A-Kon

Den här artikeln handlar om animekonventionen. För musiker, se Akon .

A-Kon
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Status	Aktiva
Mötesplats	Irving Convention Center på Las Colinas Toyota Music Factory
Plats(er)	Irving, Texas
Land	Förenta staterna
Invigd	1990
Närvaro	34 684 under 2018
Hemsida	www .a-kon .com

A-Kon är en årlig tredagars animekongress som hålls under juni på Irving Convention Center i Las Colinas och Toyota Music Factory i Irving, Texas . A-Kon, som hölls första gången 1990 med bara 380 deltagare, är Nordamerikas längsta pågående konvent främst inriktat på anime.

Avdelningar

A-Kon består av många frivilliga team som vart och ett är dedikerade till att driva en del av detta stora konvent. Varje år, vanligtvis i februari eller mars, lägger de upp en webbsida för volontärregistrering. Volontärer arbetar minst sexton timmar under helgen och får ett gratiskort till konventet. Volontärer över 18 år arbetar i 20 timmar och kan få ett hotellrum som delas med 3 andra anställda.

Programmering

Medan konventets fokus ursprungligen var centrerat på animefandom och visningar av filmer och tv-serier, äger många andra aktiviteter rum som omfattar olika segment av nörd och japansk popkultur . Dessa evenemang inkluderar paneler med amerikanska författare och artister, ett spelrum för konsoler, spelrum för bordsskivor, cosplay , scavenger hunts, kampsportsdemonstrationer, en konstshow och konserter av japanska och SteamPunk-band. Konventet upprätthåller också en stark närvaro på sociala nätverk på Facebook och Twitter, med cirka 15 000 respektive 7 000 följare, genom vilka de lägger upp information och kör tävlingar under hela året.

Historia

Namnet verkar vara en pjäs i den tidiga animeserien Project A-ko . A-Kon 2020 ställdes in på grund av covid-19-pandemin . A-Kon 2021 ställdes också in på grund av covid-19-pandemin.

