Anime Festival Orlando

Anime Festival Orlando

Logo for Anime Festival Orlando 11 (2010)
Status Active
Venue Wyndham Orlando Resort
Location Orlando, Florida
Country United States
First held 2000
Official website http://www.animefestivalorlando.com/

Anime Festival Orlando (AFO) is an annual three-day anime convention held at the Wyndham Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida in early August. AFO has a variety of anime events and programming, guests, and many of the things to be expected at an anime convention. Anime Festival Orlando 11 will be held at the same location, from August 5 through August 8, 2010.[1]

Contents

Programming

Anime Festival Orlando holds many events that are typical of anime conventions, including cosplay, dances, panels, workshops, game shows, karaoke, video games, artist alley, and dealers room.[2]

History

Event history

Dates Location Atten. Guests
August 19–20, 2000 Ramada Plaza Hotel and Inn Gateway
Kissimmee, Florida		 Steve Bennett, Marshall Hash, and Wendee Lee.[3]
July 27–29, 2001 Hilton Orlando/Altamonte Springs
Altamonte Springs, Florida		 Steve Bennett, Chynna Clugston-Major, Marshall Hash, Wendee Lee, Doug Smith, and Yoshiki Tokushu.[4]
August 16–18, 2002 Renaissance WorldGate
Kissimmee, Florida		 Hiroshi Aro, Steve Bennett, Keith Burgess, Lindsay Cibos, Chynna Clugston-Major, Robert DeJesus, Ben Dunn, Marshall Hash, Jared Hodges, Wendee Lee, Jan Scott-Frazier, Doug Smith, Miyuki Sugimori, and Yoshiki Tokushu.[5]
August 1–3, 2003 Wyndham Orlando Resort
Orlando, Florida		 Steve Bennett, Lindsay Cibos, Robert DeJesus, Tiffany Grant, Jared Hodges, Wendee Lee, Chris Patton, and Jan Scott-Frazier.[6]
August 6–8, 2004 Wyndham Orlando Resort
Orlando, Florida		 Steve Bennett, Sandy Fox, Lex Lang, Trish Ledoux, Wendee Lee, Jan Scott-Frazier, Doug Smith, and Toshifumi Yoshida.[7]
August 5–7, 2005 Wyndham Orlando Resort
Orlando, Florida		 Tom Bateman, Steve Bennett, Bob Bergen, Michael Dobson, Sandy Fox, Lex Lang, Tony Oliver, Chris Sabat, Jan Scott-Frazier, Doug Smith, and Steve Yun.[8]
July 28–30, 2006 Wyndham Orlando Resort
Orlando, Florida		 Lindsay Cibos, Aaron Dismuke, Quinton Flynn, Marc Handler, Jared Hodges, Vic Mignogna, Jeff Nimoy, Chris Sabat, Doug Smith, Veronica Taylor, and Travis Willingham.[9]
August 3–5, 2007 Wyndham Orlando Resort
Orlando, Florida		 Lindsay Cibos, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Jason David Frank, Marc Handler, Jared Hodges, Chris Sabat, Doug Smith, Sonny Strait, and Travis Willingham.[10]
August 15–17, 2008 Wyndham Orlando Resort
Orlando, Florida		 Colleen Clinkenbeard, Aaron Dismuke, Jason David Frank, Reuben Langdon, Chris Patton, Monica Rial, Doug Smith, Travis Willingham, and Stephanie Yanez.[11]
July 31 – August 2, 2009 Wyndham Orlando Resort
Orlando, Florida		 Robert Axelrod , Colleen Clinkenbeard, Aaron Dismuke, Jason David Frank, Reuben Langdon, Vic Mignogna, Monica Rial, Chris Sabat, Doug Smith, and Sonny Strait.[12]
August 5–8, 2010 Wyndham Orlando Resort
Orlando, Florida		 Jason David Frank, Reuben Langdon, Tony Oliver, Daniel Southworth, Sonny Strait, David Yost, Tommy Yune.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Anime Festival Orlando 2009". UpcomingCons.com. http://www.upcomingcons.com/upcomingcons/5-Anime-Festival-Orlando. Retrieved 2009-07-04. 
  2. ^ "LLNN Coverage of Anime Festival Orlando 4". Linus Lam News Network. http://www.usagichan.com/AFO4/events.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-07. 
  3. ^ "Anime Festival Orlando 2000 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://animecons.com/events/info.shtml/408. Retrieved 2008-04-12. 
  4. ^ "Anime Festival Orlando 2001 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://animecons.com/events/info.shtml/407. Retrieved 2008-04-12. 
  5. ^ "Anime Festival Orlando 2002 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://animecons.com/events/info.shtml/290. Retrieved 2008-04-12. 
  6. ^ "Anime Festival Orlando 2003 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://animecons.com/events/info.shtml/113. Retrieved 2008-04-12. 
  7. ^ "Anime Festival Orlando 2004 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://animecons.com/events/info.shtml/569. Retrieved 2008-04-12. 
  8. ^ "Anime Festival Orlando 2005 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://animecons.com/events/info.shtml/792. Retrieved 2008-04-12. 
  9. ^ "Anime Festival Orlando 2006 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://animecons.com/events/info.shtml/992. Retrieved 2008-04-12. 
  10. ^ "Anime Festival Orlando 2007 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1212. Retrieved 2008-04-12. 
  11. ^ "Anime Festival Orlando 2008 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1466. Retrieved 2008-07-06. 
  12. ^ "Anime Festival Orlando 2009 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1789. Retrieved 2009-07-06. 
  13. ^ "Anime Festival Orlando 2010 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://animecons.com/events/info.shtml/2052. Retrieved 2010-07-03. 

