- Animexx
Animexx – Verein der Anime- und Mangafreunde e.V. is a German
voluntary association (Eingetragener Verein ) for promotion ofjapan ese popular culture, in particularAnime andManga . It was found at January 30th 2000 inMunich . In 2008 the Association has over 1300 members, chairman is Andreas Vogler.Overview
Since May 5. 2008 Animexx is a member of Verband Deutsch-Japanischer Gesellschaften, a group of Organisations and People interested the relations between Japan and Germany. [http://www.animexx.de/news.phtml?id=8268 Membership Announcement in the VDJG] ]
The online community of Animexx has nearly 130,000 members (July 2008). The Website includes forum,
fanart galleries and domains forfanfiction s andoujinshi s and has been called "the largestweb portal [ for Manga, Anime and also] for Manga Artists in Germany" by the media. ["Spiegel Online: [http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/0,1518,516148,00.html Größtes Portal im deutschen Sprachraum auch für Mangakünstler ist Animexx."] ]Every year since 2002 there is the Connichi, a Convention organised by Animexx. The first year it was in May in
Ludwigshafen , then it moved toKassel and to September.The association also publishes doujinshi-anthologies, some together with publisher
Egmont Manga & Anime , and the online magazine AnimePro.References
External links
* [http://animexx.com/ English Website]
* [http://animexx.de/ German Website]
* [http://www.animepro.de/ AnimePro] (German)
* [http://www.connichi.de/index.en.html Connichi]
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