SMASH! (convention) - Event History

Event History

Date Venue Attendance Price Notable Activities
18 August 2007 The Roundhouse, University of New South Wales 1,435 $9 (Advance)
$12 (On the Day)
  • Attendance by W Chew Chan (Australian storyboard artist), Queenie Chan (Australian manga artist) and Gregor Whiley (Australian game company vice-president)
  • First maid cafe and host club at an anime convention in Australia
  • Premiere of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Death Note in Australia
  • Musical performance by the 2002 Triple J Unearthed winner Yunyu
2 August 2008 The Roundhouse, University of New South Wales 2,295 $9 (Advance)
$12 (On the Day)
  • Attendance by Hidenobu Kiuchi (Japanese voice actor), Tan Kit Mun (AKA "Kidchan", Malaysian illustrator)
  • First attendance by Japanese voice actor at an Australian convention
8-9 August 2009 The Roundhouse, University of New South Wales 2,709 $13-25 (Advance)
$18-35 (On the Day)
  • Attendance by Cuson Lo (Hong Kong illustrator), Alexandra Szweryn (AKA "Ms Rosek", Australian illustrator)
  • First time SMASH! was run as a two-day event
  • First attendance by video game publisher, Ubisoft
  • Musical performance by Roger Lock
7 August 2010 Sydney Town Hall 2,810 $20 (Advance)
$25 (On the Day)
  • Attendance by Yūko Miyamura (Japanese voice actress), Tiffany Grant (American voice actress), Matt Greenfield (American founder of ADV Films), Shaun Healey (AKA "Endling", American artist), Mikiko Ponczcek (AKA "Zombiesmile", German/Japanese artist)
  • First attendance by Japanese and American counterparts for the same character at an Australian convention
  • First national final of the Bandai Action Kit Universal Cup held in Australia in conjunction with Hobbyco and Namco Bandai
  • First time SMASH! sold out
16 July 2011 Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre 5,405 $25 (Advance)
$30 (On the Day)
  • Attendance by Shinichi Watanabe (Japanese director), Martin Billany (British voice actor/writer), Hiroki Kikuta (Japanese composer), Kenji Ito (Japanese composer), and Mari Yoshida (Japanese singer)
  • First attendance by a Japanese anime director at an Australian convention
  • Convention was followed by a concert featuring performers from musical collective Eminence
14 July 2012 Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre TBA $29 (Advance)
$35 (On the Day)
  • Attendance by Shin-ichiro Miki (Japanese voice actor), Yūko Miyamura (Japanese voice actress), Sakura Tange (Japanese voice actress)
  • First time a Voice Acting Workshop was held at SMASH!

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