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Yamatocon August 13, 1983 Harvey Hotel Dallas, TX		Events Include: Anime Screenings, Model Contest, Dealers' Room
Yamatocon March 8, 1986 Holiday Inn Park Central Dallas, TX		Events Include: Anime Screenings, Dealers' Room
Animagic September 20-21, 1986 Holiday Inn Park Central Dallas, TX		Events Include: Anime Screenings, Guest Panels, Dealers' Room Guests Include: Melanie MacQueen
Project: A-Kon July 28-29, 1990 Dallas, TX
Project: A-Kon May 25-26, 1991 The Radisson Hotel & Suites Dallas, TX
AnimeCon August 30 - September 2, 1991 Red Lion Inn San Jose, CA		Events Include: Anime Screenings, Guest Panels, Industry Panels, Fan Panels, Art Show, Art Auction, Dealers' Room, Dinner, Game Shows Guests Include: Jerry Beck, Colleen Doran, Geoff Everets, Trish Ledoux, Carl Macek, Ken Macklin, Johji Manabe, Leiji Matsumoto, Luke Menichelli, Haruhiko Mikimoto, Robert Napton, John O'Donnell, John O'Donnell, Toshio Okada, Katsuhiro Otomo, David Riddick, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Toren Smith, Kenichi Sonoda, Rick Sternbach, Jeff Thompson, Adam Warren, Robert Woodhead, Toshifumi Yoshida
Project: A-Kon June 5-7, 1992 Holiday Inn Brookhollow Dallas, TX
Anime Expo July 3-6, 1992 Red Lion Hotel San Jose, CA		Events Include: Anime Screenings, Guest Panels, Industry Panels, Fan Panels, Hall Cosplay, Masquerade, Art Show, Karaoke, Autographs (free), Dealers' Room, Game Shows Guests Include: Jerry Beck, L. Lois Buhalis, Ben Dunn, Robert Fenelon, Lea Hernandez, Seiji Horibuchi, Ken Iyadomi, Shawn Kleckner, Trish Ledoux, Carl Macek, Luke Menichelli, Haruhiko Mikimoto, Keiji Nakazawa, Robert Napton, John O'Donnell, Claude J. Pelletier, David Riddick, Fred Schodt, Buichi Terasawa, Jeff Thompson, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Steve Wang, Robert Woodhead, Toshifumi Yoshida
AnimeFest October 5, 1992 Richardson Courtyard by Mariott Hotel Dallas, TX
AnimeFest / Conniption February 5-7, 1993 Holiday Inn North Park Plaza Hotel Dallas, TX
Project: A-Kon May 28-30, 1993 Holiday Inn Brookhollow Dallas, TX
Anime America June 25-27, 1993 Westin Hotel and Santa Clara Convention Center Santa Clara, CA		Events Include: Anime Screenings, Anime Film Screening(s), Guest Panels, Industry Panels, Fan Panels, Workshops, Art Show, Art Auction, Artists' Alley, Concert, Video Games, RPG, Autographs (free), Dealers' Room, Dinner Guests Include: Roe R. Adams III, L. Lois Buhalis, Dan Danko, Robert DeJesus, Doug Dlin, Colleen Doran, Jo Duffy, Ben Dunn, Tim Eldred, Greg Espinoza, Megumi Hayashibara, Lea Hernandez, Seiji Horibuchi, Michael House, Christina Jensen, Steve Kite, Shawn Kleckner, Carl Macek, Johji Manabe, Helen McCarthy, John O'Donnell, Fred Patten, Monkey Punch, Tomoko Saito, Fred Schodt, Toren Smith, Kenichi Sonoda, Rick Sternbach, Nobuyuki Sugaya, Haruka Takachiho, Adam Warren, Robert Woodhead, Yoshihiro Yonezawa
