- Anime Express
Infobox Anime convention
name = Anime Express
caption = Anime Express Convention Website 2008 updated
status = Active
venue = Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
location = Daytona Beach, Florida
country = United States
first = 1997
last =
organizer = Anything Goes Anime Club
attendance = ~1,100 in 2006
website = http://clubs.db.erau.edu/dbanime/Conventionmain.htmlAnime Express is an annual anime convention held in
Daytona Beach, Florida and hosted byEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University 's Anything Goes Anime Club.Programming
History
The first Anime Express was held on April 25–27, 1997 and was solely a project of the Anything Goes Anime (AGA) club at Embry-Riddle. Since then, the AGA club has made many partnerships with other nearby anime-affiliated organizations to help run and provide content for the convention. These groups include Orange Anime, Anime Belle, and
Wasabi Anime , most of which are based out of nearbyOrlando, Florida .cite web | url = http://clubs.db.erau.edu/dbanime/ClubBio.html | title = AGAnime club bio | publisher = animeexpress.org | accessdate = 2008-01-21] The convention is traditionally held the weekend before the Embry-Riddle'sspring break , so it usually falls on the third weekend in March. In 2007, Anime Express was canceled due to atornado that struck Embry-Riddle onChristmas .cite news | first = Patrick | last = Delahanty | authorlink = Patrick Delahanty | title = Three more conventions canceled | url = http://www.animecons.com/news/article.shtml/430 | publisher = AnimeCons.com | date = 2007-01-27 | accessdate = 2007-03-02]Event history
Mascot
The mascot of Anime Express was drawn specifically for Anime Express by manga artist
Steve Bennett , who has worked as an artist on several anime series, includingUrusei Yatsura .References
External links
* [http://clubs.db.erau.edu/dbanime/Conventionmain.html Anime Express web site]
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