Genki
Genki, sometimes also unofficially called Genki-con/Genkicon, is a Danish anime convention organized by a group of volunteers known as Genksters and was originally supported by the anime union, Kameko. In May of 2010, Genki broke off from Kameko and started it's own union, Genkai, for the mutual benefit of both groups.
Genki is held over a three-days-two-nights period from Friday to Sunday, but currently has no set date of the year. Genki does, however, market itself as a 'summer con' and is thus confined to that season, though smaller events hosted by Genki are held all year round, such as Genki ½. The main agenda of Genki is to promote all parts of Japanese pop-culture as equally as possible in order to please as many people as possible and give a truer, more well-rounded impression of the Japanese pop-culture.
Programme
Genki's broad focus allows it to offer a wide range of activities in order to cater to the desires and interests of a large, varied audience. These activites include, but are not limited to, music, anime cinemas, art room, events, cosplay show, concerts, panels, and workshops.
History
Genki was originally set to debut in 2010, giving the organizers almost a full 15 months to plan the con, however, a sudden offer by Valby Kulturhus to use their building for free gave the organizers a chance to organize a beta-con. The beta-con was meant to be a testing ground of sorts for ideas and events with the trade-off being only having two months to organize everything and a limited number of participants (200).
Mascots
- See also: Ping and Pong
Genki has two mascots, a little hyper-active fan girl named Ping and her hand-puppet named Pong. Both were drawn by artist Fei Huang and has since their conception been made into perler beads, had contests about colouring their line art, and been turned into badges (using the original drawing by Huang as well as new drawings of Pong by Søren Michelsen).
Archive Stats
| Name | Date | Location | Attendance | Revenue | Profit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genki 2009 | 19-21 June, 2009 | Valby, Denmark
Valbykulturhus |
206 | 17,750 DKK | 233 DKK |
| Genki ½ | 7 August, 2009 | Copenhagen, Denmark
Islandsbrygge |
200+ | 0 DKK | 0 DKK |
| Genki 2010 | 6-8 August, 2010 | Valby, Denmark
Valbykulturhus |
701 | TBA | TBA |
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