# Anime Friends

Anime Friends is a South American annual anime convention produced by Maru Division Corporation. It was originally held in São Paulo, Brazil during the month of July, and it expanded to Rio de Janeiro, Argentina (2009–17) and Chile (2013).

## History
### Brazil
#### Event history

| City | Dates | Venue | Attend. | Guests |
| São Paulo | July 3–6, 2003 | Colégio Madre Cabrini | 25,000 | Hironobu Kageyama, Akira Kushida, Hiroshi Watari |
| São Paulo | July 8–11, 2004 | Espaço das Américas | 32,000 | Masaaki Endoh, Hironobu Kageyama, Masami Okui, and Eizo Sakamoto |
| São Paulo | July 14–17, 2005 | Universidade Uni Sant'Anna | 45,000 | Yoshiki Fukuyama, Hironobu Kageyama, Akira Kushida, and Takayuki Miyauchi |
| São Paulo | July 13–16, 2006 | Universidade Uni Sant'Anna | 50,000 | Massacration, Masaaki Endoh, Hiroshi Kitadani, and Yumi Matsuzawa |
| São Paulo | July 14~15 and 19~22, 2007 | Universidade Uni Sant'Anna | 79,000 | Masaaki Endoh, Edu Falaschi, Yoko Ishida, Hironobu Kageyama, MoJo, Pato Fu, Kōji Wada, and Nobuo Yamada |
| São Paulo | July 11~13 and 16~20, 2008 | Mart Center | 120,000 | Akira Kushida, Takayuki Miyauchi, Takumi Tsutsui, Hideaki Takatori, Almah, Shaaman, Aki Misato, JAM Project (Hironobu Kageyama, Masaaki Endoh, Yoshiki Fukuyama, Masami Okui, Hiroshi Kitadani and Ricardo Cruz) |
| São Paulo | July 10~12 and 17–19, 2009 | Mart Center | | Kagrra, Hironobu Kageyama, Masaaki Endoh, Hiroshi Kitadani, Nobuo Yamada, Akira Kushida, Shinichi Ishihara and Yukio Yamagata |
| São Paulo | July 09~11 and 15~18, 2010 | Mart Center | | Akira Kushida, Shinichi Ishihara, Takayuki Miyauchi, Aki Misato, Minami Kuribayashi, Chihiro Yonekura, Angra, Piyo Rabbie and Aural Vampire |
| São Paulo | July 08~10 and 15~17, 2011 | Mart Center | | Akira Kushida, Psychic Lover, Nobuo Yamada, Takayoshi Tanimoto, M.O.V.E., Kaya and Angra |
| São Paulo | July 05–08 and 12-15, 2012 | Faculdade Cantareira | | Nobuo Yamada, Takayoshi Tanimoto, Paul Zaloom, Kaya and JAM Project (Hironobu Kageyama, Masaaki Endoh, Masami Okui, Hiroshi Kitadani and Ricardo Cruz - Yoshiki Fukuyama was unable to attend due to health issues) |
| São Paulo | July 11–14 and 18-21, 2013 | Campo de Marte Airport | | Nobuo Yamada, Akira Kushida, Família Lima, Yumi Matsuzawa, Gloria, Andre Matos, Eyeshine, Chihiro Yonekura, Oreskaband, Shinichi Ishihara, Takumi Tsutsui and JAM Project (Hironobu Kageyama, Masaaki Endoh, Masami Okui, Hiroshi Kitadani, Yoshiki Fukuyama and Ricardo Cruz |
| São Paulo | July 17–20 and 24-27, 2014 | Campo de Marte Airport | | Flow, Reika, You Kikkawa, Oreskaband, Kōji Wada, Ayumi Miyazaki, Takayoshi Tanimoto, Noturnall, Almah, Motsu, Back-On, Nobuo Yamada, Eizo Sakamoto, Família Lima, Chris Claremont and Daniel HDR |
| São Paulo | July 10–12 and 17-19, 2015 | Campo de Marte Airport | | Ayu Brazil, Flow, Cross Gene, Detonator, Home Made Kazoku, Inkt, Joe Inoue, Kaname, Reika, Matsuko Mawatari, Ricardo Cruz, Sasaki Sayaka, Screw, Snowkel, Tetsuo Kurata, Carolina Munhóz, Raphael Draccon and Daniel HDR |
| São Paulo | July 08–10 and 15-17, 2016 | Campo de Marte Airport | | Joe Inoue, Ricardo Cruz, Detonator, Nobuo Yamada, Ayumi Miyazaki, Takayoshi Tanimoto, Yumi Matsuzawa, Hiroki Takahashi. Yuuya Asaoka, Ricardo Fábio, Edu Falaschi, Rodrigo Rossi, Larissa Tassi, LM.C, Mai Hoshimura, Sambomaster, Takumi Tsutsui, Shouhei Kusaka, LeChat, Liui Aquino, Jason Faunt |
| São Paulo | July 07–09, 2017 | Transamerica Expo Center | | Do As Infinity, T.M. Revolution, Asian Kung-fu Generation, Takumi Tsutsui |
| São Paulo | July 06–09, 2018 | Anhembi Convention Center | | Takumi Hashimoto, Oreskaband, Yumi Matsuzawa, Snowkel, Deadlift Lolita, Hatsune Miku, Ultraman Heroes |
| Rio de Janeiro | July 05-09, 2019 | Riocentro | | Snowkel, Faky, Yumi Matsuzawa, Deadlift Lolita, Mika Kobayashi, Gaijin Sentai, Senpai Old School, Takumi Hashimoto |
| São Paulo | July 12-14, 2019 | Anhembi Convention Center | 60,000 | Snowkel, Faky, Yumi Matsuzawa, Deadlift Lolita, Mika Kobayashi, Gaijin Sentai, Senpai Old School, Takumi Hashimoto |
| - | 2020 | - | - | Event not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| - | 2021 | - | - | Event not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| São Paulo | July 08-10, 2022 | Anhembi Convention Center | 80,000 | Danger3 (Ricardo Cruz, Larissa Tassi and Rodrigo Rossi), Gaijin Sentai, Babybeard, Matsuko Mawatari, Diogo Miyahara, I Don't Like Mondays., YUYU20, Senpai Old School, One n' Only |
| Rio de Janeiro | July 16-17, 2022 | Expo Mag | | Danger3 (Ricardo Cruz, Larissa Tassi and Rodrigo Rossi), Gaijin Sentai, Babybeard, Matsuko Mawatari, Diogo Miyahara, I Don't Like Mondays., YUYU20, Senpai Old School, One n' Only |
| São Paulo | July 13-16, 2023 | Anhembi Convention Center | 120,000 | Takumi Hashimoto, Takumi Tsutsui, Hiroshi Watari, Mai Oishi, Makoto Sumikawa, Kiyomi Tsukada, Flow, Scandal, Burnout Syndromes, Survive Said the Prophet, Nano, Yurika, ASCA, SennaRin, Who-ya Extended, YUYU20, Yumi Matsuzawa, Danger3 (Ricardo Cruz, Larissa Tassi and Rodrigo Rossi), Janaína Bianchi, Senpai Old School, Akino with Bless4 |
| São Paulo | July 18-21, 2024 | Anhembi Convention Center | | Vickeblanka, Takeru (from SuG), Hiroto (from Alice Nine), Wasuta, ROOKiEZ is PUNK’D, MHRap, Sidney Scaccio, Yasuhiro Ishiwatari, Mayumi Yoshida, ALI, ClariS, Kihachirō Uemura, Masaru Yamashita, Koichi Nakayama |

