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Anime convention in Spain
Manga Barcelona
Pictures from 28th Manga Barcelona in 2022
StatusActive
GenreAnime, Manga
Date(s)beginning december
Frequencyannual
VenueFira de Barcelona, Montjuïc
Location(s)Barcelona, Catalonia
CountrySpain
Years active1995–present
Inaugurated1995
Attendance163,000 (2022)
Organized byFicomic
Websitewww.manga-barcelona.com
Salón del Manga de Barcelona 2011

Manga Barcelona, formerly known until 2018 as Saló del Manga de Barcelona (Spanish: Salón del Manga de Barcelona) is a Spanish anime and manga convention held annually in Barcelona, and is the largest anime convention in Spain and the second largest in all Europe.

Activities

  • World Cosplay Summit, Spain Preliminaries.
  • Cosplay and Karaoke competitions, European Cosplay Gathering (ECG) & EuroCosplay & WCS preliminaries.
  • Video Games.
  • Anime projections and conferences.
  • Matsuri and Japanese culture workshops.
  • Japanese cuisine.
Event history
Year Official name Date Location Attendance Notable guests
1995 Saló del Manga i el Videojoc October 27–29 Estació de França (Barcelona) 1.000
1996 II Saló del Manga October 28–30 Estació de França (Barcelona) 3.000
1997 III Saló del Manga La Farga (L'Hospitalet) 7.000 Masami Suda
1998 IV Saló del Manga October 30 - November 1 La Farga (L'Hospitalet) 10.000 Shingo Araki
1999 V Saló del Manga, el Còmic, el Coleccionisme, els Videojocs i l'Animació October 29–31 La Farga (L'Hospitalet) 20.000 Haruhiko Mikimoto
2000 VI Saló del Manga November 3–5 La Farga (L'Hospitalet) 30.000
2001 VII Saló del Manga October 26–28 La Farga (L'Hospitalet) 35.000 Akemi Takada
2002 VIII Saló del Manga October 25–27 La Farga (L'Hospitalet) 39.000 Yuu Watase, Studio Pierrot
2003 IX Saló del Manga October 24–26 La Farga (L'Hospitalet) 43.000 Yutaka Izubuchi, Yuji Moriyama, Studio Pierrot
2004 X Saló del Manga October 29 - November 1 La Farga (L'Hospitalet) 58.000 Mari Kitayama, Studio Pierrot
2005 XI Saló del Manga October 29 - November 1 La Farga (L'Hospitalet) 63.000 Hiroto Tanaka
2006 XII Saló del Manga October 27–29 La Farga (L'Hospitalet) 58.000 Masakazu Katsura, Atsuko Nakajima, Tachibana Higuchi, Hideshi Hino, Monkey Punch, BLOOD, Hirobobu Kageyama, Akira Kushida
2007 XIII Saló del Manga November 1–4 La Farga (L'Hospitalet) 67.000 Shigeyasu Yamauchi, Range Murata, Nobuo Yamada, Fréderic Boilet
2008 XIV Saló del Manga October 30 - November 2 La Farga, Poliesportiu del Centre, Centre Cultural Barradas (L'Hospitalet) 60.000 Kaiji Kawaguchi, Ian Lovett, JAM PROJECT, Junko Mizuno, Michihiko Suwa, Tamakasa Sakurai, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
2009 XV Saló del Manga October 29 - November 1 La Farga (L'Hospitalet) 62.000 Issei Eifuku, Taiyou Matsumoto, Ken Niimura, Misako Aoki, YÛ Kimura, Takamasa Sakurai, Yuka
2010 XVI Saló del Manga October 29 - November 1 La Farga (L'Hospitalet) 65.000 Takashi Shimizu, Hideshi Hino, Wataru Yoshizumi, Izumi Matsumoto, Kayono, Kamiyama Kenji, Peter Molyneux
2011 XVII Saló del Manga October 29 - November 1 La Farga (L'Hospitalet) 65.000 JYJ, Carlos Rubio López de la Llave, Cécile Corbeil, Fujo Hirata, Hiroshi Hirata, Kazue Kato, Keiichi Hara, Morinosuke Kawaguchi
2012 XVIII Saló del Manga November 1–4 Fira de Barcelona Palau 2 (Barcelona) 112.000 Hiro Mashima, Toshiyuki Kubooka, Masao Maruyama, Hiroshi Matsuyama, Yoshisuke Suga
2013 XIX Saló del Manga October 31 - November 3 Fira de Barcelona Palau 1-2 (Barcelona) 115.000 Aiko Nakano, Li Kunwu, Shintarō Kago
2014 XX Saló del Manga October 30– November 2 Fira de Barcelona Palau 1-2 and Plaça Univers (Barcelona) 130,000 Kengo Hanazawa, Takeshi Obata, Takehiko Inoue, Ken Niimura, Hideo Baba (Tales Of), Junichi Masuda & Shigeru Ohmori (Pokémon), Masayuki Hirano (Bandai Namco)
2015 XXI Saló del Manga October 29 - November 1 Fira de Barcelona Palau 1-2-4 and Plaça Univers (Barcelona) 137.000 Inio Asano, Io Sakisaka, Tetsuya Tashiro
2016 XXII Saló del Manga October 29 -

