EvilleCon
EvilleCon | |
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Status | Active |
Genre | Anime, Manga, Video Gaming[1] |
Venue | Old National Bank Events Plaza |
Location(s) | Evansville, Indiana |
Country | United States |
Inaugurated | 2009 |
Attendance | 860 in 2012 |
Organized by | Evansville Anime Conventions Inc.[2] |
Website | |
http://www.evillecon.com/ |
EvilleCon is an annual three day anime convention held during March at the Old National Bank Events Plaza in Evansville, Indiana.[3]
Programming
The convention typically offers animation screenings, cosplay chess, costume contests, dancing, demonstrations, guests, karaoke, lessons, merchandise vendors, movies, music, panel discussions, tabletop games, and video games.[1][3][4]
History
EvilleCon started in 2009 as a one-day free anime convention created by Otona no Otaku and Otaku Anonymous anime and manga clubs at the Evansville Central Library.[2][5] The convention in 2010 began charging for admission, became two days, and changed locations to The Centre.[1] For 2011, the convention moved to the Holiday Inn Evansville Airport Hotel, changed dates to April, and expanded to three days.[1] For 2012 & 2013, the convention stayed in the same location with similar dates.[3][6] The convention in 2015 was held at the Old National Events Plaza.[4]
Event history
Dates | Location | Atten. | Guests |
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February 14, 2009 | Evansville Central Library Evansville, Indiana | 300[2] | Josh Elder[5] |
February 6–7, 2010 | Evansville Vanderburgh Auditorium & Convention Center Casino Aztar Hotel Evansville, Indiana | 350[7] | Jamie Marchi[8] |
April 1–3, 2011 | Holiday Inn Evansville Airport Hotel Evansville, Indiana | 600 | Matt Hill, Shane Moore, PikaBelleChu, Satoshi, and Seraphina.[1][9] |
March 30 - April 1, 2012 | Holiday Inn Evansville Airport Hotel[10] Evansville, Indiana | 860 | Kyle "Ex-Shadow" Mathis, Malinda "Malindachan" Mathis, Shane Moore, Micah Solusod, and Eric Vale.[11] |
March 22–24, 2013 | Holiday Inn Evansville Airport Hotel Evansville, Indiana | Chris Cason, Tiffany Grant, Chuck Huber, Kyle "Ex-Shadow" Mathis, Malinda "Malindachan" Mathis, and Shane Moore.[12] | |
March 28–30, 2014 | Clarion Inn Evansville, Indiana | Martin Billany, Daniel Coglan, Jillian Coglan, Kyle "Ex-Shadow" Mathis, Malinda "Malindachan" Mathis, Vic Mignogna, Shane Moore, Professor Shyguy, and Monica Rial.[13] | |
March 27–29, 2015 | Old National Bank Events Plaza Evansville, Indiana | Junko Fujiyama, Caitlin Glass, Carl Martin, Shane Moore, Ayu Sakata, Micah Solusod, Karen Strassman, Cristina Vee, and David Vincent.[14] | |
March 18-20, 2016 | Old National Bank Events Plaza Evansville, Indiana | Jessica Calvello, Kyle "Ex-Shadow" Mathis, Malinda "Malindachan" Mathis, Shane Moore, Bryce Papenbrook, Eric Stuart, and Cubbi Thompson.[15] |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Roger McBain (2011-03-31). "Animation, games event growing". Evansville Courier & Press. E. W. Scripps Company. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
- 1 2 3 Roger McBain (2010-02-05). "Eville Con celebrates Japanese animation in The Centre". Evansville Courier & Press. E. W. Scripps Company. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
- 1 2 3 Roger McBain (2012-03-29). "Japanese anime fans dress to impress at Eville Con 2012". Evansville Courier & Press. E. W. Scripps Company. Retrieved 2012-04-03.
- 1 2 Shipman, Bobby (March 21, 2015). "EvilleCon place where all feel welcome". Evansville Courier & Press. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- 1 2 Roger McBain (2009-02-12). "Convention celebrates art of anime". Evansville Courier & Press. E. W. Scripps Company. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
- ↑ Roger McBain (2013-03-22). "EvilleCon 2013 promises to be biggest celebration of Japanese animation and comic art yet". Evansville Courier & Press. E. W. Scripps Company. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
- ↑ "EvilleCon: Interview with Joey Stalker". Diehard GameFAN. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
- ↑ "EvilleCon 2010 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
- ↑ "EvilleCon 2011 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
- ↑ "EVILLECON Wraps Up Third Convention". Tristatehomepage.com. Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
- ↑ "EvilleCon 2012 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
- ↑ "EvilleCon 2013 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
- ↑ "EvilleCon 2014 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2014-04-03.
- ↑ "EvilleCon 2015 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
- ↑ "EvilleCon 2016 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
External links
Coordinates: 37°58′21″N 87°33′56″W / 37.97250°N 87.56556°W