List of anime and manga conventions

Last updated March 18, 2025

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 as the months or dates which the convention are typically held within. Multi-genre, comic book, furry, gaming, and science fiction conventions are not listed here.

North America

Convention	City	State/Province	Country	Month held	Established
Ai-Kon	Winnipeg	Manitoba	Canada	February & July	2001
Animaritime	Fredericton	New Brunswick	Canada	July	2004
Animate! Raleigh	Raleigh	North Carolina	United States	January	2024
Animazement	Raleigh	North Carolina	United States	May	1998
Anime Boston	Boston	Massachusetts	United States	March/April	2003
Anime Central	Rosemont	Illinois	United States	May	1998
Anime Detour	Minneapolis	Minnesota	United States	April	2004
Anime Evolution	Vancouver	British Columbia	Canada	July	1998
Anime Expo	Los Angeles	California	United States	July	1992
Anime Festival Orlando	Orlando	Florida	United States	June	2000
Anime Festival Wichita	Wichita	Kansas	United States	July	2005
Anime Frontier	Fort Worth	Texas	United States	December	2021
Anime Los Angeles	Long Beach	California	United States	January	2005
Anime Matsuri	Houston	Texas	United States	July	2007
Anime Midwest	Rosemont	Illinois	United States	July	2011
Anime Milwaukee	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	United States	February	2007
Anime NebrasKon	Council Bluffs	Iowa	United States	October	2004
Anime North	Toronto	Ontario	Canada	May	1997
Anime NYC	New York City	New York	United States	November	2017
Anime Pasadena	Pasadena	California	United States	November	2018
Anime Revolution	Vancouver	British Columbia	Canada	August	2012
Anime USA	Arlington	Virginia	United States	October/November	1999
Anime Weekend Atlanta	Atlanta	Georgia	United States	December	1995
AnimeFest	Dallas	Texas	United States	July/August	1992
AnimeIowa	Des Moines	Iowa	United States	July	1997
Animethon	Edmonton	Alberta	Canada	August	1994
Arkansas Anime Festival	Bentonville	Arkansas	United States	June	2007
A-Kon	Irving	Texas	United States	June	1990
Bak-Anime	Bakersfield	California	United States	May	2010
Castle Point Anime Convention	Secaucus	New Jersey	United States	April/May	2008
ColossalCon	Sandusky	Ohio	United States	June	2002
Con-Nichiwa	Tucson	Arizona	United States	March	2010
EvilleCon	Evansville	Indiana	United States	March	2009
FanimeCon	San Jose	California	United States	May	1994
G-Anime	Gatineau	Quebec	Canada	January	2009
Ikkicon	Round Rock	Texas	United States	January	2007
JAFAX	Grand Rapids	Michigan	United States	June	1996
Kami-Con	Birmingham	Alabama	United States	February	2009
Katsucon	National Harbor	Maryland	United States	February	1995
Kawaii Kon	Honolulu	Hawaii	United States	March/April	2005
Kitsune Kon	Green Bay	Wisconsin	United States	July	2011
Kumoricon	Portland	Oregon	United States	October	2003
Matsuricon	Columbus	Ohio	United States	August	2006
Metrocon	Tampa	Florida	United States	June	2003
Middle Tennessee Anime Convention	Nashville	Tennessee	United States	April	1999
Nadeshicon	Quebec City	Quebec	Canada	April	2011
Naka-Kon	Overland Park	Kansas	United States	May	2005
Nan Desu Kan	Aurora	Colorado	United States	September	1997
Nekocon	Hampton	Virginia	United States	November	1998
No Brand Con	Stevens Point	Wisconsin	United States	September	2002
Ohayocon	Dayton	Ohio	United States	January/February	2001
OMGcon	Owensboro	Kentucky	United States	June	2006
Oni-Con	Galveston	Texas	United States	October/November	2004
Otafest	Calgary	Alberta	Canada	May	1999
Otakon	Washington	D.C.	United States	July/August	1994
Otakuthon	Montreal	Quebec	Canada	August	2006
PortConMaine	South Portland	Maine	United States	June	2002
QC Anime-zing!	Davenport	Iowa	United States	July	2010
Saboten Con	Phoenix	Arizona	United States	September	2008
SacAnime	Sacramento	California	United States	January, April, September	2004
Sakura-Con	Seattle	Washington	United States	April	1998
San Japan	San Antonio	Texas	United States	August/September	2008
Senshi-Con	Anchorage	Alaska	United States	September	2005
Setsucon	Altoona	Pennsylvania	United States	January/February	2007
SNAFU Con	Reno	Nevada	United States	November	2010
Tekko	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	United States	July	2003
Tokyo, OK	Tulsa	Oklahoma	United States	July	2008
Tora-Con	Rochester	New York	United States	April	2005
Tsubasacon	Charleston	West Virginia	United States	October	2004
Ushicon	Austin	Texas	United States	February	2002
Yama-Con	Pigeon Forge	Tennessee	United States	December	2012
Youmacon	Detroit	Michigan	United States	October/November	2005

South America

Convention	City	Country	Month held	Established
Anime Friends	São Paulo	Brazil	July	2003
Anime Summit	Brasília	Brazil	May	2022

