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August 13, 1983 Yamatocon, Dallas, TX
March 8, 1986 Yamatocon, Dallas, TX
September 20-21, 1986 Animagic, Dallas, TX	Guests of honor: Melanie MacQueen
July 28-29, 1990 Project: A-Kon, Dallas, TX
May 25-26, 1991 Project: A-Kon, Dallas, TX
August 30 - September 2, 1991 AnimeCon, San Jose, CA	Guests of honor: 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
June 5-7, 1992 Project: A-Kon, Dallas, TX
July 3-6, 1992 Anime Expo, San Jose, CA	Guests of honor: 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
October 5, 1992 AnimeFest, Dallas, TX
February 5-7, 1993 AnimeFest / Conniption, Dallas, TX
May 28-30, 1993 Project: A-Kon, Dallas, TX
June 25-27, 1993 Anime America, Santa Clara, CA	Guests of honor: 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
July 2-4, 1993 Anime Expo, Oakland, CA	Guests of honor: 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
November, 1993 AnimeFEST, Dallas, TX	Guests of honor: Fred Patten
June 3-5, 1994 Project: A-Kon, Dallas, TX	Guests of honor: Robert DeJesus, Ben Dunn, Lisa "Honey-chan" Nelson, Monkey Punch, Tomoko Saito, Toren Smith, Adam Warren
June 19, 1994 FanimeCon, Hayward, CA
July 1-3, 1994 Anime Expo, Anaheim, CA	Guests of honor: Allen Hastings, Shoji Kawamori, Izumi Matsumoto, Jan Scott-Frazier, Minoru Takanashi, Nobuteru Yuuki
July 16, 1994 BotCon, Fort Wayne, IN	Guests of honor: Tom Bowman, Carl Fritz
July 29-31, 1994 Anime America, San Jose, CA	Guests of honor: Greg Espinoza, Shepherd Hendrix, Lea Hernandez, Ken Hooper, Mutsumi Inomata, Edward Luena, Go Nagai, Akemi Takada
July 29-31, 1994 Otakon, State College, PA	Guests of honor: Robert DeJesus, Neil Nadelman, Steve Pearl, Lorraine Savage, Sue Shambaugh, Jeff Thompson
November 4-6, 1994 AnimeFEST, Dallas, TX
November 11-13, 1994 Anime East, East Brunswick, NJ	Guests of honor: MIQ, Koichi Ohata, Monkey Punch, Billie Lou Watt
January 7, 1995 Project: Z-Kon, Dallas, TX	Guests of honor: Pat Duke, Ben Dunn, Tim Eldred, Bruce Lewis, Ted Nomura, Fred Perry, Joe Wight, Al Zequeira
February 17-19, 1995 Katsucon, Virginia Beach, VA	Guests of honor: Steve Bennett, Robert DeJesus, Ben Dunn, Danny Fahs, Johji Manabe, Izumi Matsumoto, Fred Perry, Jan Scott-Frazier, Sue Shambaugh, Jason & John Waltrip, Yoshihiro Yonezawa
February 25, 1995 FanimeCon, Hayward, CA	Guests of honor: Carl Gustav Horn, Fred Schodt
June 2, 1995 Project: A-Kon, Addison, TX	Guests of honor: Kevin Altieri, Ippongi Bang, Glen Murakami, Yorihisa Uchida
June 30 - July 2, 1995 Anime Expo, Los Angeles, CA	Guests of honor: 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
July 7-9, 1995 Anime America, San Jose, CA	Guests of honor: Robert DeJesus, Megumi Hayashibara, Monkey Punch, Myriam Sirois, Venus Terzo
August 5-6, 1995 BotCon, Dayton, OH
September 1-3, 1995 AnimeFEST, Dallas, TX
September 1-4, 1995 Otakon, State College, PA	Guests of honor: Teruo Kakuta, Toshio Okada, Toren Smith, Adam Warren
October 6-8, 1995 RoboCon, Anaheim, CA	Guests of honor: 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
October 27-29, 1995 Anime Weekend Atlanta, Atlanta, GA	Guests of honor: Ed Hill, Bruce Lewis, Bill Mayo, Vaughan Simmons
November 10-12, 1995 Anime East, East Brunswick, NJ	Guests of honor: 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
February 14, 1996 FanimeCon, Los Altos Hills, CA	Guests of honor: Greg Espinoza, Allen Hastings, Carl Gustav Horn, Fred Schodt, Toren Smith, Toshifumi Yoshida
March 8-10, 1996 Katsucon, Virginia Beach, VA	Guests of honor: Steve Bennett, Richard "Pocky" Kim, Steve Pearl
May 31 - June 2, 1996 Project: A-Kon, Addison, TX	Guests of honor: Ben Dunn, Neil Nadelman, Rosearik Rikki Simons, Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons
June, 1996 JAFAX, Grand Rapids, MI
June 28-30, 1996 Anime Expo, Anaheim, CA	Guests of honor: 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
July 12-14, 1996 BotCon, Rosemont, IL	Guests of honor: George Boznos, Anthony Gaud
July 25-28, 1996 Anime America, San Jose, CA	Guests of honor: Paul Dobson, Michael Donovan, Jason Gray-Stanford, Matt Hill, Janyse Jaud, Toshio Okada, Ward Perry, Toby Proctor, Fred Schodt, Cathy Weseluck
August 9-11, 1996 Otakon, Hunt Valley, MD	Guests of honor: Steve Bennett, Robert DeJesus, Masaomi Kanzaki, Matt Lunsford, Neil Nadelman, Steve Pearl, Sue Shambaugh, Jeff Thompson, Adam Warren
October 11-13, 1996 Anime Weekend Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
November 1-3, 1996 AnimeFEST, Dallas, TX

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