Anime Expo July 2-4, 1993 Parc Oakland Hotel and Oakland Convention Center Oakland, CA		Events Include: Anime Screenings, Anime Music Video Contest, Guest Panels, Industry Panels, Fan Panels, Workshops, Hall Cosplay, Masquerade, Art Show, Artists' Alley, Model Contest, Karaoke, Dealers' Room, Game Shows Guests Include: Keita Amemiya, Robert DeJesus, Doug Dlin, Robert Fenelon, Peter Goll, Kenji Goto, David Ho, Seiji Horibuchi, Leo Hourvitz, Yasuhiro Imagawa, Junco Ito, Michitaka Kikuchi, Hiroyuki Kitazume, Makoto Kobayashi, Steve Kyte, Trish Ledoux, Carl Macek, Helen McCarthy, Haruhiko Mikimoto, Robert Napton, Yasushi Nirasawa, Martin Oulette, Wil Overton, Claude J. Pelletier, Jeff Pidgeon, Fred Schodt, Jan Scott-Frazier, Masatoshi Tahara, Takayuki Takeya, Toshifumi Yoshida
AnimeFEST November, 1993 Richardson Courtyard by Mariott Hotel Dallas, TX		Guests Include: Fred Patten
Project: A-Kon June 3-5, 1994 Sheraton-Mockingbird Hotel Dallas, TX		Guests Include: Robert DeJesus, Ben Dunn, Lisa "Honey-chan" Nelson, Monkey Punch, Tomoko Saito, Toren Smith, Adam Warren
FanimeCon June 19, 1994 California State University, Hayward Hayward, CA
Animethon July, 1994 Grant MacEwan Community College Edmonton, Alberta
Anime Expo July 1-3, 1994 Anaheim Marriott Hotel and Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, CA		Events Include: Anime Screenings, Anime Music Video Contest, Guest Panels, Industry Panels, Fan Panels, Workshops, Hall Cosplay, Masquerade, Art Show, Art Auction, Artists' Alley, Model Contest, Dance, Karaoke, RPG, Dealers' Room, Dinner, Game Shows Guests Include: Allen Hastings, Shoji Kawamori, Izumi Matsumoto, Jan Scott-Frazier, Minoru Takanashi, Nobuteru Yuuki
BotCon July 16, 1994 Grand Wayne Center Fort Wayne, IN		Guests Include: Tom Bowman, Carl Fritz
Anime America July 29-31, 1994 Red Lion Inn San Jose, CA		Events Include: Anime Screenings, Anime Film Screening(s), Guest Panels, Industry Panels, Art Show, Artists' Alley, Karaoke, Autographs (free), Dealers' Room, Game Shows, Charity Auction Guests Include: Greg Espinoza, Shepherd Hendrix, Lea Hernandez, Ken Hooper, Mutsumi Inomata, Edward Luena, Go Nagai, Akemi Takada
Otakon July 29-31, 1994 Days Inn Penn State State College, PA		Events Include: Anime Screenings, Hentai Screenings, Anime Music Video Contest, Guest Panels, Fan Panels, Hall Cosplay, Art Show, Art Auction, Model Contest, Video Games, Dealers' Room, Con Suite, Game Shows Guests Include: Robert DeJesus, Neil Nadelman, Steve Pearl, Lorraine Savage, Sue Shambaugh, Jeff Thompson
AnimeFEST November 4-6, 1994 Holiday Inn North Park Plaza Hotel Dallas, TX
Anime East November 11-13, 1994 Brunswick Hilton & Towers East Brunswick, NJ		Events Include: Anime Screenings, Guest Panels, Industry Panels, Fan Panels, Workshops, Hall Cosplay, Masquerade, Art Show, Dealers' Room Guests Include: MIQ, Koichi Ohata, Monkey Punch, Billie Lou Watt
Project: Z-Kon January 7, 1995 Hilltop Hotel Dallas, TX		Events Include: Anime Screenings, Guest Panels, Fan Panels, Hall Cosplay, Masquerade, Art Show, Dealers' Room Guests Include: Pat Duke, Ben Dunn, Tim Eldred, Bruce Lewis, Ted Nomura, Fred Perry, Joe Wight, Al Zequeira
Katsucon February 17-19, 1995 Virginia Beach Holiday Inn Virginia Beach, VA		Guests Include: Steve Bennett, Robert DeJesus, Ben Dunn, Danny Fahs, Johji Manabe, Izumi Matsumoto, Fred Perry, Jan Scott-Frazier, Sue Shambaugh, Jason & John Waltrip, Yoshihiro Yonezawa
