In the meantime, there are a number of other convention options for people local to the Minneapolis area. We feel that the least we can do is provide links to other anime-related events near you!

Other Minnesota Cons:

MarsCon: March 9 – 11, 2012 in Bloomington, MN. http://marscon.org/2012/
Anime Detour: March 30 – April 1, 2012 in Bloomington, MN: http://animedetour.com/
CoreCon: May 4-May 6, 2012 in Moorhead, MN: http://fargocorecon.org/
AniMinneapolis: June 29 – July 1, 2012 in Bloomington, MN: http://animinneapolis.com/
Convergence: July 5 – 8, 2012 in Minneapolis, MN: http://convergence-con.org/
MetaCon: August 31 – September 2, 2012 in Bloomington, MN: http://metaconvention.com/
Anime Fusion: October 19 – 21, 2012 in Bloomington, MN: http://www.animefusion.net/home/
Animeland Remonedo: Date TBA: Bloomington, MN: http://animelandremonedo.com/

Sorry again for the inconvenience. Stay tuned for announcements pertaining to AnimeWorld Minneapolis 2013!

In the meantime, there are a number of other convention options for people local to the Minneapolis area. We feel that the least we can do is provide links to other anime-related events near you!

Other Minnesota Cons:

MarsCon: March 9 – 11, 2012 in Bloomington, MN. http://marscon.org/2012/  
Anime Detour: March 30 – April 1, 2012 in Bloomington, MN: http://animedetour.com/
CoreCon: May 4-May 6, 2012 in Moorhead, MN: http://fargocorecon.org/
AniMinneapolis: June 29 – July 1, 2012 in Bloomington, MN: http://animinneapolis.com/
Convergence: July 5 – 8, 2012 in Minneapolis, MN: http://convergence-con.org/
MetaCon: August 31 – September 2, 2012 in Bloomington, MN: http://metaconvention.com/
Anime Fusion: October 19 – 21, 2012 in Bloomington, MN: http://www.animefusion.net/home/
Animeland Remonedo: Date TBA: Bloomington, MN: http://animelandremonedo.com/

Sorry again for the inconvenience. Stay tuned for announcements pertaining to AnimeWorld Minneapolis 2013!

If a post on the main page says it was submitted in “News”, it is news relevant to the conventions themselves and may require your attention. If a post has been listed as a blog post, the post may be relevant to your interest and general knowledge but is not directly related to any of the conventions.

Hope this helps clear up any possible confusion. Stay tuned if you’re interested in just perusing our upcoming blog posts! We have just posted our first one up, and it is a summary of our experience at Ohayocon 2012. Check it out if you’re interested!

If a post on the main page says it was submitted in “News”, it is news relevant to the conventions themselves and may require your attention. If a post has been listed as a blog post, the post may be relevant to your interest and general knowledge but is not directly related to any of the conventions.

Hope this helps clear up any possible confusion. Stay tuned if you’re interested in just perusing our upcoming blog posts! We have just posted our first one up, and it is a summary of our experience at Ohayocon 2012. Check it out if you’re interested!

There were a number of things that we enjoyed at Ohayocon. Unfortunately, if we listed them all we’d simply go on forever. One of the things we really enjoyed was the dealer room ,which was extremely well organized. Members of our team were able to get a first hand look at preparations before the con began and the take down post convention. Unlike previous years where convention table swaps were situated in the hallways, all promotion conventions had been comfortably situated along one of the walls of the Dealer’s Room. It was great fun seeing all the dealers setting up their wares and some of them even came over to talk to the other conventions that were there promoting. The staff members of Ohayocon were also more than helpful in dealing with problems when they arose and the dealers that were present provided attendees with a plethora of items to look at and purchase.

In addition to the dealer room we thoroughly enjoyed going through artist’s alley. Ohayocon opted to do the same thing they did last year and situate artist’s alley in the same location. There was a HUGE variety of artists representing themselves and their art styles. While I was going around talking to all the various artists I saw some great work (and even found an artist there that I’d admired on Deviantart for years! It was such a random occurrence and it was great to meet her!).

Last, but certainly not least, we found that the cosplayers brought their best out as always. Like any convention, everyone wants to see the new cosplays that are being produced by fellow fans. This year I saw a huge explosion of My Little Pony and Homestuck cosplayers (not that that’s a bad thing!). As always, Ohayocon attracts people from all over, which also brings in a large variety of fans from different kinds anime, video games, etc. Some of our department heads and staff members joined the fray and cosplayed from a variety of series (Homestuck, Sailor Moon, Avatar the Last Airbender, Star Wars, and Vocaloid to name a few). Check out some of the impressive photos The Enthusiasts shot of some of our staff members and department heads during their private shoots at Ohayocon below!

