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{{Infobox Convention
| name = Romics
| image = [[File:Romics2012 03.JPG|270px]]
| caption = Stands during Romics 2012
| date = April (spring edition) and October (autumn edition)
| status = active
| genre = [[Comics]], [[Animation]], [[Games]], [[Movies]], [[Role-playing games]], [[Entertainment]]
| venue =Fiera di Roma
| location = [[Rome]]
| country = [[Italy]]
| first = 2001
| last =
| organizer = Fiera di Roma, Castelli Animati
| filing =
| attendance = 400,000<ref name="about us">{{cite web|url=https://www.romics.it/en/about-us|title=About us|date=19 January 2023 |location=Rome, Italy|publisher=Romics - Festival internazionale del fumetto, dell'animazione e dei gamer}}</ref>
| website = [http://www.romics.it/ romics.it]
}}
[[File:Il catalogo della manifestazione.jpg|thumb|Event Catalog • 20th Edition]]
'''Romics''' is an international semiannual [[Comic book convention|comic book]], [[Anime convention|animation]], and [[gaming convention]] in [[Rome]], [[Italy]]. The event takes place over four days, usually during April for the spring edition, and October for the autumn one. Until the twelfth edition in 2012, it was held annually, most often in October. The event is held, for both its editions, in the Rome [[trade fair]] district.

Its annual attendance is generally around 400,000 visitors, the program is divided into over 100 presentations, simultaneously in the 5 pavilions and with over 250 exhibitors in an area of 70,000 m2.<ref name="about us" />

As part of the event, the {{ill|Grand Gala of Dubbing|it|Gran Galà del Doppiaggio Romics DD}} (Romics DD) is being held, an event dedicated to dubbing into [[Italian language]]. The Gala includes awards for dubbing in several categories.<ref>[https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/romics/romics.htm SPECIALE ROMICS DD]</ref>

== History ==
In 2001<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.romics.it/sites/default/files/catalogo_ed_i_2001_0.pdf|title=Catalogo Romics 2001|language=it}}</ref> was born in [[Rome]], in the old exhibition center, in [[Via Cristoforo Colombo]], the festival of [[comics]], [[animation]], and [[video games]] under the artistic direction of Luca Raffaelli who, after the tenth anniversary edition, abandoned the project due to differences with the production on the cultural identity of the event.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.afnews.info/wordpress/2016/04/02/se-hai-chiesto-a-luca-raffaelli-di-romics-la-risposta-e-sempre-questa/ |title=Se hai chiesto a Luca Raffaelli di Romics, la risposta è sempre questa|date=2016-04-02|language=it}}</ref>

Both the 2020 and spring 2021 editions were canceled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].

== Golden Romics ==
[[File:I Romics d'Oro .jpg|thumb|306x306px|The Golden Romics of the 17th edition of the Festival]]
Every year, famous cartoonists are guests of the event and are awarded the "Romics d’Oro" (Golden Romics). Among the guests who attended: [[Albert Uderzo]] (''[[Asterix]]''), [[Milo Manara]], [[Monkey Punch]], creator of the comic ''[[Lupin the Third]] '', [[Yoichi Takahashi]], author of ''[[Captain Tsubasa]]''; [[Sergio Bonelli]], historic editor of [[Italian comics]] and [[screenwriter]]; [[Giancarlo Berardi]], (''[[Ken Parker (comics)|Ken Parker]]'', ''[[Julia (comics)|Julia]]''); [[Eddie Campbell]] (''[[From Hell]]''); [[Alfredo Castelli]] (''[[Martin Mystère]]''); [[Vittorio Giardino]] (''No Pasaran'', ''Jonas Fink'', ''Max Fridman''); Carlos Gomez (''[[Dago (comics)|Dago]]''); [[Francisco Solano López (comics)|Francisco Solano López]], author of ''[[L'Eternauta]]''; Giovanni Ticci (''Tex''); [[Robin Wood (writer)|Robin Wood]] (''[[Dago (comics)|Dago]]'', ''[[Nippur de Lagash]]'', ''Merlin'', ''Savarese''); [[Leo Ortolani]] (''[[Rat-Man (comics)|Rat-Man]]''); [[Giorgio Cavazzano]] (''[[Paperinika]]''); Tsukasa Hōjō (''[[Cat's Eye (manga)|Cat's Eyes]]'', ''[[City Hunter]]''); [[Massimo Rotundo]] (''Tex'').

== Editions ==
[[File:Romics 2013 - Spring Edition 18.JPG|thumb|Cosplayer at Romics 2013]]
*First edition (22-23-24-25 November 2001)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.romics.it/dr1/?q=it/node/48|title=Pellentesque sed dolor?|access-date=2014-11-05|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113457/http://www.romics.it/dr1/?q=it/node/48|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Second edition (3-4-5-6 October 2002)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.corriere.it/speciali/romics2002/|title=Corriere della Sera - Romics 2002, «nuvolette» nel cielo della capitale}}</ref>
*Third edition (2-3-4-5 October 2003)
*Fourth edition  (7-8-9-10 October 2004)<ref>[http://www.lazio.istruzione.it/offerta_formativa/romics2004_programma.pdf Romics 2004 - programma] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070415210741/http://www.lazio.istruzione.it/offerta_formativa/romics2004_programma.pdf |date=2007-04-15 }}</ref>
*Fifth edition (2-3-4-5 October 2005)
*Sixth edition (5-6-7-8 October 2006)
*Seventh edition (4-5-6-7 October 2007)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.romics.it/dr1/?q=it/node/91 |title=Romics 7ª Edizione |access-date=2014-11-05 |archive-date=2013-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930000905/http://www.romics.it/dr1/?q=it/node/91 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Eighth  edition (2-3-4-5 October 2008)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.romics.it/dr1/?q=it/node/102|title=Product 004|access-date=2014-11-05|archive-date=2013-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930000653/http://www.romics.it/dr1/?q=it/node/102|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Ninth edition (8-9-10-11 October 2009)
*Tenth edition (30 September, 1-2-3 October 2010)
*Eleventh edition (29-30 September, 1–2 October 2011)
*Twelfth edition (27-28-29-30 September 2012)<ref>[http://www.romics.it/dr1/?q=it/node/217 Romics 2012 - programma] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924034734/http://www.romics.it/dr1/?q=it%2Fnode%2F217 |date=2012-09-24 }}</ref>
*Thirteenth edition (4-5-6-7 April 2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.italiadiscovery.it/dettaglio_art.php?id=732|title=√ Italiadiscovery - La guida del Made in Italy|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726001816/http://www.italiadiscovery.it/dettaglio_art.php?id=732|archive-date=2009-07-26}}</ref>
*Fourteenth edition (3-4-5-6 October 2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fieraroma.it/fiere_dettagli.php?l=ita&id=romics474|title=Fiera di Roma|date=11 October 2023 }}</ref>
*Fifteenth edition (3-4-5-6 April 2014)
* Sixteenth edition (2-3-4-5 October 2014)
* Seventeenth edition (9-10-11-12 April 2015)
* Eighteenth edition (1-2-3-4 October 2015)
* Nineteenth edition (7-8-9-10 April 2016)
* Twentieth edition (29-30 September, 1–2 October 2016)
* Twenty-first edition (2017)
* Twenty-second edition (2017)
* Twenty-third edition (2018)
* Twenty-fourth edition (2018)

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="150">
File:Il Pala Comics.jpg|The Pala Comics
File:Il Pala Games di Romics.jpg|The Pala Games Romics
File:Trolls .jpg
File:Gli incontri di Romics.jpg 
</gallery>

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.romics.it/ Official Romics website]

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