Animaritime

Animaritime is an anime and gaming convention founded by members of the Mount Allison University anime club.

Animaritime
Status	Active
Genre	Anime Gaming
Venue	Fredericton Convention Centre
Location(s)	Fredericton, New Brunswick
Country	Canada
Inaugurated	2004
Attendance	1,826 in 2015[1]
Organized by	Mount Allison University Anime Club (founder) Society for Atlantic Fan Cultures (current)
Website	https://www.animaritime.info/

The convention was first held as an anime-only convention on the university campus in Sackville, New Brunswick in 2004. It was the first anime con to be held in the Canadian Maritimes. 2010 festivities consisted of two smaller conventions called Animinitime, each a one-day con, located in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Moncton, New Brunswick. Animaritime moved to Fredericton, New Brunswick for the 2013 convention.^[2][3]

History

Event history

Dates	Location	Attendance	Guests
March 19–21, 2004	Mount Allison University Sackville, New Brunswick	35[4]	Cheri, André Richard, and Lindsay Searles[5]
February 25–27, 2005	Mount Allison University Sackville, New Brunswick	104	Martin Bastarache, Deborah Hale, and André Richard[6]
February 24–26, 2006	Mount Allison University Sackville, New Brunswick	238	Martin Bastarache, Patrick Delahanty, Deborah Hale, and André Richard[7]
February 23–25, 2007	Ramada Plaza Crystal Palace Hotel Dieppe, New Brunswick	544	K. V. Johansen and André Richard[8]
March 7–9, 2008	The Delta Beauséjour Moncton, New Brunswick	825	Svetlana Chmakova, K. V. Johansen, Jones, and Nicole Letersky[9]
March 6–8, 2009	The Delta Beauséjour Moncton, New Brunswick	1,000 (est)	[10]
April 25, 2010 (Animinitime)	Westin Nova Scotian Halifax, Nova Scotia	500	Faith Erin Hicks[11]
July 17, 2010 (Animinitime)	The Delta Beauséjour Moncton, New Brunswick	500	Faith Erin Hicks[12]
July 1–3, 2011	The Delta Beauséjour Moncton, New Brunswick	1,268	Ed Chavez, Faith Erin Hicks, and Spike Spencer[13]
June 29 – July 1, 2012	The Delta Beauséjour Moncton, New Brunswick	1,313	Chris Cason and Faith Erin Hicks[14]
June 28–30, 2013	Fredericton Convention Centre Fredericton, New Brunswick	1,702	Ed Chavez, Kumar Sivasubramanian, and Brad Swaile[15]
June 27–29, 2014	Fredericton Convention Centre Fredericton, New Brunswick	1,725	Kyle Hebert, Vance Vegas Salvalaggio, and Allisa Swanson[16]
June 26–28, 2015	Fredericton Convention Centre Fredericton, New Brunswick	1,826	Jennifer Cihi, Stefanie DeLeo, Nathan DeLuca, Brenda Hickey, and Pixielocks[1]
July 1–3, 2016	Fredericton Convention Centre Fredericton, New Brunswick	1,959	Nathan DeLuca[17]
June 30 – July 2, 2017	Fredericton Convention Centre Fredericton, New Brunswick	1,638	Brian Beacock, Jennifer Cihi, and Stefanie DeLeo[18]
June 29 – July 1, 2018	Fredericton Convention Centre Fredericton, New Brunswick	1,780	Nathan DeLuca, Lauren Landa, John Stocker[19]
June 28–30, 2019	Fredericton Convention Centre Crowne Plaza Fredericton-Lord Beaverbrook Fredericton, New Brunswick
June 23–25, 2023	Fredericton Convention Centre Crowne Plaza Fredericton-Lord Beaverbrook Fredericton, New Brunswick
June 28–30, 2024	Fredericton Convention Centre Crowne Plaza Fredericton-Lord Beaverbrook Fredericton, New Brunswick		Brian Beacock, Alexander Cogswell, DeviCat, HarFam Cosplay, and Sol Ring MTG[20]
July 4–6, 2025	Fredericton Convention Centre Crowne Plaza Fredericton-Lord Beaverbrook Fredericton, New Brunswick