List of anime and manga conventions
The following is a list of articles about established anime conventions from around the world with attendances of more than 2,000 persons as well as the largest convention in each state (US), province (Canada) or country. The list is divided up by location, and each convention includes dates during which it is typically held in parentheses.
The dates listed are approximate or traditional time periods for each convention; for more details, please see the article or website of the individual convention(s) concerned.
For other types of conventions featuring some anime content but are not primarily anime/manga oriented, please see below.
Canada
Alberta
British Columbia
- Anime Evolution (in Burnaby in August)
Manitoba
New Brunswick
- Animaritime (in Sackville in February)
Ontario
- Anime North (in Toronto)(last weekend of May)
United States
Arizona
California
- Anime Expo (in Long Beach on Independence Day weekend; AX has previously held conventions in New York City and Tokyo)
- FanimeCon (in San Jose on Memorial Day weekend)
- Yaoi-Con (in San Francisco, California)
Colorado
- Nan Desu Kan (in Denver in early October)
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
- Anime Weekend Atlanta (in Atlanta during late September)
Hawaii
- Kawaii Kon (in Honolulu in late April)
Illinois
- Anime Central (in Rosemont in spring)
Iowa
- AnimeIowa (in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in August)
Kentucky
Louisiana
- Numa Rei-No Con (in Westwego)
Maine
- PortConMaine (in South Portland in June)
Maryland
Massachusetts
- Anime Boston (in Boston in the spring)
Michigan
Minnesota
- Anime Detour (in Bloomington in March)
Nebraska
- Anime NebrasKon (in Lincoln in November)
Nevada
- Anime Vegas (in Las Vegas, Nevada in September)
New Jersey
North Carolina
- Animazement (in Durham on Memorial Day weekend)
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
- Tekkoshocon (in Pittsburgh in mid April)
Tennessee
- Middle Tennessee Anime Convention (in Nashville in late April)
Texas
- Project A-Kon (in Dallas during the first weekend in June)
Virginia
- Anime Mid-Atlantic (in Richmond in June)
- Anime USA (in Tysons Corner in November)
- Nekocon (in Hampton in November)
Washington
- Sakura-Con (in Seattle in late March)
West Virginia
- TsubasaCon (in Huntington in the fall)
Wisconsin
- No Brand Con (in Eau Claire in April)
Europe
France
Germany
- AnimagiC (in Koblenz in July)
- Anime Marathon (in Germany in April)
- Connichi (in Kassel in September)
- Bonenkai
Spain
- Salón del Manga (in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona in October-November)
United Kingdom
Asia-Pacific
Australia
- Animania (in Sydney in October, with smaller events also in Brisbane and Melbourne)
- Avcon (in Adelaide, in July)
- AI-Con (in Hobart, in February)
- Melbourne Anime Festival (in Melbourne, in September)
- Wai-Con (in Perth, in December)
Japan
- Jump Festa (in Chiba in January)
- Tokyo International Anime Fair (in Tokyo in late March)
- Summer Comiket (in Tokyo in late August)
- Winter Comiket (in Tokyo in late December)
Defunct and Hiatus conventions
These are conventions that have at one time existed, but have either gone on hiatus for more than one year, or have finished operating entirely.
Largest North American Anime Conventions of 2005
- Anime Expo - 33,000 total
- Otakon - 22,000 paid
- A-Kon - 10,800 paid
- Anime Central - 10,434 total
- Anime North - 9,500 total
- Anime Weekend Atlanta - 7,505 paid
- Anime Boston - 7,500 total
- FanimeCon - 6,580 paid
- Katsucon - 5,700 total
- Sakura-Con - 4,745 paid
note: calculation methods used from con to con may be different, especially when using the "total" attendance classification. Such figures may be counting all people at the venue and not just paid attendance, possibly including guests, staffers, volunteers, 3rd party fan groups or panelists, and people not actually attending the event but sharing the space of the venue.
Largest Anime Conventions of 2006
- Anime Expo - 40,647 total
- Anime North - 12,500 total
- A-Kon - 12,000 paid
- Anime Central - 11,500 total
- Anime Boston - 9,354 total
- FanimeCon - 8,100 paid
- Katsucon - 6,400 total
See also
- List of Science fiction conventions
- Furry conventions
- List of gaming conventions
- List of multigenre conventions
- List of Worldcons