10:00 AM - 12:00 AM
About ANO + Animrathon
Anime in Northwest Ohio is the official anime club at Bowling Green State University. The club was formed 2 years ago and became formally registered as a student organization in February of 2002.
Since forming, the group has continued to grow. When it first began ANO had only 12 members, but by the end of its first semester that number had doubled. Then in the 2002-2003 school year, the club's first full year, the membership grew to approximately 45 people.
The club's biggest growth came this year. At the first meeting of the school year, ANO had a packed house with an estimated 70 people in attendance. While not all these people ended up registering, the club's current registered membership is around 80 people, 30 or so who attend meetings regularly.
Animarathon began last year as a way to celebrate ANO's one-year anniversary. The event did very well for its first year, drawing in around 200 people throughout the day. Last year's event featured 3 video rooms (at least most of the time ^_~) and one video game room.
This year we are trying to do a lot of things to make the event more similar to a regular anime convention.