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BronyCon is an annual fan convention held on the east coast of the United States for fans of ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'', among them adult and teenage fans of the show, who call themselves bronies. Seven events have occurred to date, with the most recent one in August 2015 drawing in 10,011 attendees. BronyCon 2015 was held at the Baltimore Convention Center on August 7–9. On October 20, 2014, BronyCon chairman Josh Dean had announced plans for the convention all the way through 2025. BronyCon was previously styled as BroNYCon, as its first three conventions were held in New York City. It dropped the 'NYC' capitalization for its fourth event, which was held in nearby Secaucus, New Jersey. The 2013 event marked the convention's move to Baltimore, Maryland,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BronyCon 2013 Moves to Baltimore )〕 as well as a shift from a twice-annual event to a once-annual convention.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Addition to Bronycon Venue Announcement )〕 A 501(c)(7) non-profit entity, Lunar Solis Corp., has since been created to operate the convention and manage its charity efforts. Upon news of BronyCon's departure from the NYC area, a number of retired BronyCon staffers (including its original creator) created a new, separate convention ("Big Apple Ponycon", later renamed to simply "Ponycon") to serve the NYC metro area. The two conventions are not related. ==History== ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' first aired on the Hub on October 10, 2010, as part of Hasbro's intent to promote the fledgling network and market its new line of ''My Little Pony'' toys. Though a critical success with the target demographic of young girls and their parents, it attracted an unexpected audience of teenage and adult fans, primarily male, originating from the 4chan imageboard. The fandom adopted the term "brony", a portmanteau of "bro" and "pony", and became a highly participatory culture representing New Sincerity, creating artwork, fan fiction, music, mashup videos, and other media. The show's creators, including executive producers Lauren Faust, Jayson Thiessen, Christophe Toverski, the writers and voice actors, Hasbro and the Hub have sought to embrace the brony community, communicating openly with the community and placing subtle nods to the fandom within the show and licensed property.〔 One facet of the older fan base was to create local meetups to socialize about the show and other elements.〔 BronyCon grew out of the local meetups in the New York metropolitan area; it was founded in 2011 by fan Jessica Blank ("Purple Tinker"), who views the brony movement as a "men's version of feminism". Following the success of an "inaugural NYC brony meet" in Little Italy on May 28, 2011, which was attended by over 30 people, the first BronyCon took place in Midtown Manhattan in June 2011 and drew 100 attendees. The second, held in September 2011, had been able to secure the show's current supervising director Jayson Thiessen as a guest, leading to an increase to 300 people attending the event.〔 The third convention, held in January 2012, included three of the voice actresses from the show, drawing at least 700 attendees and requiring the move to a large meeting center. The fourth BronyCon, held on June 30, 2012 and July 1, 2012, had early on been able to arrange for several of the voice actors and show writers to attend. The staff was able to arrange for Faust and actor John de Lancie, who voiced the villain Discord for two episodes, to be guests of honor. Upon announcement of these high-profile guests, interest in the convention sharply increased.〔 The staff moved the location to the Meadowlands Exposition Center in New Jersey and expanded the event over two days, allowing the convention to hold more than 4,000 attendees, while live-streaming panels to an estimated 3,500 additional viewers.〔 Andrew Benage, BronyCon's media liaison, estimated that BronyCon's 2013 event would attract between 6,000 and 8,000 attendees, including a larger proportion of international fans. On November 10, 2012, it was announced on the BronyCon Facebook page that the BronyCon 2013 event would be held at the Baltimore Convention Center and the Hilton Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland on August 2, 2013 to August 4, 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BronyCon 2013 in Maryland )〕 The 2013 event drew 8,407 attendees and hosted panels of voice actors and writers from the show as well as the creators of the My Little Pony comic series. The sixth BronyCon convention ran from August 1–3, 2014 in Baltimore, and drew more than 9,600 attendees; the 2015 BronyCon event ran at the Baltimore Convention Center for August 7–9, 2015 and drew 10,011 attendees, an increase from 2014. Visit Baltimore, the city's tourism board, estimates that BronyCon brings in $5.5 million in revenue to local businesses. Convention chairman Josh Dean confirmed over Twitter that BronyCon has dates set through 2025. In 2015, the Baltimore Business Journal reported in an article regarding BronyCon that BronyCon has a long-term contract to hold BronyCon at the Baltimore Convention Center until BronyCon 2019.〔 The venue for BronyCon 2020 to 2025 currently, as of August 12, 2015 remains unknown. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「BronyCon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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