Arkansas Anime Festival

Arkansas Anime Festival
Status Active
Genre Anime[1][2]
Venue Holiday Inn Springdale/Fayetteville Area
Location(s) Springdale, Arkansas
Country United States
Inaugurated 2007[1]
Attendance 1,208 in March 2012[3]
Website
http://arkansasanimefestival.com/

Arkansas Anime Festival (AF2) is an annual three-day anime convention held during May at the Holiday Inn Springdale/Fayetteville Area in Springdale, Arkansas.[4] It is the largest anime convention in the state of Arkansas and is family friendly.[4][5][6]

Programming

The convention typically offers an artists alley, a dance, live action role-playing game, masquerade, panels, tabletop gaming, a vendor room, video games.[5][6]

History

For several years the convention happened two times per year.[4][6] The March 2010 event had a free party before the convention.[5]

Event history

Dates Location Atten. Guests
November 17, 2007 Cosmopolitan Hotel
Fayetteville, Arkansas		 Samantha Inoue-Harte[7]
May 24, 2008 Holiday Inn Northwest Arkansas
Springdale, Arkansas		1,121 Tiffany Grant, Samantha Inoue-Harte, and Dominic Vitucci.[8]
November 8-9, 2008 Holiday Inn
Springdale, Arkansas		1,056 Johnny Yong Bosch, Samantha Inoue-Harte, and Dominic Vitucci.[9]
April 25, 2009 Cosmopolitan Hotel
Fayetteville, Arkansas		 Kyle Hebert, Samantha Inoue-Harte, and Dominic Vitucci.[10]
November 20-22, 2009 Cosmopolitan Hotel
Fayetteville, Arkansas		 Juli Erickson, Samantha Inoue-Harte, and Grant James.[11]
March 6-7, 2010 Clarion Hotel & Conference Center
Bentonville, Arkansas		 Christopher Ayres, Todd Haberkorn, Vic Mignogna, Wendy Powell, and Maria Vu.[12]
November 20-21, 2010 Clarion Hotel & Conference Center
Bentonville, Arkansas		900[6] Robert Axelrod, Richard Epcar, Samantha Inoue-Harte, and Dominic Vitucci.[13]
March 5-6, 2011 Clarion Hotel & Conference Center
Bentonville, Arkansas		 DJ Azrael, Eric Benton, Eric Burton, Spike Spencer, and John Swasey.[14]
December 2-4, 2011 Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area
Springdale, Arkansas		 Daniel Coglan, Jillian Coglan, and Mike McFarland.[15]
March 16-18, 2012 Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area
Springdale, Arkansas		1,208 DJ Azrael, Eric Benton, Eric Burton, and Sonny Strait.[3]
November 16-18, 2012 Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area
Springdale, Arkansas		 Daniel Coglan, Jillian Coglan, Samantha Inoue-Harte, Greg Wicker, and Tom Wyner.[16]
April 5-7, 2013[17] Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area
Springdale, Arkansas
March 14-16, 2014 Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area
Springdale, Arkansas		 Chris Bevins, Samantha Inoue-Harte, Rachel Robinson, and J. Michael Tatum.[18]
December 12-14, 2014 Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area
Springdale, Arkansas		 Leah Clark, Samantha Inoue-Harte, Kazha, Jād B. Saxton,[19] and Jessica Calvello.[20]
May 29-31, 2015 Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area
Springdale, Arkansas		 Darrel Guilbeau, David Vincent, and Lisle Wilkerson.[21]
May 27-29, 2016 Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area
Springdale, Arkansas		 Rachael Messer and Austin Tindle.[22]

References

  1. 1 2 Moss, Teresa (November 21, 2010). "Anime Festival Attracts Young Fans". Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Archived from the original on December 17, 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  2. ↑ Ketz, Ashley (March 18, 2012). "Arkansas Anime Festival Comes to Town". KFSM/KXNW. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Arkansas Anime Festival 2012 March Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  4. 1 2 3 Caine, Shannon (March 18, 2010). "Otaku In The Ozarks". thefreeweekly. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 "Arkansas Anime Festival". thefreeweekly. March 4, 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Millar, Lindsey (November 22, 2010). "Plenty of pocky and cosplay at Arkanas Anime Festival". Arkansas Times. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "Arkansas Anime Festival 2007 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  8. ↑ "Arkansas Anime Festival 2008 May Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  9. ↑ "Arkansas Anime Festival 2008 November Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  10. ↑ "Arkansas Anime Festival 2009 April Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  11. ↑ "Arkansas Anime Festival 2009 November Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  12. ↑ "Arkansas Anime Festival 2010 March Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  13. ↑ "Arkansas Anime Festival 2010 November Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  14. ↑ "Arkansas Anime Festival 2011 March Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  15. ↑ "Arkansas Anime Festival 2011 December Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  16. ↑ "Arkansas Anime Festival 2012 November Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  17. ↑ "Arkansas Anime Festival 2013 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  18. ↑ "Arkansas Anime Festival 2014 March Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  19. ↑ "Arkansas Anime Festival 2014 December Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  20. ↑ "It's time for the Arkansas Anime Festival in Springdale!". KHBS/KHOG-TV. September 4, 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  21. ↑ "Arkansas Anime Festival 2015 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  22. ↑ "Arkansas Anime Festival 2016 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2015-06-27.

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