November 1

Fira de Barcelona Palau 1-2-4-5 and Plaça Univers (Barcelona) 142.000 Banana Yoshimoto, Mitsuyo Kakuta, Junji Ito, Toshio Maeda, Hidenori Kusaka, Satoshi Yamamoto, Akihiro Hino, Band-Maid, Yoshisuke Suga
2017 XXIII Saló del Manga November 1 -

November 5

Fira de Barcelona Palau 1-2-3-4-5 and Plaça Univers (Barcelona) 148.000 Robico(My Little Monster), Yoshiaki Sukeno(Twin Star Exorcists), Yoko Kamio, Masao Maruyama (film producer), DJ Kentaro, Azumi Inoue
2018 XXIV Saló del Manga November 1 -

November 4

Fira de Barcelona Palau 1-2-3-4-5 and Plaça Univers (Barcelona) +150.000 Daisuke Hagiwara, Emika Kamieda, Akira Himekawa, Elsa Brants, Nagabe, Takashi Hatsushiba, Paru Itagaki, Nana Kitade, Eiki Eiki, Taishi Zaou, Masaki Satô, Junnyan, Luiza
2019 XXV Manga Barcelona October 31 - November 3 Fira de Barcelona 152.000 AKB48, Masayuki Satō, Hiroyuki Sakurada
2022 XXVIII Manga Barcelona December 8 - December 11 Fira de Barcelona 163.000 Mahousyoujoninaritai, FAKY, Yoko Takahashi

References

  1. "El Salón de Barcelona premia a Shinta Cho y Naoki Urasawa". ABC.es (in Spanish). 2008-11-03. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
  2. "El Salón del Manga 'Murcia se remanga' espera la visita de 25.000 jóvenes aficionados al anime japonés". 20minutos.es (in Spanish). 2010-11-12. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
  3. Israel Punzano (2008-10-31). "Esto no es Tokio, por más que a veces lo parezca". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2012-01-30.
  4. "El Salón del Manga de Barcelona prevé batir su récord con 65.000 visitantes". El País (in Spanish). 2007-10-30. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
  5. "El Salón del Manga se llena de 'otakus' de toda España". adn.es (in Spanish). 2010-10-29. Archived from the original on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
  6. "La passió nipona desborda Montjuïc" (in Catalan). FICOMIC. 2013-10-04.
  7. "El XX Salón del Manga de Barcelona alcanza los 130.000 visitantes" (in Spanish). FICOMIC. 2014-11-02. Archived from the original on 2014-11-02.
  8. "EL XXII SALÓN DEL MANGA DE BARCELONA ATRAE 142.000 PERSONAS (Y MARCA UN NUEVO RÉCORD) - Noticias FICOMIC". ficomic.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  9. "EL XXIII SALÓN DEL MANGA DE BARCELONA CIERRA CON UN ÉXITO DE PARTICIPACIÓN, EXPOSITORES Y MEJORA DE VENTAS - Noticias FICOMIC". ficomic.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2017-11-08. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  10. "EL XXIV SALÓN DEL MANGA DE BARCELONA SUPERA SU RÉCORD CON MÁS DE 150.000 VISITANTES GRACIAS A SU APUESTA POR LA TRADICIÓN Y LA MODERNIDAD - XXV Salón del Manga de Barcelona". www.manga-barcelona.com. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  11. BARCELONA, MANGA (2019-09-18). "Contaremos con MASAYUKI SATO (diseñador de personajes de la película) y HIROYUKI SAKURADA (productor) como invitados en colaboración con @SelectaVision pic.twitter.com/192oIePqBl". @MANGAbcn (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-09-18.
  12. "EL MANGA BARCELONA TORNA A TRENCAR RÈCORDS AMB 163.000 VISITANTS: LA PASSIÓ OTAKU ARRASSA AL NOU RECINTE". www.manga-barcelona.com. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
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