Otakon Vegas

Otakon Vegas

Official Otakon Vegas Logo.
Status Active
Genre Anime, East Asian popular culture[1]
Venue Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino
Location(s) Las Vegas, Nevada
Country United States
Inaugurated 2014
Attendance 2,243[2]
Organized by Otakorp, Inc.
Filing status 501(c)(3)
Website
Otakon Vegas

Otakon Vegas (/ˈoʊtəkɒn/ OH-tə-kon) is a three-day anime convention held during January at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The convention is organized by Otakorp, the group behind Otakon.[3]

Programming

The convention typically offers an artist alley, concerts, dealer's room, and panels.[4] One of the new programming experiments at Otakon Vegas demonstrated Sumo wrestling.[4][5]

History

Otakorp announced in early 2013 a new convention would be held at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada where they hope to create a smaller convention and test new ideas.[3][6] Otakon has had issues where new test content has been too successful such as the 2012 Maid Cafe.[7] Representatives from Las Vegas first approached Otakorp about moving Otakon from Baltimore to Las Vegas.[7] Expansion to Vegas was also chosen due to Otakon reaching capacity in Baltimore, along with Vegas being accessible with affordable transportation and several hotel/food options.[7][8] January dates were chosen for the reason attendees should be less busy.[7] Concerns were raised about the location due the existence of two conventions in the Las Vegas area.[9]

The convention's first year in 2014 featured more than 70 hours of programming.[4] JAM Project appeared at 2015's opening ceremony while on the ANISONG World Tour Lantis Festival in Las Vegas.[10]

Event history

Dates Location Atten. Guests
January 3–5, 2014 Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada		2,006
(unique)[11]		 Masahiro Ando, Zach Bolton, Richard Epcar, Kelly Gneiting, Riichiro Inagaki, Kaoru Kurosaki, Jamie Marchi, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Sayaka Sasaki, Frederik L. Schodt, Ian Sinclair, Ellyn Stern, and Byambajav Ulambayaryn.[12]
January 16–18, 2015[11][13] Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada		2,100
(est)[14]		 Steven Blum, Toshio Furukawa, JAM Project, Shino Kakinuma, Wendee Lee, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Lisa Ortiz, and Sushio.[14]
January 15–17, 2016 Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada		2,243[2] Sandy Fox, Todd Haberkorn, Lex Lang, Erica Mendez, Vic Mignogna, and Jason Charles Miller.[2]
January 13–15, 2017[15] Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada

See also

References

  1. ↑ Labrador, Jorge (2013-02-25). "Otakon to bring anime fans to Vegas in 2014". Las Vegas Weekly. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
  2. 1 2 3 "Otakon Vegas 2016 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  3. 1 2 "Otakon Spin-Off Convention in Vegas Planned for January". Anime News Network. 2013-02-21. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
  4. 1 2 3 Bamboo Dong; Christopher Macdonald (2014-01-06). "Otakon Vegas 2014". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2014-01-12.
  5. ↑ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (2013-08-12). "Otakon 2013 Closing Ceremonies". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
  6. ↑ "Baltimore's Otakon to host Otakon Vegas in January 2014". The Asahi Shimbun. 2013-03-21. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "ANNCast Bro-takon". Anime News Network. 2013-02-22. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
  8. ↑ Noorinejad, Florence (2013-02-21). "Otakon goes Vegas, adding festival outside Baltimore". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
  9. ↑ "AnimeCons TV - February 2013 Feedback". AnimeCons.com. 2013-02-25. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
  10. ↑ Dong, Bamboo (2015-01-21). "Otakon Vegas 2015". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
  11. 1 2 "Otakon Vegas 2015 Slated for January 16-18 (updated)". Anime News Network. 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-01-12.
  12. ↑ "Otakon Vegas 2014 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
  13. ↑ Labrador, Jorge (2014-01-07). "2014 Otakon photos: 'It's about bringing East and West together' at Planet Hollywood anime event". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 2014-01-12.
  14. 1 2 "Otakon Vegas 2015 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
  15. ↑ "Otakon Vegas 2017 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2016-08-18.

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