History
Anime Evolution was originally known as Anime Showcase, and was held in 1998 by the SFU ARC club. It was a two-day showing of anime that was supposed to be held annually, with the help of the Vancouver Japanese Animation Society, the University of British Columbia Anime Club, and V-SWAT. In 2001 it was renamed Anime Evolution and in 2003 became a full anime convention. It has grown each year since 1999, and had attendance of over 4,200 people in 2007. In 2008, due to booking issues, it was held at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, B.C., rather than its past location at Simon Fraser University (SFU), Burnaby, B.C.
In 2006, Anime Evolution held its first convention concert, featuring Japanese band ZZ on the convention's Saturday night and local visual-kei band eqlipsE on Sunday night. Japanese band BACK-ON played at the convention in 2007 in addition to local bands such as Moo-ve.
In 2008, CapLAN joined up with the convention to offer attendees a free LAN Party experience, offering several different gaming tournaments and free play.
In 2009, Anime Evolution welcomed the Japanese band Minx Zone to the convention, along with a huge assortment of local bands, making it the most musical year in AE's history.
In 2011, due to legal and financial issues facing AE Convention Corp., Anime Evolution 2011 was cancelled, and future AE Convention Corp.-sponsored conventions were put on hiatus.
In 2012, Anime Evolution returned under a new organizer, the Vancouver Anime Convention Society, running as a series of smaller events as a lead-up to bring the full convention back in 2013. A shortened, 2-day version of the convention, dubbed Akimatsuri, was run on November 3-4, 2012.
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