Madman Anime Festival
The logo used from 2020 until its cancellation.
StatusDefunct
GenreAnime, Japanese popular culture
VenueVarious
Location(s)
CountryAustralia
Inaugurated2016 (Melbourne)
Attendance4500 (2017, Perth)[1]
Organised byMadman Anime
Websitehttp://www.animefestival.com.au/

Anime Festival (formerly Madman Anime Festival or MadFest) was an annual Australian anime and Japanese culture convention held in Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and Sydney. The convention was organised by Madman Anime.[lower-alpha 1][2] The convention was inaugurated in 2016 and held in Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre as a two-day event from the 3–4 September 2016 in Melbourne.[3][4] The convention was later expanded to Perth and Brisbane in 2017 after a successful inaugural event, with each event held a few months apart,[5] and to Sydney in 2019.

On 29 March 2022, it was announced that Anime Festival would be replaced with Crunchyroll Expo Australia, with the first event scheduled for 17–18 September 2022.[6] Subsequently, all previously scheduled events were cancelled.

Event history

Date Location Venue Notable Events Ref.
3–4 September 2016 Melbourne Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre [7]
4–5 March 2017 Perth Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre [8]
10–11 June 2017 Brisbane Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre [9]
4–5 November 2017 Melbourne Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre [11]
4–5 March 2018 Perth Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre [12]
2–3 June 2018 Brisbane Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre [13]
15–16 September 2018 Melbourne Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre [14]
16–17 March 2019 Sydney International Convention Centre Sydney [15]
25–26 May 2019 Brisbane Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre [16]
14–15 September 2019 Melbourne Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre [17]
5–6 October 2019 Perth Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre [18]
7–8 March 2020 Sydney International Convention Centre Sydney [20]
23–24 May 2020 (cancelled) Brisbane Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre [21]
29–30 August 2020 (cancelled) Melbourne Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
  • The event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
 [22]
3–4 October 2020 (cancelled) Perth Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre
  • The event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
 [23]
March 2021 (cancelled) Sydney International Convention Centre Sydney
  • The event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
 [24]
May 2021 (cancelled) Brisbane Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
  • The event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
 [25]
2021 (cancelled) Melbourne Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
  • The event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
 [26]
2021 (cancelled) Perth Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre
  • The event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
 [26]
12–13 March 2022 (cancelled) Sydney International Convention Centre Sydney
21–22 May 2022 (cancelled) Brisbane Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre

Notes

  1. ↑ Madman Entertainment organised the event prior to the sale of Madman Anime to Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex in 2019, its reorganisation later that year as the Australian division of Funimation, itself owned by Sony Pictures since 2017 and Aniplex since 2019, and rebranding as Crunchyroll Store Australia in 2022 following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll in 2021 and Funimation's rebranding as Crunchyroll, LLC in 2022.
  2. ↑ Attendances by Yuki Kaji, Kana Ueda, Kensuke Tateishi, Kaori Maeda, Mayu Sagara, and Luna Haruna were cancelled due to policies related to the COVID-19 pandemic.[19]

References

  1. ↑ マッドマン アニメ フェスティバル - パース 2018 [Madman Anime Festival - Perth 2018]. CoFesta. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "ANNOUNCING MADMAN ANIME FESTIVAL: Presented by Madman Entertainment and AnimeLab!". Madman Entertainment. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Madman Anime Festival - September 3rd & 4th 2016 - Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre". Madman Anime Festival - September 3rd & 4th 2016 - Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre. Madman Entertainment. Archived from the original on 20 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Madman Anime Festival, Event, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia". Tourism Victoria home. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "The Madman Anime Festival is Hitting the Road in 2017 – Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth". The Otaku's Study. 13 November 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "First-Ever Crunchyroll Expo Australia Heads to Melbourne This September". Crunchyroll. 29 March 2022. Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "First Madman Anime Festival on in Melbourne This Weekend". Anime News Network. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  8. ↑ "Quick Reminder - Madman Anime Festival on in Perth this Weekend". Anime News Network. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "Brisbane 2017 - Madman Anime Festival". Madman Anime Festival. Archived from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  10. ↑ Rizzo-Smith, Julian (6 November 2019). "'Cowboy Bebop' Director is storyboarding a new series with 'My Hero Academia' studio". Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  11. ↑ "Melbourne 2017 - Madman Anime Festival". Madman Anime Festival. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  12. ↑ "MadFest Perth Guests and Screenings Announced". Madman Anime Festival. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  13. ↑ "MadFest Brisbane Guests and Screenings Announced". Madman Anime Festival. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  14. ↑ "Melbourne 2018". Madman Anime Festival. Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  15. ↑ "Sydney 2019". Madman Anime Festival. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  16. ↑ "MadFest Brisbane 2019". Madman Anime Festival. Archived from the original on 12 June 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  17. ↑ "Melbourne 2019". Madman Anime Festival. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  18. ↑ "Perth 2019". Madman Anime Festival. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  19. ↑ Anime Festival [@MadFest] (3 March 2020). "Important guest update:" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via Twitter.
  20. ↑ "Sydney 2020". Madman Anime Festival. Archived from the original on 9 March 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  21. ↑ "Brisbane 2020". Madman Anime Festival. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  22. ↑ "Melbourne 2020". Madman Anime Festival. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  23. ↑ "Perth 2020". Madman Anime Festival. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  24. ↑ Madman Anime Festival [@MadFest] (3 September 2020). "An important update from us. ❤️ #madfest #animefestival #anifestaus" (Tweet). Retrieved 27 May 2021 – via Twitter.
  25. ↑ Madman Anime Festival [@MadFest] (16 December 2020). "🚨 An update from us on #AnimeFestival - Brisbane 2021. 🚨 #AniFestAUS" (Tweet). Retrieved 27 May 2021 – via Twitter.
  26. 1 2 Madman Anime Festival [@MadFest] (8 July 2021). "An important update from us on Anime Festival 2021 - Melbourne and Perth events. 💗" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 July 2021 – via Twitter.
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