HanaCon 2024
This was the first HanaCon.
11.05.2024 - 12.05.2024, Hölderlin EINS
- 7Special Guests
- 17Showacts
- 33Program items
- 9Photos
- 11 and 12 May 2024 at the Hölderlin EINS in Hannover.
- A show stage with a cosplay contest, K-dance, a Korean choir and many more performances.
- Workshops on cosplay, hanbok, origami and more, plus Café HanaBon and Bring & Buy.
- Seven guests of honour, including voice actors, with autograph sessions and a guest-of-honour panel.
- Nine artists and four vendors.
HanaCon 2024 took place on Saturday 11 May and Sunday 12 May 2024 at the Hölderlin EINS (Hölderlinstraße 1, 30625 Hannover). The grounds were open from 10 am to 10 pm on Saturday and from 10 am to 5 pm on Sunday. The box office was open from 9 am to 7 pm on Saturday and from 9 am to 2 pm on Sunday. Café HanaBon was open from 10 am to 7 pm on Saturday and from 10 am to 5 pm on Sunday.
Saturday: opening ceremony, RISING MOON, Korean choir, K-dance, cosplay contest, Konnecting Dance (show and workshop), NILO, CoserKD, guest-of-honour panel, Sayonara Seishun and BUNNY★PUP.
Sunday: Khio, Miracle of Revenge, K-dance, Junihuhn, NILO, Aeris & Sphynxz, IDolls, Hikaru Sen and the closing ceremony.
Posing tricks, Level Up Your Cosplay, hanbok, sewing cosplay for beginners, a talk on otaku culture and soft power, anime quiz, VRoid for beginners, origami and “fake, ghost and promo accounts”.
Benjamin Stolz, Nicole Silbermann, Amira Leisner, Lisa Dzyadyk, Cindy Kepke, Kathrin Stoll and Lara Schmidt were our guests. They signed autographs and were on stage in the guest-of-honour panel.
Café HanaBon was a maid-and-butler café with curry, sandwich, cheesecake, vegan cake, waffles, bubble tea, galaxy drink and dalgona. Bring & Buy took place on both days.
HanaCon 2024 was supported by Bubble Pop, Copic, Carlsen Manga, Leonine Anime, MiyoBoo, cosmicmoonlight, Mangapoint x Kawaii Merch, nipponart, Egmont and Manga-Mafia, among others.
