Sac-Anime

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Sac-Anime
Status Active
Genre Anime, Manga, Japanese culture[1]
Venue Sacramento Convention Center
Location(s) Sacramento, California
Country United States
Inaugurated 2004
Attendance 10,132 in 2014
Website
http://www.sacconventions.com/

Sac-Anime is a semi-annual three day anime convention held at the Sacramento Convention Center in Sacramento, California. The convention is the sister conventions to the Sacramento Comic, Toy and Anime Show (Sac-Con) and Bak-Anime.

Programming

Sac-Anime typically features an animated music video contest, art contests, artists alley, card-game tournaments, console gaming, cosplay chess, costume contests, dealers room, fashion show, karaoke, maid cafe, masquerade, music performances, panels, Q&A sessions, rave, swap meet, video games, and workshops.[1][2][3][4]

History

Sac-Anime began as an extension of the quarterly Sacramento Comic, Toy and Anime Show (Sac-Con).[2] The convention became an semi-annual event in 2006.[5] Due to the summer conventions growth, it moved to the Sacramento Convention Center in 2013.[3] The Winter 2013 show was also moved to the Sacramento Convention Center.[6] The Summer 2013 event shared the Sacramento Convention Center with the Sacramento Greek Festival, and with the convention badge attendees could enter festival for free.[7] The convention expanded into additional space in the Sacramento Convention Center, along with holding some events in the Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel. The Winter 2014 convention continued to utilize space in the Sheraton Grand.[8] A marriage proposal occurred during the costume contest.

