AniManGaki explained

AniManGaki
Status:	Active
Genre:	Festivals
Frequency:	Annually
Country:	Malaysia
First:	27 June 2009
Founder Name:	Yvonne Sing
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AniManGaki (AMG) is an annual ACG event in Malaysia.

Name

AniManGaki is a portmanteau of the words Anime, Manga, Games, and Gaki. 'Gaki' in Japanese slang means 'brat'.^[1]

History

AniManGaki originally started in 2009 and was founded by Yvonne Sing. It was initially organized by the Anime Club of Sunway University College. In 2011, Sunway University College had a name change to Sunway University and a year later in 2012, AniManGaki separated from the university. Today, it is an event organized by the AniManGaki Organizing Committee under Rakugaki Events PLT.^[1]

!#!Year!Date!Location!Attendance

1	2009	27-28 June	Sunway University College	1,000
2	2010	31 October	Sunway University College	1,600
3	2011	10-11 September	Sunway University College	2,200
4	2012	25-26 August	Sunway Pyramid Convention Centre	4,500
5	2013	24-25 August	Sunway Pyramid Convention Centre	8,000
6	2014	9-10 August	Sunway Pyramid Convention Centre	11,500
7	2015	29-30 August	Sunway Pyramid Convention Centre	13,000
8	2016^[2]	27-28 August	Sunway Pyramid Convention Centre	16,500
9	2017^[3]	19-20 August	Sunway Pyramid Convention Centre	18,500
10	2018^[4]	18-19 August	Sunway Pyramid Convention Centre	20,000
11	2019^[5]	31 August-1 September	Mines International Exhibition and Convention Centre	20,000
12	2022^[6]	27-28 August	Mines International Exhibition and Convention Centre	TBA
13	2023	25-27 August	Mines International Exhibition and Convention Centre	TBA
14	2024	23-25 August	Mines International Exhibition and Convention Centre	TBA

Projects

AniManGaki consists of several parallel smaller-scale projects, such as AMG-Chan (since 2017), ACE (since 2019) and Jom Cosplay! (since 2022).^{[1] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: About Us. AniManGaki. 31 March 2020.
2. News: Thomas. Tan. 20 September 2016. Cosplayers at AniManGaki 2016 Bring Fantasy To Life. Citizen Journalists Malaysia. 31 March 2020.
3. News: Thomas. Tan. 25 September 2017. AniManGaki 2017 gets biggest crowd yet. Citizen Journalists Malaysia. 31 March 2020.
4. News: Weijun. Eu. 19 August 2018. AniManGaki lights up Sunway Pyramid. FMT News. 31 March 2020.
5. News: Thomas. Tan. 17 September 2019. AniManGaki 2019 returns to bigger venue. Citizen Journalists Malaysia. 31 March 2020.
6. News: Ashaari. Alleef. 13 May 2022. AniManGaki is Returning this August. Kakuchopurei. 26 July 2022.
7. News: Agonoy. Jay. 24 February 2022. JOM Cosplay From AniManGaki on February 26-27. Anime Corner. 7 March 2022.