Status Active Country United States | Location(s) Milwaukee, Wisconsin Inaugurated 2007 | |
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Genre Anime, Japanese culture Venue Hyatt Regency Milwaukee & Wisconsin Center | ||
Anime Milwaukee (AMKE) is an annual three-day anime convention held during March at the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee & Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is Wisconsin's largest anime convention.
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Programming
The convention typically offers anime music videos, an art contest, artist alley, a dealer’s room, fashion show, maid cafe, masquerades, movies, rave, tabletop gaming, and video game tournaments. The convention runs for 24 hours a day.
History
Anime Milwaukee began in 2007 and was founded by the Japanese Animation Association at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In 2011, the convention moved to the Hyatt Regency & Frontier Airlines Center in Milwaukee, which allowed for 24-hour programming. Attendees who preregistered for Anime Milwaukee in 2013 could receive a discount for the Distant Worlds concert held the day before the convention on February 14, 2013. The convention shared space in 2014 at the Wisconsin Center with Pheasant Fest, a hunting convention. The combined conventions economic impact were expected to be $1.5 million. In 2015, Anime Milwaukee's expected economic impact was over $1 million and it shared Wisconsin Center space with the Midwest Twisters Gymnastics Invitational. The convention was expected to bring $2.2 million to the local economy in 2016.