Händelsehistorik

Datum	Plats	Atten.	Gäster
28–29 juli 1990	Richardson Hilton Richardson, Texas	380
25–26 maj 1991	Radisson Hotel & Suites Dallas, Texas	497	Jerry Beck , DNA Productions , Ben Dunn , Tim Eldred, Trish Ledoux, Tomoko Saito, Toren Smith , Jason & John Waltrip och Adam Warren .
5–7 juni 1992	Holiday Inn Brookhollow Dallas, Texas	650
28–30 maj 1993	Holiday Inn Brookhollow Dallas, Texas	850
3–5 juni 1994	Sheraton-Mockingbird Hotel Dallas, Texas	1,111	Robert DeJesus, DNA Productions, Ben Dunn, Neil Nadelman, Lisa "Honey-chan" Nelson, Fred Perry , Monkey Punch , Tomoko Saito, Sue Shambaugh, Toren Smith och Adam Warren.
2 juni 1995	Harvey Addison Hotel Addison, Texas	1 450	Kevin Altieri , Ippongi Bang , Glen Murakami och Yorihisa Uchida.
31 maj – 2 juni 1996	Harvey Addison Hotel Addison, Texas	800	Ben Dunn, Neil Nadelman, Jan Scott-Frazier , Rikki Simons och Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons.
30 maj – 1 juni 1997	Harvey Hotel-Addison Addison, Texas	1 243	Tiffany Grant och Jan Scott-Frazier.
29–31 maj 1998	Harvey Hotel D/FW Dallas, Texas	1 931	Will Allison, Ippongi Bang, Steve Bennett, Pat Duke, Ben Dunn, Newton Ewell , Tiffany Grant, Amy Howard-Wilson, Mitsuhisa Ishikawa , Kuni Kimura, Neil Nadelman, Jan Scott-Frazier, Doug Smith, Shawn the Touched, Elin Winkler, Robert Woodhead och Toshifumi Yoshida.
4–6 juni 1999	Hyatt Regency DFW Dallas, Texas	3 000	Will Allison, Hiroshi Aro , Steve Bennett, Jessica Calvello , Rodney "Largo" Caston , Robert DeJesus, Pat Duke, Ben Dunn, PN Elrod , Newton Ewell, Tiffany Grant, Lea Hernandez , Amy Howard-Wilson, Mari Iijima , Kuni Kimura, Trish Ledoux, Edward Luena, Neil Nadelman, Fred Perry, Rikki Simons, Brian Stelfreeze , Shawn the Touched, Valkyrie Games, Adam Warren, Brett Weaver , Joe Wight, Elin Winkler, Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons och Toshifumi Yoshida.
2–4 juni 2000	Hyatt Regency DFW Dallas, Texas	4 500	Arik Renee Avila, Rodney "Largo" Caston, Dementia7 Studios, Tiffany Grant, Amy Howard-Wilson, Lisa Ortiz och Gilles Poitras .
1–3 juni 2001	Sheraton Park Central Hotel Dallas, Texas	5 200	Arik Renee Avila, Dementia7 Studios, Crispin Freeman , Tiffany Grant, Amy Howard-Wilson och Brett Weaver.
31 maj – 2 juni 2002	Hyatt Regency DFW Dallas, Texas	6,420	Will Allison, Arik Renee Avila, Steve Bennett, Tippi N. Blevins, Rodney "Largo" Caston, Meg Chittenden, Dementia7 Studios, DNA Productions, Duel Jewel , Pat Duke, Ben Dunn, PN Elrod, Newton Ewell, Melanie Fletcher, Fred Gallagher , Tiffany Grant, Yaya Han , Matthew High, Taliesin Jaffe , Daniel Kanemitsu, Kobushi Taiko, Steve Kyte, Edward Luena, Lee W. Madison, Lee Martindale, Helen McCarthy , Scott McNeil , Lindze Merritt, Millermuller Ballet, Phillip Nelson, Jonathan Osborne , Panther Comics, Eddie Perkins, Fred Perry, Radio Comix , Xero Reynolds, Joe Rosales, Stan Sakai , Jan Scott-Frazier, Diana X. Sprinkle, Michael Suarez, The Sun String Quartet, Valkyrie Games, Joe Wight och Elin Winkler.
