Oni-con

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Oni-Con
Status Active
Venue George R. Brown Convention Center
Location Houston, Texas
Country Flag of the United States United States
First held 2004
Organizer Mallets etc.
Attendance 3,000 in 2004
Official website

The Oni-Con is an anime convention created in 2004 in Houston, Texas. This is Houston's first major anime convention and, despite being a relatively new anime convention, their list of past guests is very notable including the likes of Scott McNeil, Johnny Yong Bosch, Greg Ayres, Taliesin Jaffe, and most notably Yoshitaka Amano.

Oni-Con has been held in three different places since its creation. Oni-Con 2004 was held at the Sheraton North Houston. Oni-Con 2005 was held at the Grand Plaza Hotel, and Oni-Cons 2006 and 2007 were held at the George R. Brown Convention Center.

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Dates Location Atten. Guests
October 22–24, 2004 Sheraton North Houston
Houston, Texas
3,000 Greg Ayres, Jason Balduf, Byron Beaubien, Camino, Rodney "Largo" Caston, Cherry, Mandy Clark, Michael Coleman, Duel Jewel, Tiffany Grant, Kyle Hebert, Taliesin Jaffe, Lord Katsuhiko Jinnai, Bruce Lewis, George Manley, Scott McNeil, Vic Mignogna, Chris Patton, Xero Reynolds, Monica Rial, Jan Scott-Frazier, Doug Smith, and Shawn the Touched.[1]
October 21–23, 2005 Park Plaza, Reliant Center
Houston, Texas
Chris Ayres, Greg Ayres, Tom Bateman, Cherry, Emily DeJesus, Taliesin Jaffe, Bruce Lewis, Mike McFarland, Jamie McGonnigal, Vic Mignogna, Chris Moujaes, Xero Reynolds, Monica Rial, Rooster Teeth Productions, Jan Scott-Frazier, Doug Smith, and Dan Woren.[2]
October 20–22, 2006 George R. Brown Convention Center
Houston, Texas
12012, Alistair Abell, Yoshitaka Amano, Chris Ayres, Greg Ayres, Chris Bevins, Charles Campbell, Luci Christian, Tiffany Grant, Matt Greenfield, Clarine Harp, Taliesin Jaffe, Kyle Jones, Brittney Karbowski, Bruce Lewis, Limit Break Cosplay, Sarah Lindholm, Jamie McGonnigal, Matt Miller, Jace Moore, Chris Moujaes, Chris Patton, Xero Reynolds, Monica Rial, Aaron Romo, Don Rush, Sailor JAM-Boree, Carrie Savage, Jan Scott-Frazier, Blake Shepard, Doug Smith, Space Invader, John Swasey, Michael "Mookie" Terracciano, and David Williams.[3]
October 19–21, 2007 George R. Brown Convention Center
Houston, Texas
Tomo Asaha, Chris Ayres, Greg Ayres, Chris Bevins, Clint Bickham, Michael Coleman, Kaylyn Dicksion, Aaron Dismuke, Tiffany Grant, Josh Grelle, Clarine Harp, Kyle Hebert, Samantha Inoue Harte, Taliesin Jaffe, Trish Ledoux, Bruce Lewis, Mike McFarland, Scott McNeil, Vic Mignogna, Chris Moujaes, Chris Patton, Wendy Powell, Derek Stephen Prince, Xero Reynolds, Aaron Romo, Carrie Savage, Jan Scott-Frazier, Doug Smith, Michael "Mookie" Terracciano, Shinichi Watanabe, Travis Willingham, and Toshifumi Yoshida.[4]
November 21–23, 2008 George R. Brown Convention Center
Houston, Texas[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Oni-con 2004 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-02.
  2. ^ Oni-con 2005 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-02.
  3. ^ Oni-con 2006 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-02.
  4. ^ Oni-con 2007 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-02.
  5. ^ Oni-con 2008 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-08.

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