In 2012, Anime Boston celebrated its tenth year. The convention won the award again in 2012. In 2011, the Boston Phoenix selected Anime Boston as the city's "Best Nerd Gathering", beating out contenders such as New England Comic Con and PAX East.
Nobuo Uematsu made an appearance at the convention, with the Video Game Orchestra, a Boston-based 90-piece orchestra that performs video game music with an orchestra, choir, and rock band. Attendance jumped again to over 17,000 attendants in 2010. In 2009, the convention saw the attendance rise to over 15,000 people for the first time, and the attendees who got tickets at the convention for the concert got to see Kalafina for their first-ever North American performance. That year also saw Japanese rock stars The Pillows finish up the east coast leg of their American tour at Anime Boston. Since then, the convention has continued to be held at the convention center and adjoining hotels with attendance seeing steady growth to 14,339 people (or 35,224 turnstile) in 2008. By Anime Boston 2005, the convention had moved to the Hynes Convention Center and Sheraton Boston Hotel. The first Anime Boston was held in 2003 at the Boston Park Plaza, as was the 2004 convention.
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