AnimeNEXT

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AnimeNEXT
Status Active
Venue Meadowlands Exposition Center and Holiday Inn Meadowlands
Location Secaucus, NJ
Country Flag of the United States United States
First held 2002
Organizer Universal Animation, Inc.
Official website

AnimeNEXT is an annual three-day anime convention held on a weekend in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area. The first event was held in 2002 in October, but later moved to June in 2004. The event is organized by Universal Animation, Inc., a non-profit organization incorporated in the state of New York.

The convention features Japanese creators of anime and manga, voice actors from anime series, artists, vendors and exhibits, panels, workshops, and gaming. Events all focus on aspects of anime, manga, and Japanese culture. With the popularity of anime and manga growing in the 1990's and 2000's, anime conventions have seen great growth in their attendance, and AnimeNEXT is no exception.

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[edit] History

[edit] Event history

Dates Location Atten. Guests
October 11–13, 2002 Crowne Plaza Meadowlands
Secaucus, New Jersey
1,071 Kia Asamiya, Robert Bricken, C.B. Cebulski, Richard Ian Cox, Robert DeJesus, Mike Hayes, Jamie McGonnigal, Kristen Nelson, Frank Pannone, Steve Pearl, Bill Rogers, Mike Sinterniklaas, Myriam Sirois, and Toshifumi Yoshida.[1]
October 3–5, 2003 Rye Town Hilton
Rye Brook, New York
1,571 B! Machine, Steve Bennett, Chris Beveridge, Robert Bricken, C.B. Cebulski, Clark Cheng, Tiffany Grant, Wayne Grayson, Jon Guttierez, Daniel Kevin Harrison, Himawari, Takehiko Ito, Trish Ledoux, Rob Malda, Jamie McGonnigal, MegaZone, Kristen Nelson, Frank Pannone, Peelander-Z, Mike Pollock, Georgette Reilly, Bill Rogers, Trisha Lynn Sebastian, Mike Sinterniklaas, John Sirabella, Moneca Stori, James Arnold Taylor, Marc Thompson, Bill Timoney, Tom Wayland, David Williams, Barry Winston, and Toshifumi Yoshida.[2]
June 18–20, 2004 Crowne Plaza Meadowlands
Secaucus, New Jersey
3,400 Alissyn Brock, Kelli Shayne Butler, C.B. Cebulski, Cosmicity, Richard Ian Cox, Edwin De La Cruz, Lauren Goodnight, Trish Ledoux, Rob Malda, Kenneth Robert Marlo, Matt K. Miller, Mari Morimoto, Merideth Mulroney, Lisa Ortiz, Stephen Pakula, Peelander-Z, Mike Pollock, Bill Rogers, Mike Sinterniklaas, The Spunks, Moneca Stori, Veronica Taylor, Marc Thompson, Matt Thorn, Tom Wayland, David Williams, Barry Winston, and Toshifumi Yoshida.[3]
June 17–19, 2005 Meadowlands Exposition Center
Holiday Inn Meadowlands
Secaucus, New Jersey
4,200 Alissyn Brock, Akitaroh Daichi, Mark Diraison, Caitlin Glass, Lauren Goodnight, Wayne Grayson, Lance Heiskell, Mayumi Kobayashi, Trish Ledoux, Vic Mignogna, Sean Molyneaux, Merideth Mulroney, Ed Paul, Peelander-Z, Mike Pollock, Justin Sevakis, Uzuhi, Tom Wayland, David Williams, Kerry Williams, Travis Willingham, Reiko Yasuhara, and Toshifumi Yoshida.[4]
June 16–18, 2006 Meadowlands Exposition Center
Holiday Inn Meadowlands
Secaucus, New Jersey
6,000 Laura Bailey, Colleen Clinkenbeard, D'espairsRay, Caitlin Glass, Lauren Goodnight, Wayne Grayson, Trish Ledoux, Masao Maruyama, Vic Mignogna, Mari Morimoto, Mike Pollock, Rintaro, Bill Rogers, Harold Sakuishi, Mike Sinterniklaas, Marc Thompson, Kari Wahlgren, David Williams, and Toshifumi Yoshida.[5]
July 6–8, 2007 Meadowlands Exposition Center
Holiday Inn Meadowlands
Secaucus, New Jersey
7,100 12012, Eric Calderon, Daisuke Gomi, Wayne Grayson, Toyo Ikeda, Jonathan Klein, Michele Knotz, Frank Pannone, Chris Patton, Ed Paul, Mike Pollock, Monica Rial, Bill Rogers, and Tom Wayland.[6]
June 20–22, 2008 Meadowlands Exposition Center
Holiday Inn Meadowlands
Secaucus, New Jersey
Greg Ayres, Aidan Drummond, Brian Drummond, Michele Knotz, Rentrer En Soi, Bill Rogers, and Tom Wayland.[7]

[edit] Manga library

AnimeNEXT is the first anime convention to employ a manga library.[citation needed] Here attendees enter a quiet room and submit their Convention Pass as a collateral to borrow a manga to read within the confines of the library. It has become popular[citation needed] and AnimeNEXT has taken the library on the road to other conventions.[8][9]

[edit] References

  1. ^ AnimeNEXT 2002 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
  2. ^ AnimeNEXT 2003 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
  3. ^ AnimeNEXT 2004 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
  4. ^ AnimeNEXT 2005 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
  5. ^ AnimeNEXT 2006 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
  6. ^ AnimeNEXT 2007 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
  7. ^ AnimeNEXT 2008 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
  8. ^ Otakon / AnimeNext Manga Library. Anime News Network (2004-05-21). Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
  9. ^ AnimeNEXT (2007-01-18). "AnimeNext Manga Library US Tour Stops at NY Comic Con". Press release. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.

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