Forum - View topicNo anime conventions in DC
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Jkid
 Posts: 197 Location: Capitol Heights ,MD |
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To my knowledge, except for Otacon (the mother of all anime conventions), there are no anime convetions in DC itself. Unless I'm wrong...
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Sword of Whedon
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There's both AnimeUSA and Katsucon both just outside of DC. You can hit both on the Metro.
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echocharlie
Posts: 55 |
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It's "Otakon". There's another convention called Otakucon in FL. The largest Anime Convention is Anime Expo in Anaheim, CA. The mother (ie first) of all anime conventions is A-Kon in Dallas, TX. There are plenty of conventions close to DC. Here's a nice map: http://www.universalanimation.org/map.php There are seven (7) 3-day anime conventions within a 3-hour drive from DC: AnimeUSA (http://www.animeusa.org) Katsucon (http://www.katsucon.com) Otakon (http://www.otakon.com) AnimeMidAtlantic (http://www.animemidatlantic.com) AnimeNEXT (http://www.animenext.org) Tekkoshocon (http://www.tekkoshocon.com) Animazement (http://www.animazement.com) |
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PatrickD
Posts: 94 Location: California |
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That's a common misconception. A-Kon is the longest running anime convention, but the first one was Yamatocon on August 13, 1983. It was held again on March 8, 1986. The same group held a third event named "Animagic" in September 1989. (...which was in no way related to the later two conventions named "Animagic".) You can find a list of all pre-1995 anime conventions here: http://www.anime-cons.com/events/calendar.shtml/0008094 |
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thebaron
Posts: 149 |
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Otakon is in Baltimore and Anime USA is nearer DC.
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Animepimp
Posts: 45 Location: Washington,D.C. |
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And if you want something that is actually in DC then try this event: The DC Anime Art Show http://dcanime.umd.edu/events/artshow.html I hope this helps. |
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thebaron
Posts: 149 |
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The Cherry Blossom Festival has Anime and supported by Otakon.
http://www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/cms/index.php?id=390 |
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awebb79
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and speaking of the Cherry Blossom festival, the Freer website has finally been updated with the info about the day, which will include Tokyo Godfathers, GITS2, Tree of Palme, and Appleseed, with Gilles Poitras doing film intros and signing books.
Talk about wow! I'm impressed and pleased. http://www.asia.si.edu/events/films.asp |
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thebaron
Posts: 149 |
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I could not release the information at the time of my original post, but sometimes I wished that I lived closer to DC sometimes....
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