30 maj – 1 juni 2003	Hyatt Regency DFW Dallas, Texas	7,413	Will Allison, American Dream, Arik Renee Avila, Greg Ayres , John Barrett, Steve Bennett, Bob Bergen , Kei Blue, Samuel Bohon, Camino , Jonathan Clements , Dr. Comet, Robert DeJesus, Dementia7 Studios, Doug Dlin, DNA Productions, Duell Jewel, Lee Duhlig, Pat Duke, Ben Dunn, PN Elrod, Rod Espinosa , Rhonda Eudaly, Newton Ewell, Bruce Faulconer , Melanie Fletcher, Iain Gill, Tiffany Grant, James Hanrahan, Kyle Hebert, Matthew High, Amy Howard-Wilson, Ursula Husted, David Hutchison, Charlene Ingram, Daniel Kanemitsu, Kikimo-dan, Steve Kyte, Jason Lee , Joshua Lesnick, Bruce Lewis, Edward Luena, Lee W. Madison, Manga Graphix, Lee Martindale, Carol McAlister, Helen McCarthy, Mike McFarland , Scott McNeil, Stephanie Nadolny , Lisa "Honey-chan" Nelson, Phillip Nelson, Jana G. Oliver , Chris Patton , Eddie Perkins, Fred Perry, Walker Plagge, Monica Rial , Sally Ridout, Kai Robertson, Jan Scott-Frazier, Rikki Simons , Diana X. Sprinkle, Brian Stelfreeze, Strong Arm Productions, The Sun String Quartet, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Jonathan Tarbox, Temple Studios, Eric Vale , Valkyrie Games, Michael Vega, J. Shanon Weaver, Jochen Weltjens, Joe Wight, Elin Winkler, Amanda Winn-Lee och Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons.
4–6 juni 2004	Adam's Mark Hotel Dallas, Texas	9,449	Will Allison, Arik Renee Avila, John Barrett, Steve Bennett, Samuel Bohon, Rick Bones, Camino, Michael Coleman, Zach Davis, Dementia7 Studios, Brad DeMoss, Doug Dlin, Do As Infinity (DAI) , Lee Duhlig, Pat Duke , PN Elrod, Rod Espinosa, Newton Ewell, Bruce Faulconer, Steve Fellows, Fred Gallagher, Lauren Goodnight , Tiffany Grant, Alan Gutierrez , James Hanrahan, Kyle Hebert, Matthew High, Tony Hobdy, Amy Howard-Wilson, Ursula Husted, David Hutchison, Samantha Inoue-Harte , Jonathan Klein, Steve Kyte, Mark Lancaster, Bruce Lewis, Lee W. Madison, Manga Graphix, Carol McAlister, Helen McCarthy, Mike McFarland, Scott McNeil, Stephanie Nadolny, Jonathan Osborne, Eddie Perkins, Walker Plagge, Psycho Le Cému , Xero Reynolds, Monica Rial, Sally Ridout, Kai Robertson, S. John Ross , Carrie Savage , Sean Schemmel , Jan Scott-Frazier, JE Smith, Diana X. Sprinkle, Brian Stelfreeze, The Sun String Quartet, Nami Tamaki , Jonathan Tarbox, Valkyrie Games, Michael Vega, J. Shanon Weaver, Jochen Weltjens, Joe Wight och Elin Winkler.
3–5 juni 2005	Adam's Mark Hotel Dallas, Texas	10,771	Tom Bateman, Ferret Baudoin, Steve Bennett, DJ Boss, Anthony Brownrigg, Robert DeJesus, Michael Dobson , Robin Atkin Downes , dream, Ben Dunn, PN Elrod, Newton Ewell, Melanie Fletcher, Fred Gallagher, Megan Giles, Kyle Hebert, Joel Heyman , Matthew High, Samantha Inoue-Harte, Tramell Isaac, Taliesin Jaffe, Kumiko Kato, Kobushi Taiko, Steve Kyte, Bruce Lewis, Masao Maruyama , Jonathan Mathers, Helen McCarthy, Mike McFarland, Vic Mignogna, Stephanie Nadolny, Phillip Nelson, Jonathan Osborne , Eddie Perkins, Fred Perry, Michael Pondsmith , Radio Comix, Xero Reynolds, Kai Robertson, Rooster Teeth Productions , Joe Rosales, Brian Ruh, Jan Scott-Frazier, Doug Smith, Yasufumi Soejima, Gustavo Sorola, Michael Suarez, Takahiro Umehara, Elin Winkler, Dan Woren , Toshifumi Yoshida och ZZ .
