Katsucon
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| Katsucon | |
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| Status | Active |
| Venue | Omni Shoreham Hotel |
| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Country |  United States |
| First held | 1995 |
| Organizer | Katsucon Entertainment, Inc. |
| Attendance | 6,200 in 2007 |
| Official website | |
Katsucon is a fan convention for anime, manga and Japanese culture enthusiasts. It is an annual three-day event held in or around Washington D.C.. Katsucon is traditionally held in February over Presidents Day weekend.
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[edit] History
Katsucon began in 1995 in the Holiday Inn Executive Center in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Katsucon enjoyed steady growth for its first three years until breaking the 1,000 attendee mark and outgrowing the HIEC in 1997. In 1998, Katsucon moved operations to Washington, D.C. area and, for one year, was held in the Radisson Mark Center.
From 1999 until 2001, Katsucon was held in the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Crystal City, Virginia. In 2002, Katsucon left Virginia for the first time was held at the Marriott in Baltimore. In 2003 and 2004 Katsucon returned to Crystal City (Arlington), Virginia. For 2005, Katsucon moved up the street and was held at two adjoining hotels: The Crystal City Marriott and Sheraton. In 2006, the convention moved inside the Capital Beltway to the Omni Shoreham Hotel, located in Washington D.C.
[edit] Event history
| Dates | Location | Atten. | Guests |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 17–19, 1995 | Virginia Beach Holiday Inn Virginia Beach, Virginia |
500 | Steve Bennett, Robert DeJesus, Ben Dunn, Danny Fahs, Johji Manabe, Izumi Matsumoto, Fred Perry, Jan Scott-Frazier, Sue Shambaugh, Jason Waltrip, John Waltrip, and Yoshihiro Yonezawa.[1] |
| March 8–10, 1996 | Holiday Inn Executive Center Virginia Beach, Virginia |
800 | Steve Bennett, Richard "Pocky" Kim, and Steve Pearl.[2] |
| March 7–9, 1997 | Holiday Inn Executive Center Virginia Beach, Virginia |
800 | Steve Bennett, Robert DeJesus, and Colleen Doran.[3] |
| February 27 – March 1, 1998 | Radisson Plaza-Mark Center Alexandria, Virginia |
1,400 | Steve Bennett, Robert DeJesus, Colleen Doran, Kuni Kimura, Steve Pearl, and Fred Perry.[4] |
| February 12–14, 1999 | Hyatt Regency Crystal City Arlington, Virginia |
1,800 | Steve Bennett, Michael Brady, Colleen Doran, Hiroki Hayashi, Kuni Kimura, Trish Ledoux, Tristan MacAvery, Haruhiko Mikimoto, Steve Pearl, Fred Perry, Jan Scott-Frazier, Jeff Thompson, and Toshifumi Yoshida.[5] |
| February 11–13, 2000 | Hyatt Regency Crystal City Arlington, Virginia |
2,300 | Will Allison, Yoshitaka Amano, Steve Bennett, Jessica Calvello, Robert DeJesus, Colleen Doran, Pat Duke, Newton Ewell, Lea Hernandez, Teruo Kakuta, Shin Kurokawa, Trish Ledoux, Tristan MacAvery, Lisa Ortiz, Steve Pearl, Fred Perry, Ryo Ramiya, Mark E. Rogers, Tomoko Saito, Rosearik Rikki Simons, Jeff Thompson, Hiroyuki Utatane, Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons, and Toshifumi Yoshida.[6] |
| February 16–18, 2001 | Hyatt Regency Crystal City Arlington, Virginia |
4,000 | Steve Bennett, Austell Callwood, Jessica Calvello, Kara Dennison, Colleen Doran, Newton Ewell, Robert Fenelon, Lea Hernandez, Amy Howard-Wilson, Humouring the Fates, Noboru Ishiguro, David Kaye, Shin Kurokawa, Tristan MacAvery, Steve Pearl, Fred Perry, Mark E. Rogers, Jan Scott-Frazier, Jeff Thompson, Shawn the Touched, and Toshifumi Yoshida.[7] |
| February 15–17, 2002 | Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Baltimore, Maryland |
3,000 | Hirofumi Adachi, Kevin Bennett, Steve Bennett, Austell Callwood, Jessica Calvello, Sean Carolan,Colleen Doran, Newton Ewell, Robert Fenelon, Noboru Ishiguro, Maria Kawamura, Yukio Kikukawa, Jennifer Moore, Lisa Ortiz, Steve Pearl, Fred Perry, Mark E. Rogers, Sean Schemmel, Jan Scott-Frazier, Mike Sinterniklaas, Doug Smith, Jeff Thompson, Jason Waltrip, John Waltrip, and Toshifumi Yoshida.[8] |
| February 14–16, 2003 | Hyatt Regency Crystal City Arlington, Virginia |
