Anime Japan 2014 - The World’s Largest Scale Anime Event is Held for the First Time!

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The new anime event AnimeJapan 2014, the world’s largest anime event, was held for two days on March 22 and 23 at Tokyo Big Sight in Ariake.

AnimeJapan was born from the unification of Anime Contents Expo (ACE), a large-scale animation-related exhibition event held at Makuhari Messe, and Tokyo International Anime Fair (TAF), an anime event that also served as a trade fair for companies. It aims to expand and encourage the Japanese anime industry, and there were roughly 145 companies exhibiting.


What sets the event apart is the breadth of its content. Just like the motto “Here is everything about anime” says, the halls were completely packed with anime content, from stage events to anime goods shops, a cosplay area, seminars for businesses, charity auctions, and more. The booths of Aniplex, Good Smile Company, and Kadokawa were especially flooded with fans. At each of the booths, information regarding new anime, original pictures for popular titles, and original goods were spread out.

At the Aniplex booth, information regarding new summer anime was made public. Soon, we will see Sword Art Online 2 cosplayers!
Anime-related programs were held everywhere, and we could catch sight of a lot of cosplayers. A program called “Cosplayer’s World” was organized for which official anime backgrounds were installed.
It may be the effect of establishing an English guide page on AnimeJapan’s official website, but there were also many Western and Asian attendees from countries outside Japan.

The special collaborations that took place limited to this event are also worthy of attention. There were items of characters from different works carrying out unusual collaborations.

AnimeJapan Girls und Panzer × Kantai Collection -KanColle- × Strike Witches collaboration item © Girls und Panzer Projekt © 2014 DMM.com / Kadokawa Games. All Rights Reserved. © 501st Joint Fighter Wing
AnimeJapan limited edition Attack on Titan × Monogatari series collaboration rubber strap sets “Levi (Naoetsu High School Ver.)” & “Koyomi Araragi (Survey Corps Ver.)” © Hajime Isayama, Kodansha Ltd. / Attack on Titan Production Committee © Nisio Isin, Kodansha Ltd., Aniplex Inc., Shaft Inc.
AnimeJapan limited edition Puella Magi Madoka Magica × Rascal collaboration rubber strap sets “Kyubey (Rascal Costume Ver.)” & “Rascal (Kyubey Costume Ver.)” © Nippon Animation Co. Ltd. © Magica Quartet / Aniplex Inc., Madoka Movie Project Rebellion

AnimeJapan managed to reach Comic Market’s level of frenzy, and even though it was held for the first time, it left us with the premonition that it will become a must-see event for anime fans in the future.

AnimeJapan 2014 Official Site
[Event Details]
Name: AnimeJapan 2014
Dates and Times: 3/22/2014 (Sat.) and 3/23/2014 (Sun.)　9:00 - 17:00
Venue: Tokyo Big Sight, East Exhibit Halls 1-6
135-0063 Tokyo Ariake, Koto-ku, 3-11-1

© Trigger, Kazuki Nakashima, Kill la Kill Board Committee
© Tadatoshi Fujimaki, Shueisha Inc., Kuroko’s Basketball Board Committee

This is a Tokyo Otaku Mode original article.

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