Godaikocon
Encyclopedia
Godaikocon is an anime convention
held in the Metro Detroit
area.
from 2009 to 2011. As of 2012, it was announced that they would be moving to the Auburn Hills Marriott located in Pontiac, Michigan
. Attendees come to Cosplay
, meet new people who share the same interest and have the chance to meet famous Voice Actors/Actresses that play some of their favorite characters from various Anime
series. The convention also features a 24/7 Video Gaming Room and a 24/7 Anime video showing, along with tabletop gaming, a Maid café
, Dances, their famous Manga
Library, and a J-Rock room.
Anime convention
An anime convention is an event or gathering with a primary focus on anime, manga and Japanese culture. Commonly, anime conventions are multi-day events hosted at convention centers, hotels or college campuses. They feature a wide variety of activities and panels...
held in the Metro Detroit
Metro Detroit
The Detroit metropolitan area, often referred to as Metro Detroit, is the metropolitan area located in Southeast Michigan centered on the city of Detroit which shares an international border with Windsor, Ontario. The Detroit metropolitan area is the second largest U.S. metropolitan area...
area.
Information
Godaikocon(Meaning Great Lakes Convention), formerly known as Anime Detroit, Started in 2009. It was held at the Metropolitan Hotel in Troy, MichiganTroy, Michigan
Troy is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan, and is a suburb of Detroit. The population was 80,980 at the 2010 census, making it the 11th-largest city in Michigan by population, and the largest city in Oakland County...
from 2009 to 2011. As of 2012, it was announced that they would be moving to the Auburn Hills Marriott located in Pontiac, Michigan
Pontiac, Michigan
Pontiac is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan named after the Ottawa Chief Pontiac, located within the Detroit metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 59,515. It is the county seat of Oakland County...
. Attendees come to Cosplay
Cosplay
, short for "costume play", is a type of performance art in which participants don costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea. Characters are often drawn from popular fiction in Japan, but recent trends have included American cartoons and science fiction...
, meet new people who share the same interest and have the chance to meet famous Voice Actors/Actresses that play some of their favorite characters from various Anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
series. The convention also features a 24/7 Video Gaming Room and a 24/7 Anime video showing, along with tabletop gaming, a Maid café
Maid cafe
Maid cafés are a subcategory of cosplay restaurants found predominantly in Japan. In these cafés, waitresses dressed in maid costumes act as servants, and treat customers as masters in a private home, rather than as café patrons...
, Dances, their famous Manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
Library, and a J-Rock room.
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