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AnimeFest
StatusActive
VenueSheraton Dallas Downtown Hotel
Location(s)Dallas, Texas
CountryUnited States
Inaugurated1992
Websitehttp://www.animefest.org/

AnimeFest is an anime convention started in 1992. It is an annual four-day event held over Labor Day weekend in Dallas, Texas. AnimeFest is one of the oldest conventions in the country, although 1997 and 2000 were skipped. It has gone through a minor change in its name, due to capitalization, and the loss of capitalization of part of its name and the addition, and then the loss, of an exclamation point (Fest to FEST! to Fest once again).

Programming

The convention features cosplay, American voice actors from anime, artists, vendors and exhibits, panels, workshops, and gaming. AnimeFest's events focus on aspects of anime, manga, video games, and Japanese culture. AnimeFest started regularly having bands in 2001.

History

Dates Location Atten. Guests
October 5, 1992 Richardson Courtyard by Marriott Hotel
Dallas, Texas		105[1]
February 5-7, 1993 Holiday Inn North Park Plaza Hotel
Dallas, Texas		450Ichiro Arakaki, Matt Greenfield, Dwayne Jones, John Ledford, and Kevin Winkler.[2]
November 1993 Richardson Courtyard by Mariott Hotel
Dallas, Texas		140Fred Patten.[3]
November 4-6, 1994 Holiday Inn North Park Plaza Hotel
Dallas, Texas		500[4]
September 1-3, 1995 Doubletree Hotel at Park West
Dallas, Texas		600[5]
November 1-3, 1996 Clarion Hotel Dallas
Dallas, Texas		650[6]
September 4-7, 1998 Omni Dallas - Park West
Dallas, Texas		650[7]
September 3-6, 1999 Holiday Inn DFW Airport North
Dallas, Texas		750Gilles Poitras.[8]
August 31 - September 3, 2001 Hotel Inter-Continental
Dallas, Texas		1,300Bôa, Steve Bennett, Bonsai Society of Dallas, Austell Callwood, Rodney Caston, Scott Kurtz, Bruce Lewis, Mark Mandolia, Scott McNeil, Dan Minut, Kirby Morrow, Krista Perry, Doug Smith.[9]
August 30 - September 2, 2002 Hotel Inter-Continental Dallas
Dallas, Texas		1,800Arik Renee Avila, Rodney "Largo" Caston, Michael Coleman, Dallas Kiyari Daiko, The Gline, Kyle Hebert, Bruce Lewis, Kitaki Mayu, Scott McNeil, Kirby Morrow, Stephanie Nadolny, Chris Patton, Krista Perry, Monica Rial, Kristine Sa, and Jan Scott-Frazier.[10]
August 29 - September 1, 2003 Hotel Inter-Continental
Dallas, Texas		2,350Arik Renee Avila, Greg Ayres, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Michael Dobson, Tiffany Grant, Kyle Hebert, Kato Kazuhiko, Bruce Lewis, Mike McFarland, Scott McNeil, Vic Mignogna, Chris Moujaes, m.o.v.e, Stephanie Nadolny, Dr. Susan J. Napier, Chris Patton, Krista Perry, Ramen and Rice, Xero Reynolds, Monica Rial, Aaron Romo, and Doug Smith.[11]
September 3-6, 2004 Hyatt Regency Dallas - At Reunion Tower
Dallas, Texas		2,725Greg Ayres, Beau Billingslea, Steve Blum, Johnny Yong Bosch, Kyle Hebert, Kumiko Kato, MAX, Mike McFarland, Jamie McGonnigal, Vic Mignogna, Chris Moujaes, Chris Patton, Krista Perry, Xero Reynolds, Monica Rial, Aaron Romo, Brianne Siddall, and Sean Teague.[12]
September 2-5, 2005 Hyatt Regency Dallas - At Reunion Tower
Dallas, Texas		3,301Greg Ayres, Johnny Yong Bosch, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Caitlin Glass, Kyle Hebert, Jonathan Klein, Bruce Lewis, Mike McFarland, Jamie McGonnigal, Scott McNeil, r*k* Milholland, Krista Perry, Ramen and Rice, Xero Reynolds, Monica Rial, Maaya Sakamoto, Carrie Savage, Stephanie Sheh, Doug Smith, and Shinichirō Watanabe.[13]
September 1-4, 2006 Hyatt Regency Dallas
Dallas, Texas		4,127yoshitoshi ABe, Greg Ayres, Chris Cason, Lindsay Cibos, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Flow, Rivkah Greulich, Kyle Hebert, Jared Hodges, Taliesin Jaffe, Bruce Lewis, Jamie McGonnigal, r*k* Milholland, Ramen and Rice, Monica Rial, Carrie Savage, Doug Smith, and Yasuyuki Ueda.[14]
August 31 - September 3, 2007 Hyatt Regency Dallas
