Dealer room
Vendors from all over Europe and some even further away will be selling their j-pop, anime, manga and cosplay related merchandise in the dealer room. This has always been an important part of our festival and a huge attraction to our guests. It really is the easiest way to shop for anime and manga products in one single spot anywhere in the Benelux countries! The dealer room will be open on every day the festival is running.
In 2010 the dealer room will have more tables than ever before! The huge new Beethovenzaal will be overflowing with vendors. With more than a hundred and twenty tables with items to choose from we advise you to come with enough cash in your pockets! Yes, seriously! Most vendors can accept cash only.
The merchandise offered by the vendors will be monitored by J-POP Foundation Staff to make sure no bootleg material is being sold. All merchants are forbidden to bring and sell bootleg material. For people that don't have a clue, bootleg means: an illicitly produced, distributed or sold product.
Last year we noticed that thanks to the larger room we have a shorter line. So for the first time in four years we no longer have to resort to cheap tricks to keep the line short, i.e. the opening times printed here and the booklet will be the actual opening times instead of one hour later as we used to do. Still, because of the large volume of people wanting to access the dealer area and the time they want to spend in there, we still expect a queue and it can take a long time before you can access the area. There is really no practical way to avoid this, so please don't be to upset about it. Access will be on a first-come, first-served basis; except that handicapped people and crew have priority entrance to the area.
Dealers
In alfabetical order.
AnimeDreamSource sells cosplay & anime merchandise.
AniPopgam (location: D)
AniPopGam sells Japanese Anime character goods such as plush dolls, wall scrolls, stationary, bags, t-shirts, key chains, jewellery, etc. Straight from Japan or America.
The oldest Dutch magazine dedicated completely to j-pop, anime and manga. Printed in glossy, full-colour. At the festival they sell not only their magazine, but also Dutch manga and DVD’s.
Yes they are back! Our main sponsor, the biggest European Online anime and manga store, will have a large stand.
Whole Weekend Visitors can bring their used Anime and Manga related items and we will try to sell them to all other visitors. This year we will also sell our own merchandise here and you can pick up the merchandise you bought at the ticket booth.
Playing almost a home game, this comics dealer from Enschede will bring Manga, Merchandise and Figures.
Fly Away Fashion
Fly Away Fashion sells Handmade Elegant Gothic Lolita Accessories to make every outfit complete.
This online retailers for videogame related merchandise has more than 2500 products online. If it is legally available in Europe they sell it.
Videogames, anime, figures, games.
From our country's capitol, Amsterdam! They will bring anime, manga and toys and figurines.
Hime Boutique sells everything related to cosplay, lolita, j-fashion and some merchandise.
German merchandise and clothing, straight from Berlin.
Japan Freax is an online Manga and Anime Merchandising Shop with a large and special assortment. If they cannot get it from Europe they will get it from Japan.
One of the Netherlands largest comic book stores. Will bring plenty of manga.
Fenicia has been a regular dealer for Fenicia has been a regular dealer for years now! Each year she brings cosplay & BJD supplies.
Figures, Manga and Books straight from Japan.
Red Dot Commerce sells cosplay, t-shirts, figures and other anime and game merchandise online.
BJD Speciaalzaak en J-pop
Straight from the US, Voodoo Baby sells handmade rope dolls.
Lots & lots of manga (more than 3000).
Doujin Circles
The dealer room is filled not only with dealers, but also with a lot of aspiring and arrived Dutch Manga artists: the so-called Doujin Circles that sell their own artwork.
In alfabetical order.
Neutral consists of five lovely ladies who love to draw doujinshi as well as original stories. This Animecon they will proudly present not only a brand new fan manga, but also a fresh anthology of original work.
Fantasy, horror and occult doujinshi.
Do you like the comics in our festival booklet? Be sure to visit Open Minded stand for more.
A small Dutch doujinshi circle which mainly focuses on the genre fantasy through manga, visual novels and much more.
Find fanmade merchandise from various favourite fandoms and of course original works filled with love and dedication here!
Tea Tales presents you the Tea Tales Magazine, a four monthly doujishi-magazine stuffed with original stories and artworks. But we also have books and a great diversity of panda-cat merchandise.
Original illustrations and doujinshis from an original Japanese Manga artist.
Tomodachi Works is focused on Original art in a unique shoujo style.
Other conventions
Three days of festival in a year is not enough for us, but it is unfortunately all we can manage. So it is a good thing for those who want more that other groups are organizing festivals as well.
Some of these organizations have stands in the dealer room, as we have our stand on their festivals. You can buy their tickets, ask questions about the when and the where, take their expensively printed flyers and give feedback concerning their previous festivals.
In alfabetical order.
The Netherlands other three day festival wholly dedicated to Japanese pop culture, 27-29 August in Veldhoven.
The largest Dutch single day festival, this year on July the 10th in the Expo Houten.
The newest Dutch Anime festival, two years going now.
Sign-up
Not Required.
Restrictions
The usual rules apply. Like always be prepared, as there WILL be a large number of people wanting to enter, resulting in a long queue. So chances are you will have to wait a bit before you can enter the area yourself. Remember this is for your own safety! Like always, please pay attention and follow the instructions given by our security staff and stewards.
Availability
All ticket types.
Location
Beethovenzaal (Ground Floor, in the new annex).
Opening hours
Friday: 19:00-23:00
Saturday: 11.00-18:30
Sunday: 10:00-15:30