3,200 | John Barrett, Kevin Bennett, Steve Bennett, Robert DeJesus, Duel Jewel, Newton Ewell, Fred Gallagher, Hiroaki Inoue, Kazuki Kotobuki, Tsukasa Kotobuki, Kristen Nelson, Fred Perry, Mark E. Rogers, Akira Sasaki, Sean Schemmel, Jan Scott-Frazier, Stephanie Sheh, Satoshi Shiki, Rosearik Rikki Simons, Mike Sinterniklaas, Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons, and Toshifumi Yoshida.[9] |
| February 13–15, 2004 | Hyatt Regency Crystal City Arlington, Virginia |
4,300 | Greg Ayres, Steve Bennett, Michael Coleman, Robert DeJesus, Newton Ewell, Fred Gallagher, Takeshi Honda, Tetsu Inaba, Hidenori Matsubara, Vic Mignogna, Chris Patton, Fred Perry, Monica Rial, Mark E. Rogers, Jan Scott-Frazier, Seraphim, and Mike Sinterniklaas.[10] |
| February 18–20, 2005 | Marriott Crystal Gateway / Sheraton Crystal City Arlington, Virginia |
5,700 | Greg Ayres, Katie Bair, Rob Balder, Johnny Yong Bosch, Matt Boyd, Rich Burlew, Jekka Cormier, Richard Ian Cox, Kara Dennison, Mohammad "Hawk" Haque, Kyle Hebert, Lea Hernandez, Sarah "Nami" Hevey, Tetsu Inaba, Janyse Jaud, Trish Ledoux, Christy Lijewski, Dave Lister, Ian McConville, Range Murata, Lisa Ortiz, Ananth Panagariya, Fred Perry, Psycho Le Cému, Scott Ramsoomair, Monica Rial, Rosearik Rikki Simons, Mike Sinterniklaas, Michael "Mookie" Terracciano, Jes Weigand, Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons, and Toshifumi Yoshida.[11] |
| February 17–19, 2006 | Omni Shoreham Hotel Washington, D.C. |
5,664 | Akiko, Greg Ayres, Steve Bennett, Matt Boyd, Richard Ian Cox, Robert DeJesus, Barb Fischer, Shawn Handyside, Mohammad "Hawk" Haque, Joel Heyman, Chris Impink, Tetsu Inaba, Trish Ledoux, Dave Lister, Maro, Ian McConville, Mike McFarland, Kirby Morrow, Jamie Noguchi, Onezumi, Ananth Panagariya, Fred Perry, Scott Ramsoomair, Jason Saldana, Salia, Jan Scott-Frazier, Rosearik Rikki Simons, Mike Sinterniklaas, Gustavo Sorola, Mr "New Jack" Takuro, Michael "Mookie" Terracciano, Chris Ward, Tom Wayland, Jes Weigand, Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons, Koshi Yasuhiro, and Toshifumi Yoshida.[12] |
| February 16–18, 2007 | Omni Shoreham Hotel Washington, D.C. |
6,200 | Greg Ayres, Rob Balder, Steve Bennett, Nick "Ghostfreehood" Borkowicz, Richard Ian Cox, Marty Day, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Kara Dennison, Garth Graham, Shawn Handyside, Mohammad "Hawk" Haque, Harknell, Chris Impink, Trish Ledoux, Dave Lister, Chris "Kilika" Malone, Mike McFarland, Jamie Noguchi, Rosscott Nover, Onezumi, Ananth Panagariya, Peelander-Z, Fred Perry, Bryan J. Prindiville, Antimere Robinson, Annette Roman, Jan Scott-Frazier, Mike Sinterniklaas, Jerry Stephens, Michael "Mookie" Terracciano, Brian Wilson, Walden Wong, and Toshifumi Yoshida.[13] |
| February 15–17, 2008 | Omni Shoreham Hotel Washington, D.C. |
Robert V. Aldrich, Greg Ayres, Rob Balder, Steve Bennett, Nick "Ghostfreehood" Borkowicz, Johnny Yong Bosch, Marty Day, echostream, Josh Elder, Newton Ewell, Eyeshine, Kaja Foglio, Phil Foglio, Geek Comedy Tour 3000, Garth Graham, Tiffany Grant, Brad Guigar, Mohammad "Hawk" Haque, Harknell, Chris Hastings, Chris Hazelton, Matt Herms, Michele Knotz, Dave Lister, Chris "Kilika" Malone, Steve Napierski, Jamie Noguchi, Onezumi, Ananth Panagariya, James Peay, Bill Rogers, Mike Sinterniklaas, David Stanworth, Michael "Mookie" Terracciano, and Brian Wilson.[14] | |
| February 13–15, 2009 | Hyatt Regency Crystal City Arlington, Virginia |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Kumoricon 1995 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
- ^ Kumoricon 1996 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
- ^ Kumoricon 1997 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
- ^ Kumoricon 1998 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
- ^ Kumoricon 1999 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
- ^ Kumoricon 2000 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
- ^ Kumoricon 2001 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
- ^ Kumoricon 2002 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
- ^ Kumoricon 2003 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
- ^ Kumoricon 2004 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
- ^ Kumoricon 2005 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
- ^ Kumoricon 2006 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
- ^ Kumoricon 2007 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
- ^ Kumoricon 2008 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
