- New York Anime Festival
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Not to be confused with Big Apple Anime Fest.
New York Anime Festival Status Active Genre Multi-genre Venue Jacob K. Javits Center Location New York, New York Country United States First held 2007 Organizer Reed Exhibitors Attendance 21,388 in 2009 Official website http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/en/NYAF/ The New York Anime Festival is an anime and manga convention held annually since 2007 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Produced by Reed Exhibitors, the people behind the New York Comic Con, and the publishers of entertainment trade publications such as Variety, the inaugural event was held from December 7 through December 9, 2007. Starting in 2010 the New York Anime Festival has been held with the New York Comic Con, bringing the two cultures together.[1][2]
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Event history
Dates Location Atten. Guests December 7–9, 2007 Jacob K. Javits Center
New York, New York15,000 Yoshi Amao, Juno Blair B., Svetlana Chmakova, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Justin Cook, Abby Denson, Omar Dogan, Elena Dorfman, Josh Elder, Peter Fernandez, GeekNights, happyfunsmile, Chris Hazelton, Lindsey Henninger, Joanne Izbicki, David Kalat, Yasuhiro Koshi, Rachael Lillis, Patrick Macias, Mike McFarland, Disorganization XIII, Jamie McGonnigal, Joe Ng, Corinne Orr, Lisa Ortiz, Katsushi Ota, Sean Schemmel, Kobun Shizuno, Mike Sinterniklaas, Aimee Major Steinberger, Sonny Strait, Timothy Sullivan, Veronica Taylor, Michael "Mookie" Terracciano, Uncle Yo, Unicorn Table, Voltaire, and Tom Wayland.[3] September 26–28, 2008 Jacob K. Javits Center
New York, New York18,399 Yoshitaka Amano, Steve Blum, Mandy Bonhomme, Abby Denson, echostream, Peter Fernandez, Kyle Hebert, Lindsey Henninger, Roland Kelts, Hideyuki Kikuchi, Disorganization XIII, Rachael Lillis, Love etc., Jamie McGonnigal, Kevin McKeever, Misako Rocks!, The Notorious MSG, Tony Oliver, Corinne Orr, Lisa Ortiz, Bill Rogers, echostream, Mike Sinterniklaas, Timothy Sullivan, Brad Swaile, Rie Tanaka, Veronica Taylor, TsuShiMaMiRe, Uncle Yo, Voltaire, and Tom Wayland.[4] September 25–27, 2009 Jacob K. Javits Center
New York, New York21,388 Yoshiyuki Tomino, Yui Makino, Brittney Karbowski, Cherami Leigh, Disorganization XIII, Eric Maruscak, Green Light Anti-Zombie Squad, Jamie Marchi, Jamie McGonnigal, Kyle Hebert, Laura Bailey, Lindsey Henninger, Ichigo Pantsu, Mario Bueno, Micah Solusod, Michael Sinterniklaas, Misako Rocks!, Monica Rial, Rachael Lillis, Scott Westerfeld, Shien Lee, Todd Haberkorn, Tom Wayland, Travis Willingham, Uncle Yo, Reni Mimura, Veronica Taylor, echostream, Zach Bolton AKB48 [5] October 8–10, 2010 Jacob K. Javits Center
New York, New York- Minori Chihara, Puffy Amiyumi, VAMPS, Kanon, echostream, ichiP, Rachael Lillis, Jamie McGonnigal, Misako Rocks, Veronica Taylor, Tom Wayland, Tommy Yune, Disorganization XIII, Uncle Yo, Reni Mimura Crispin Freeman[6][7] References
- ^ http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/en/About-NYCC/NYCC-Fan-FAQs/
- ^ http://manga.about.com/b/2009/09/10/ny-comic-con-and-ny-anime-festival-to-combine-shows-in-2010.htm
- ^ "New York Anime Festival 2007 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1266. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
- ^ "New York Anime Festival 2008 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1535. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
- ^ "New York Anime Festival 2009 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1740. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
- ^ "New York Anime Festival 2010 Information". NewYorkComiccon.com. http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/en/NYAF/. Retrieved 2010-07-22.
- ^ "New York Anime Festival 2010 Guests". NewYorkComiccon.com. http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/en/NYAF/Guests/#. Retrieved 2010-07-22.
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List of anime conventions in North America Canada Ai-Kon (Manitoba) • Animaritime (New Brunswick) • Anime Evolution (British Columbia) • Anime North (Ontario) • Animethon (Alberta) • Con-G (Ontario) • Dotcon (Ontario) • G-Anime (Quebec) • Naru2u (Ontario) • Otafest (Alberta) • Otakuthon (Quebec) • Tsukino-Con (Victoria)United States (Northeast) Anime Boston (Massachusetts) • PortConMaine (Maine) • AnimeNEXT (New Jersey) • Genericon (New York) • New York Anime Festival (New York) • Tekkoshocon (Pennsylvania) • Zenkaikon (Pennsylvania)United States (Midwest) Anime Central (Illinois) • Anime Crossroads (Indiana) • Anime Detour (Minnesota) • Anime Festival Wichita (Kansas) • A&G Ohio (Ohio) • AnimeIowa (Iowa) • Anime Milwaukee (Wisconsin) • Anime NebrasKon (Nebraska) • Anime Punch! (Ohio) • ColossalCon (Ohio) • Ikasucon (Indiana) • Naka-Kon (Missouri) • No Brand Con (Wisconsin) • Ohayocon (Ohio) • QC Anime-zing! (Iowa) • Sogen Con (South Dakota) • Youmacon (Michigan) • SoDak Con (South Dakota)United States (Southern) Animazement (North Carolina) • Anime Express (Florida) • AnimeFest (Texas) • Anime Festival Orlando (Florida) • Anime Mid-Atlantic (Virginia) • Anime South (Florida) • Anime USA (Virginia) • Anime Weekend Atlanta (Georgia) • Aniwave (North Carolina) • Daigacon (Kentucky) • Ichibancon (North Carolina) • Ikkicon (Texas) • Katsucon (D.C.) • Kami-Con (Alabama) • MechaCon (Louisiana) • Metrocon (Florida) • Middle Tennessee Anime Convention (Tennessee) • Nekocon (Virginia) • OMGcon (Kentucky) • Oni-Con (Texas) • Otakon (Maryland) • PersaCon (Alabama) • Project A-Kon (Texas) • RealmsCon (Texas) • San Japan (Texas) • SugoiCon (Kentucky) • Tsubasacon (West Virginia) • Ushicon (Texas)United States (Western) Anime Banzai (Utah) • Anime Expo (California) • Anime St. George (Utah) • Anime Vegas (Nevada) • Con-Nichiwa (Arizona) • FanimeCon (California) • Kawaii Kon (Hawaii) • Kumoricon (Oregon/SW Washington) • Nan Desu Kan (Colorado) • Saboten Con (Arizona) • Sac-Anime (California) • Sakura-Con (Washington) • Senshi-Con (Alaska) • Yaoi-Con (California)Categories:- Anime conventions
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- Festivals in New York City
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- Recurring events established in 2007
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