FanimeCon February 25, 1995 California State University, Hayward Hayward, CA		Guests Include: Carl Gustav Horn, Fred Schodt
Project: A-Kon June 2, 1995 Harvey Addison Hotel Addison, TX		Guests Include: Kevin Altieri, Ippongi Bang, Glen Murakami, Yorihisa Uchida
Anime Expo June 30 - July 2, 1995 Los Angeles Airport Hilton Los Angeles, CA		Events Include: Anime Screenings, Anime Music Video Contest, Guest Panels, Industry Panels, Fan Panels, Workshops, Hall Cosplay, Masquerade, Art Show, Art Auction, Artists' Alley, Model Contest, Dance, Karaoke, Dealers' Room, Game Shows Guests Include: Amy Chia, Danger Productions, Allen Hastings, Leo Hourvitz, Kazuhiko Ikeguchi, Noboru Ishiguro, Jay Miao, Haruhiko Mikimoto, Koichi Ohata, Nobuyuki Ohnishi, Jan Scott-Frazier, Ryoei Tsukimura, Satoshi Urushibara, Kinji Yoshimoto
Animethon July, 1995 Grant MacEwan Community College Edmonton, Alberta
Anime America July 7-9, 1995 Red Lion Inn San Jose, CA		Events Include: Anime Screenings, Anime Film Screening(s), Guest Panels, Industry Panels, Fan Panels, Workshops, Art Show, Concert, Autographs (free), Dealers' Room, Charity Auction Guests Include: Robert DeJesus, Megumi Hayashibara, Monkey Punch, Myriam Sirois, Venus Terzo
BotCon August 5-6, 1995 Dayton Convention Center Dayton, OH
AnimeFEST September 1-3, 1995 Doubletree Hotel at Park West Dallas, TX
Otakon September 1-4, 1995 Penn State Scanticon State College, PA		Events Include: Anime Screenings, Hentai Screenings, Anime Music Video Contest, Guest Panels, Industry Panels, Fan Panels, Workshops, Hall Cosplay, Masquerade, Art Show, Art Auction, Model Contest, Video Games, LARP, Dealers' Room, Con Suite, Game Shows Guests Include: Teruo Kakuta, Toshio Okada, Toren Smith, Adam Warren
RoboCon October 6-8, 1995 Grand Hotel Anaheim, CA		Events Include: Anime Screenings, Guest Panels, Industry Panels, Fan Panels, Hall Cosplay, Masquerade, Art Show, Model Contest, Concert, Dealers' Room, Game Shows Guests Include: Robert V. Barron, Ardwight Chamberlain, Richard Epcar, Rebecca Forstadt, Eddie Frierson, Barbara Goodson, Melora Hart, Alexandra Kenworthy, Steve Kramer, Steve Kramer, James Luceno, Carl Macek, Melanie MacQueen, Ulpio Minucci, John Mortarotti, Arlon Ober, Tony Oliver, Rosearik Rikki Simons, Greg Snegoff, Wendee Swann, Jason & John Waltrip, Thomas A. White, Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons
Anime Weekend Atlanta October 27-29, 1995 Castlegate Hotel & Conference Center Atlanta, GA		Events Include: Anime Screenings, Anime Music Video Contest, Guest Panels, Fan Panels, Hall Cosplay, Masquerade, Dealers' Room Guests Include: Ed Hill, Bruce Lewis, Bill Mayo, Vaughan Simmons
Anime East November 10-12, 1995 Hilton Hotel and Towers East Brunswick, NJ		Events Include: Anime Screenings, Guest Panels, Industry Panels, Fan Panels, Workshops, Hall Cosplay, Masquerade, Art Show, Concert, Dance, Video Games, LARP, Dealers' Room, Childrens' Programming Track Guests Include: Steve Bennett, Reggie Byers, Kit Carson, Richard Copeland, Robert DeJesus, Peter Fernandez, Matt Greenfield, Martin King, Hiroyuki Kitazume, Steve Kyte, Trish Ledoux, Dr. John Lent, Bruce Lewis, Matt Lunsford, Helen McCarthy, MIQ, Neil Nadelman, Toshio Okada, Corinne Orr, Steve Pearl, C. Scott Rider, Tomoko Saito, Sue Shambaugh, Kanako Shiokawa, Toren Smith, Matt Thorn, Billie Lou Watt, Toshifumi Yoshida
