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Tekkoshocon
Location Monroeville ExpoMart
Monroeville, Pennsylvania
Country Flag of United States United States
Years in existence 2003 to present
Attendance 1,771 in 2006
List of events Video rooms, anime music video contest, cosplay contest, panels, workshops, Dealers' Room, Artists' Alley, art show, dance, model contest, concert, game shows, and video gaming
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Tekkoshocon is an anime convention in the Pittsburgh Metro Area.

Tekkoshocon is run by Tekkoshocon, Inc., a non-profit organization. All staff are unpaid volunteers.

The convention typically offers video rooms, anime music video contest, masquerade / cosplay contest, hall cosplay, panels on a various of related topics, workshops, Dealers' Room, Art Show, Artists' Alley, dance, model contest, concert, anime game shows, and video gaming.

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[edit] The Name

The founders of Tekkoshocon wanted to pay homage to Pittsburgh when naming this convention. The Japanese word tekkosho meaning steel mill or steel industry was combined with con an abbreviation of the word convention. Thus Tekkoshocon gained a name. Tekkoshocon is pronounced tek.KO.sho.con. Many people shorten Tekkoshocon to Tekko pronounced TEK.ko.

[edit] History

[edit] Tekkoshocon 2003

The first convention was held in 2003 at the Wyndham Pittsburgh Airport in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania.

Guest of Honor:

  • Vic Mignogna (Voice Actor)
  • Chris Patton (Voice Actor, ADV Films / FUNimation)
  • Deb Rabbai (Voice Actress)
  • Jan Scott Frazier (Jan Frazier)
  • Greggo
  • Studio Capsule - Robert and Emily DeJesus

[edit] Tekkoshocon 2004

Tekkoshocon 2004 was held at Pittsburgh Marriott North in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania.

[edit] Guest of Honor

  • Greg Ayres (Voice Actor)
  • Steve Bennett (Co-Founder, Studio Ironcat)
  • Bob Bergen (Voice Actor)
  • Emily DeJesus (Writer / Editor/ Manager, Studio Capsule)
  • Robert DeJesus (Artist / Writer / Character Designer, Studio Capsule)
  • Vic Mignogna (Voice Actor)
  • Otaku Duet (Musicians)(Michael Gluck a.k.a. Piano Squall and Natalie Clyne)
  • Greggo

[edit] Tekkoshocon 2005

Tekkoshocon 2005 moved from a single hotel to the Pittsburgh ExpoMart & Radisson Hotel Pittsburgh in Monroeville, Pennsylvania. The convention space approximatly doubled in size from the previous year with the new venue.

[edit] Theme

The convention colors were Black and Green, with all of the official merchandise's writing in LEET. The colors and leet writing were inspired by the Matrix (Animatrix) and set the overall theme of the convention. The staff were in black and green, while the security (now public safety) wore day-glow green.

[edit] Convention Heads

Convention Chair: Aaron Goldstein

Vice Convention Chairs: Kate Szkotnicki

[edit] Introduced Events and Programming

  • Anime Modeling Contest. The anime modeling contest premiered with 6 competition categories (Gundam Large Scale, Gundam Small Scale, Mecha General, Figure, Scratchbuilt, and Diorama) and a "Best of Show."

[edit] Removed Events and Programming

None

[edit] Guest of Honor

  • Greg Ayres (Voice Actor)
  • Emily DeJesus (Writer / Editor/ Manager, Studio Capsule)
  • Robert DeJesus (Artist / Writer / Character Designer, Studio Capsule)
  • Richard "Pocky" Kim (Translator / Con Personality)
  • Bruce Lewis (Comic Artist)
  • Mundee Lewis (Comic Artist)
  • Mike McFarland (Voice Actor / ADR Voice Director / ADR Scriptwriter)
  • Piano Squall (Pianist) (Michael Gluck)
  • Jeff Thompson(ADR Director / Producer, The Right Stuf International)
  • Greggo (Anime Gameshows)

[edit] Tekkoshocon 2006

Tekkoshocon 2006 was held on March 31 to April 2, 2006 at the Pittsburgh ExpoMart & Radisson Hotel Pittsburgh in Monroeville, Pennsylvania. This was the second year that the convention was held at the Pittsburgh ExpoMart & Radisson Hotel Pittsburgh.

[edit] Theme

The convention colors were pink and white. The staff shirts were dark green with white writing. Security was dressed in pink The theme was based on the Cherry Blossom Festival.

[edit] Convention Heads

Convention Chair: Kate Szkotnicki

Vice Convention Chairs: Chris Aumiller and John Prager

[edit] Introduced Events and Programming

  • Charity Auction, Video game 50/50 for charity, and general collection was introduced.
  • "Kick Butt and Take Names" (KBTN) competition was introduced in the game room. The competition promotes interaction of attendees and staff. The concept is that participants will challenge each other at a video game. The loser will give a "name" card to the winner. Certain members of staff had a "staff challenge." This challenge was worth more points toward the KBTN trophy.

[edit] Removed Events and Programming

  • The art show and auction was removed due to lack of interest in the event the previous 4 years.
  • The modeling competition removed the diorama and scratchbuilt categories.


[edit] Guests of Honor

  • Greg Ayres (Voice Actor)
  • Emily DeJesus (Writer / Editor/ Manager, Studio Capsule)
  • Robert DeJesus (Artist / Writer / Character Designer, Studio Capsule)
  • Caitlin Glass(Voice Actress)
  • Tiffany Grant (Voice Actress, ADV Films)
  • Matt Greenfield (Producer / Co-Founder, ADV Films)
  • Greggo (Game Show Host, For Randy Entertainment)
  • Kyle Hebert (Voice Actor)
  • Piano Squall (Michael Gluck)(Pianist)

[edit] Tekkoshocon 2007

This article or section contains information about scheduled or expected future events.
It may contain information of a tentative nature and the content may change dramatically as the event approaches and more information becomes available.

Tekkoshocon 2007 will be April 13 to April 15, 2007 at the Pittsburgh Expomart & Radisson Hotel in Monroeville, Pennsylvania. This year Tekkoshocon has been expanded to fit the entire Expomart, and numerous events will be added.

[edit] Introduced Events and Programming

The art show returns after a year away Modeling competition re-introduces the Diorama category.

[edit] Removed Events and Programming

None

[edit] Guests of Honor (confirmed)

[edit] See also

List of anime conventions

[edit] External links

[edit] References


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