Anime Conventions

Rei-chan

Anyone know of any Anime Conventions in Ireland anytime?...Ever...?

Asuka

Well, if you look to the top of the forum page, youll find an announcement for an anime and gaming con called Q-Con, which is in Belfast. There is also plans for a con called EirtaKon, which was supposed to happen in DCU, but I understand things are a bit up in the air for that at the moment.

For the bigger cons though, you need to travel to England.

MinamiCon 12 is happening in March next year in Southampton, but it is a relatively small con compared to the others, with a limit of 350 people. It is, however, the longest running anime con in Britain now, and is very popular. So popular its pretty difficult to get a place, in fact. The registrations for next year arent up yet, but expect them to disappear pretty quickly when they are up.

AyaCon 5 is a much bigger con. It was the biggest con in the UK in 2003 at 650 people, and this year its aiming at 1200 people. It's happening in August, but despite the high limit, places are selling pretty fast - the con is at roughly 2/3 capacity now.

AmeCon is also running again next year for a second time. It had its first outing last August, which had 900 people attending, and it will be increasing next year to roughly the same size or larger than AyaCon. Registrations aren't up yet, but I'll probably post about it when they are.

The UK con scene is, of course, nowhere near the size of the US scene, but in many ways this is an advantage. It is, however, growing rapidly, with con size doubling over 2 years, and still easily reaching capacity. And, most importantly of all, theyre a hell of a lot of fun ^^;

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Art_Wolf

Yeah just about to post about Eirtakon - the short of it is that it is being postponed a few months (circa about October/November)

Asuka

You coming to Aya Art_Wolf? It might be a good idea, what with you running your own con and all...

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Art_Wolf

I'm certainly trying to

Sadly at 100 pounds sterling for accomadation alone its tight

I go interrailing at the start of august so trying to see how much money Ill have afterwards

Dani

Dama-Con up in Derry is a monthly mini anime convention.

http://www.dama-con.com

We are running a proper convention for August, so stayed tuned for announcements.

It aint on the same scale as EirtkuKon, but we are aiming to hit all the right anime convention buttons. ^_^

27th August - Tentative Date

Events (Nothing confirmed)

8 Player Video Gaming - possible tournaments with prizes
10-16 Player Magic The Gathering and or Yugioh Card Game Tournaments
All Day Anime Screenings in 2 differant screening rooms (Double the choice of a regular Dama)
Scheduled Round Table Discussion and Debate
Stalls selling anime dvd's, manga and other merchandise
Music Video Screenings - possible competition
Free Giveaway for all attendees
Free Raffles
Possible Charity Raffle
Cosplay Prizes