Convention Reviews
Alcon
Alcon is a fun and friendly anime convention running on Friday 4th - Sunday 6th September 2009 at De Montfort University in Leicester. It’s just £25 for three day entry, and just £21 a night for accommodation. Bolstering a dealers room, anime screenings, artist ally, roleplaying, card-gaming, video-gaming, a cosplay cafe, DDRing, events, panels and much more, there is something for everyone, with more special events than you can shake a stick at!
Status: Finished, nothing announced for the next one
Amecon
Amecon, as the logo indicates will be in Leicester Uni Campus, the place to be in summer! What’s all so awesome is that it’s all organised by a fellow uni-based anime society! What’s even more awesome is that’s just the down the road from us. So there aren’t any excuses for skipping out on this one.
Status: Finished, next one in August?
Auchinawa
Auchinawa is a Glasgow based anime con. These guys have goals as they are striving for the con to be more an ‘Otaku Con’ instead of an ‘Anime Con’ and they are going for the largest Convention/Expo in Scotland, the first of its kind. The past two dates dates were the 23rd-26th of November 2006 November 3oth-December 3rd 2008 and and the stage is set at the Glasgow Moathouse Hotel.
Status: Finished, nothing announced for the next one
Ayacon
Ayacon was held at our very own Arts Centre on the 19th-21st of August 2005. The event was the largest anime convention to date in the UK, with in excess of 1150 attendees. A handful of our members went and they have reported that it was the awesome! The con is making it’s amazing comeback on 14-16 August this year.
Status: Finished
Fuyucon
Fuyucon is running from the 23rd-25th October 2009 at Park Inn at Northampton. The con has been very popular in the past and this upcoming one will no doubt me no exception! Book fast to avoid disappointment, as it’s not all that far away from campus.
Status: Finished
Kitacon
Kitacon is a brand new UK anime convention that will take place in Northampton. Kitacon is a convention run by fans for fans. The convention will be held over the last weekend of the 2009 Easter holidays, April 17th to the 19th at the Park Inn Hotel Northampton. The venue can be found only a 5 minute walk from the train station and with easy access to the M1 motorway. A full range of activities will be on offer including parties, panels, games, dealers room and of course regular anime showings throughout the day and night, plus a few events we are keeping under wraps for now.
Status: Still open?
MCM expo
The MCM expo (movies, comic and media) is held four times a year on the weekend in the excel centre at the London docklands and the Telford International Centre. This is a hugely popular event for fans and families alike, with vendors catering for interest from movies to card games to anime. These expos are often easier to attend than the conventions as you do not necessarily need to book tickets and it is often cheaper. This is a good option especially for those of you who are still a bit new to the anime and manga scene, but many of our members have been attending this for years and it never disappoints!
Status: Over for this year
Minamicon
Minamicon has a long history and has been going since ‘95, making it the longest running con in the country! Jointly organised by London Anime Club & Minami Anime the overall theme for this con is cuteness. Southampton is where it’s happening on the 27th-29th of March 2009!
Status: Sold out
Nomi Con
Nomi Con, hosted by Y.A.T.A a Leeds-based Yorkshire Anime Club, is somewhat unique in that it has an emphasis as being a social convention. The only one that I know of that beer is allowed. The place to be for some fun, optional drinking games and of course mandatory anime watching. It’s all about anime and beer at the University of Bradford Students Union Building from the 8th till the 10th of September 2006.
Status: Finished
Tokonatsu
Tokonatsu is an outdoor 3 day event in the summer month of July from the 31st July-3rd August. The venue? Woburn, which is only 20 minutes from the M1 & Milton Keynes Train station. Where will you be then? There, of course!
Status: Finished