History

Just to prove to you we are not new at doing this, we would like to give you a small summary of our events through the years. We started out as a combination of 3 different groups of people. One of which left us after two years. The foundation now consists of the two previously separate entities: Dutch Anime Society and Anime Workgroup Holland.

Our previous events were (in reverse chronological order):

Anime 2011 (J-POP Foundation - nr. 13)

Location: Theaterhotel Almelo, Almelo
Date: May 2011
Number of visitors: aprox. 2450
Special: Aural Vampire came over from Japan, Dutch preliminaries for the World Cosplay Summit, EuroCosplay and the European Cosplay Gathering, the first Dutch Manga Awards, all video rooms were in high definition video, Arie van Kooten as special guest.
Event program: the 2011 event program (still on-line for the first time).

Anime 2010 (J-POP Foundation - nr. 12)

Location: Theaterhotel Almelo, Almelo
Date: May 2010
Number of visitors: aprox. 1800
Special: 5.1 Surround sound in every video room, VR1 fully in high definition video. Two bands. Helen McCarthy as special guest.

Anime 2009 (J-POP Foundation - nr. 11)

Location: Theaterhotel Almelo, Almelo
Date: May 2009
Number of visitors: aprox. 1700
Special: New and larger dealer room

Anime 2008 (J-POP Foundation - nr. 10)

Location: Theaterhotel Almelo, Almelo
Date: May 2008
Number of visitors: aprox. 1350

Anime 2007 (J-POP Foundation - nr. 9)

Location: Theaterhotel Almelo, Almelo
Date: June 2007
Number of visitors: aprox. 1300

Anime 2006 (J-POP Foundation - nr. 8)

Location: Theaterhotel Almelo, Almelo
Date: June 2006
Number of visitors: aprox. 1300

Anime 2005 (J-POP Foundation - nr. 7)

Location: Theaterhotel Almelo, Almelo
Date: May 2005
Number of visitors: 1157
Special: Karaoke night and secondary dealer room

Anime 2004 (J-POP Foundation - nr. 6)

Location: Theaterhotel Almelo, Almelo
Date: May 2004
Number of visitors: 1043
Special: Real 750-seat theatre with 5.1 sound, even bigger dealer and game room, 4th video room
Guests: Mr. Tatsuo Sato and Mr. Takatoshi Chino (Studio Xebec)

Anime 2003 (J-POP Foundation - nr. 5)

Location: Haarlem, Hotel Haarlem-Zuid
Date: February 2003
Number of visitors: 770
Special: Bigger dealer room, No special guests

Anime 2002 (J-POP Foundation - nr. 4)

Location: Veldhoven, Koningshof
Date: February 2002
Number of visitors: 524
Special: 2*5.1 sound system, first cosplay contest. No special guests

Anime 2001 (J-POP Foundation - nr. 3)

Location: Veldhoven, Koningshof
Date: February 2001
Number of visitors: 382

Anime 2000 (J-POP Foundation - nr. 2)

Location: Veldhoven, Koningshof
Date: February 2000
Number of visitors: 300+
Special: Kenji Horikawa as a guest (Producer Jin-Roh, Popolocrois, Arc the Lad)

Anime ’99 (J-POP Foundation - nr. 1)

Location: Rotterdam, Holiday Inn
Date: February 1999
Number of visitors: 208
Special: First real festival, guests from Xebec and Bandai

Made in Japan - Animation film cycle (co organized by AWH)

Location: Maastricht
Date: 1998
Number of visitors: Unknown
Special: Organized in a film theatre

Summer of Anime (AWH and DAS)

Location: Den Bosch
Date: 1998
Number of visitors: 150+
Special: First 2 day event

Second Impact (AWH)

Location: Maastricht
Date: 1998
Number of visitors: Between 100 and 150
Special: Sales people from Pioneer UK and Dynamic Benelux

Famicon III (DAS)

Location: Den Bosch
Date: 1997
Number of visitors: 110

Nacht van de grote Anime (AWH)

Location: Maastricht
Date: 1997
Number of visitors: 40

Famicon II (DAS)

Location: Den Bosch
Date: 1996
Number of visitors: 80

Famicon (festival named after the FaniManga fanzine) (DAS)

Location: Papendrecht, The Netherlands
Date: 1995
Number of visitors: 32 (including an American)