9–11 juni 2006	Adam's Mark Hotel Dallas, Texas	12 459	Justin Achilli , Steve Bennett, Eirik Blackwolf, Anthony Brownrigg, Chromelodeon , Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Ben Dunn, Newton Ewell, Caitlin Glass , Michael Gluck , Darrel Guilbeau , Zel Harris, David Hutchison, Samantha Inoue-Harte, Jonathan Klein, Kotoko , Steve Kyte, Bruce Lewis, Peter Mayhew , Helen McCarthy, Jamie McGonnigal , Vic Mignogna, Jana G. Oliver, Tony Oliver , Jonathan Osborne, Penicillin , Fred Perry, Radio Comix, Xero Reynolds, Rooster Teeth Productions, Jeremy Ross, Kristine Sa , Jan Scott-Frazier, Patrick Seitz , Doug Smith, Gustavo Sorola, Sonny Strait , Jonathan Tarbox, Sean Teague och Joe Wight.
1–3 juni 2007	Adam's Mark Hotel Dallas, Texas	14 309	An Cafe , Peter S. Beagle , Steve Bennett, Bleedman, Brian Denham, Newton Ewell, Brian Glass, Kyle Hebert, Matt Herms, Samantha Inoue-Harte, ketchupmania, Steve Kyte, Bruce Lewis, Helen McCarthy, MELL , Vic Mignogna , Chris Patton, Wendy Powell , Scott Ramsoomair, Xero Reynolds, Rooster Teeth Productions, Jan Scott-Frazier, Doug Smith, Gustavo Sorola, Spike Spencer , David Stanworth, The Sun String Quartet, Jonathan Tarbox, Howard Tayler, Billy Tucci , Travis Willingham och Tommy Yune .
30 maj – 1 juni 2008	Sheraton Dallas Hotel Dallas, Texas	15 324	Steve Bennett, Anthony Brownrigg, Budo Grape, Steven Cummings , David Drake , Bill Fawcett , Kyle Hebert, M. Alice LeGrow , Helen McCarthy, Kevin McKeever, Vic Mignogna, Douglas Niles , Chris Patton, Wendy Powell, Monica Rial, The Sun String Quartet, Jonathan Tarbox, Versailles Philharmonic Quintet och Shinichi Watanabe .
29–31 maj 2009	Sheraton Dallas Hotel Dallas, Texas	16 037	Lynn Abbey , Vanessa "Vii" Arteaga , Keith Baker , Paul Benjamin, Steve Bennett, Anthony Brownrigg, Camino, John D. Carmack II , Megumi Cummings, Steven Cummings , Camilla d'Errico , Brian Denham, Tim Eldred, Newton Ewell, Bill Fawcett, Melanie Fletcher, Anthony Gallela, Oscar J. Garza III, Yaya Han, Mohammad "Hawk" Haque, Kyle Hebert, DJ Infam0us, Samantha Inoue-Harte, Thomas W. Knowles, Steve Kyte, M. Alice LeGrow, Bruce Lewis, Lee Martindale, Helen McCarthy, Mike McFarland, Kevin McKeever, Vic Mignogna, Jody Lynn Nye , Ananth Panagariya, Chris Patton, Wendy Powell, Mike Resnick , Jeremy Ross, S. John Ross, Tony Salvaggio, Jan Scott-Frazier, Doug Smith, Jonathan Tarbox, Michael "Mookie" Terracciano, Jonathan Thompson.
4–6 juni 2010	Sheraton Dallas Hotel Dallas, Texas	17 596	Abney Park , Robert Axelrod , Peter S. Beagle, Steve Bennett, David Brehm, Anthony Brownrigg, Jon Buran, Ewen Cluney, Sheldon Drzka, Melanie Fletcher, Esther Friesner, Terrance Griep, Yaya Han, Victor Hao, Malcolm Harris, Chris Hazelton, Kyle Hebert, Steve Horton, DJ Infam0us, Thomas W. Knowles, Steve Kyte, Bruce Lewis, Catherine Lundoff, Lee Martindale, Helen McCarthy, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Kevin McKeever, DJ Midget, Jim O'Rear, Jan Scott - Frazier , Jonathan Tarbox, Michael "Mookie" Terracciano, Jason Thompson, Ursula Vernon , Crystal Yates, Stephanie Young .
