Animexx is a German voluntary association ('' Eingetragener Verein'') for promotion of Japanese popular culture, in particular anime and

manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...

. It was founded on 30 January 2000 in Munich when two other groups, 1. Sailor-Moon-Online-Fanclub and Animangai, merged. On 5 May 2008 Animexx became a member of Verband Deutsch-Japanischer Gesellschaften, a group of organizations and people interested in the relations between Japan and Germany. As of February 2010, the site claims to have over 126,000 members. Its site includes discussion forums,

fanart Fan art or fanart is artwork created by fans of a work of fiction and derived from a series character or other aspect of that work. They are usually done by amateur artists, semi-professionals or professionals. As fan labor, fan art refers to ...

galleries, and areas for publishing fanfiction and doujinshi. In association with Egmont Manga & Anime, and online magazine ''AnimePro'', they republish some doujinshi in anthologies. According to German magazine '' Spiegel Online'', it is "the largest web portal for Manga Artists in Germany". There are over 10,000 doujinshi available on the site, which are quality controlled and checked for "legal acceptability". Real-person slash is not permitted, and there is a "complete ban" on shotacon and

lolicon In Japanese popular culture, is a genre of fictional media in which young (or young-looking) girl characters appear in romantic or sexual contexts. The term, a portmanteau of the English phrase "Lolita complex", also refers to desire and a ...

Schwarzer Turm Schwarzer may refer to: *Trollinger, a German/Italian wine grape variety *St. Laurent (grape), a red wine grape variety Persons with the surname * Alice Schwarzer (born 1942), German feminist * Christian Schwarzer (born 1962), German handballer * ...

, a small publisher that specialises in publishing German work, uses Animexx to find new artists to publish, and they publish manga anthologies together. In May 2002, the group also began organizing the Connichi

fan convention Fan convention (also known as con or fan meeting), a term that predates 1942, is an event in which fans of a particular topic gather to participate and hold programs and other events, and to meet experts, famous personalities, and each other. Some ...

, as well as four other smaller conventions: Hanami in

Ludwigshafen Ludwigshafen, officially Ludwigshafen am Rhein (; meaning " Ludwig's Port upon Rhine"), is a city in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, on the river Rhine, opposite Mannheim. With Mannheim, Heidelberg, and the surrounding region, it form ...

, YukiCon in Zuffenhausen, J-Con in Merzig and Animuc in

Fürstenfeldbruck Fürstenfeldbruck () is a town in Bavaria, Germany, located 32 kilometres west of Munich. It is the capital of the district of Fürstenfeldbruck. it has a population of 35,494. Since the 1930s, Fürstenfeldbruck has had an air force base. Th ...

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