01 Anime Cons
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This article is from the Anime FAQ, by Steve Pearl with numerous contributions by others.
01 Anime Cons
Once upon a time, we anime fans occupied tiny anime rooms at comic & SF cons (when they let us). In the 80's, there were several attempts at small anime related cons but the real action didn't happen until the 90's when AnimeCon came along, with both Japanese & American industry guests. Anime Expo followed the next year, filling the void left by AnimeCon with Anime America making its appearance the next year. After 5 years, Project Akon finally got a Japanese guest. The next year was witness to the East Coast Convention explosion as Otakon, Anime East, & Katsucon all debuted in the space of one year. Now, there are a plethora of Anime related conventions all over the country.
For advance notice of upcoming conventions, check out the Convention Calendars published in each issue of Animerica, Animeco or Protoculture Addicts magazines.
Or you can check out the online Con Calendars at:
www.cybercomm.net/~starbuck/concalendar.html or www.animerica-mag.com/con_calendar/index.html
or check out the Internet Anime/Manga Convention Guide at the FAQ page at www.cybercomm.net/~starbuck/FAQ.html (See the Resources section of the FAQ).
or check out the Anime Conventions Links page at www.cybercomm.net/~starbuck/links/LnkACons.html
or join the AnimeCons Mailing list at www.cybercomm.net/~starbuck/ML/animecons.html (See the Resources section of the FAQ).
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