Asia-Pacific

Convention	City	Country	Month held	Established
AniManGaki	Seri Kembangan	Malaysia	varies	2009
Anime Festival Asia	Bangkok	Thailand	varies	2015
Anime Festival Asia	Jakarta	Indonesia	September	2012
Anime Festival Asia	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	varies	2012
Anime Festival Asia	Singapore	Singapore	November	2008
AnimeJapan	Tokyo	Japan	March	2014
AVCon	Adelaide	Australia	July	2002
Comic Fiesta	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	December	2002
Comic World	Seoul	South Korea	varies	1999
Comifuro	BSD City	Indonesia	varies	2012
Comiket	Tokyo	Japan	August and December	1975
Cosplay Mania	Pasay	Philippines	September/October	2008
Jump Festa	Chiba	Japan	December	1999
Kadokawa Light Novel Expo	Saitama	Japan	varies	2020
NAJ Cosfest	Kohima	India	July	2013
Ozine Fest	Mandaluyong	Philippines	April	2005
Overload	Auckland	New Zealand	April	2006
SMASH!	Sydney	Australia	July	2007

Europe

Convention	City	Country	Month held	Established
AnimeCon	Rijswijk	The Netherlands	June	1999
AnimagiC	Mannheim	Germany	August	1999
Animecon	Kuopio	Finland	July	1999
Animefest	Brno	Czech Republic	May	2004
Connichi	Kassel	Germany	September	2002
Desucon	Lahti	Finland	June	2009
Hyper Japan	London	United Kingdom	July	2010
Japan Expo	Paris	France	July	1999
J-Popcon	Copenhagen	Denmark	April	2000
Manga Barcelona	Barcelona	Spain	October	1995
NärCon	Linköping	Sweden	July	2002

Defunct and on-hiatus conventions

These are notable conventions that have at one time existed, but have either gone on hiatus for more than one year, were merged into other conventions, or have finished operating entirely. The category conventions fall under are determined by the amount of communication given by convention officials. Anime conventions disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic are not listed here unless they became defunct.

On Hiatus - Any convention that has had an official announcement of hiatus of 3 years or less.
Inactive - Any convention that has been on Hiatus for more than 3 years, but has a working website.
Defunct - An official or reliable announcement is made saying that the convention has ceased operations. If there is no communication then another criterion can be considered, such as an official website appearing to be dead (HTTP 404 errors) or the website has been changed to another individual with no relation.
Merged - An official announcement of a merger between two conventions has been made.

Convention	City	Country	First held	Last Held	Status
AM²	Anaheim	United States	2011	2012	Defunct
Ani-Jam	Fresno	United States	2003	2014	Defunct
AnimeCon	San Jose	United States	1991	1991	Defunct
AnimeNEXT	Edison	United States	2002	2023	On Hiatus
Aniwave	Wilmington	United States	2007	2015	Defunct
Anime Banzai	Layton	United States	2005	2024	Defunct
Anime Conji	San Diego	United States	2010	2019	Defunct
Anime Contents Expo	Chiba	Japan	2012	2013	Merged
Anime Mid-Atlantic	Chesapeake	United States	2001	2018	Defunct
Anime Punch!	Columbus	United States	2005	2017	Defunct
Anime Salt Lake	Taylorsville	United States	2012	2014	Defunct
Anime South	Pensacola Beach	United States	2005	2013	Defunct
Animania	Multi-city	Australia	2002	2014	Defunct
AniZona	Mesa	United States	2005	2009	Defunct
AUKcon	London	United Kingdom	1994	1994	Defunct
Aurora-Con	Anchorage	United States	2006	2008	Defunct
AzeCON	Baku	Azerbaijan	2014	2019	Defunct
Big Apple Anime Fest	New York City	United States	2001	2003	Defunct
Crunchyroll Expo	San Jose	United States	2017	2022	On Hiatus
D-Con	Dundee	United Kingdom	2009	2011	Defunct
ExpoManga	Madrid	Spain	2001	2018	Defunct
Glass City Con	Toledo	United States	2009	2017	Merged
Ikasucon	Fort Wayne	United States	2003	2017	Inactive
Japan Expo USA	San Mateo	United States	2013	2014	Inactive
KotoriCon	Sewell	United States	2010	2020	Defunct
Kunicon	Multi-city	United States	2004	2005	Defunct
Madman Anime Festival	Multi-city	Australia	2016	2020	Defunct
MangaNEXT	East Rutherford	United States	2006	2012	Defunct
Manifest	Melbourne	Australia	2001	2013	Defunct
MechaCon	New Orleans	United States	2005	2021	Defunct
NashiCon	Columbia	United States	2008	2020	Inactive
New York Anime Festival	New York City	United States	2007	2011	Merged
Otakon Vegas	Las Vegas	United States	2014	2018	Inactive
PersaCon	Huntsville	United States	2003	2011	Defunct
Providence Anime Conference	Providence	United States	2008	2008	Defunct
SaikouCon	White Haven	United States	2013	2019	Defunct
Shinboku-con	Huron	United States	2007	2014	Defunct
Shoujocon	Multi-city	United States	2000	2003	Defunct
Shuto Con	Lansing	United States	2011	2019	Defunct
SoDak Con	Rapid City	United States	2009	2018	Defunct
Sogen Con	Sioux Falls	United States	2005	2013	Defunct
SugoiCon	Sharonville	United States	2000	2013	Defunct
Tokyo International Anime Fair	Tokyo	Japan	2002	2013	Merged
Tomo-Dachi	Derry	United Kingdom	2005	2007	Defunct
UppCon	Multi-city	Sweden	2001	2012	Defunct
Wai-Con	Perth	Australia	2004	2014	Defunct
Yaoi-Con	Santa Clara	United States	2001	2017	Defunct
Yuricon	Newark	United States	2003	2007	Defunct

Notes

↑ Note: A convention is presumed noteworthy if it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the convention and satisfies the inclusion criteria for a stand-alone article. Other conditions may apply.

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[1] Note: A convention is presumed noteworthy if it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the convention and satisfies the inclusion criteria for a stand-alone article. Other conditions may apply.

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