Animaritime is an anime and gaming convention founded by members of the Mount Allison University anime club.

Animaritime
StatusActive
GenreAnime
Gaming
VenueFredericton Convention Centre
Location(s)Fredericton, New Brunswick
CountryCanada
Inaugurated2004
Attendance1,826 in 2015[1]
Organized byMount Allison University Anime Club (founder)
Society for Atlantic Fan Cultures (current)
Websitehttps://animaritime.weebly.com/

The convention was first held as an anime-only convention on the university campus in Sackville, New Brunswick in 2004. It was the first anime con to be held in the Canadian Maritimes. 2010 festivities consisted of two smaller conventions called Animinitime, each a one-day con, located in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Moncton, New Brunswick. Animaritime moved to Fredericton, New Brunswick for the 2013 convention.[2][3]

History edit

Event history edit

Dates Location Attendance Guests
March 19–21, 2004 Mount Allison University
Sackville, New Brunswick
35[4]Cheri, André Richard, and Lindsay Searles[5]
February 25–27, 2005 Mount Allison University
Sackville, New Brunswick
104Martin Bastarache, Deborah Hale, and André Richard[6]
February 24–26, 2006 Mount Allison University
Sackville, New Brunswick
238Martin Bastarache, Patrick Delahanty, Deborah Hale, and André Richard[7]
February 23–25, 2007 Ramada Plaza Crystal Palace Hotel
Dieppe, New Brunswick
544K. V. Johansen and André Richard[8]
March 7–9, 2008 The Delta Beauséjour
Moncton, New Brunswick
825Svetlana Chmakova, K. V. Johansen, Jones, and Nicole Letersky[9]
March 6–8, 2009 The Delta Beauséjour
Moncton, New Brunswick
1,000 (est)[10]
April 25, 2010 (Animinitime) Westin Nova Scotian
Halifax, Nova Scotia
500Faith Erin Hicks[11]
July 17, 2010 (Animinitime) The Delta Beauséjour
Moncton, New Brunswick
500Faith Erin Hicks[12]
July 1–3, 2011 The Delta Beauséjour
Moncton, New Brunswick
1,268Ed Chavez, Faith Erin Hicks, and Spike Spencer[13]
June 29 – July 1, 2012 The Delta Beauséjour
Moncton, New Brunswick
1,313Chris Cason and Faith Erin Hicks[14]
June 28-30, 2013 Fredericton Convention Centre
Fredericton, New Brunswick
1,702Ed Chavez, Kumar Sivasubramanian, and Brad Swaile[15]
June 27-29, 2014 Fredericton Convention Centre
Fredericton, New Brunswick
1,725Kyle Hebert, Vance Vegas Salvalaggio, and Allisa Swanson[16]
June 26-28, 2015 Fredericton Convention Centre
Fredericton, New Brunswick
1,826Jennifer Cihi, Stefanie DeLeo, Nathan DeLuca, Brenda Hickey, and Pixielocks[1]
July 1-3, 2016 Fredericton Convention Centre
Fredericton, New Brunswick
1,959Nathan DeLuca[17]
June 30 - July 2, 2017 Fredericton Convention Centre
Fredericton, New Brunswick
1,638Brian Beacock, Jennifer Cihi, and Stefanie DeLeo[18]
June 29 - July 1, 2018 Fredericton Convention Centre
Fredericton, New Brunswick
1,780Nathan DeLuca, Lauren Landa, John Stocker[19]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Animaritime 2015 Information". AnimeCons.ca. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  2. ^ "People dressed as cartoon characters flood Fredericton streets". www.cbc.ca. 2013-06-28. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
  3. ^ "Animaritime Convention". 2013-06-09. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
  4. ^ Shannon Fay (April 22, 2010). "Meet your manga". The Coast. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  5. ^ "Animaritime 2004 Information". AnimeCons.ca. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  6. ^ "Animaritime 2005 Information". AnimeCons.ca. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  7. ^ "Animaritime 2006 Information". AnimeCons.ca. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  8. ^ "Animaritime 2007 Information". AnimeCons.ca. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  9. ^ "Animaritime 2008 Information". AnimeCons.ca. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  10. ^ "Animaritime 2009 Information". AnimeCons.ca. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  11. ^ "Animinitime 2010 Information". AnimeCons.ca. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  12. ^ "Animinitime 2010 Information". AnimeCons.ca. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  13. ^ "Animaritime 2011 Information". AnimeCons.ca. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  14. ^ "Animaritime 2012 Information". AnimeCons.ca. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  15. ^ "Animaritime 2013 Information". AnimeCons.ca. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  16. ^ "Animaritime 2014 Information". AnimeCons.ca. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  17. ^ "Animaritime 2016 Information". AnimeCons.ca. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  18. ^ "Animaritime 2017 Information". AnimeCons.ca. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  19. ^ "Animaritime 2018 Information". AnimeCons.ca. Retrieved 2018-06-25.

External links edit

Official websites:

  1. ^ "Animaritime Website - 2020". Animaritime 2020. Archived from the original on 26 Jan 2024. Retrieved 22 Mar 2024.
  2. ^ "Animaritime Website - 2010". Animaritime 2010. Archived from the original on 13 Feb 2024. Retrieved 22 Mar 2024.
  3. ^ "Animaritime". Animaritime. Archived from the original on 27 Jun 2023. Retrieved 22 Mar 2024.