About Desucon

Desucon is a Finnish convention for the fans of Japanese animation and comics. First organised in June 2009, the soon-to-be annual Desucon has doubled its programme for 2010! Events featured include lectures, cosplay, maid café, artists' alley, dealers' room, game corner and video screenings.

The guests of honour for Desucon 2009 were the distinguished voice actor Tōru Furuya; lecturer of film studies at Hanazono University, Ryūsuke Imai; and director Kiyokazu Fujimoto of Pyrotechnist Co., Ltd., management company for the renowned manga artist group, CLAMP.

Desucon 2010

Desucon 2010 will be held in the award-winning congress centre Sibelius Hall located in the city centre of Lahti. Due to the increased number of available lecture halls and extension of night-time programme, we can offer twice the amount of activities of Desucon 2009, with the main stage capacity at 1,229 seats and the expected number of visitors at around 2,500 attendees.

Details about the guests of honour for Desucon 2010 will be released when available.

Contact us

If you have any queries, suggestions or complaints about Desucon please contact us via e-mail and we shall respond as soon as possible.

	Sibelius Hall consists of an old factory building and the new side built in 2000.
	Forest Hall, the main lobby of the venue, bustling in three storeys.
	The Main Hall houses our largest shows and lectures with its 1,229 seats.
	Dealers' room upstairs in the old side.
	After his interview Tōru Furuya surprised the audience with two songs from his new album.
	Axis Powers Hetalia was overwhelmingly the most cosplayed series of Desucon 2009.