May 29-31, 2009
Sheraton Dallas Hotel
Dallas, TX
Information:
A-Kon is the oldest continually running, anime-based convention in N. America. Celebrating its 20th year in 2009, A-Kon hosts anime fans and guests, and offers other items of interest ranging from gaming, to independent film, all in the quest to provide the best experience for the fans and bring the most engaging, and educational, entertainment to the anime community.
Attendance:
16,037 warm bodies
Attendees:
 View 23 AnimeCons users in attendance
Advance Rates:
$30 until ?; $35 until Feb 1; $40 until Mar 1; $45 after
At-Door Rates:
$55 weekend; $35 Fri; $35 Sat; $25 Sun
Guests:
• Lynn Abbey (Author)
• Vanessa "Vii" Arteaga (Championship Gamer)
• Keith Baker (Author)
• Paul Benjamin
• Steve Bennett (Co-Founder, Studio Ironcat)
• Anthony Brownrigg (Producer / Actor / Director)
• Camino (Band)
• John D. Carmack II (Founder, id Software)
• Megumi Cummings (Artist)
• Steven Cummings (Artist)
• Camilla d'Errico (Comic Artist)
• Brian Denham (Comic Artist)
• Tim Eldred (Director)
• Newton Ewell (Artist / Writer)
• Bill Fawcet (Author / Publisher, Mayfair Games / Bill Fawcett & Associates)
• Melanie Fletcher (Writer)
• Anthony Gallela (Game Publisher)
• Oscar J. Garza III (Game Marketing Professional)
• Yaya Han (Cosplayer)
• Mohammad "Hawk" Haque (Artist, Applegeeks)
• Kyle Hebert (Voice Actor)
• Samantha Inoue-Harte (Voice Actress / Animator)
• Thomas W. Knowles (Author)
• Steve Kyte (Artist / Illustrator)
• M. Alice LeGrow (Illustrator, Tokyopop)
• Bruce Lewis (Comic Artist / Author / Voice Actor)
• LM.C (Band) cancelled
• Lee Martindale (Writer, Society for Creative Anachronism)
• Helen McCarthy (Writer)
• Mike McFarland (Voice Actor / Director / Line Producer)
• Kevin McKeever (Operations Coordinator, Harmony Gold)
• Vic Mignogna (Voice Actor)
• Jody Lynn Nye (Author)
• Ananth Panagariya (Writer, Applegeeks)
• Chris Patton (Voice Actor)
• Wendy Powell (Voice Actress)
• Mike Resnick (Author)
• Jeremy Ross (Director of New Product Development, Tokyopop)
• S. John Ross (Writer)
• Tony Salvaggio
• Jan Scott-Frazier (Director / Translator / Jane-of-all-trades)
• Doug Smith (Artist / Voice Actor)
• Jonathan Tarbox (CEO, Arashi Productions)
• Michael "Mookie" Terracciano (Web Comic Artist, Dominic Deegan)
• Jonathan Thompson (Author / Game Creator, Battlefield Press, Inc.)
45 guests listed
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Previous/Future Events:
| Project: A-Kon 1990 - | July 28-29, 1990 |
| Project: A-Kon 1991 - | May 25-26, 1991 |
| Project: A-Kon 1992 - | June 5-7, 1992 |
| Project: A-Kon 1993 - | May 28-30, 1993 |
| Project: A-Kon 1994 - | June 3-5, 1994 |
| Project: A-Kon 1995 - | June 2, 1995 |
| Project: A-Kon 1996 - | May 31 - Jun 2, 1996 |
| Project: A-Kon 1997 - | May 30 - Jun 1, 1997 |
| Project: A-Kon 1998 - | May 29-31, 1998 |
| Project: A-Kon 1999 - | June 4-6, 1999 |
| A-Kon 2000 - | June 2, 2000 |
| Project: A-Kon 2001 - | June 1-3, 2001 |
| A-Kon 2002 - | May 31 - Jun 2, 2002 |
| A-Kon 2003 - | May 30 - Jun 1, 2003 |
| A-Kon 2004 - | June 4-6, 2004 |
| AnimeDay 2004 - | August 14, 2004 |
| A-Kon 2005 - | June 3-5, 2005 |
| A-Kon 2006 - | June 9-11, 2006 |
| A-Kon 2007 - | June 1-3, 2007 |
| A-Kon 2008 - | May 30 - Jun 1, 2008 |
| A-Kon 2009 - | May 29-31, 2009 |
| A-Kon 2010 - | June 4-6, 2010 |
| A-Kon 2011 - | June 10-12, 2011 |
| Mini A-Kon 2012 - | February 18, 2012 |
| A-Kon 2012 - | June 1-3, 2012 |
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