Anime NebrasKon is an annual three-day anime convention held during October at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. It is organized by the Nebraska Japanese Animation Society.[2]
The convention typically offers an artist's alley, anime idol, anime music video contest, cosplay contests, cosplay masquerade, dance/rave, dating auction, dealer's room, game room (video, tournaments, tabletop), formal ball, human chess, panels, and talent shows.[2][3][4][5] The convention raised $2,600 for Big Brothers Big Sisters during the 2012 charity auction.[6] Charity auctions prior to 2012 raised around $1,000 which was donated to Make-a-Wish and Open Door Mission. The convention's charity events in 2015 benefited the National Alliance on Mental Illness and raised around $7,500.[7] Basset and Beagle Rescue of the Heartland was 2018's charity.[8] The conventions charity events in 2022 benefited The Trevor Project.[9]
Anime NebrasKon was founded by the members of University of Nebraska-Lincoln's anime club (Otaku Jinrui) in 2004 as a fund-raising project and had 300 attendees at the first convention.[3][10][11] Due to the convention's growth, in 2009 it moved to the Holiday Inn Omaha Convention Center in Omaha, Nebraska, and added 24-hour programming.[3] Weddings have been held at the convention in both 2010 and 2011.[5] The dealers room was expanded in 2012 because of renovations at the Ramada.[12] An attendee on the way to the convention in 2012 was briefly detained by police after entering a bank wearing cosplay from the series Resident Evil.[13] For 2016, the convention moved to La Vista in order to accommodate growth.[14] Anime NebrasKon 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[15][16]
NebKon Abridged is a one-day event held during July at the Hilton Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.
Anime NebrasKon's mascot is the Husker Ninja.[4]
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