Event History

Dates Location Atten. Guests
Last Weekend July 2004 Sunrise Mall[9]
Citrus Heights, California
January 2005 Scottish Rite Center
Sacramento, California		 1,000[9]
July 30–31, 2005 Sunrise Mall
Citrus Heights, California		 Katie Bair, Ron Lim, Steve Oliff, and Ben Seto.[10]
January 14, 2006[11] Scottish Rite Center
Sacramento, California
July 15, 2006 Scottish Rite Center
Sacramento, California		 2,000 Akai SKY, Artbeat, Katie Bair, Jodon Bellofatto, Neil Kaplan, Ron Lim, Austin Osueke, Trina Robbins, and David Stanworth.[12]
January 13–14, 2007 Scottish Rite Center
Sacramento, California		 Artbeat, Katie Bair, Jodon Bellofatto, Che Gilson, Ron Lim, Yoko Molotov, Austin Osueke, Spike Spencer, Amanda Tomasch, and {mid:night}.[13]
July 13–15, 2007[14] Red Lion Hotel Sacramento
Sacramento, California		 Akai SKY, Katie Bair, Crispin Freeman, Lisa Furukawa, Chris Hazelton, Yishan Li, Yoko Molotov, Chris Patton, PLID, Patrick Seitz, Spike Spencer, Amanda Tomasch, and Voltaire.[15]
January 11–13, 2008 Scottish Rite Center
Sacramento, California		 Laura Bailey, Darrel Guilbeau, Metal Phyzix, Vic Mignogna, The Slants, and Travis Willingham.[16]
August 29–31, 2008 Scottish Rite Center[17]
Sacramento, California		 Katie Bair, Jodon Bellofatto, Crispin Freeman, Che Gilson, Neil Kaplan, Liam O'Brien, Sam Riegel, and Spike Spencer.[18]
January 9–11, 2009 Scottish Rite Center
Sacramento, California		 Akai SKY, Laura Bailey, Katie Bair, Jodon Bellofatto, Lisa Furukawa, Tom Kane, Vic Mignogna, Ben Roman, Chris Sarandon, Travis Willingham, and {mid:night}.[19]
August 28–30, 2009 Radisson Hotel
Sacramento, California		 Katie Bair, Jodon Bellofatto, Alyson Court, Che Gilson, Brandon McKinney, Paul Mercier, Liam O'Brien, August Ragone, Roger Craig Smith, and Tanuki Suit Riot.[20]
January 8–10, 2010 Radisson Hotel
Sacramento, California		 Laura Bailey, Katie Bair, Jodon Bellofatto, Brandon McKinney, Vic Mignogna, Chris Sarandon, The Slants, and Travis Willingham.[21]
September 3–5, 2010 Radisson Hotel
Sacramento, California		 Katie Bair, Jodon Bellofatto, Steven Blum, Rebecca Forstadt, Ali Hillis, Mari Iijima, Billy Martinez, Liam O'Brien, Phoenix Ash[22][23] and Steve Yun.[24]
January 7–9, 2011 Radisson Hotel
Sacramento, California		 Karan Ashley, Johnny Yong Bosch, Steve Cardenas, Karen Dyer, Yaya Han, Walter E. Jones, Kairu, Ken Lally, Roger Craig Smith, Sonny Strait, and Catherine Sutherland.[25]
September 2–4, 2011 Radisson Hotel
Sacramento, California		 4,800[2] Akai SKY, Johnny Yong Bosch, James C. Burns, Eyeshine, Yuri Lowenthal, Billy Martinez, Liam O'Brien, Tara Platt, Sam Riegel, and The Slants.[26]
January 13–15, 2012 Woodlake Hotel (Formerly Radisson)[3]
Sacramento, California		 5000+
(est)[3]		 Troy Baker, Quinton Flynn, Ali Hillis, Kazha, Vic Mignogna, Tara Strong, and Mark Tatulli.[27]
August 31-September 2, 2012 Woodlake Hotel
Sacramento, California		 7,700[6] Akai SKY, Laura Bailey, Johnny Yong Bosch, Eyeshine, Jennifer Hale, Billy Martinez, Michelle Ruff, Roger Craig Smith, Team LoveHate, and Travis Willingham.[28]
January 4–6, 2013 Sacramento Convention Center
Sacramento, California		 Mai Aizawa, Kevin Conroy, Grey DeLisle, Maile Flanagan, Toshio Furukawa, Todd Haberkorn, Kyle Hebert, Kazha, Cyril Lumboy, Tsuyoshi Nonaka, Liam O'Brien, Tony Oliver, Raj Ramayya, and Hynden Walch.[29]
August 30-September 1, 2013 Sacramento Convention Center
Sacramento, California		 9,000
(est)		 Akai SKY, Troy Baker, Johnny Yong Bosch, Hector David, Jr., Najee De-Tiege, Eyeshine, Alex Heartman, Ashley Johnson, Cherami Leigh, Charles Martinet, Billy Martinez, Tsuyoshi Nonaka, Nolan North, Bryce Papenbrook, Raj Ramayya, Sumi Shimamoto, J. Michael Tatum, and Dan Woren.[9]
January 3-5, 2014 Sacramento Convention Center
Sacramento, California		 10,132[30] Dante Basco, Steven Blum, Ashly Burch, Svetlana Chmakova, Steve Downes, Kazha, Charles Martinet, Kenta Maruyama, Adam May, Vic Mignogna, Nylon Pink, Tony Oliver, Brina Palencia, Raj Ramayya, Jeremy Shada, Jen Taylor, Bruce Thomas, and Janet Varney.[30]
August 29-31, 2014[31] Sacramento Convention Center
Sacramento, California

Bak-Anime

Bak-Anime is an annual anime convention held in Bakersfield, California by the staff of Sac-Anime.[32] The event typically features anime screenings, art contest, artists, card gaming tournaments, concerts, cosplay masquerade, dance, gaming, and vendors.[33][34] The convention began due to the requests of fans from the Bakersfield Comic Con.[33][35] Bak-Anime in winter 2013 moved to the Bakersfield Marriott due to growth and for the fall 2013 event expanded to two days.[33][35][34] The expansion in the fall was considered a risk due to the increased costs of events run at that time of the year.[34]

