Name:	A-Kon [visit site]
Date:	June 4-6, 2004
Location:	Adam's Mark Hotel Dallas, TX
Attendance:	9,450 people
Pre-Reg. Rates:	$32 until Jan 1; $35 thereafter
At-Door Rates:	$50 weekend; $20 to $35 per day
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: Concert Dance Karaoke    Game Programming: Video Gaming Collectable Card Games Live Action Role Playing Role Playing Games Tabletop Games Other Events: Autographs (free) Dealers' Room Charity Auction Dinner Game Shows Other Events
Guests:	Will Allison (Artist, Radio Comix) Arik Renee Avila (Writer / Director / Artist, Dementia7 Studios, LLC) John Barrett (Artist, Radio Comix) Steve Bennett (Co-Founder, Studio Ironcat) Samuel Bohon (Writer, Skunk Comics) Rick Bones (Web Designer / Programming, Dementia7 Studios LLC) Camino (Band) Michael Coleman (Voice Actor, Ocean Studios) Zach Davis (Producer / Video Game Development, Dementia7 Studios LLC) Dementia7 Studios (Dementia7 Studios, LLC) Brad DeMoss (AMV Creator) Doug Dlin (Translator, Antarctic Press) DNA Studios cancelled Do As Infinity (D-A-I) (Musical Group) Lee Duhlig (Coloring, Guru eFX) Pat Duke (Publisher / Author / Artist, Radio Comix) P.N. Elrod (Author / Editor / Costumer) Rod Espinosa (Writer, Antarctic Press) Newton Ewell (Artist / Writer) Bruce Faulconer (Composer) Steve Fellows (Business and Marketing Manager, Dementia7 Studios LLC) Fred Gallagher (Comic Artist, Fredart) Lauren Goodnight (Voice Actress, ADV Films) Tiffany Grant (Voice Actor / Writer, ADV Films / FUNimation / Illimitoon) Alan Gutierrez (Artist) James Hanrahan (Writer) Kyle Hebert (Voice Actor) Matthew High (Retailer Liaison, Radio Comix) Tony Hobdy (Producer / Audio Engineer / Video Game Development, Dementia7 Studios LLC) Amy Howard-Wilson (Voice Actress) Ursula Husted (Artist) David Hutchison (Artist, Antarctic Press) Samantha Inoue Harte (Voice Actress / Animator) Daniel Kanemitsu cancelled Jonathan Klein (Vice President, New Generation Pictures) Steve Kyte (Artist / Illustrator) Mark Lancaster (Assistant Director, Dementia7 Studios LLC) Bruce Lewis (Comic Artist) Edward Luena (Artist, Black Fox Studio) cancelled Lee W. Madison (Artist) Manga Graphix Carol McAlister (Inker, Skunk Comics) Helen McCarthy (Writer) Mike McFarland (Voice Actor / Director / Line Producer) Scott McNeil (Voice Actor, Ocean Studios) Vic Mignogna (Voice Actor) cancelled Millermuller Ballet cancelled Miyavi (Musician) cancelled Stephanie Nadolny (Voice Actress, Funimation Productions) Phillip Nelson (Sr. Dir. of Video Product Marketing, NewTek) cancelled Jonathan Osborne (Voice Actor) Eddie Perkins (Writer / Artist) Fred Perry (Artist / Writer, Gold Digger) cancelled Walker Plagge (Artist, Skunk Comics) Psycho Le Cému (Musicians) Xero Reynolds (Artist / Musician / Voice Actor) Monica Rial (Voice Actress) Sally Ridout (Colorist, Skunk Comics) Kai Robertson (Writer) S. John Ross (Writer) Carrie Savage (Voice Actress) Sean Schemmel (Voice Actor) Jan Scott-Frazier (Director / Translator / Jane-of-all-trades) JE Smith (Writer / Artist, Better Comics) Diana X. Sprinkle (Artist, Radio Comix) Brian Stelfreeze (Artist, Studio Gaijin) Strong Arm Productions cancelled The Sun String Quartet (Musicians) Nobuyuki Takahashi (Publisher / Producer, Studio Hard) cancelled Nami Tamaki (Musician) Jonathan Tarbox (Group Editor, CMX line, DC Comics) Valkyrie Games Michael Vega (Artist) J. Shanon Weaver (Voice Actor, ADV Films) Jochen Weltjens (Coloring, Guru eFX) Joe Wight (Artist, Antarctic Press) Elin Winkler (Editor / Publisher / Writer, Radio Comix) 77 guests listed
Information:	Join us as the oldest anime-based national convention in the US turns 15 in 2004! Fabulous friends, fun and events to keep you busy all weekend, come share your weekend with us and get away from your everyday routines!
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News and  Press Releases:	Mar 17, 2004 -  Miyavi cancels US tour and convention appearances Jan 01, 2005 -  Largest anime conventions of 2004
See Also:	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 - June 2, 1996 Project: A-Kon 1997 -  May 30 - June 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 - June 2, 2002 A-Kon 2003 -  May 30 - June 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 - June 1, 2008
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