### Argentina
#### Event Story

| Dates | Location | Guests |
| July 24~26, 2009 | Colegio Nichia Gakuin Buenos Aires, Argentina | Hironobu Kageyama, Masaaki Endoh, Hiroshi Kitadani and Ricardo Cruz |
| July 24~25, 2010 | Instituto San Antonio Buenos Aires, Argentina | Aki Misato, Chihiro Yonekura, Kouji Wada, Ricardo Cruz and Aural Vampire |
| July 23~24, 2011 | Instituto San Antonio Buenos Aires, Argentina | Takayoshi Tanimoto, Nobuo Yamada, Ricardo Cruz, m.o.v.e and Kaya |
| July 21~23, 2012 | Centro de Exposiciones Miguelete Buenos Aires, Argentina | JAM Project (Hironobu Kageyama, Masaaki Endoh, Hiroshi Kitadani, Masami Okui and Ricardo Cruz) |
| July 19~21, 2013 | Centro de Exposiciones Miguelete Buenos Aires, Argentina | Nobuo Yamada and Yumi Matsuzawa |
| July 18~20, 2014 | Centro de Exposiciones Miguelete Buenos Aires, Argentina | Oreskaband |
| July 24~26, 2015 | Centro de Exposiciones Miguelete Buenos Aires, Argentina | FLOW |
| July 22~24, 2016 | Centro de Exposiciones Miguelete Buenos Aires, Argentina | Joe Inoue, Nobuo Yamada and Yumi Matsuzawa |
| July 21~23, 2017 | Centro de Exposiciones Miguelete Buenos Aires, Argentina | ROOKiEZ is PUNK’D |

### Chile
#### Event Story

| Dates | Location | Atten. | Guests |
| July 27, 2013 | Teatro Caupolicán Santiago, Chile | | Juan Andrés Salfate, Ricardo Cruz and Chihiro Yonekura |