Dallas, Texas		4,629Chris Ayres, Greg Ayres, Amelie Belcher, Beau Billingslea, Greg Dean, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Quinton Flynn, Shukō Murase, Jeff Nimoy, Monica Rial, Dai Satō, and United Fellas.[15]
August 29 - September 1, 2008 Hyatt Regency Dallas
Dallas, Texas		Hannah Alcorn, Christopher Ayres, Greg Ayres, Amelie Belcher, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Josh Grelle, Matt Herms, Ross Hines, Steve Horton, Chuck Huber, Akiharu Ishii, Bruce Lewis, Jamie McGonnigal, Scott McNeil, Shuhei Morita, Carli Mosier, Dai Satō, J. Michael Tatum, and Jeong Mo Yang.[16]
September 4 - September 7, 2009 Hyatt Regency Dallas at Reunion
Dallas, Texas		Shinji KIMURA, Junichi TANIGUCHI, Dai Satō, Chuck Huber, Troy Baker, J. Michael Tatum, Bruce Lewis, Misako Rocks!, Greg Dean, Johnny Yong Bosch, David Doub, J. Grant & Mel Hynes, Randy Millholland, tsutchie, Eyeshine, Ramen and Rice.[17]
September 3 - September 6, 2010 Hyatt Regency Dallas at Reunion
Dallas, Texas		Kazuyoshi Katayama, Dai Satō, J. Michael Tatum, Bruce Lewis, Greg Ayres, Chris Rager, Matt Herms, Amelie Belcher, David Doub, Channel M, David Willis, Two Lumps, Joel Watson, NIRGILIS.[18]
September 2-5, 2011 Hyatt Regency Dallas
Dallas, Texas		Greg Ayres, Amelie Belcher, Bowling for Soup, Leah Clark, Terri Doty, David Doub, J. Grant, Mel Hynes, Carrie Keranen, Cherami Leigh, Bruce Lewis, Dai Satō, Jan Scott-Frazier, Spike Spencer, J. Michael Tatum, Cristina Vee[19]
August 31 - September 3, 2012 Sheraton Dallas Downtown Hotel
Dallas, Texas		Koji Morimoto, Tatsuyuki Tanaka, Arina Tanemura, Yoshimitsu Yamashita, Dai Sato, Sayo Yamamoto, LeetStreet Boys, Ramen and Rice, Robert Axelrod, Cherami Leigh, Mark Stoddard, Bryan Massey, Mark Crilley, Bruce Lewis, Kristen McGuire, Two Lumps, Amelie Belcher, Blind Squirrel Props, Samantha Inoue Harte, DJ Blade [20]

References

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  6. ^ "AnimeFEST 1996 Information". AnimeCons.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-09. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "AnimeFEST 1998 Information". AnimeCons.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-09. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "AnimeFEST 1999 Information". AnimeCons.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-27. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "AnimeFEST 2001 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
  10. ^ "AnimeFEST 2002 Information". AnimeCons.com. Archived from the original on 7 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-09. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ "AnimeFEST 2003 Information". AnimeCons.com. Archived from the original on 4 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-09. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ "AnimeFest 2004 Information". AnimeCons.com. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-09. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ "AnimeFest 2005 Information". AnimeCons.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-09. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ "AnimeFest 2006 Information". AnimeCons.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-09. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ "AnimeFest 2007 Information". AnimeCons.com. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-09. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ "AnimeFest 2008 Information". AnimeCons.com. Archived from the original on 17 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-22. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ "AnimeFest 2009 Guest List". AnimeFest.com. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
  18. ^ "AnimeFest 2010 Guest List". AnimeFest.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-30. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ "AnimeFest 2011 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
  20. ^ "Guests". Retrieved 2012-07-29.
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