Talk:Anime and manga convention

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I'd like to propose either removing the "Specific Conventions" section and just having the link to the List of anime conventions page or changing the list to be the ten largest anime conventions in the world. The conventions that are listed there now seem to be randomly selected and follow no selection criteria that I can determine. --PatrickD 17:08, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I concur with the idea of the ten largest anime conventions. There's already a list of multigenre conventions, so multicons like DragonCon, AOD and the link shouldn't be on said list, regardless of how large their anime sections are.--み使い Mitsukai 12:28, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

this article seems to only refer to the western, or even english speaking world variety of con. Should it be more global? or be sectioned off?RCHM 00:52, 23 July 2006 (UTC)


 * It's a good idea. Now, looking at how many anime conventions there are in the US (over 90) with just a population just short of 300 million, while Europe has a population of over 700 million less than 20 anime cons. The very home country of anime, Japan, has a population of 130 million and 0 anime cons (Comic Market is not a convention to begin with). It leads me to think that anime conventions aren't even Anglo-specific but very specific to the nature of US American fans (ie, the numbers tell the story).--24.5.125.75 21:12, 9 August 2006 (UTC)


 * by what standard do you come to this conclusion? Comiket is most certainly can be called a convention, even if it doesnt share as much in common with western anime conventions, having more in common with a gun & knife show of the south...


 * my only point was that they are distinctly different convention flavors & such should be mentioned.RCHM 16:11, 19 August 2006 (UTC)


 * There's no anime at Comic Market. It's all printed materials in the form of fanzines and dojinshi that's at Comic Market. It's also all market, so it's as much convention as a flower show or a PC swap meet would be a convention. I don't know if you've ever been to Comic Market or if you spend your time browsing and buying dojinshi if you go there. Comic Market's name is not a misnomer. It describes what they are very precisely. I don't think it's a good idea to project wishful thinking that there's is a huge convention in Japan just because it's the place where anime and manga come from.--209.250.158.226 23:11, 2 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Much of Comiket's source material is in fact Anime. I don't think its unreasonable to list it here simply because it is an extremely focused event with only a couple things in common with other shows. Plus... if we wanna get super accurate, we could call Comiket a flea market, but that seems derogatory...RCHM 01:42, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

This article has become quite twisted over the years, it could use some cleaning that isn't trying to smuggle one con or another into the narrative... RCHM (talk) 01:15, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

There's this intro text that I'm re-writing: "Historically the focus has been on the written form rather than audiovisual media representations, but this may be changing. People in attendance at an anime convention are traditionally known as members of the convention; invited celebrities including authors are commonly known as guests of the convention, though many professionals, including authors, will simply attend as members" This reads like a copy-and-paste from a general science fiction convention intro. Anime is all about "audiovisual media." Anime doesn't come in written form, unless one is talking about the script. Anime convention GoHs predominantly animators and voice actors, as authors exist outside the anime industry. While it's common for authors to attend a science fiction convention as general members, most industry professionals would get an industry badge at an anime convention.--24.5.125.75 21:31, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Also never heard of "bid parties" at anime conventions. Delete that.

Cosplay Picture
Maybe we could get a good group picture in for the cosplay section... I will try to look for one in the public domain. Kopf1988 01:49, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I see this still hasn't been addressed, there are several images link at the Cosplay article that could be used. AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 19:03, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: "this still isn't needed and what idiot will think that "anime convention" means something else?"
In response to Farix's edit summary - Well, apparently this idiot! ;-) I really think given the similarity between AnimeCon and Anime convention article names and considering that conventions are often referred to as "cons" it would be fair to note something like "This article is about anime convention in general, for AnimeCon, a defunct anime convention, see AnimeCon." I'd like to open this up to further discussion. Thank you. AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 18:57, 11 April 2008 (UTC)


 * There is no way that someone will type in "anime convention" expecting to go to the article on AnimeCon or Animecon (Finland) unless they are a complete idiot. While you can justify the other way around, the fact remains that no one is going to land here while looking for the other articles. There is no convention named "Anime Convention" and probably never will be. You justification for the hat note only justifies place one on AnimeCon, but not the other way around. Therefor, adding a hat note to this article is completely unnecessary. --Farix (Talk) 19:45, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I do see that your reasoning is valid. At the time, I was looking closely at articles with similar titles. As you said, my reasoning applies for the hat placed on the AnimeCon article. Cheers. AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 20:29, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Potential source
I've known Trisha for a while on the ML and even discussed some of these cons, so I'm a little too close for COI. However, she has a very good article in Protoculture Addicts No. 96 about badly ran anime conventions. There is also a brief history of US conventions and some of the mechanics that goes into running a convention that could be incorporated into this article. --Farix (Talk) 01:38, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Do they publish their articles online? AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 13:46, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
 * You have to purchase the magazine in order to read the article. --Farix (Talk) 15:49, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Suppose that would make sense. However, many magazines publish their content online these days as well. So I figured I'd ask :-) AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 15:51, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Largest Conventions
That section seems to need some work. For the most obvious example, why list the 12 largest? Kind of an arbitrary number. Kopf1988 (talk) 20:43, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Just an Idea
I have read the suggestions on here, and agree in the terms of having examples of anime conventions locations globally. With a larger scale such as global and in this case multicultural, it will give the readers an in depth understanding of these massive events. Along with these locations I also believe that the basic rules of conventions ought to be posted so that if a reader is studying this topic they will know how to appropriately be prepared and how to behave. For example perhaps a short passage on how tickets can be purchased, how to safely check in your props as a cos-player, and other helpful tips to better educate the public. LeandraLotus (talk) 20:39, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

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Anime convention → Anime and manga convention – The current name is too limited in focus. Manga plays a big part of those events. The parent subcategory is Category:Anime and manga fandom, not Category:Anime fandom. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 00:38, 11 March 2024 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

I have never heard anyone in my life call it an "anime and manga convention"
I've always seen the catch all term for conventions like Anime Expo, Anime NYC, Japan Expo, Sakura-con, Otakon, Katsucon et al. be referred to as simply "Anime convention". Why the page change at all? SimonLagann (talk) 10:00, 19 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Because anime fandom is just a part of anime and manga fandom. There's more to anime conventions than just anime. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 11:28, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
 * PS. Also, just google for "manga convention". A number of events use this term, often in the longer phrase "anime and manga convention". Now, I doubt it makes much sense to differentiate between anime convention and manga convention, they are very rarely separate. Oh, and manga convention redirects here - now this make more sense then redirecting it to anime convention, no? Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 11:36, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Anime is the more popular medium. Anime often leads a curious someone to read where it came from (usually manga, but also light novels). The only way it's the other way round is if that someone is already way deep into the medium of animanga. SimonLagann (talk) 13:11, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I would opt for a redirect per WP:COMMONNAME as I have also never heard of a anime and manga convention. Anime is a recognizable name which is used frequently by the industry. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 14:09, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I also tried doing an Ngram: . - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 16:07, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
 * At minimum, the lead should say anime convention, also known less often as manga convention or anime and manga convention. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 05:30, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I defenitely agree with that. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 12:51, 2 April 2024 (UTC)