Event History

Dates Location Atten. Guests
May 2, 2010 Doubletree Hotel Bakersfield
Bakersfield, California		 Katie Bair and Liam O'Brien.[32]
January 23, 2011 Doubletree Hotel Bakersfield
Bakersfield, California		 Stephanie Lesniak, Billy Martinez, and Vic Mignogna.[36]
April 22, 2012 Doubletree Hotel Bakersfield
Bakersfield, California		 1,100[33] Laura Bailey, Billy Martinez, and Travis Willingham.[37]
January 20, 2013 Bakersfield Marriott at the Convention Center
Bakersfield, California		 1,400
(est)[38]		 Ivy Doomkitty, Billy Martinez, Roger Craig Smith, and Nate Watson.[39]
November 2-3, 2013 Bakersfield Marriott at the Convention Center
Bakersfield, California		 Akai SKY, Jennifer Hale, Liam O'Brien, and Sam Riegel.[40]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "SacAnime Takes Over Downtown". Capital Public Radio. Retrieved 2014-01-08. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Sacramento turning Japanese". Sacramento News & Review. Retrieved 2012-06-02. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Winter 2012 SacAnime". Sacramento Press. Retrieved 2012-06-02. 
  4. ↑ "Anime convention coming to town". Sacramento Business Journal. Retrieved 2013-01-10. 
  5. ↑ "Creativity on display at SacAnime convention". The Sacramento Bee. Retrieved 2014-01-08. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Costumed anime fans flock to Sacramento Convention Center". The Sacramento Bee. Retrieved 2013-01-10. 
  7. ↑ "SacAnime super-sized". Sacramento Press. Retrieved 2013-09-22. 
  8. ↑ "Costumes on display at SacAnime (Video)". Sacramento Business Journal. Retrieved 2014-01-08. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Sac-Anime 2013 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2013-09-06. 
  10. ↑ "Sac-Anime 2005 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-04-01. 
  11. ↑ "Sac-Anime 2006". Sac-Anime. Retrieved 2012-06-02. 
  12. ↑ "Sac-Anime 2006 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-04-01. 
  13. ↑ "Sac-Anime 2007 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-04-01. 
  14. ↑ "Sac-Anime 2007". Sac-Anime. Retrieved 2012-06-02. 
  15. ↑ "Sac-Anime 2007 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-04-01. 
  16. ↑ "Sac-Anime 2008 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-04-01. 
  17. ↑ "Is that a Naruto katana in your pocket?". Sacramento News & Review. Retrieved 2012-06-02. 
  18. ↑ "Sac-Anime 2008 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-08-23. 
  19. ↑ "Sac-Anime 2009 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-11-12. 
  20. ↑ "Sac-Anime 2009 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2012-05-31. 
  21. ↑ "Sac-Anime 2010 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2012-05-31. 
  22. ↑ "Sac-Anime 2010 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2014-01-01. 
  23. ↑ "Singer and Voice Actress Mari Iijima to Appear at SacAnime". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2012-06-02. 
  24. ↑ "Robotech Labor Day Weekend in Sacramento!". Robotech.com. Retrieved 2012-06-02. 
  25. ↑ "Sac-Anime 2011 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2012-05-31. 
  26. ↑ "Sac-Anime 2011 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2012-05-31. 
  27. ↑ "Sac-Anime 2012 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2012-05-31. 
  28. ↑ "Sac-Anime 2012 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2012-09-04. 
  29. ↑ "Sac-Anime 2013 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2012-11-26. 
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 "Sac-Anime 2014 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2014-01-01. 
  31. ↑ "Sac-Anime 2014 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2013-10-08. 
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 "Bak-Anime 2010 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2012-06-01. 
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 "Mad for manga? Head to Bak-Anime". The Bakersfield Californian. Retrieved 2013-01-21. 
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 "Anime-azing weekend ahead for serious fans". The Bakersfield Californian. Retrieved 2013-11-10. 
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 "Bak-Anime, Bakersfield anime convention held at Marriott". ABC 23 - Scripps TV Station Group. Retrieved 2013-01-21. 
  36. ↑ "Bak-Anime 2011 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2012-06-01. 
  37. ↑ "Bak-Anime 2012 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2012-06-01. 
  38. ↑ "Cosplayers gather at Bak-Anime". The Renegade Rip. Retrieved 2013-11-10. 
  39. ↑ "Bak-Anime 2013 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2013-01-21. 
  40. ↑ "Bak-Anime 2013 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2013-10-30. 

External links

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