ABC writes: anime fans from across the country descended on Hobart at the weekend, for the annual Anime Island Convention (AICon).
Anime is a distinctive style of Japanese animation, developed in the 1950s.
Since then, it's escaped into the rest of the world and gained a huge following. AICon organiser Ben Holton says anime is a part of daily life in Japan.
Nice to see mine stream news (in australia) covering anime