Heroes Manga Madrid, born as Salón del manga de Madrid and later on, ExpoManga (officially Spanish: Salón Internacional del Manga de Madrid) was a Spanish anime and manga convention held annually in Madrid. Coupled with the Heroes Comic Madrid (known previously as Expocomic) and it became the second largest anime convention in Spain after [1][2] the Salón del Manga de Barcelona. Organized at first by AEAC, was later on bought by the Dutch company EasyFairs, then Conceptum!. It was held in several locations during its first years, then it settled in Madrid's Casa de Campo fairground, to be moved into the IFEMA 2017-2019. The 2019 edition was cancelled citing organization problems, promising to come back in 2020, failing to do so and with no further notices from the organizers.

Heroes Manga Madrid
StatusDefunct
GenreAnime, Manga
VenueIFEMA
Location(s)Madrid
CountrySpain
Inaugurated2001
Most recent2018
Attendance44,000 (2018)
Organized byEasyFairs
Websitehttps://www.heroesmanga.com
Event history
Year Official name Date Location Attendance Notable guests
2001 I Salón del Manga de Madrid (no data) (no data) (no data)
2002 II Salón del Manga de Madrid (no data) (no data) (no data)
2003 III Salón del Manga de Madrid May 20–23 Casa de Campo (Madrid) (no data)
2004 IV Salón del Manga de Madrid May 12–14 Casa de Campo (Madrid) (no data)
2005 ExpoManga 2005 March 31,
April 1–02
Casa de Campo (Madrid) 13,295
2006 ExpoManga 2006 May 9–11 Casa de Campo (Madrid) 18,604
2007 ExpoManga 2007 May 2–04 Casa de Campo (Madrid) 22,687
2008 ExpoManga 2008 May 9–11 Casa de Campo (Madrid) 33,107
2009 ExpoManga 2009 May 8–10 Casa de Campo (Madrid) 25,398
2010 ExpoManga 2010 May 1–03 Casa de Campo (Madrid) 27,816
2011 ExpoManga 2011 May 6–08 Casa de Campo (Madrid) 29,024
2012 ExpoManga 2012 May 11–13 Casa de Campo (Madrid) 31,347
2013 ExpoManga 2013 May 10–12 Casa de Campo (Madrid) 29,876
2014 ExpoManga 2014 May 16–18 Casa de Campo (Madrid) 40,412
2015 ExpoManga 2015 May 8–10 Casa de Campo (Madrid) 46,213
2016 ExpoManga 2016 May 6–8 Casa de Campo (Madrid) 50,000
2017 Heroes Manga Madrid April 22–23 IFEMA (Madrid) 58,000
2018 Heroes Manga Madrid (no data) IFEMA (Madrid) 44,000
2019 Heroes Manga Madrid cancelled IFEMA (Madrid) (cancelled) (cancelled)
2020 Heroes Manga Madrid cancelled (cancelled) (cancelled) (cancelled)

References

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  1. ^ "ExpoManga 2015". ABC.es (in Spanish). 2015-11-05.
  2. ^ "El ExpoManga sigue creciendo". ABC.es (in Spanish). 2015-11-05.