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The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) is fan convention dedicated to comics, pop culture, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies, and television held annually in Chicago. [1] The inaugural event was held April 16–18, 2010 at the McCormick Place in Chicago .
This is a list of noteworthy [a] anime conventions from around the world, as distinct from comic book conventions, furry conventions, gaming conventions, horror conventions, multigenre conventions, and science fiction conventions. This list is sectioned by location, and included with the list is the year the convention was established, as well ...
[13] [14] Two cosplay weddings were held at the convention in 2012, along with the Hyatt needing to be evacuated due to a fire alarm. [5] Anime Central hosted the 2014 US Finals for the World Cosplay Summit. [15] Anime Central 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
AUKcon was a one-day anime convention held in London, England in 1994, and was chaired by Helen McCarthy. [10] [11] Salón del Manga de Barcelona, first held in Barcelona, Spain in 1995 is also one of the largest European conventions. Anime conventions later spread to Australia in the late 1990s with Manifest, first held in 1998. [12]
Anime Midwest moved to the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Rosemont, Illinois, for 2013. [1] The convention in 2015 had long registration line waits. [13] Guests Deadlift Lolita, FEMM, Fuki, and Zwei could not attend Anime Midwest in 2019 due to visa issues. [14] Anime Midwest 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
[12] [13] [14] An online event named Virtual Crunchyroll Expo was instead held from September 4–6, 2020. [15] The pandemic also resulted in the 2021 convention's cancellation, and it was again replaced with an online event. [16] [17] Crunchyroll Expo 2022 was a hybrid convention, with both physical and online events.
Attendees at AX 2022 Re:Zero cosplayers at AX 2018 Attendees gather at the LA Convention Center's South Hall during AX 2016. People at Anime Expo 2015. Anime Expo, abbreviated AX, is an American anime convention held in Los Angeles, California and organized by the non-profit Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA).
The first Anime NYC took over a year to plan and used two halls in the convention center. [2] [6] In the convention's first year, they did not use the amount of space used by New York Comic Con. [9] [15] New York City declared an Anime NYC Weekend for the 2017 convention. [15] Anime NYC added more floor space in 2018, with additional expansion ...