Anime Friends

Anime Friends is a South American annual anime convention produced by Maru Division Corporation. It was originally held in São Paulo, Brazil during the month of July, and it expanded to Argentina (2009–17) and Chile (2013).

Anime Friends
Status	Active
Location(s)	São Paulo Aeroporto Campo de Marte Buenos Aires Centro de Exposiciones Miguelete Santiago Centro de Eventos Chimkowe
Country	Brazil Argentina Chile
Inaugurated	2003
Attendance	120,000 in 2008
Website	Argentina's official website Brazil's official website Chile's official website

History

Brazil

Event history

Dates	Location	Atten.	Guests
July 3–6, 2003	Colégio Madre Cabrini^[citation needed] São Paulo, Brazil		Hironobu Kageyama, Akira Kushida, Hiroshi Watari^[1]
July 8–11, 2004	Espaço das Américas^[citation needed] São Paulo, Brazil	25,000	Masaaki Endoh, Hironobu Kageyama, Masami Okui, and Eizo Sakamoto^[2]
July 14–17, 2005	Universidade Uni Sant'Anna São Paulo, Brazil	45,000	Yoshiki Fukuyama, Hironobu Kageyama, Akira Kushida, and Takayuki Miyauchi^[3]
July 13–16, 2006	Universidade Uni Sant'Anna São Paulo, Brazil	50,000	Massacration, Masaaki Endoh, Hiroshi Kitadani, and Yumi Matsuzawa^[4]
July 14~15 and 19~22, 2007	Universidade Uni Sant'Anna São Paulo, Brazil	79,000	Masaaki Endoh, Edu Falaschi, Yoko Ishida, Hironobu Kageyama, MoJo, Pato Fu, Kōji Wada, and Nobuo Yamada^[5]
July 11~13 and 16~20, 2008	Mart Center São Paulo, Brazil^[6]	120,000	Akira Kushida, Takayuki Miyauchi, Takumi Tsutsui, Hideaki Takatori, Almah, Shaaman, Aki Misato, JAM Project (Hironobu Kageyama, Masaaki Endoh, Yoshiki Fukuyama, Masami Okui, Hiroshi Kitadani and Ricardo Cruz)^[7]
July 10~12 and 17–19, 2009	Mart Center São Paulo, Brazil		Kagrra, Hironobu Kageyama, Masaaki Endoh, Hiroshi Kitadani, Nobuo Yamada, Akira Kushida, Shinichi Ishihara and Yukio Yamagata
July 09~11 and 15~18, 2010	Mart Center São Paulo, Brazil		Akira Kushida, Shinichi Ishihara, Takayuki Miyauchi, Aki Misato, Minami Kuribayashi, Chihiro Yonekura, Angra, Piyo Rabbie and Aural Vampire
July 08~10 and 15~17, 2011^[8]	Mart Center São Paulo, Brazil		Akira Kushida, Psychic Lover, Nobuo Yamada, Takayoshi Tanimoto, M.O.V.E., Kaya and Angra
July 05–08 and 12-15, 2012	Faculdade Cantareira São Paulo, Brazil		Nobuo Yamada, Takayoshi Tanimoto, Paul Zaloom, Kaya and JAM Project (Hironobu Kageyama, Masaaki Endoh, Masami Okui, Hiroshi Kitadani and Ricardo Cruz - Yoshiki Fukuyama was unable to attend due to health issues)
July 11–14 and 18-21, 2013	Campo de Marte São Paulo, Brazil		Nobuo Yamada, Akira Kushida, Família Lima, Yumi Matsuzawa, Gloria, Andre Matos, Eyeshine, Chihiro Yonekura, Oreskaband, Shinichi Ishihara, Takumi Tsutsui and JAM Project (Hironobu Kageyama, Masaaki Endoh, Masami Okui, Hiroshi Kitadani, Yoshiki Fukuyama and Ricardo Cruz
July 17–20 and 24-27, 2014	Campo de Marte São Paulo, Brazil		Flow, Reika, You Kikkawa, Oreskaband, Kōji Wada, Ayumi Miyazaki, Takayoshi Tanimoto, Noturnall, Almah, Motsu, Back-On, Nobuo Yamada, Eizo Sakamoto, Família Lima, Chris Claremont and Daniel HDR
July 10–12 and 17-19, 2015	Campo de Marte São Paulo, Brazil		Ayu Brazil, Flow, Cross Gene, Detonator, Home Made Kazoku, Inkt, Joe Inoue, Kaname, Reika, Matsuko Mawatari, Ricardo Cruz, Sasaki Sayaka, Screw, Snowkel, Tetsuo Kurata, Carolina Munhóz, Raphael Draccon and Daniel HDR
July 08–10 and 15-17, 2016	Campo de Marte São Paulo, Brazil		Joe Inoue, Ricardo Cruz, Detonator, Nobuo Yamada, Ayumi Miyazaki, Takayoshi Tanimoto, Yumi Matsuzawa, Hiroki Takahashi. Yuuya Asaoka, Ricardo Fábio, Edu Falaschi, Rodrigo Rossi, Larissa Tassi, LM.C, Mai Hoshimura, Sambomaster, Takumi Tsutsui, Shouhei Kusaka, LeChat, Liui Aquino, Jason Faunt ^[9]
July 07–09, 2017	Transamerica Expo Center São Paulo, Brazil		Do As Infinity, T.M. Revolution, Asian Kung-fu Generation, Takumi Tsutsui^[10]
July 06–09, 2018	Anhembi Parque São Paulo, Brazil		Takumi Hashimoto, Oreskaband, Yumi Matsuzawa, Snowkel, Deadlift Lolita, ((Hatsune Miku)), ((Ultraman Heroes)) ^[11]

