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Ramada Inn Mall of America
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Bloomington, Minnesota
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United States
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2004
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3000 in 2007
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Art show, video rooms, panels, AMV contest, console and tabletop gaming, dealers' room, cosplay competition
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http://wwwanimedetourcom/indexphp
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is an Anime Convention held at Bloomington , Minnesota in the United States . Anime Detour takes place near the end of March, and draws its name from a midwest joke (There are two seasons in Minnesota , winter and road construction season). The actual name was thought up by a young lady at a planning meeting back in 2003.
This section is just a brief history concerning this event for past and present. It contains the previous guests and attendance records, as well as themes.
- Founders: Travis Hildebrand, Jon Hughes
Anime Detour hosts the following events each year at the convention, as well as various guest and fan hosted panels. There is also a designated space for taking group pictures.
- Music video contest - attendees submit their Anime Music Video s to be judged. A second contest is also held, awarding prizes for the worst AMVs.
- The second contest is not of just the worst AMVs like most think it is. It was originally put in because of in the first contest their was an AMV that made the judges go "what was this person thinking?" It became known as the WTF contest or otherwise known as the Whiskey Tentacle Foxtrot Contest. You can guess what it could also be called just from the initials.
- Video Rooms - Running various anime from different time periods throughout the convention (24 hours a day).
- Cosplay Contest - Standard to most anime conventions, in which attendees are judged on presentation and workmanship of their costumes.
- Art Show/Auction
- Charity - An charity auction is held each year to benefit the American Red Cross .
- ConSuite - Offers soda, coffee, tea, fruit, rice, and other snacks.
- Dance Sims - A Pump it Up/Bemani room featuring Pump It Up , Dance Dance Revolution , Pop/n Music, Guitar Hero , Para Para Paradise , and other Bemani -style games.
- Console Gaming Room - including various console games.
- Tabletop Gaming Room - featuring card games, board games, and other non-electronic games.
- Dealer's Room - includes various dealers selling anime/Japan-related merchandise.
- Dances - held on both Friday and Saturday nights with live DJ's.
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