The picture above is of one of our staffers, Emilia, as she posed in her Mindfang cosplay from Homestuck!

This picture features from the left to the right Jon (Masquerade Staff), Alena (Director of Live Events and Masquerade), Laura (Director of Panel Programming), and Mark (Director of Gaming).

This picture features Laura, our Director of Panel Programming, dressed as Mara Jade from Star Wars!

This picture features myself cosplaying as Luka Megurine in her black magnet version from Vocaloid!

We had an amazing time meeting all of the people that stopped by our table to win some free candy and t-shirts! A lot of people received our fliers around the convention and stopped by to check out our table and win starburst, kit kats, Hershey’s chocolate bars, and a variety of other candy while signing up for our mailing list (which automatically enters them into our badge and hotel raffle). Fifteen lucky attendees won AnimeWorld Chicago shirts! Lastly, a lot of people were really interested in entering our mascot design contest (see rules here!)

We had an interesting time at the con and we can’t wait to post about the next one some of our staff members attend and we can only hope that our own events are as well received as other ones like Ohayocon are!

There were a number of things that we enjoyed at Ohayocon. Unfortunately, if we listed them all we’d simply go on forever. One of the things we really enjoyed was the dealer room ,which was extremely well organized. Members of our team were able to get a first hand look at preparations before the con began and the take down post convention. Unlike previous years where convention table swaps were situated in the hallways, all promotion conventions had been comfortably situated along one of the walls of the Dealer’s Room. It was great fun seeing all the dealers setting up their wares and some of them even came over to talk to the other conventions that were there promoting. The staff members of Ohayocon were also more than helpful in dealing with problems when they arose and the dealers that were present provided attendees with a plethora of items to look at and purchase.

In addition to the dealer room we thoroughly enjoyed going through artist’s alley. Ohayocon opted to do the same thing they did last year and situate artist’s alley in the same location. There was a HUGE variety of artists representing themselves and their art styles. While I was going around talking to all the various artists I saw some great work (and even found an artist there that I’d admired on Deviantart for years! It was such a random occurrence and it was great to meet her!).

Last, but certainly not least, we found that the cosplayers brought their best out as always. Like any convention, everyone wants to see the new cosplays that are being produced by fellow fans. This year I saw a huge explosion of My Little Pony and Homestuck cosplayers (not that that’s a bad thing!). As always, Ohayocon attracts people from all over, which also brings in a large variety of fans from different kinds anime, video games, etc. Some of our department heads and staff members joined the fray and cosplayed from a variety of series (Homestuck, Sailor Moon, Avatar the Last Airbender, Star Wars, and Vocaloid to name a few). Check out some of the impressive photos The Enthusiasts shot of some of our staff members and department heads during their private shoots at Ohayocon below!

The picture above is of one of our staffers, Emilia, as she posed in her Mindfang cosplay from Homestuck!

This picture features from the left to the right Jon (Masquerade Staff), Alena (Director of Live Events and Masquerade), Laura (Director of Panel Programming), and Mark (Director of Gaming).

This picture features Laura, our Director of Panel Programming, dressed as Mara Jade from Star Wars!

This picture features myself cosplaying as Luka Megurine in her black magnet version from Vocaloid!

We had an amazing time meeting all of the people that stopped by our table to win some free candy and t-shirts! A lot of people received our fliers around the convention and stopped by to check out our table and win starburst, kit kats, Hershey’s chocolate bars, and a variety of other candy while signing up for our mailing list (which automatically enters them into our badge and hotel raffle). Fifteen lucky attendees won AnimeWorld Chicago shirts! Lastly, a lot of people were really interested in entering our mascot design contest (see rules here!)

We had an interesting time at the con and we can’t wait to post about the next one some of our staff members attend and we can only hope that our own events are as well received as other ones like Ohayocon are!

AnimeWorld is an exciting, fun group of people to work with. If you are a college student, you will learn valuable skills that will help you in your future career and learn how to work to build an event working with experienced professionals who happen to be anime fans as well.

If you are a young professional, you will enhance your skill sets and have the opportunity to move into a leadership position doing what you love doing.

Everyone on staff has fun and enjoys the rewards of producing a great event. If you are interested, send an email to Alec at alec@animeworldexpos.com with your qualifications and what you would like to work on.

AnimeWorld is an exciting, fun group of people to work with. If you are a college student, you will learn valuable skills that will help you in your future career and learn how to work to build an event working with experienced professionals who happen to be anime fans as well.

If you are a young professional, you will enhance your skill sets and have the opportunity to move into a leadership position doing what you love doing.

Everyone on staff has fun and enjoys the rewards of producing a great event. If you are interested, send an email to Alec at alec@animeworldexpos.com with your qualifications and what you would like to work on.