Animecon (Finland)

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Animecon
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Two girls cosplaying as anime characters during Animecon 2007
StatusActive
Location(s)Varies
CountryFinland
Inaugurated1999
Attendanceapprox. 7,000 in 2007, together with Finncon [ citation needed ]
Organized by1999-2011 Various organizations

2012-2016 KAMY

2017-present Suomen Con-Tapahtumat Oy
Website http://www.animecon.fi/ https://www.animecon.eu/

Animecon is anime convention in Finland, held annually over a weekend in varying Finnish cities.

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Animecon was organized as a joint project between anime clubs throughout Finland, facilitated by the communications hub Suomen Animeunioni (The Finnish Anime Union). [1] The convention was first established in 1999 as an outgrowth of the science fiction anime fandom of the sci-fi convention Finncon, [2] expanded into a separate event about anime in general. Animecon and Finncon have been held in conjunction, sharing premises but no events; they even often held separate opening ceremonies. In 2012 Animecon was held at the city of Kuopio for a first time and the convention has remained there since then.

The two drew some 5200 visitors in 2004 [3] and 5500 in 2006[ citation needed ], peaking at 5000 on Saturday during the three-day event. [4] After the 2007 conventions, an organizer cited the number of visitors as an estimated 7000. [5] Animecon II was the first major cosplay event in Finland, [6] and the practice has been noted for its abundance in later ones. [4]

History

Event history

DatesLocationAtten.Guests
August 1–3, 2003 University of Turku
Turku 		4,000 Jonathan Clements.
July 10–11, 2004 University of Jyväskylä
Jyväskylä 		5,200[ citation needed ] yoshitoshi ABe and Jonathan Clements. [7]
August 18–20, 2006 Helsinki Congress Paasitorni
Helsinki 		9,000[ citation needed ] Paul Gravett. [8]
July 14–15, 2007University of Jyväskylä
Jyväskylä [9] 		7,000[ citation needed ] Jonathan Clements
July 26–27, 2008 Tampere Hall
Tampere [10] 		9,000[ citation needed ] Ms Mandu
July 10–12, 2009 Kaapelitehdas
Helsinki[ citation needed ]		 Jari Lehtinen
July 16-17, 2011
Turku [11] 		Himeka, Yukihiro Notsu
July 14-15, 2012 Kuopio Music Centre
Kuopio		 Yoshihiro Takahashi, Team 4 Star, Benzaie
July 13-14, 2013Kuopio Music Centre
Kuopio		 DJ Sharpnel, Spoony, Benzaie
July 12-13, 2014Kuopio Music Centre
Kuopio		 Kaoru Mori
July 11-12, 2015Kuopio Music Centre
Kuopio		 Doug Walker
July 9-10, 2016 Congress Centre Paviljonki
Jyväskylä		 Animenz, Reika
July 15-16, 2017Kuopio Music Centre
Kuopio		 The Anime Man, Akidearest, Riuchi Manga
July 14-15, 2018Helsinki Fair Centre
Helsinki		 The Anime Man, Akidearest, Ryukishi07, Kore Yamazaki, Kamui Cosplay

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References

  1. ↑ Eturautti, Kyuu (2005). "Kotimaan katsaus (A domestic look)". Anime magazine. No. 1. p. 42.
  2. ↑ Joukamaa, Mauno (2006). "Animecon: Kuinka kaikki alkoi (Animecon: How it all began)". Anime magazine. No. 13. p. 08.
  3. ↑ "Jyväskylän Kesä veti väkeä". Turun Sanomat (in Finnish). 2004-07-14. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
  4. 1 2 Eturautti, Kyuu (2006). "Tervetuloa coniin! (Welcome to the con!)". Anime magazine. No. 14. pp. 40–45.
  5. ↑ Animecon V home page Archived 2007-12-28 at the Wayback Machine . Accessed on 2007-09-03. "Kävijöitä oli erittäin paljon, arvoiden mukaan n. 7000." (We had an abundance of participants, estimates put their number at around seven thousand.)
  6. ↑ Escapism in Japanese style (2006), Tuomas Tiainen, Free! magazine. Accessed on 2007-09-03.
  7. ↑ "Finncon / Animecon 2004 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
  8. ↑ "Animecon 2006 Information". AnimeCons.com. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
  9. ↑ "Animecon 2007 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
  10. ↑ "Animecon 2007 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
  11. ↑ "2011 Finncon-Animecon". 2011.finncon.org. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
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