BotCon Japan 2000

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

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.
• Car Robots Ai figurine.

Other merchandise

• T-shirts featuring artwork of Ai 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