JAFAX 2024
June 21-23, 2024
Amway Grand Plaza Hotel / DeVos Place
Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Anime Convention
JAFAX is an annual Japanese visual culture convention held every June in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Founded in 1996 by a few dedicated fans of animé, JAFAX started out with just a few showing rooms at Kendall College of Art and Design with less than 150 attendees. After a couple years, the founders of the event partnered with the local animé club at Grand Valley State University, Otaku no Anime to grow the event.
After moving to Grand Valley State University in 1998, in partnership with OnA, JAFAX spent 17 years at their Allendale campus, and grew to occupy multiple buildings while attracting more than 5,500 fans of animé, manga, and Japanese culture. With the growth of attendance, JAFAX is now held in Downtown Grand Rapids to better host the event's size.
JAFAX 2024 Guests
- Xanthe Huynh - Actor
- Mike McFarland - Actor / Director / Line Producer
- Chris Patton - Actor
Previous/Future Events
JAFAX 2023 — June 9-11, 2023
JAFAX 2022 — June 24-26, 2022
JAFAX 2018 — June 29 - July 1, 2018
JAFAX 2017 — June 16-18, 2017
JAFAX 2016 — June 24-26, 2016
JAFAX 2014 — June 21-22, 2014
JAFAX 2013 — June 22-23, 2013
JAFAX 2012 — June 23-24, 2012
JAFAX 2011 — June 25-26, 2011
JAFAX 2010 — June 26-27, 2010
JAFAX 2009 — June 27-28, 2009
JAFAX 2008 — June 21-22, 2008
JAFAX 2007 — June 23-24, 2007
JAFAX 2006 — June 24-25, 2006
JAFAX 2005 — June 25-26, 2005
JAFAX 2004 — June 26-27, 2004
JAFAX 2003 — June 21-22, 2003
JAFAX 2002 — June 22-23, 2002
JAFAX 2001 — June 23-24, 2001
JAFAX 2000 — June 24-25, 2000
JAFAX 1999 — June 19-20, 1999
JAFAX 1998 — June 27-28, 1998
JAFAX 1997 — June 21-22, 1997
JAFAX 1996 — June 22-23, 1996