Big Apple Anime Fest

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Big Apple Anime Fest
Status Inactive
Venue Marriott New York Marquis
Location New York City, New York
Country Flag of the United States United States
First held 2001
Last held 2003
Organizer Central Park Media
Attendance 12,832 in 2003

The Big Apple Anime Fest (BAAF) was an anime convention which was held annually between 2001 and 2003 and supported by a consortium of anime and manga companies.[1]

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[edit] History

[edit] Event history

Dates Location Atten. Guests
October 26–28, 2001 Directors Guild of America Theater
New York, New York		 3,500 Tim Eldred, Tiffany Grant, Matt K. Miller, Yuji Moriyama, and Koichi Ohata.[2]
August 30 – September 2, 2002 Times Square
New York, New York		 7,500 Mandy Bonhomme, Akitaroh Daichi, Yoko Kanno, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Yoshihiro Komada, Rachael Lillis, Taro Maki, Liam O'Brien, Tommy Ohtsuka, Ed Paul, Eric Stuart, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Shinichiro Watanabe, and Jimmy Zoppi.[3]
August 29–31, 2003 Marriott New York Marquis
New York, New York		 12,832 Michael Alston Baley, Mark Diraison, Keith Giffen, Tsukasa Hojo, Amy Howard-Wilson, Yasuhiro Irie, Takeshi Koike, Satoshi Kon, Hyun se Lee, Masao Maruyama, Taka Nagasawa, Takashi Nakamura, Liam O'Brien, Lisa Ortiz, Eric Stuart, Tomoko Taniguchi, Veronica Taylor, Ren Usami, and Tatsumi Yoda.[4]

[edit] Cancellations

Despite confirmed dates for 2004, Big Apple Anime Fest announced on its web site that it would skip its event in 2004 due to the Republican National Convention, which was to be held in New York City over Labor Day weekend.[5][6] The following year, John O'Donnell of Central Park Media, one of the companies supporting Big Apple Anime Fest, informed AnimeCons.com that he was, "unaware of any plans for BAAF 2005 at this time."[7]

[edit] Attendance counting

Big Apple Anime Fest's metric for counting attendance differed from those typically used by other anime conventions. Many anime conventions base their attendance counts on the number of badge sold over the course of the event and sometimes combining it with the number of volunteer staff. However, Big Apple Anime Fest counted someone attending with a three-day badges three times.[8]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Big Apple Anime Fest (2002-11-20). "Big Apple Anime Fest To Rock New York over Labor Day Weekend, 2003". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-02-05.
  2. ^ Big Apple Anime Fest 2001 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
  3. ^ Big Apple Anime Fest 2002 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
  4. ^ Big Apple Anime Fest 2003 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
  5. ^ Big Apple Anime Fest 2004 update. AnimeCons.com (2004-02-02). Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
  6. ^ Big Apple Anime Fest cancelled for 2004. AnimeCons.com (2004-03-31). Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
  7. ^ No plans for Big Apple Anime Fest 2005. AnimeCons.com (2005-01-19). Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
  8. ^ Ten largest North American anime conventions of 2003. AnimeCons.com (2004-01-01). Retrieved on 2008-05-13.

[edit] See also