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Anime NebrasKon is an anime convention focusing on anime, manga, and East Asian culture. It is held in Omaha, Nebraska (previously at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Student Union in Lincoln, Nebraska) and run by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's anime club Otaku Jinrui.

Anime NebrasKon 2012 will be held from November 2–4, 2012 at the Ramada Plaza Omaha Hotel & Convention Center in Omaha, Nebraska.

Programming

Anime NebrasKon programming is similar to other anime conventions. Past conventions have featured cosplay events, game shows, anime music video contests, video game contests, and ramen noodle eating contests.

History

Anime NebrasKon was founded by the members of University of Nebraska-Lincoln's anime club, Otaku Jinrui, in 2004. The idea initially began as a fund-raising project for the club treasury but the members also realized that many anime and manga fans in Nebraska had never been to a convention due to transportation and expenses. The convention was first launched in 2004 as a successful one-day event with 300 attendees.

The convention would return the following year as a much larger convention and included industry guests for the first time. It also expanded from a one-day event to a three-day event. Many of the old, traditional anime convention events remained but the club also introduced new and unique events as well, such as a Science of Anime lecture and the Awesome Rangers (a spoof on the popular sentai Power Rangers).

Event history

References

External links

• Anime NebrasKon official website