by guests and attendees alike as a "much more personal convention," while voice actress Laura Bailey has said "You should enjoy it now while it's still young, before it blows up," like other conventions.[cite this quote]

[edit] Guests

Guests at Anime Vegas have included American voice actors, directors, artists, industry representatives, musical guests, and other anime and non-anime-affiliated people. The convention has had many guests in attendance (listed in alphabetical order by last name), including the following:


For the 2006 convention, Anime Vegas was able to book several Japanese guests and bands. The bands were solo guitarist Higuchi Makiko, electro-pop duo Miami, and rock band Samurai Delicatessen. All performed a concert for the attendees. The two Japanese artists present were Kouta Hirano of Hellsing fame, and Hideyuki Kurata, creator of Read or Die.[citation needed]

[edit] Events

Events include standard panels, some about shows the present voice actors are working on, random open-mic question and answer panels, fan panels, gripe sessions, game shows, trivia contests, video game contests, a cosplay masquerade, open microphone, karaoke, plus more. There is also a video game room with assorted video, card, and table top games, and several screening rooms showcasing new anime and Japanese music videos, along with anime music videos created by attendees. Also new to this year was a dance, which will hopefully be repeated in later years.[citation needed]

[edit] Minions

Like other conventions, there are volunteers working with the staff to help out. Unlike other conventions, they are lovingly referred to as "Minions", due to the Minion Mistress's (staff in charge of "minion" managing) hate for the word "volunteer". They have been known to take over any given panel on the last day, declaring a Minion Revolution, where they march in and sing the Star Wars Imperial March. They are often seen wearing shirts that say "Minion" somewhere on them, with 2005's shirt having a crosshair on the back for target practice for the guests by use of later NERF dart guns (which are provided for the guests the first day of the event). The 2006 shirt, although, lacked the crosshair, (and HP) but instead adopted a robot in the front and two crossed band-aids on the back.[citation needed]

[edit] References

    [edit] External links

    [edit] Official sites

    [edit] Other sites

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