External links

List of anime conventions in North America
Canada
Ai-Kon (Manitoba) • Animaritime (New Brunswick) • Anime Evolution (British Columbia) • Anime North (Ontario) • Animethon (Alberta) • Dotcon (Ontario) • G-Anime (Quebec) • Naru2u (Ontario) • Otafest (Alberta) • Otakuthon (Quebec) • Tsukino-Con (Victoria)
United States (Northeast)
Anime Boston (Massachusetts) • PortConMaine (Maine) • AnimeNEXT (New Jersey) • Genericon (New York) • New York Anime Festival (New York) • Tekkoshocon (Pennsylvania) • Zenkaikon (Pennsylvania)
United States (Midwest)
Anime Central (Illinois) • Anime Crossroads (Indiana) • Anime Detour (Minnesota) • Anime Festival Wichita (Kansas) • A&G Ohio (Ohio) • AnimeIowa (Iowa) • Anime Milwaukee (Wisconsin) • Anime NebrasKon (Nebraska) • Anime Punch! (Ohio) • ColossalCon (Ohio) • Ikasucon (Indiana) • Naka-Kon (Missouri) • No Brand Con (Wisconsin) • Ohayocon (Ohio) • QC Anime-zing! (Iowa) • Sogen Con (South Dakota) • Youmacon (Michigan) • SoDak Con (South Dakota)
United States (Southern)
Animazement (North Carolina) • Anime Express (Florida) • AnimeFest (Texas) • Anime Festival Orlando (Florida) • Anime Mid-Atlantic (Virginia) • Anime South (Florida) • Anime USA (Virginia) • Anime Weekend Atlanta (Georgia) • Aniwave (North Carolina) • Daigacon (Kentucky) • Ichibancon (North Carolina) • Ikkicon (Texas) • Katsucon (D.C.) • Kami-Con (Alabama) • MechaCon (Louisiana) • Metrocon (Florida) • Middle Tennessee Anime Convention (Tennessee) • Nekocon (Virginia) • OMGcon (Kentucky) • Oni-Con (Texas) • Otakon (Maryland) • PersaCon (Alabama) • Project A-Kon (Texas) • RealmsCon (Texas) • San Japan (Texas) • SugoiCon (Kentucky) • Tsubasacon (West Virginia) • Ushicon (Texas)
United States (Western)
Anime Banzai (Utah) • Anime Expo (California) • Anime St. George (Utah) • Anime Vegas (Nevada) • Con-Nichiwa (Arizona) • FanimeCon (California) • Kawaii Kon (Hawaii) • Kumoricon (Oregon/SW Washington) • Nan Desu Kan (Colorado) • Saboten Con (Arizona) • Sac-Anime (California) • Sakura-Con (Washington) • Senshi-Con (Alaska) • Yaoi-Con (California)