FanimeCon February 14, 1996 Foothill College Los Altos Hills, CA		Guests Include: Greg Espinoza, Allen Hastings, Carl Gustav Horn, Fred Schodt, Toren Smith, Toshifumi Yoshida
Katsucon March 8-10, 1996 Holiday Inn Executive Center Virginia Beach, VA		Guests Include: Steve Bennett, Richard "Pocky" Kim, Steve Pearl
Project: A-Kon May 31 - June 2, 1996 Harvey Addison Hotel Addison, TX		Events Include: Anime Screenings, Masquerade, Art Show, Art Auction, Artists' Alley, Dance, LARP, RPG, Tabletop Miniature Gaming, Dealers' Room Guests Include: Ben Dunn, Neil Nadelman, Rosearik Rikki Simons, Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons
JAFAX June, 1996 Kendall College of Art and Design Grand Rapids, MI
Anime Expo June 28-30, 1996 Anaheim Marriott Hotel & Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, CA		Events Include: Anime Screenings, Anime Music Video Contest, Guest Panels, Industry Panels, Fan Panels, Workshops, Hall Cosplay, Masquerade, Art Show, Art Auction, Artists' Alley, Model Contest, Dance, Karaoke, Dealers' Room, Game Shows, Charity Auction Guests Include: Hideaki Anno, Hiroki Hayashi, Noboru Ishiguro, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Hiroyuki Kitazume, Leiji Matsumoto, Toshihiko Nishikubo, Hiromasa Ogura, Koichi Ohata, Ai Orikasa, Mamoru Oshii, Jan Scott-Frazier, Kenichi Sonoda, Yumi Takada, Ryoei Tsukimura
BotCon July 12-14, 1996 Clarion Resort Rosemont Rosemont, IL		Events Include: Anime Screenings, Guest Panels, Dealers' Room, Charity Auction Guests Include: George Boznos, Anthony Gaud
Animethon July 13-14, 1996 Grant MacEwan Community College Edmonton, Alberta
Anime America July 25-28, 1996 Red Lion Inn San Jose, CA		Events Include: Anime Screenings, Hentai Screenings, Guest Panels, Industry Panels, Fan Panels, Workshops, Hall Cosplay, Masquerade, Artists' Alley, Autographs (free), Dealers' Room, Swap, Others Guests Include: Paul Dobson, Michael Donovan, Jason Gray-Stanford, Matt Hill, Janyse Jaud, Toshio Okada, Ward Perry, Toby Proctor, Fred Schodt, Cathy Weseluck
Otakon August 9-11, 1996 Marriott's Hunt Valley Inn Hunt Valley, MD		Events Include: Anime Screenings, Hentai Screenings, Anime Music Video Contest, Guest Panels, Fan Panels, Workshops, Hall Cosplay, Masquerade, Art Show, Art Auction, Model Contest, Video Games, LARP, Dealers' Room, Con Suite Guests Include: Steve Bennett, Robert DeJesus, Masaomi Kanzaki, Matt Lunsford, Neil Nadelman, Steve Pearl, Sue Shambaugh, Jeff Thompson, Adam Warren
Anime Weekend Atlanta October 11-13, 1996 Holiday Inn Atlanta Airport North Atlanta, GA		Events Include: Anime Screenings, Guest Panels, Workshops, Hall Cosplay, Masquerade, Art Show, Artists' Alley, Model Contest, Dance, Dealers' Room
AnimeFEST November 1-3, 1996 Clarion Hotel Dallas Dallas, TX

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