Dotcon is a cultural convention, focusing on promoting arts, media and popular culture from East Asia. Since anime is a big part of popular culture from Japan, it is one of the aspects that is focused on at Dotcon, but it isn't the only one! Dotcon also wants to promote literature, visual arts, movies, music, fashion, etc. - and not just from Japan, but also from China and Korea. Dotcon's motto is
that it is a 'fan-run revolution!' This is the basis of Dotcon because one of their goals is to encourage fans - particularly youths - to get involved in the larger community and be more aware of and educated about the culture they participate in; for example, about cross- cultural topics as well as how fandom is represented in the larger community. The name "Dotcon" came from a few different ideas: for one, it's taking place in Toronto - 'the TDot'! Proud of being Torontonians, Dotcon wants to demonstrate how diverse and rich the culture in Toronto really is. Visually, a dot is small and brief, but is also emphatic punctuation - just as the convention is a small convention organized by a small group of people, but in the end it also has important goals and important things to say - namely, that fans can make a difference!
