Ushicon

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Ushicon
Ushiko, Ushico's mascot
Status	Inactive
Location	Austin, Texas
Country	United States
First held	2002
Last held	2006
Attendance	2,200 in 2004

Ushicon was an annual anime convention that was held in Austin, Texas from 2002 to 2006. The convention was traditionally held in late January. On February 10, 2006 a notice on the Ushicon website indicated that the convention was ceasing operations due to changes in anime fandom.^{[citation needed]}

1 History
- 1.1 Event history
2 Mascot
3 References
4 See also

[edit] History

[edit] Event history

Dates	Location	Atten.	Guests
February 1–3, 2002	Austin, Texas	800	Arik Renee Avila, Jessica Calvello, Rodney "Largo" Caston, Dementia7 Studios, Tiffany Grant, and Brett Weaver.^[1]
January 31 – February 2, 2003	Austin Marriott at the Capitol Austin, Texas	1,290	Arik Renee Avila, Steve Bennett, Tiffany Grant, Vic Mignogna, Stephanie Nadolny, Monica Rial, and Doug Smith.^[2]
January 30 – February 1, 2004	Austin Marriott at the Capitol Austin, Texas	2,200	Greg Ayres, Steve Bennett, Johnny Yong Bosch, Robert DeJesus, Tiffany Grant, Shimpei Itoh, Kumiko Kato, Koda Kumi, Mike McFarland, Mio Odagi, Xero Reynolds, Monica Rial, and Doug Smith.^[3]
January 21–23, 2005	Renaissance Austin Austin, Texas		Steve Bennett, Brian Clevinger, Justin Cook, Tiffany Grant, Kyle Hebert, You Higuri, Ikuko Itoh, Yukon Makoto, Vic Mignogna, Hitoshi Okuda, Monica Rial, and Doug Smith.^[4]
January 27–29, 2006	Marriott-Austin at the Capitol Austin, Texas		Keitaro Arima, Greg Ayres, Laura Bailey, Steve Bennett, Rivkah Greulich, Ikuko Itoh, Yuri Lowenthal, Carrie Savage, and Doug Smith.^[5]

[edit] Mascot

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The official mascot for the convention is Ushiko. Ushiko was initially designed by Jason Balduf, and has since been rendered by numerous fan and professional anime artists.