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EGYcon is a multi-genre convention held annually in Cairo, Egypt as a gathering for all Gamers, Mangakas, Otakus, Bookworms, Potterheads, Cosplayers and others. It started in 2013 with a series of mini meet-ups and in 2014 a whole convention was held as a big meet up.〔EGYcon (Page" ), ''Facebook'', Cairo 2013.〕 that literally "escalated quickly". EGYcon 2014 was supposed to be an Otaku's gathering, that turned out into a cultural convention of different interests and passion, which was strongly displayed in EGYcon 2015 with more people targeted. EGYcon was featured in multiple news articles throughout its life span of two years, most prestigious one would by either Kenneth James' in the Daily News Egypt〔Daily News Egypt ("By Kenneth James" ), ''Daily News Egypt'', February 11th, 2015.〕 or IGN's.〔IGN Middle East ("By Amin Abbas" ), ''IGN'', February 7th, 2014.〕 Every year The Japan Foundation participates in the event and they wrote an article on their blog for EGYcon 2015.〔Japan Foundation ("JF participating in EgyCon" ), ''Japan Foundation'', February 7th, 2015.〕 EGYcon was also featured in ComicsGate, the Middle East's leading Comics destination〔ComicsGate ("ComicsGate in EgyCon" ), ''ComicsGate'', March 5th, 2015.〕 ==EGYcon 2014== Held at Al-Sawy Cultural Wheel, Nile bank〔First EgyCon ("Event Page" ), ''Facebook'', February 8th, 2014.〕 Official attendees number was 1,600. It had no marketing or branding, a complete word of mouth with people inviting others to an individual's Facebook event. Event included cosplay competition, Standup comedies, Manga corner, Japan Foundation booth, anime gadgets booths, Maid Cafe (canceled)، Manga drawing corner, Ninjutsu school performance and a metal band performing Anime songs. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「EgyCon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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