AnimeIowa

AnimeIowa is an annual three-day anime convention held during July at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa. The staff are all volunteers and the convention is run by the non-profit Mindbridge Foundation.

Programming
The convention typically offers artist alley, cosplay contests, dealers room, Maid Café, masquerade, tabletop gaming, video gaming, and video rooms. The 2011, the Maid Café benefited We Heart Japan, a charity supporting 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami victims. AnimeIowa held a fundraiser to benefit Swisher's Miracles in Motion in 2014.

History
AnimeIowa's first convention in 1997 was organized by the SFLIS Wing of Anime and Manga People (SWAMP). Technical issues occurred during the 2008 masquerade and some attendees rooms were relocated to a different hotel due to the Iowa flood of 2008. The 2011 convention occurred during the RAGBRAI bicycle ride. Cassandra Hodges was scheduled to attend the 2011 convention, but died on June 27, 2011. Iowa River Landing was used by both the RAGBRAI bicycle ride and AnimeIowa in 2015.

Event history

References

External links
 
Mindbridge website

Category:Anime conventions in the United States
Category:Recurring events established in 1997
Category:1997 establishments in Iowa
Category:Annual events in Iowa
Category:Festivals in Iowa
Category:Tourist attractions in Polk County, Iowa
Category:Conventions in Iowa