Convention in South America
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 Rio de Janeiro,[ 1]
History
Brazil
Event history
City
Dates
Venue
Attend.
Guests
São Paulo
July 3–6, 2003
Colégio Madre Cabrini[ 2]
25,000[ 3]
Hironobu Kageyama , Akira Kushida , Hiroshi Watari [ 4]
July 8–11, 2004
Espaço das Américas[ 5]
32,000[ 3]
Masaaki Endoh , Hironobu Kageyama , Masami Okui , and Eizo Sakamoto [ 6]
July 14–17, 2005
Universidade Uni Sant'Anna
45,000
Yoshiki Fukuyama , Hironobu Kageyama , Akira Kushida , and Takayuki Miyauchi [ 7]
July 13–16, 2006
50,000
Massacration , Masaaki Endoh , Hiroshi Kitadani , and Yumi Matsuzawa [ 8]
July 14~15 and 19~22, 2007
79,000
Masaaki Endoh , Edu Falaschi , Yoko Ishida , Hironobu Kageyama , MoJo , Pato Fu , Kōji Wada , and Nobuo Yamada [ 9]
July 11~13 and 16~20, 2008
Mart Center
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 )[ 10] [ 11]
July 10~12 and 17–19, 2009
Kagrra , Hironobu Kageyama , Masaaki Endoh , Hiroshi Kitadani , Nobuo Yamada , Akira Kushida , Shinichi Ishihara and Yukio Yamagata
July 09~11 and 15~18, 2010
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[ 12]
Akira Kushida , Psychic Lover , Nobuo Yamada , Takayoshi Tanimoto , M.O.V.E. , Kaya and Angra
July 05–08 and 12-15, 2012
Faculdade Cantareira
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 Airport
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
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
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
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 [ 13]
July 07–09, 2017
Transamerica Expo Center
Do As Infinity , T.M. Revolution , Asian Kung-fu Generation , Takumi Tsutsui [ 14]
July 06–09, 2018
Anhembi Convention Center
Takumi Hashimoto , Oreskaband , Yumi Matsuzawa , Snowkel , Deadlift Lolita , Hatsune Miku , Ultraman Heroes [ 15]
Rio de Janeiro
July 05-09, 2019
Riocentro
Snowkel , Faky , Yumi Matsuzawa , Deadlift Lolita , Mika Kobayashi , Gaijin Sentai ,[ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 1]
São Paulo
July 12-14, 2019
Anhembi Convention Center
60,000[ 19]
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2020
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Event not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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2021
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São Paulo
July 08-10, 2022
Anhembi Convention Center
80,000[ 20]
Danger3 (Ricardo Cruz , Larissa Tassi and Rodrigo Rossi), Gaijin Sentai , Babybeard , Matsuko Mawatari , Diogo Miyahara,[ 21] I Don't Like Mondays. , YUYU20 , [ 22] [ 23] [ 24]
Rio de Janeiro
July 16-17, 2022
Expo Mag
São Paulo
July 13-16, 2023
Anhembi Convention Center
120,000[ 25]
Takumi Hashimoto, Takumi Tsutsui, Hiroshi Watari , Mai Oishi , Makoto Sumikawa , Kiyomi Tsukada , Flow , Scandal , Burnout Syndromes , Survive Said the Prophet , Nano, Yurika, ASCA , SennaRin , Who-ya Extended , YUYU20, Yumi Matsuzawa , Danger3 (Ricardo Cruz , Larissa Tassi and Rodrigo Rossi ), Janaína Bianchi,[ 26] [ 27] [ 28] Senpai Old School ,[ 29] Akino with Bless4 [ 30]
July 18-21, 2024
Vickeblanka , Takeru (from SuG ), Hiroto (from Alice Nine ), Wasuta , ROOKiEZ is PUNK’D ,[ 31] Yasuhiro Ishiwatari ,[ 32] [ 33] ALI ,[ 34] ClariS ,[ 35] Kihachirō Uemura ,[ 36] Masaru Yamashita ,[ 37] Koichi Nakayama [ 38]
Argentina
Event Story
Dates
Location
Atten.
Guests
July 24~26, 2009
Colegio Nichia GakuinBuenos Aires , Argentina Hironobu Kageyama , Masaaki Endoh , Hiroshi Kitadani and Ricardo Cruz
July 24~25, 2010
Instituto San Antonio Aki Misato , Chihiro Yonekura , Kouji Wada , Ricardo Cruz and Aural Vampire
July 23~24, 2011
Instituto San Antonio Takayoshi Tanimoto , Nobuo Yamada , Ricardo Cruz , m.o.v.e and Kaya
July 21~23, 2012
Centro de Exposiciones Miguelete JAM Project (Hironobu Kageyama , Masaaki Endoh , Hiroshi Kitadani , Masami Okui and Ricardo Cruz )
July 19~21, 2013
Centro de Exposiciones Miguelete Nobuo Yamada and Yumi Matsuzawa
July 18~20, 2014
Centro de Exposiciones Miguelete Oreskaband
July 24~26, 2015
Centro de Exposiciones Miguelete FLOW
July 22~24, 2016
Centro de Exposiciones Miguelete Joe Inoue , Nobuo Yamada and Yumi Matsuzawa
July 21~23, 2017
Centro de Exposiciones Miguelete ROOKiEZ is PUNK’D
Chile
Event Story
References
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