Argentina

Event Story

Dates	Location	Atten.	Guests
July 24~26, 2009	Colegio Nichia Gakuin Buenos Aires, Argentina		Hironobu Kageyama, Masaaki Endoh, Hiroshi Kitadani and Ricardo Cruz
July 24~25, 2010	Instituto San Antonio Buenos Aires, Argentina		Aki Misato, Chihiro Yonekura, Kouji Wada, Ricardo Cruz and Aural Vampire
July 23~24, 2011	Instituto San Antonio Buenos Aires, Argentina		Takayoshi Tanimoto, Nobuo Yamada, Ricardo Cruz, m.o.v.e and Kaya
July 21~23, 2012	Centro de Exposiciones Miguelete Buenos Aires, Argentina		JAM Project (Hironobu Kageyama, Masaaki Endoh, Hiroshi Kitadani, Masami Okui and Ricardo Cruz)
July 19~21, 2013	Centro de Exposiciones Miguelete Buenos Aires, Argentina		Nobuo Yamada and Yumi Matsuzawa
July 18~20, 2014	Centro de Exposiciones Miguelete Buenos Aires, Argentina		Oreskaband
July 24~26, 2015	Centro de Exposiciones Miguelete Buenos Aires, Argentina		FLOW
July 22~24, 2016	Centro de Exposiciones Miguelete Buenos Aires, Argentina		Joe Inoue, Nobuo Yamada and Yumi Matsuzawa
July 21~23, 2017	Centro de Exposiciones Miguelete Buenos Aires, Argentina		Rookiez is Punk'd

Chile

Event Story

Dates	Location	Atten.	Guests
July 27, 2013	Teatro Caupolicán Santiago, Chile		Juan Andrés Salfate, Ricardo Cruz and Chihiro Yonekura

References

1. "Anime Friends 2003 Information". AnimeCons.com. from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
2. "Anime Friends 2004 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
3. "Anime Friends 2005 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
4. "Anime Friends 2006 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
5. "Anime Friends 2007 Information". AnimeCons.com. from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
6. "Anime Friends 2008 Information". AnimeCons.com. from the original on 12 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
7. . Yamato Corp. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
8. "pinhaltrollers: Image". pinhaltrollers (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 July 2023.
9. animefriends.com.br/e_programacao.shtml#main
10. animefriends.com.br/e_programacao.shtml
11. animefriends.com.br/e_programacao.shtml

See also

• List of anime conventions

 

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