Anime NebrasKon

Anime NebrasKon is an anime convention focusing on anime, manga, and East Asian culture. It is held in Omaha, Nebraska previously at the city campus Student Union and run by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's anime club Otaku Jinrui. Anime NebrasKon 2010 will be held in the Holiday Inn Convention Center - CoCo Key Water Resort Hotel from November 5-7, 2010.

Programming
Anime NebrasKon programming is similar to other anime conventions with cosplay events, game shows, anime music video contests, and video game contests, along with a ramen noodle eating contest.

History
Anime NebrasKon was founded by the members of University of Nebraska-Lincoln's anime club, Otaku Jinrui, in 2004. The idea initially began as a fund-raising project for the club treasury but the members also realized that many anime and manga fans in Nebraska had never been to a convention due to transportation and expenses. The convention was first launched in 2004 as a successful one-day event with 300 attendees.

The convention would return the following year as a much larger convention and included industry guests for the first time. It also expanded from a one-day event to a three-day event. Many of the old, traditional anime convention events remained but the club also introduced new and unique events as well, such as a Science of Anime lecture and the Awesome Rangers (a spoof on the popular sentai Power Rangers).