For a successful AnimagiC, please heed the following rules & regulations when interacting with each other and our guests of honor:
a) Smoking, drugs/cannabis, and alcohol are strictly prohibited throughout the entire Rosengarten. We ask that you also refrain from any consumption in the forecourt area. Read the current entry regulations (including bag checks, prohibited items, bringing food and beverages) here.
b) The building, facilities, and all installations and exhibits must be treated with care. Distribution of flyers and promotional materials is not permitted. The entire Rosengarten is under video surveillance.
c) Due to the risk of theft at events like AnimagiC, please keep a close eye on your belongings. We accept no liability for stolen, lost, or (deliberately) damaged items, including clothing, cosplay outfits, bags, wallets, and ID documents.
d) Attendance at the event and participation in any contests, exhibitions, etc., is at your own risk. No liability is accepted for personal injury or property damage.
e) We ask for appropriate, polite conduct toward our guests of honor. What they may sign and to what extent depends on the guidelines of their respective companies. Please understand that many of our guests of honor do not wish to be filmed, photographed, or recorded in any other way.
f) Filming, Photography & Other Recording Rules: A general ban on filming, photography, and other types of recording applies to all program points in concert halls, panel, screening, and presentation rooms (AnimagiC cinemas, CineMagic cinemas, Mozart Hall and Musen Hall, etc.). After a second warning from our crew, you will be required to leave the room. Mobile phones must be switched off at all times. Filming and photography for private purposes is permitted in other convention areas (but observe point e)). Livestreaming from AnimagiC is not permitted.
g) With regard to GDPR, please note that photography and filming may take place at individual program events by the companies conducting them, for use in online channels or home-release discs, for example—please observe the notices for individual panels. Official AnimagiC photographers are present on the convention grounds to collect images for print, online, and PR coverage of AnimagiC. Press representatives are not official AnimagiC photographers and must comply with GDPR obligations toward attendees photographed and filmed with consent.
h) Your wristband allows you to leave and re-enter the Rosengarten Mannheim as often as you like during its validity period. However, participation in individual program events is not guaranteed, as the number of available tickets is based on the capacity of the entire convention building with all its rooms. Once maximum capacity is reached for a program event in a room, no further entry is possible. The wristband may not be tampered with or transferred to others (obtaining services by deception).
i) Entry rules for Mozart Hall and Musen Hall: Mozart Hall and Musen Hall are generally not cleared between program points. Seat reservations by attendees are not permitted. If necessary, “held” seats will be released by staff before the program point begins. The first doors of the Mozart Hall (from the stage) are exit-only and must be kept clear. All concerts and program points are seated.
j) Please treat your fellow attendees with respect and consideration and observe common decency. For cosplays, the upper body, buttocks, and intimate areas must be adequately covered. In light of the popularity of Tokyo Revengers, we expressly point out that use of the manji symbol as part of cosplay or on fan clothing is prohibited at AnimagiC. Cosplay does not constitute general, implicit consent—ask cosplayers if you may photograph them, and obtain their permission if you wish to upload the images online.
k) If anyone behaves inappropriately toward you at the event or if you need help, please contact our security and crew at any time—the info counter is located in the entrance hall and always has an open ear for you.
We as organizers exercise property rights. The comissioned security company, as well as other authorized persons such as crew members and staff, are therefore authorized to remove unwanted persons from a room or the premises at any time. In the event of rule violations, deliberate destruction, (attempted) theft, or abusive behavior, we reserve the right to exclude the attendee from the current event as well as from future events.
