Anime Conventions in the US, 2011 held on college campuses or hosted by college clubs Attendance Size KuroNeko Con no data 130 - 349 Senshi-Con 350 - 623 624 - 1399 No Brand Con JAFAX Tora-Con 1400 - 2099 0 150 300 600 Anime Milwaukee AlmaCon SpringFestNY Miles U-Con at Glass City UConn Setsucon Con Shinboku-con Anime Banzai Karoshi-con Jaycon Castle Point Anime 2100 - 6891 Anime NebrasKon Convention There are 38 anime conventions UChi-Con KotoriCon Anime Animarathon that were hosted by college clubs Destiny in 2011. Tigercon Naka-Kon ShoryuCon Why is the focus on conventions on college campuses? Daigacon This map came about as a result of Anime Hoshicon Kaigi my curiosity. As I was involved in De’Ja-Con my college anime club’s conven- NashiCon tion, I wanted to note how many KamiCon Nerdacon are out there and compare our Las Cruces experience with those of other Anime Days campuses. I also want to bring Kaji-con FAN:dom S awareness to these kinds of con- FreeCon Anime Express ventions. San Japan The Anime Planet 0 100 200 400 Miles What are anime conventions? Anime conventions are events where people who have a special place in their hearts or in Season their rooms for anime, manga, and Japanese culture come and share their interests with spring 0 60 120 240 Miles similarly minded individuals. What is there to do? summer Besides meeting new friends and surrounding yourself with anime galore, there are plenty of activities and events. Attend panels and workshops where you can meet prominent guests and discover trivia about your favorite anime. Support the industry by purchasing autumn figurines, DVDs, and other miscellaneous anime goodies at Dealer Halls. Look at drawings Map design: Muhammad Damanhuri such as this red mage chocobo by local artists at Artists Alley. There are also cosplay con- Character design: Arifureta, Armadais, tests and video game tournaments. If you are having too much fun and want to take a break, winter and MorsAngelos 7 December 2011 then sit down and watch some anime in the showing room or eat taiyaki with new friends. Kami-Con Tora-Con University of Alabama College Anime Conventions Directory Rochester Institute of Technology Tuscaloosa, Alabama Rochester, New York www.kamicon.net Karoshi-con www.toracon.rit.edu Northern Illinois University Sensi-Con Hoshicon DeKalb, Illinois University of Alaska Anchorage University of North Carolina Charlotte www.sa.niu.edu/anime/k_generalinfo.html Anchorage, Alaska Charlotte, North Carolina www.senshicon.org Naka-Kon www.hoshicon.webs.com University of Kansas Anime Kaigi Animarathon Overland Park, Kansas Northern Arizona University Bowling Green State University www.naka-kon.com Flagsta, Arizona Bowling, Ohio www.animekaigi.com Daigacon www.animarathon.com Anime Destiny Western Kentucky University Glass City Con University of California Berkeley Cave City, Kentucky Owens Community College Berkeley, California www.daigacon.org Perrysburg, Ohio www.calanimedestiny.com www.glasscitycon.com ShoryuCon De’Ja-Con University of Maryland Shinboku-con Irvine Valley College Princess Anne, Maryland Eastern Shore Lorain County Community College Irvine, California www.shoryucon.com Westlake, Ohio www.dejacon.org/2011/ www.shinbokucon.com Tigercon U-Conn at Uconn Towson University Jaycon University of Connecticut Towson, Maryland Elizabethtown College Storss, Connecticut www.tigercon.wordpress.com Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania www.sites.google.com/site/uconatuconn/ www.jaycon.weebly.com JAFAX Anime Express Grand Valley State University Setsucon Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Allendale, Michigan Penn State University Daytona Beach, Florida www.jafax.org State College, PA www.clubs.db.erau.edu/dbanime/animex.html www.setsucon.com AlmaCon NashiCon FAN:dom Alma College University of South Carolina, Columbia University of West Florida Alma, Michigan Columbia, South Carolina Pensacola, Florida www.othello.alma.edu/~browser1kl/almacon/ www.nashicon.com Anime NebrasKon The Anime Planet San Japan University of Nebraska-Lincoln Seminole State College of Florida Our Lady of the Lake University Omaha, Nebraska Sanford, Florida San Antonio, Texas www.animenebraskon.com www.theanimeplanet.com www.san-japan.org Castle Point Anime Convention FreeCon Anime Banzai Stevens Institute of Technology Florida State University Salt Lake Community College Hoboken, New Jersey Tallahassee, Florida Layton, Utah www.stevens.edu/anime/cgi-bin/cpac/ www.tallahasseeanime.com/freecon/ www.animebanzai.org Nerdacon KotoriCon KuroNeko Con Columbus State University Gloucester County College Spokane Falls Community College Columbus, Georgia Sewell, New Jersey Spokane, Washington www.nerdacon.com www.anime.gccnj.edu www.kuronekocon.org Kaji-con Las Cruces Anime Days No Brand Con Valdosta State University New Mexico State University University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Valdosta, Georgia Las Cruces, New Mexico Eau Claire, Wisconsin www.valdosta.edu/vsu/stuorg/anime/animeaftermath-kajicon.html www.elpasoanimecon.org/lcad/ www.nobrandcon.com UChi-Con SpringFestNY Anime Milwaukee University of Chicago Polytechnic Institute of NYU University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Chicago, Illinois Brooklyn, New York Milwaukee, Wisconsin jas.uchicago.edu/uchi-con/ www.springfestny.com www.animemilwaukee.com.