10–12 juni 2011	Sheraton Dallas Hotel Dallas, Texas	18,447	Lynn Abbey, Vanessa "Vii" Arteaga, Clint Bickham , Blood Stain Child , Jennie Breeden, Brentalfloss , Robert Brown, Anthony Brownrigg, Jon Buran, Chloe Chan, D , Brian Denham, Melanie Fletcher, Kaja Foglio , Phil Foglio , Brad Foster , Esther Friesner, J. Grant, Terrance Griep, Priscilla Hamby , Kyle Hebert, Mark Hildreth , Steve Horton, Amy Howard-Wilson, Mel Hynes, DJ Infam0us, Cherami Leigh , Bruce Lewis, Lee Martindale, Helen McCarthy, Kevin McKeever, Elizabeth Moon , Mandy "AmazonMandy" Moore, Monty Oum , Michael Poe, Amy Reeder Hadley , Emmanuel "Master" Rodriguez, Jonathan Tarbox, Adande "sWooZie" Thorne, Laura J. Underwood och Eric Wile.
1–3 juni 2012	Sheraton Dallas Hotel Dallas, Texas	21,982	Curtis Arnott, AYABIE , Steve Bennett, Brentalfloss, Nathan Robert Brown, Anthony Brownrigg, CJ Cherryh , Ming Doyle, Sheldon Drzka, Sarah Elkins, Jane Fancher , Melanie Fletcher, Quinton Flynn , Scott Frerichs, Esther Friesner, Catherine E. Hajek-Harris , Bev Hale, Yaya Han, Kyle Hebert, DJ Infam0us, Nick Landis, Chris Layfield, Cherami Leigh, Pascalle Lepas, Russell Lissau, DJ MaRia, Lee Martindale, Helen McCarthy, Vic Mignogna, Elizabeth Moon, Jana G. Oliver, OZ, Meredith Placko, Tak Sakaguchi , Rikki Simons, Sleeping Samurai, Elizabeth Sloan, Jesse Sosa, Dirk Tiede, Harry Turtledove , Lisle Wilkerson och Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons.
31 maj–2 juni 2013	Hilton Anatole Dallas Dallas, Texas	22,366	Curtis Arnott, Martin Billany, Exist Trace , Esther Friesner, Todd Haberkorn , Kyle Hebert, Lee Martindale, Kristen McGuire , Vic Mignogna, Elizabeth Moon, Meredith Placko, August Ragone, Sleeping Samurai, Jesse Sosa, Sonny Strait, Take One Productions, Jonathan Tarbox, Cathy Weseluck och Lisle Wilkerson.
6–8 juni 2014	Hilton Anatole Dallas Dallas, Texas	26,377	Curtis Arnott, Martin Billany, Anthony Brownrigg, Darren J. Gendron, Caitlin Glass, Yaya Han, Kyle Hebert, Amy Howard-Wilson, Taliesin Jaffe, Nick Landis, M. Alice LeGrow, Lee Martindale, Helen McCarthy, Elizabeth Moon, Gilles Poitras , Lawrence Simpson, Mike Sinterniklaas , Ken Steacy , Take One Productions, Jonathan Tarbox och J. Michael Tatum .
5–7 juni 2015	Hilton Anatole Dallas Dallas, Texas	29,383	Curtis Arnott, Nathan Robert Brown, Scott Frerichs, Caitlin Glass, Kyle Hebert, Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, Nick Landis, Bruce Lewis, Kristen McGuire, Amber Nash, Trina Nishimura , Bryce Papenbrook , Tyson Rinehart, Anthony Sardinha, Take One Productions, J. Michael Tatum och David Vincent .
3–5 juni 2016	Hilton Anatole Dallas Dallas, Texas	32,639	Airship Isabella, Steve Bennett, Morgan Berry, Jennie Breeden, Nathan Robert Brown, D-Piddy, Rob DenBleyker, David Doub, Megan Emerick, Bill Fawcett, Frenchy and the Punk , J. Grant, Todd Haberkorn, Ben Hamby, Yaya Han , Kyle Hebert, Natalie Hoover, Mel Hynes, Jeremy Inman , Nicole Marie Jean, Ryuu Lavitz, Cherami Leigh, Marquis of Vaudeville, Carl Martin, Kyle "Ex-Shadow" Mathis, Malinda "Malindachan" Mathis, Helen McCarthy, Dave McElfatrick, Kristen McGuire, Matthew Mercer , Alex Moore, Rika Muranaka , Jim O'Rear, Steam Powered Giraffe , Take One Productions, Austin Tindle , LeeAnna Vamp, David Vincent, Kris Wilson och Yousei Teikoku .
