Big Apple Anime Fest 2001
October 26-28, 2001
Directors Guild of America Theater
New York, NY, USA
Anime Convention
Taking place over Halloween weekend - October 26 to 28, 2001 - at the Directors Guild of America Theater and other venues in mid-town Manhattan, the Big Apple Anime Fest considers itself the "Cannes Film Festival of the Anime Manga Culture," one of the hottest media trends among today's global youth.
Enjoy world premieres, historical retrospectives, and the latest in anime and manga culture as dozens of stars, hundreds of industry execs, and thousands of fans hit the Big Apple for a riotous weekend of anime immersion and partying!
Available programming packages include live event programming as well as anime and manga programming.
Big Apple Anime Fest 2001 Guests
- Mandy Bonhomme - Actor
- Jessica Calvello - Actor
- Christopher Couch - Editor-in-Chief - CPM Manga
- Tim Eldred - Artist / Director
- Crispin Freeman - Actor
- Kunihiko Ikuhara - Director
- Rachael Lillis - Actor
- Toshio Maeda - Manga Artist
- Masao Maruyama - Producer
- Matt K. Miller - Actor
- Yuji Moriyama - Director / Character Designer
- Dr. Susan Napier - Professor / Author - University of Texas at Austin
- Koichi Ohata - Director
- Lisa Ortiz - Actor
- Rintaro - Character Designer / Director / Producer
- Eric Stuart - Actor / Director / Musician
Big Apple Anime Fest 2001 Reports and Photos
Previous/Future Events
Big Apple Anime Fest 2002 — August 30 - September 2, 2002
Big Apple Anime Fest 2001 — October 26-28, 2001