Anime Central

Infobox Anime convention
name = Anime Central


caption =
status = Active
venue = Hyatt Regency O'Hare and
Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
location = Rosemont, Illinois
country = United States
first = 1998
attendance = 13,900 in 2008
website = http://www.acen.org/

Anime Central (ACen for short) is an anime convention that is held yearly in Rosemont, Illinois, in the United States. It is one of the fastest growing anime conventions in the U.S. and has ranked as the 5th largest North American anime convention since 2006.cite web | last = Delahanty | first = Patrick | title = Largest anime conventions of 2006 | publisher = AnimeCons.com | date = 2007-01-01 | url = http://www.animecons.com/news/article.shtml/403 | accessdate = 2007-01-02] The convention is like many other anime conventions; it runs 24 hours a day and lasts 3 days. The Anime Central staff brings in guests from America and Japan that have worked in the anime and manga industry. There are also thousands of cosplayers that walk around showing off their costumes.

History

In April 1996 the Midwest Animation Promotion Society (MAPS) was incorporated by a group of individuals from a Chicago based anime club. After two years of planning the first ACen was held in April 1998 at the Holiday Inn International O'Hare hotel in Rosemont, Illinois. Its attendance was a little over 1,000 people.

In its more recent years the convention has moved to May and is held at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare also in Rosemont, Illinois. The attendance for the convention typically rises around 1,100 people a year.

Event history

References

External links

* [http://www.acen.org Official website]