AnimeCon

AnimeCon is the Anime, Manga, Cosplay, Games and Japanese food festival.
17 - 19 April 2026 - De Broodfabriek, Rijswijk
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26/05/2026

Mark your calendars!
AnimeCon 2027 will take place from April 16th to 18th at the Broodfabriek in Rijswijk!

Will we see you there?

We’re currently working hard behind the scenes to get everything ready for the ticket sale launch. Stay tuned for more information coming soon!

26/05/2026

Tonight, we’ll finally announce the dates for AnimeCon 2027! But before we get to that, we want to shine a spotlight on some amazing winners from one of the many competitions held during AnimeCon 2026.

This year, the Photography Competition made its return, organized together with as co-organizers and judges. We were also proud to have the amazing as sponsor of the competition prizes!

Check out this year’s winners:

Runner-up: with model
Best Group Photo: , assisted by@essie40413 , with models and
Best Portrait: with model
Best Overall Photo (Hidden Spirits Style): with model

Congratulations to all participants and winners for your incredible creativity and talent!

11/05/2026

In just a few days, we’ll be announcing our 2027 dates and ticket information! But before we get to that, we still have some amazing works from AnimeCon 2026 to share with you.

We were blown away by the number of participants in this year’s Art Gallery competition and by the incredible quality of their work. Thank you all for participating!

Art Gallery Winner 2026:

Other participants:

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Ouroboroshi (on deviantart)
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02/05/2026

AnimeCon 2026 has only just wrapped up, but for some their cosplay journey isn’t over yet. We’d like to congratulate the winners of this year’s cosplay competitions once again!

, who won the AnimeCon Solo Competition 2026 as Violet Evergarden from the anime Violet Evergarden.

& , who won the AnimeCon Group Cosplay Competition 2026 as Robert and Rosalind Lutece from the game BioShock Infinite.

, who won the preliminaries for 2026 as Aloy from the game Horizon Forbidden West. She will represent us at TOC in Vienna!

is the Tournament of Champions 2026 runner-up with the Arzuros armor from the game Monster Hunter Rise.

, who won the preliminaries for 2027 as Brok from the game God of War. He’ll be representing our country in Paris next year!

is the ECG 2027 runner-up as Lady Maria from the game Bloodborne.

and .creations are the winners of the 2026 preliminaries as Garp and Koby from the anime One Piece. They will represent our country this year in South Korea.

and are the runner-ups of the GICOF 2026 preliminaries as Imogen Temult and Laudna from the official artbook of Critical Role.

Pictures on the first page are made by .

Pictures of the participants are made by .

We would like to thank everyone who participated this year for bringing such amazing cosplays to our stage. You all did so well ❤️

01/05/2026

Every year we work hard to improve the overall AnimeCon experience. This includes accessibility. We’d love to hear your feedback in terms of how accessible AnimeCon 2026: Hidden Spirits was for you.

If you have a disability, are a wheelchair use, are neurodivergent, have a food allergy or face a different challenge, we’re looking for input from you to improve accessibility for future events. Share your needs and experiences by filling out our survey.

Your feedback will help us make AnimeCon an even more enjoyable environment for all attendees.

30/04/2026

As two weeks have passed, we still have a few requests for you. First of all, the traditional post-AnimeCon survey!

How did you experience this year’s AnimeCon? Anything we can do better? Let us know by filling in the survey so we can improve and make sure the highlights return next year!

Filling in the survey will give you a chance to win a ticket for next year AnimeCon 2027: Into the Wild! You can find the link in our bio!

30/04/2026

The J-POP Foundation would like to extend its sincere thanks and appreciation to all the volunteers who made AnimeCon a great success. A huge thank you to everyone involved, from our staff and crew members to hosts, stewards, EHBO, event hosts, and everyone else who helped make the event possible. We simply cannot run this fan-made event without all of you. Thank you!

AnimeCon is for fans by fans! Would you also like to help? Check out our website! We have open roles in our organizing crew and for helping out during the weekend itself.

You might have noticed it’s been a bit quiet on our socials. Don’t worry, we still have plenty to share with you. Stay tuned!

25/04/2026

A few days have passed and we’re slowly getting back into the rhythm of our usual routines… but we’re still thinking about the amazing weekend we shared!

We’d like to thank everyone who visited AnimeCon 2026: Hidden Spirits. We hope you had an incredible time!

Over the past few days we’ve already seen so many amazing photos and videos from you all. If you still have more to share, we’d love to see them! Be sure to tag us or use the hashtags or .

We can’t wait to welcome you all again next year at AnimeCon 2027: Into the Wild!

17/04/2026

This evening AND Saturday evening you can party during Banzai no Ushi!! 🪩
Our great Disc Jockeys are accompanied by the amazing Visual Jockey .vj
Dance to the tunes and rave at the visuals to the small hours of the night. All free with your AnimeCon ticket

16/04/2026

The Pokémon League Nederland is back with a brand-new challenge!

This mischievous Ghost-type Pokémon Spiritomb needs your help! Normally, Spiritomb’s keystone contains 108 spirits, but a small incident has caused them to escape. They now roam the convention as wandering wisps. If too many spirits remain lost, Spiritomb may go on an uncontrollable rampage!

Throughout the convention you’ll find hanging lanterns. Each lantern represents a wandering wisp and is marked with a number and a letter. Your mission is to find these wisps and use their clues to uncover the hidden sentence.

Visit the Pokémon League booth in the EXP Plaza to receive your Trainer Passport. Then begin your search for the wisps and piece together the correct sentence so we can help Spiritomb regain control before it’s too late.

This is the last activity we will announce on our socials. Tomorrow is finally the day, AnimeCon 2026 opens its doors! Are you excited? Because we definitely are!

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http://www.animecon.nl/

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