Tekko (convention)

Tekko
Tekkoshocon 2010
StatusActive
GenreAnime, manga, Japanese popular culture[1][2]
VenueDavid L. Lawrence Convention Center
Location(s)Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
CountryUnited States
Inaugurated2003
Attendance10,665 in 2024[3]
Organized byPittsburgh Japanese Culture Society (PJCS)[2][4][5]
Websitehttps://tekko.us

Tekko (formerly Tekkoshocon) is an annual four-day anime convention held during July at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[6] The convention has been held in various locations around the Pittsburgh metropolitan area and is run by a non-profit organization, the Pittsburgh Japanese Culture Society (PJCS).[1][2][5] Tekkoshocon's name was a blend of the Japanese word tekkosho, meaning steel mill (a reference to Pittsburgh's industrial steel-producing history), and adapting the suffix "-con" (from convention), which is a common nomenclature archetype among such conventions.[7]

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