BotCon Japan 2000

BotCon Japan 2000 was held on December 17, 2000, in Tokyo, Japan. It was organized by Fumihiko Akiyama.

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Venue

BotCon Japan 2000 was held in the Tokyo Trade Center Taito Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Merchandise

Convention-exclusive toys

• Choro-Q Optimus Prime in vehicle mode.
• Choro-Q Mirage in vehicle mode, with transparent parts.
• Choro-Q Megatron in vehicle mode—a green and purple tank resembling his Generation 2 toy.

Other merchandise

• T-shirts featuring artwork of AI-chan by Mercy Rabbit.

Guests

• Tesshō Genda (voice of G1 Optimus Prime in Japan)

Events

• Art contest.
• Transathlon 2000 — a Transformers/Beast Wars "quiz and athletic contest".
  • The winner was none other than American fan Andrew "Hydra" Hall, who was cosplaying as Hydra at the time. While in-character, he said he was from Germany, and this got reported as fact in Figure Ō magazine!
• An exhibition of Diaclone toys and Transformers video games.
• Junk fair and charity auction, a portion of the proceeds from which went to UNICEF.

External links

• BotCon Japan 2000 at the BotCon Archive

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