FanimeCon
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| FanimeCon | |
|---|---|
 The scene in front of McEnery Convention Center on May 30, 2010 | |
| Status | Active |
| Venue | San Jose McEnery Convention Center Coordinates: 37°19′46″N 121°53′19″W / 37.3294°N 121.8886°W |
| Location(s) | San Jose, California |
| Country | United States |
| Inaugurated | 1994 |
| Attendance | 25,542 in 2013[1] |
| Website | |
| http://www.fanime.com/ | |
FanimeCon (also known as simply Fanime) is an annual anime convention run by the Anime Resource Group (ARG). It is the largest anime convention in Northern California [2] and the 5th largest North American anime convention as of 2013.[3] Originally conceived by Aaron Pilgrim, Jay Onda and Dennis Jann as a gathering of local anime clubs in Northern California, the first one was held at California State University, Hayward. The anime clubs at that first Fanime were Beefbowl Anime, Chabot Anime, Foothill Anime and No-Name Anime.
Later, it was held at the Foothill College campus in Los Altos Hills, and it then moved to the Santa Clara Convention Center. In 2004, FanimeCon was held in the San Jose Convention Center over Memorial Day weekend where it generated more than $5M in local economic impact.[4] The convention continues to be held annually at that location.
Programming
FanimeCon features events including a meet the guests reception ("The Yamaga Party"), artist's alley, a masquerade ("Cosplay Spectacular"), AMV contest, three dealers rooms, game show, karaoke, video gaming, tabletop gaming, dances, and musical performances ("MusicFest"). Big attractions include celebrity guests, such as Hiroyuki Yamaga, the Japanese writer-director-producer famous for the film The Wings of Honneamise.[5] There are also panels scheduled on a wide range of topics including anime blogs, pocky, and how to make shoes and boots for costumes. FanimeCon also includes round-the-clock video programming.[6]
History
Cosplayers at FanimeCon 2010 portraying characters from Street Fighter and The King of Fighters during a photo shoot.
FanimeCon was first held on June 19, 1994 at California State University, Hayward in Hayward, California as a free anime convention. FanimeCon stayed at California State University until 1996 when the convention moved to Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California. Anime Resource Group (ARG) was formed the same year as the parent organization.[7] 1996 was also the first year the convention became a paid event.[8]
Hiroyuki Yamaga became FanimeCon's first Japanese guest of honor in 1997. The programming expanded to include an art show, a cosplay show, an anime game show, and live music. In 1998 FanimeCon expanded to two days and became a three day convention the following year. FanimeCon moved to the Santa Clara Convention Center in 2000 where it stayed for four years before moving to the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in 2004.
Event history
| Dates | Location | Atten. | Guests |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 19, 1994[9] | California State University, Hayward Hayward, California |
200 | |
| February 25, 1995 | California State University, Hayward Hayward, California |
350 | Carl Gustav Horn and Frederik L. Schodt.[10] |
| February 14, 1996 | Foothill College Los Altos Hills, California |
775 | Greg Espinoza, Allen Hastings, Carl Gustav Horn, Frederik L. Schodt, Toren Smith, and Toshifumi Yoshida.[11] |
| March 8, 1997 | Foothill College Los Altos Hills, California |
1,200 | Allen Hastings, Carl Gustav Horn, Frederik L. Schodt, Toren Smith, and Hiroyuki Yamaga.[12] |
| February 14–15, 1998 | Foothill College Los Altos Hills, California |
1,700 | Allen Hastings, Kuni Kimura, Scott McNeil, and Hiroyuki Yamaga.[13] |
| March 19–21, 1999 | La Baron Hotel San Jose, California |
2,000 | Steve Bennett, Allen Hastings, Mari Iijima, Gilles Poitras, and Hiroyuki Yamaga.[14] |
| February 24–27, 2000 | Santa Clara Convention Center Santa Clara, California |
2,300 | Steve Bennett, Allen Hastings, Mari Iijima, Fred Patten, Gilles Poitras, Stan Sakai, and Hiroyuki Yamaga.[15] |
| March 30 – April 1, 2001 | Santa Clara Convention Center Santa Clara, California |
3,500 | Steve Bennett, Tiffany Grant, Allen Hastings, Mari Iijima, Taliesin Jaffe, Jonathan Osborne, Fred Patten, Stan Sakai, Frederik L. Schodt, and Hiroyuki Yamaga.[16] |
| April 26–28, 2002 | Santa Clara Convention Center Santa Clara, California |
4,600 | Takami Akai, Steve Bennett, Tiffany Grant, Carl Gustav Horn, Mari Iijima, Jonathan Osborne, Gilles Poitras, and Hiroyuki Yamaga.[17] |
| June 20–22, 2003 | Santa Clara Convention Center Santa Clara, California |
5,400 | 13-37, B! Machine, Laura Bailey, Steve Bennett, Blood, Akitaroh Daichi, Rebecca Forstadt, Allen Hastings, Sato Hiroki, Tsurumaki Kazuya, Kawamura Maria, Matt K. Miller, DJ MPU, Jonathan Osborne, Gilles Poitras, Kristine Sa, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto Secret Secret, Stephanie Sheh, Kari Wahlgren, Hiroyuki Yamaga, Reiko Yasuhara, and Takeda Yasuhiro.[18] |
| May 28–31, 2004 | San Jose McEnery Convention Center San Jose, California |
