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Subject:: Manifest
When:: 26.08.2011 - 28.08.2011
Where:: Royal Showgrounds - Melbourne
Category:: Conventions

Description

Melbourne Anime Festival or MAniFest for short, is a full three day festival focusing on arts of anime and manga, as well as Japaness Culture. It is run annually at the Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne, Australia. This year it will be run at on

Manifest is run by the not-for-profit group Melbourne Anime Festival Incorporated which is put together and ran entirely by volunteers.

Manifest started as a screenings festival back in 1998 ran by several university clubs at Melbourne University. It has been known as Manifest since the year 2000 and since then has been steady growning, adding more activities to do over the years.

In the year 2009, the organisation decided that Melbourne University no longer could contain the rising patronage and the step was taken to move it to the Melbourne Showgrounds. Since then it has grown and to be the largest Anime focused convention in Australia.

Manifest Website

Venue

Venue:: Royal Showgrounds - Website
Street:: Epsom Road
City:: Melbourne
State:: Victoria
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Description

The Melbourne Showgrounds has been transformed into a truly inspiring world class venue. Situated on 19 hectares in Ascot Vale the Showgrounds has a fresh new look combining the creation of new versatile buildings and outdoor spaces with the careful restoration of heritage buildings.

Melbourne Showgrounds is an exciting alternative and preferred choice for exhibitors looking to hire space within the Melbourne metropolitan area. Conveniently located 15 mins from Melbourne’s International Airport and situated 10 kilometres from Melbourne’s CBD, the Showgrounds are fully serviced by public transport including trains, buses and trams.