{{short description|German association for the promotion of Japanese pop culture}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{More citations needed|date=August 2009}} {{Infobox organization | formation = {{start date and age|2000|1|30}} | full_name = Animexx e. V | logo = Animexx Logo 2024.svg | type = Nonprofit organization | status = Eingetragener Verein (e. V.) | purpose = Promotion of Japanese popular culture, especially anime and manga | location = Munich, Bavaria, Germany | region_served = Germany | membership = 646 {{Small|(22 May 2024)}} | language = German | website = https://verein.animexx.de }} '''Animexx''' is a German voluntary association (''Eingetragener Verein'') for promotion of Japanese popular culture, in particular anime and manga.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 May 2024 |title=Unsere Satzung |url=https://www.animexx.de/verein/verein-satzung.phtml |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=22 May 2024 |website=Animexx |language=German}}</ref> It was founded on 30 January 2000 in Munich<ref>{{cite web |url=http://animexx.onlinewelten.com/wiki/index.php/Animexx_Chronik |title=Animexx Chronik |publisher=Animexx |language=German |date=27 December 2009 |accessdate=27 December 2009 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100114170243/http://animexx.onlinewelten.com/wiki/index.php/Animexx_Chronik| archivedate= 14 January 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> 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.<ref Name="VDJG">{{cite web |url=http://www.animexx.de/news.phtml?id=8268 |title=Animexx e.V. Mitglied im Verband Deutsch-Japanischer Gesellschaften |trans-title=Animexx registered association member in the federation of GermanJapanese societies |publisher=Animexx |language=German |date=5 August 2008 |accessdate=18 August 2009 }}</ref>
As of May 2024, Animexx claims to currently have around 600 club members worldwide and approximately 28,000 online club members.<ref>{{cite web |date=22 May 2024 |title=Animexx Mitglieder-Statistik |url=https://www.animexx.de/onlineclub-statistik.phtml |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate=22 May 2024 |publisher=Animexx |language=German}}</ref> Its site includes discussion forums, fanart 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".<ref>{{cite web |work=Der Spiegel |url=http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/0,1518,516148,00.html |title=Jung, weiblich, sexy... Zeichneri |trans-title=Young, womanlike, sexy… Draftswoman |language=German |date=11 December 2007 |accessdate=18 August 2009 }}</ref>
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. Schwarzer Turm, a small publisher that specialises in publishing German work, uses Animexx to find new artists to publish, and they publish manga anthologies together.<ref>{{Citation |author=Malone, Paul M. |chapter=From BRAVO to Animexx.de to Export | editor-last=Levi|editor-first=Antonia|editor2-last=McHarry|editor2-first=Mark| editor3-last=Pagliassotti|editor3-first=Dru | title=Boys' Love Manga: Essays on the Sexual Ambiguity and Cross-Cultural Fandom of the Genre| publisher=McFarland & Company | date=2010|isbn=978-0-7864-4195-2|pages=32–33|title-link=Boys' Love Manga: Essays on the Sexual Ambiguity and Cross-Cultural Fandom of the Genre }}</ref>
In May 2002, the group also began organizing the Connichi fan convention, as well as four other smaller conventions: Hanami in Ludwigshafen, YukiCon in Zuffenhausen, J-Con in Merzig and Animuc in Fürstenfeldbruck.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 May 2024 |title=Unsere Projekte, Cons und Treffen |url=https://verein.animexx.de/unsere-projekte/ |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=22 May 2024 |website=Animexx |language=German}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{official website|https://verein.animexx.de}} {{in lang|de}} * [http://animexx.com/ Official English website]
Category:Organisations based in Munich Category:Non-profit organisations based in Bavaria Category:Cultural organisations based in Germany Category:Anime clubs Category:Anime and manga websites Category:2000 establishments in Germany Category:Organizations established in 2000 Category:2000 mergers and acquisitions
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