6,122 | The Beautiful Losers, Blood, Camino, Duel Jewel, Fred Gallagher, Allen Hastings, Akemi Hayashi, You Higuri, Hiroaki Inoue, Jonathan Osborne, Gilles Poitras, Frederik L. Schodt, Nami Tamaki, J. Shanon Weaver, and Hiroyuki Yamaga.[19] |
| May 27–30, 2005 | San Jose McEnery Convention Center San Jose, California |
10,438 | Steve Bennett, Kumiko Kato, Ric Meyers, Jonathan Osborne, Gilles Poitras, Ramen and Rice, Hiroyuki Yamaga, Maria Yamamoto, and ZZ.[20] |
| May 26–29, 2006 | San Jose McEnery Convention Center San Jose, California |
10,000 | Akai SKY, Goofy Style, Kamijo, Ryoichi Koga, Miami, Takahiro Mizushima, Mothercoat, Ric Meyers, Jonathan Osborne, Gilles Poitras, Poplar, Rooster Teeth Productions, Asami Sanada, Swinging Popsicle, Kazuhiro Takamura, Up Hold, USA Musume, and Hiroyuki Yamaga.[21] |
| May 25–28, 2007 | San Jose McEnery Convention Center San Jose, California |
12,000 | Crack 6, Greg Dean, Ryan Gavigan, Carl Gustav Horn, Mari Iijima, Sekihiko Inui, Karma Shenjing, Reuben Langdon, Derek Liu, Mechanical Panda, Ric Meyers, Jonathan Osborne, Gilles Poitras, Asami Sanada, Hiroyuki Yamaga, and ZZ.[22] |
| May 23–26, 2008 | San Jose McEnery Convention Center San Jose, California |
14,926 | An Cafe, Ryan Gavigan, Carl Gustav Horn, Hidenobu Kiuchi, Reuben Langdon, Ric Meyers, Maika Netsu, Jonathan Osborne, Gilles Poitras, Dan Southworth, and Richard Waugh.[23] |
| May 22–25, 2009 | San Jose McEnery Convention Center San Jose, California |
15,000 | Keith Burgess, Ryan Gavigan, Carl Gustav Horn, Ken Lally, Reuben Langdon, Patricia Ja Lee, Ric Meyers, Haruko Momoi, Jonathan Osborne, Gilles Poitras, and Hiroyuki Yamaga.[24] |
| May 28–31, 2010 | San Jose McEnery Convention Center San Jose, California |
16,000 | Karen Dyer, Flow, Ryan Gavigan, Carl Gustav Horn, Daisuke Ishiwatari, Reuben Langdon, LM.C, Ric Meyers, Haruko Momoi, Toshimichi Mori, Jonathan Osborne, Gilles Poitras, Hiroyuki Yamaga, and Mamoru Yokota.[25] |
| May 27–30, 2011 | San Jose McEnery Convention Center San Jose, California |
20,880 | Flow, Tohru Furuya, Gashicon, Ryusuke Hamamoto, Yoshiki Hayashi, Fumio Iida, Yuya Matsushita, Ric Meyers, Seiji Mizushima, Haruko Momoi, Gilles Poitras, Mamoru Yokota, and Takahiro Yoshimatsu.[26] |
| May 25–28, 2012 | San Jose McEnery Convention Center San Jose, California |
21,000 | Mai Aizawa, Kia Asamiya, Igaguri Chiba, Shigeto Koyama, Ric Meyers, Gilles Poitras, David Vincent, Hiroyuki Yamaga, and Mamoru Yokota.[27] |
| May 24–27, 2013 | San Jose McEnery Convention Center San Jose, California |
25,542[1] | ROOKiEZ is PUNK’D, Tsuyoshi Nonaka, 7!!, Takahiro Omori, Yumi Sato, Chris Patton, and Gilles Poitras.[28] |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "FanimeCon 2013 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
- ↑ "San Jose Convention & Visitors Bureau Welcomes Back FanimeCon". MARKET WIRE. Retrieved 2007-05-08.
- ↑ Delahanty, Patrick (2014-01-06). "Ten Largest North American Anime Conventions of 2013". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
- ↑ "FanimeCon Breaks Records in New San Jose Location". Business Wire. Retrieved 2007-05-08.
- ↑ "FanimeCon - Day Two - Gainax Memories". A Fan's View. 2008-05-13. Archived from the original on 2008-08-05. Retrieved 2013-01-03.
- ↑ Antonucci, Mike (2007-05-17). "Games, anime, sci-fi conventions invade Bay Area". San Jose Mercury News.
- ↑ James Matsuzaki (2001). "All About Fanime Con". FanimeCon Program Guide 2001: page 2.
- ↑ Bruce Tureene (2002). "Fanime History". FanimeCon Program Guide 2002: page 4.
- ↑ "FanimeCon 1994 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
- ↑ "FanimeCon 1995 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
- ↑ "FanimeCon 1996 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
- ↑ "FanimeCon 1997 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
- ↑ "FanimeCon 1998 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
- ↑ "FanimeCon 1999 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
- ↑ "FanimeCon 2000 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
- ↑ "FanimeCon 2001 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
- ↑ "FanimeCon 2002 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
- ↑ "FanimeCon 2003 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
- ↑ "FanimeCon 2004 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
- ↑ "FanimeCon 2005 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ↑ "FanimeCon 2006 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
- ↑ "FanimeCon 2007 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
- ↑ "FanimeCon 2008 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ↑ "FanimeCon 2009 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
- ↑ "FanimeCon 2010 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
- ↑ "FanimeCon 2011 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
- ↑ "FanimeCon 2012 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
- ↑ "California's FanimeCon to Host ROOKiEZ is PUNK'D Rock Band". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
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