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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.
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 ...
Anime Central was formed in 1998 due to the lack of anime gatherings in the Central United States. [8] During the 2001 convention, construction was occurring at the hotel while the event was underway. [9] Guest Robert DeJesus got married by guest Jan Scott-Frazier, an ordained minister, during the convention. [10]
It was founded in 1972 as Nostalgia '72, Chicago Comic Con and later as the Chicago Comic and Nostalgia Convention by a local dealer (and school teacher) named Nancy Warner. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Acquired by Wizard Entertainment in 1997, and Informa 's Fan Expo unit in 2021, Fan Expo Chicago is among the larger comic book conventions in the United States ...
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]
IKKiCON was created in 2007, originally taking the date of Ushicon, and had higher attendance than expected. [1] In 2009, voice actor Greg Ayres suffered a mild heart attack while attending the convention, and later thanked the staff for its response to the emergency.
Naka-Kon was founded in 2005 by members of the University of Kansas Anime Club. [2] [3] The convention moved to the Overland Park Convention Center in 2012. [6]Naka-Kon 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.