J-Popcon 2003

NB! Due to J-Popkai not recording the history of J-Popcon, little is officially known about J-Popcon 2003. The information written in this article have been documented by various third-party sites reviewing the convention, such as geekculture.dk.

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J-Popcon's logo for 2003

J-Popcon 2003 was a convention held during the weekend from the 31st of October to 3nd of November, 2003. It was the 2nd time for J-Popcon to be held and was done so after a three-year break (the first J-Popcon was held in the year 2000).

J-Popcon 2003 was notorious for its extreme lack of public information and it was widely discussed in the community in the weeks before the convention whether or not it was even worth attending due to doubts about the presense of satisfying and "fresh" content^[1]. The general consesus after the con was however more positive; while there was definitively room for improvement, it was considered a great success.

Weekend badges for the convention went for 220DKK and the convention was open for an estimated 45 straight hours.

Programme and Events

The event list is incomplete as not enough data could be found.

• Art Gallery which was a considered a success thanks to the heavy interest and initiative taken by Danish art site, tegnebordet.dk.
• Four non-stop open anime cinemas which, at the con's conclusion, had shown episodes from 66 different titles.
• Game Room with various consoles though without any real Japanese games.
• Game competitions
• Dealer Room.
• karaoke session.
• Live concert with the Swedish/Japanese pop-band, PomPomBoot.
• Drawing and animation workshops.
• Auction
• Kendo exhibition.
• A quiz
• Lecture by Baron Yoshimoto Cancelled for unknown reasons
• Bring-and-Show, an event where you could bring your own AMVs. It was noted that only one person had made such a video.
• Cosplay Masquerade featuring about 20 cosplayers.

Groups

Organizer Group

Unknown

Gophers

Unknown

Special Guests

• Baron Yoshimoto (guest presenter) [presence questionable due to cancellation]
• PomPomBoot
  • Members unknown

Dealers and Sponsors

• Fantask (D)
• Tokyo Skywalk (D)
• Sanrio Shop CPH (D)
• Minor unnamed dealers
• Sponsors unknown, if any.

Con Stats

Date	Location	Attendance	Revenue	Profit
31 October - 2nd November, 2003	Valby, Denmark Valbykulturhus	Est 250-300	Est 55,000-66,000 DKK	???

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