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Name: Otakon [visit site]
Date:August 7-9, 1998
Location:Hyatt Regency-Crystal City
Arlington, VA
Attendance:2,500 paid attendees (2,609 estimated total)
Programming
and Events:
Video Programming:
Anime Screening(s)
AMV Contest
Hentai Screening(s)
Panel Programming:
Guest Panels
Industry Panels
Fan Panels
Workshops
Costume Events:
Hall Cosplay
Masquerade / Cosplay Competition
Art Programming:
Art Show & Auction
Artists' Alley
Model Contest
  Music Programming:
Dance
Karaoke
Game Programming:
Video Gaming
Live Action Role Playing
Other Events:
Autographs (free)
Dealers' Room
Game Shows
Other Events
Guests:Hiroshi Aro (Manga Artist)
Tiffany Grant (Voice Actor / Writer, ADV Films / FUNimation / Illimitoon)
Shoji Kawamori (Animator / Director)
Kuni Kimura (Translator)
Tristan MacAvery (Voice Actor, Archaic Jump Productions)
Lisa Ortiz (Voice Actress)
Jan Scott-Frazier (Director / Translator / Jane-of-all-trades)
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