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The Big Apple Anime Fest (BAAF) was an
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sponsored by
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which was held annually between 2001 and 2003 and supported by a consortium of
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and
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companies.


History


Event history


Cancellations

Despite confirmed dates for 2004, Big Apple Anime Fest announced on its web site that it would skip its event in 2004 due to the
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, which was to be held in New York City over
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weekend. The following year, John O'Donnell of
Central Park Media Central Park Media Corporation, often abbreviated as CPM, was an American multimedia entertainment company based in New York City, New York and was headquartered in the 250 West 57th Street building in Midtown Manhattan (on the corner of Centra ...
, one of the companies supporting Big Apple Anime Fest, informed AnimeCons.com that he was, "unaware of any plans for BAAF 2005 at this time." The convention has not been held since, and it is uncertain if there are any plans to revive it.


Attendance counting

Big Apple Anime Fest's metric for counting attendance differed from those typically used by other anime conventions, counting person-days (" turnstile attendance") rather than memberships sold.


See also

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Anime NYC Anime NYC is an annual four-day anime convention held during August at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. Programming The convention typically offers arcade games, an artist alley, concerts, manga library (Carolina Manga Li ...
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New York Comic Con The New York Comic Con is an annual New York City fan convention dedicated to comics, Western comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, cosplay, toys, Film, movies, and television. It was first held in 2006. With an attendance of 200,00 ...
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External links

* {{Cite web , first=Justin , last=Sevakis , date=July 14, 2015 , title=Big Apple Anime Fest , url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/tales-of-the-industry/2015-07-14/.90430 , department=Tales of the Industry (column) , publisher=
Anime News Network Anime News Network (ANN) is a news website that reports on the status of anime, manga, video games, Japanese popular music and other related cultures within North America, Australia, Southeast Asia and Japan. The website offers reviews and ot ...
, access-date=4 April 2017 An account of the first BAAF by a former employee of
Central Park Media Central Park Media Corporation, often abbreviated as CPM, was an American multimedia entertainment company based in New York City, New York and was headquartered in the 250 West 57th Street building in Midtown Manhattan (on the corner of Centra ...
, the originating company. Festivals in New York City Defunct anime conventions Recurring events established in 2001 Recurring events disestablished in 2003 2001 establishments in New York City 2003 disestablishments in New York (state)