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Tora Con

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Status
  
Active

Inaugurated
  
2005

Location
  
Rochester

Country
  
United States

Attendance
  
3,000 in 2014

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Genre
  
Anime, Manga, Japanese culture, Sci-Fi and Fantasy

Venue
  
Rochester Institute of Technology

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Tora-Con is an annual two-day anime convention held during April at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. The conventions name comes from the Japanese word 'tora' meaning tiger and is organized by the Rochester Institute of Technology Anime Club. The event is family friendly.

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Programming

The convention typically offers an Animated Music Video Contest, anime showings, Artists Alley, concerts, contests, Cosplay Chess Tournament, Cosplay Contest, Cosplay Dating Game, dances, gaming tournaments, Iron Cosplay, panels, and performances.

History

Tora-Con was founded to raise money for the Anime Club. They hit an attendance capacity of 2,500 in 2010 and had to close registration. The convention celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2014. In 2014, the event expanded to additional parts of campus and capped attendance at 3,000 people.

References

Tora-Con Wikipedia