Japan Meeting of Furries
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Japan Meeting of Furries | |
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Other names | {{{othernames}}} |
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Website | |
Status | Ongoing |
First iteration | January 12-14, 2013 (in Hikone, Shiga) |
Organizer(s) | Executive Committee of JMoF. |
Charity | Toyohashi Zoo Botanical Park |
Subject | Furry |
Resources | Photos, videos, reports: Japan Meeting of Furries resources |
The Japan Meeting of Furries (JMoF) is a furry convention which is held annually in Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan.
JMoF was founded in 2012, with the aim of establishing the first furry convention at a hotel in Japan.[1] The con's programming includes workshops and seminars in acting, costume-building, art, and more.[1]
Since 2020, JMoF also hosts an online convention running parallel to the physical con, in VRChat, Neos VR until 2023, and Resonite beginning in 2024.[2] Panels and main stage events are livestreamed into the virtual worlds, and the virtual and physical attendees can interact with each other during special panels.
Guests of Honor[edit]
- 2014 - Yuko Asami
- 2015 - Akira Himekawa
- 2017 - Hiroshi Matsuyama
- 2018 - Latin Vixen
- 2019 - Camellia ([1])
- 2020 - Uncle Kage
- 2023 - Horimon (ほりもん)
Themes[edit]
- 2014: 東海道五十三次 ("The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō")
- 2015: Once upon a time in the West /夕陽のガンマン (The Gunman on Sunset, the Japanese title of For a Few Dollars More)
- 2016: The Extra-Furrestrial / 未知との遭遇 (Close Encounters of the Third Kind)
- 2017: Dial M for Murder / 豊橋サスペンス劇場 (Toyohashi Suspense Theater, a parody of "火曜サスペンス劇場")
- 2018: ARMAGEDDON / JMoF以外全部沈没 (Everything Other than JMoF Sinks, a parody of "日本以外全部沈没")
- 2019: The Dogfather.
- 2020: Energy Drink BITERS—Good Fur Con Tastes BITTER
- 2022: The Seven Samurai / 七匹の侍 (七人の侍, the numeral is changed from human counts to animal counts)
- 2023: Back to the JMoF
- 2024: Ghostbusters
Charities[edit]
- 2015 - Toyohashi Zoo Botanical Park - 262,950 JPY
- 2016 - Toyohashi Zoo Botanical Park - 418,600 JPY
- 2017 - Toyohashi Zoo Botanical Park - 732,050 JPY
- 2018 - Toyohashi Zoo Botanical Park - 1,025,050 JPY
- 2019 - Toyohashi Zoo Botanical Park - 1,571,700 JPY
- 2020 - Toyohashi Zoo Botanical Park - 1,383,400 JPY
- 2022 - Toyohashi Zoo Botanical Park - 1,928,716 JPY
- 2023 - Toyohashi Zoo Botanical Park - 2,206,750 JPY
Attendance[edit]
Convention year | Attendance | Percentage change |
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Japan Meeting of Furries 2013 | 100 | - |
Japan Meeting of Furries 2014 | 232 | 132% |
Japan Meeting of Furries 2015 | 408 | 75.86% |
Japan Meeting of Furries 2016 | 588 | 44.12% |
Japan Meeting of Furries 2017 | 845 | 43.71% |
Japan Meeting of Furries 2018 | 998 | 18.11% |
Japan Meeting of Furries 2019 | 1332 | 33.47% |
Japan Meeting of Furries 2020 | 1372 | 3% |
Japan Meeting of Furries 2022 | ||
Japan Meeting of Furries 2023 | 1423 | 3.71% |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Japan Meeting of Furries website. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
- ↑ VR JMoF 2024 Prologue, retrieved December 2, 2023.
External links[edit]
- Japan Meeting of Furries official website
- VR Japan Meeting of Furries official website
- Japan Meeting of Furries on Twitter
- Japan Meeting of Furries on Facebook
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