Anime Milwaukee

Anime Milwaukee

Anime Milwaukee logo.
Status Active
Genre Anime, Japanese culture[1]
Venue Hyatt Regency Milwaukee & Wisconsin Center
Location(s) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Country United States
Inaugurated 2007
Attendance 7,745 in 2015
Organized by Entertainment & Culture Promotion Society[2]
Website
http://www.animemilwaukee.com/

Anime Milwaukee (AMKE) is an annual three day anime convention held during March at the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee & Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[3] It is Wisconsin's largest anime convention.[4]

Programming

The convention typically offers anime music videos, an art contest, artist alley, a dealer’s room, fashion show, maid cafe, masquerades, movies, rave, tabletop gaming, and video game tournaments.[3][5][6][7] The convention runs for 24 hours a day.[8]

History

Anime Milwaukee began in 2007 and was founded by the Japanese Animation Association at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.[6] In 2011, the convention moved to the Hyatt Regency & Frontier Airlines Center in Milwaukee, which allowed for 24-hour programming.[6] Attendees who preregistered for Anime Milwaukee in 2013 could receive a discount for the Distant Worlds concert held the day before the convention on February 14, 2013.[9] The convention shared space in 2014 at the Wisconsin Center with Pheasant Fest, a hunting convention.[10] The combined conventions economic impact were expected to be $1.5 million. In 2015, Anime Milwaukee's expected economic impact was over $1 million and it shared Wisconsin Center space with the Midwest Twisters Gymnastics Invitational.[8][11]

Event history

Dates Location Attendance Guests
February 29 - March 2, 2008 UWM Union
Milwaukee, Wisconsin		400
(est)[12]		 Colleen Clinkenbeard, Darrel Guilbeau, Peter Paik, Mandy St. Jean, and Sonny Strait.[12]
February 27 - March 1, 2009 UWM Union
Milwaukee, Wisconsin		800
(est)[13]		 Todd Haberkorn, Wendy Powell, and Yamila Abraham.[13]
March 12–14, 2010 UWM Union
Milwaukee, Wisconsin		2,100
(est)[14]		 Martin Billany, Todd Haberkorn, Vic Mignogna, Chris Niosi, Wendy Powell, Chris Sabat, The Spoony Bards, and Uncle Yo.[14]
February 18–20, 2011 Hyatt Regency Milwaukee & Frontier Airlines Center[4]
Milwaukee, Wisconsin		2,400
(est)[15]		 Chris Cason, Alan Evans, Mike McFarland, Trevor A. Mueller, Monica Rial, Spike Spencer, Uncle Yo, and Doug Walker.[15]
February 17–19, 2012 Hyatt Regency Milwaukee & Frontier Airlines Center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin		3,492[16] Robert Axelrod, Martin Billany, Chris Cason, Alan Evans, August Hahn, Trevor A. Mueller, Spike Spencer, Uncle Yo, and Doug Walker.[16]
February 15–17, 2013 Hyatt Regency Milwaukee & Delta Center
(formerly Frontier Airlines Center)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin		4,816[17] Chris Cason, Alan Evans, Todd Haberkorn, Trevor A. Mueller, The Pillowcases, Alexis Tipton, Nobuo Uematsu,[17][18] Arc Impulse, Ian Sinclair, and Midwest Karaoke Madness.[19]
February 14–16, 2014 Hyatt Regency Milwaukee & Wisconsin Center[10]
(formerly Delta Center)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin		6,231[20] Leah Clark, Tiffany Grant, Kyle Hebert, DJ Jeffito, Jamie Marchi, Meishi Smile, Bryce Papenbrook, DJ Phoole, The Pillowcases, Romance, Patrick Seitz, Ian Sinclair, Christopher Smith, theotoxin, and David Vincent.[20]
February 13–15, 2015 Hyatt Regency Milwaukee & Wisconsin Center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin		7,745[21] Arc Impulse, Martin Billany, Steven Blum, Jason Bulmahn, Leah Clark, Terri Doty, Alan Evans, Caitlin Glass, Hibiki, Russell Lissau, Joel McDonald, Erica Mendez, Mandy "AmazonMandy" Moore, Trevor A. Mueller, Bryce Papenbrook, Samantha Sostarich, Eric Stuart, Symphonic Anime Orchestra, Ayumi Tanaka, J. Michael Tatum, David Vincent, Tom Wayland, Greg Wicker.[21]
March 11–13, 2016 Hyatt Regency Milwaukee & Wisconsin Center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin		 Kyle Hebert, Lauren Landa, Matthew Mercer, and Sonny Strait.[22]

References

  1. ↑ "“It’s been a really busy con:” Cosplay fans flock to Wisconsin’s largest anime event". Fox 6. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  2. ↑ "Third Annual "Anime Milwaukee" convenes Feb 15-17". VISIT Milwaukee. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
  3. 1 2 "Between Chaos and Cosplay: An Inside Look at Anime Milwaukee". UWM Post. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  4. 1 2 "Anime Milwaukee Convention returns, doubles attendance". OnMilwaukee. Retrieved 2012-06-03.
  5. ↑ "The Fashion of Anime". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
  6. 1 2 3 "Anime convention is moving downtown". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
  7. ↑ Cosplay and "maid cafés": A field guide to the 2012 Anime Milwaukee convention. A.V. Club.
  8. 1 2 "Anime fans, gymnasts to flood downtown Milwaukee this weekend". Milwaukee Business News. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  9. ↑ "Anime Milwaukee Partners with Distant Worlds". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
  10. 1 2 "Two conventions with very different interests converge on Milwaukee this weekend". WISN 12. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  11. ↑ "Anime convention means a million to Milwaukee economy". Milwaukee Business Journal. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  12. 1 2 "Anime Milwaukee 2008 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
  13. 1 2 "Anime Milwaukee 2009 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
  14. 1 2 "Anime Milwaukee 2010 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
  15. 1 2 "Anime Milwaukee 2011 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
  16. 1 2 "Anime Milwaukee 2012 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2012-06-03.
  17. 1 2 "Anime Milwaukee 2013 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
  18. ↑ "Nobuo Uematsu to attend Anime Milwaukee". upcomingcons.com. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
  19. ↑ "Anime Milwaukee Takes Over". DHS Knightly News. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  20. 1 2 "Anime Milwaukee 2014 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
  21. 1 2 "Anime Milwaukee 2015 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  22. ↑ "Anime Milwaukee 2016 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2016-01-05.

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