Information About

Animethon




  Status Active
  Venue Grant MacEwan College
  Location Edmonton , Alberta
  Country Canada
  First 1993
  Organizer Alberta Society for Asian Popular Arts (ASAPA)
  Attendance 3,450 in 2006{{cite web
  title Animethon 2006
  publisher AnimeConscom
  url http://wwwanimeconscom/events/infoshtml/935


  Events Cosplay, anime screenings, and anime music videos
  Website http://wwwanimethonorg/


Animethon is an Anime Convention held annually at Grant MacEwan College in Edmonton, Alberta . It is Western Canada's longest-running anime convention, the first being held in 1993. It was, up until 2006, Western Canada's largest anime convention, but in that year Anime Evolution 's attendance exceeded Animethon's by about 150.

Animethon is the flagship event of the Alberta Society for Asian Popular Arts (ASAPA), a not-for-profit society that focuses on the promotion and enjoyment of Asian popular art and culture. Events include a number of theatres showing free screenings of various anime series (both old and new), live events such as cosplay, an Anime Music Video contest, a number of guests from the industry and a number of live panels hosted by local community members. There is also a dance and karaoke.