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Ikasucon

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Ikasucon
StatusInactive
GenreAnime, Manga, Video Games, and Japanese popular culture.[1][2]
VenueGrand Wayne Convention Center
LocationFort Wayne, Indiana
CountryUnited States
Inaugurated2003
Attendance1,500 in 2009[3]

Ikasucon was an annual three-day anime convention held during July at the Grand Wayne Convention Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The name of the convention has no particular meaning.[4]

Programming

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The convention typically offered anime improv, anime music video contest, chess, costume competitions, game shows, gaming tournaments, formal dance, karaoke, original animation contest, panels, rave, vendors, workshops, and video screenings.[1][3][5][6]

History

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Ikasucon was previously held in the Cincinnati, Ohio area until moving to Fort Wayne, Indiana in 2007 for better facilities.[1][4]

Event history

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Dates Location Atten. Guests
July 25–27, 2003 Cincinnati Convention Center
Cincinnati, Ohio
Steve Bennett, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Monica Rial, and Jan Scott-Frazier.[7]
July 16–18, 2004 Clarion Hotel
Blue Ash, Ohio
886Greg Ayres, Steve Bennett, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Yad-Ming Mui, and Jan Scott-Frazier.[8]
July 15–17, 2005 Clarion Hotel
Blue Ash, Ohio
1,300Greg Ayres, Steve Bennett, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Hilary Hatch, Yad-Ming Mui, Michael Poe, Jan Scott-Frazier, and Toshifumi Yoshida.[9]
July 14–16, 2006 The Cinergy Center
Cincinnati, Ohio
Greg Ayres, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Michael Gluck, David Kaye, Yad-Ming Mui, Jan Scott-Frazier, Toshifumi Yoshida, and Steve Yun.[10]
August 10–12, 2007 Grand Wayne Convention Center
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Tristan MacAvery, Kevin McKeever, Yad-Ming Mui, Jan Scott-Frazier, and Toshifumi Yoshida.[11]
July 18–20, 2008 Grand Wayne Convention Center
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Tristan MacAvery, Jeremy Mauney, Kevin McKeever, Harlan Watkins, and Mariah Watkins.[12]
August 7–9, 2009 Grand Wayne Convention Center
Fort Wayne, Indiana
1,500[3]Jeremy Mauney, Wendy Powell, Harlan Watkins, Mariah Watkins, and Travis Willingham.[13]
July 16–18, 2010 Grand Wayne Convention Center[14]
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Hilary Hatch, Michael Poe, Spike Spencer, and Sonny Strait.[15]
July 8–10, 2011 Grand Wayne Convention Center
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Hilary Hatch, Jamie McGonnigal, Steve "Warky" Nunez, Michael Poe, Blake Shepard, Sonny Strait, and Eric Stuart.[16]
July 13–15, 2012 Grand Wayne Convention Center
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Daniel Coglan, Jillian Coglan, Steve Horton, Jamie McGonnigal, Steve "Warky" Nunez, Michael Poe, Blake Shepard, Sonny Strait, and Eric Stuart.[17]
July 12-14, 2013 Grand Wayne Convention Center
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Abracadabra Productions[18]
August 1-3, 2014 Grand Wayne Convention Center
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Robert Axelrod, James Hatton, Scott McNeil, Blake Shepard, Greg Wicker, Eric Wile, and Lisle Wilkerson.[19]
July 10-12, 2015 Grand Wayne Convention Center
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Jeremy Inman and Blake Shepard.[20]
July 8-10, 2016 Grand Wayne Convention Center
Fort Wayne, Indiana
James Hatton, Aaron Roberts, Blake Shepard, Austin Tindle, and Greg Wicker.[21]
July 28-30, 2017 Grand Wayne Convention Center
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Quinton Flynn, Michele Knotz, Daman Mills, and Aaron Roberts.[22]

References

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