CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – Four University of Virginia students came together to create Daigakon, an anime and gaming convention on the Grounds of UVA.
Anime and video game lovers from around the Charlottesville area came together for the first convention of its kind at UVA. Its origins began in 2021, but because of things like the COVID-19 pandemic, it kept getting pushed back and delayed. Eventually, in 2025 it was brought back up to one of Daigakon’s co-organizers Joe Liang.
“They were like, maybe you guys can do it next year. I’m like, no way, we’re not doing this. It’s like too much work,” Liang said…