8–11 juni 2017	Fort Worth Convention Center Fort Worth, Texas	33,102	Ani-Mia, Tia Ballard , Amelie Belcher, Morgan Berry, Chris Bevins , Johnny Yong Bosch , Justin Briner , Clifford Chapin , Amber Lee Connors , Daydreamernessa, Terri Doty , Megan Emerick, Eyeshine, Haenuli, Yaya Han, DJ HeavyGrinder , Kyle Hebert , Matt Herms, Brenda Hickey, Natalie Hoover, Chuck Huber , Caleb Hyles, Imza, Carl Martin, Kyle "Ex-Shadow" Mathis, Malinda "Malindachan" Mathis, Helen McCarthy, Joel McDonald , Kristen McGuire, Brandon McInnis , Erica Mendez , Matthew Mercer, Vic Mignogna, Miss Octopie, Alex Moore, Destiny Nickelsen, Jim O'Rear, Atelier Pierrot, QuantumDestiny, Svetlana Quindt, Rachel Robinson, Chris Sabat, Jad Saxton, Sonny Strait , Kieran Strange, Take One Productions, J. Michael Tatum, Austin Tindle, Alexis Tipton , Vitamin H Productions, Jessica von Braun, Sarah Wiedenheft och Lisle Wilkerson.
7–10 juni 2018	Fort Worth Convention Center Fort Worth, Texas	34,684	Akidearest , The Anime Man , Steve Bennett, Beau Billingslea, Leon Chiro, Richard Epcar , Toshio Furukawa , Toru Furuya , GARNiDELiA , Joshua Hart, DJ HeavyGrinder, Kyle Hebert, Chuck Huber, Shino Kakinuma, Kamui, Mika Kobayashi, Erica Lindbeck , Erica Love, Helen McCarthy, Matthew Mercer, Vic Mignogna, Miss Octopie, Misty/Chronexia, Naoshi Mizuta , Cassandra Lee Morris , Chris Moujaes, A New World, Jessie Pridemore, Reika, Michelle Rojas , Keith Silverstein , Ellyn Stern , Ciarán Strange, Take One Productions, Twinzik, David Vincent, Vitamin H Productions, Jessica von Braun, Heather Walker, Lisle Wilkerson, Michael "Knightmage" Wilson och AK Wirru.
27–30 juni 2019	Fair Park Dallas, Texas		ACME, Felecia Angelle , Tia Ballard , Amelie Belcher, Morgan Berry, Chris Bevins, Jessica Calvello, R. Bruce Elliott , Chris Guerrero, Yaya Han, Erika Harlacher , Atelier Heidi, Haruka Kurebayashi, April Martin, Helen McCarthy, Joel McDonald, Phil Mizuno, Moderately Okay Cosplay, Tony Oliver, Rachel Robinson, Ian Sinclair , Evil Ted Smith, Ciarán Strange, Saki Tachibana, Take One Productions, Kaiji Tang , Vitamin H Productions, Christopher Wehkamp, ​​Lisle Wilkerson och Sarah Anne Williams .
3–5 juni 2022	Irving Convention Center på Las Colinas Toyota Music Factory Irving, Texas		Steve Bennett, Ray Chase , Ejen Chuang, Khoi Dao , Robbie Daymond , Lucien Dodge , Diana Garnet , Chris Hackney, Yaya Han, Erika Harlacher, Erica Lindbeck, Maridah, Maul Cosplay, Adam McArthur , Joel McDonald, Erica Mendez, Amanda C. Miller , Max Mittelman , Xander Mobus , Stephanie Nadolny, PAiDA, Bryce Papenbrook, Cory J. Phillips, Zeno Robinson , Laura Stahl , Ciarán Strange, Take One Productions, Teca, Abby Trott , Eric Vale, Vitamin H Productions, Steff Von Schweetz, Mark Whitten, Take One Productions och Anne Yatco.

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