Ani-Jam

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Ani-Jam
StatusDefunct
Genre Anime, Manga, Japanese culture [1] [2]
Venue Fresno Convention Center
Location(s) Fresno, California
CountryUnited States
Inaugurated2003
Most recent2014
Attendance1,600+ [3]
Organized byAni-Jam LLC [2]
Website http://www.ani-jam.com/

Ani-Jam was an annual two-day anime convention held during August at the Fresno Convention Center in Fresno, California.

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Programming

The convention offered anime screenings, a cosplay masquerade, live music, table top games, vendors, video game tournaments, and workshops. [1] [4] [5]

History

The first event in 2003 lasted for six hours and attracted 500 attendees. [6] The convention moved to the Fresno Convention Center in 2012. [1] Ani-Jam celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2013. [6] The convention held a day zero (Friday) event before the start of the 2014 convention where pre-registered attendees could attend a formal ball. [7]

Event history

DatesLocationAttend.Guests
March 28, 2003Ramada Fresno North
Fresno, California 		500+ [6] Edward Luena. [8]
August 19–20, 2006Fresno Fairgrounds
Fresno, California		Agent 760, Akai SKY, Johnny Yong Bosch, Eyeshine, Trish Ledoux, Fred Perry, Quarter-Circle Jab, Random Ninjas, Kristine Sa, Stephanie Yanez, and Toshifumi Yoshida. [9]
August 18–19, 2007Radisson Hotel & Conference Center
Fresno, California		Adella, Johnny Yong Bosch, Eyeshine, Melissa Hudson, Lord Katsuhiko Jinnai, Trish Ledoux, Kenyth Mogan, Fred Perry, Quarter-Circle Jab, Kristine Sa, Amanda Tomasch, and Toshifumi Yoshida. [10]
August 2–3, 2008Radisson Hotel & Conference Center
Fresno, California		Akai SKY, Robert Axelrod, Leah Clark, Justin Cook, Che Gilson, Lord Katsuhiko Jinnai, LYV, Makenai, Vic Mignogna, Fred Perry, Quarter-Circle Jab, Kristine Sa, and Stephanie Yanez. [11]
August 20–21, 2011Radisson Hotel & Conference Center
Fresno, California		Akai SKY, Greg Ayres, Lord Katsuhiko Jinnai, La Carmina, Robert McCollum, Vic Mignogna, Hannah Minx, Sebastiano Serafini, and Team LoveHate. [12]
August 18–19, 2012 Fresno Convention Center
Fresno, California		Greg Ayres, Eric Caldero, Lord Katsuhiko Jinnai, Kairu, Brittney Karbowski, Kazha, Mari Watanabe, and Stephanie Yanez. [13]
August 17–18, 2013
"10th anniversary" [6] 		Fresno Convention Center
Fresno, California		1,600+ [3] Greg Ayres, Richie Branson, Lord Katsuhiko Jinnai, Cynthia Martinez, Chris Patton, Aimee Major Steinberger, Mari Watanabe, [14] Robert Axelrod, Brittney Karbowski, and Valkyrie Kiss. [3]
August 16–17, 2014Fresno Convention Center
Fresno, California		Akai SKY, Greg Ayres, Jessica Calvello, Chris Cason, Samantha Inoue-Harte, Raj Ramayya, Chii Sakurabi, Jad B. Saxton, Steam Powered Giraffe, and David Vincent. [15]

Ani-Vent

Ani-Vent was a one-day convention held in 2010 with the goal of expanding into different events. [16]

Event history

DatesLocationAtten.Guests
July 17, 2010 [16] Fresno Fairgrounds, Chance Avenue Entrance
Fresno, California

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ani-Jam convention visits Downtown Fresno". abc30. 2012-08-18. Archived from the original on 2013-09-04. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
  2. 1 2 Santiago, Brandon (2013-08-09). "Get ready for the Ani-Jam anime festival!". Hanford Sentinel. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
  3. 1 2 3 "Ani-Jam Attracts Over 1,600 Attendees for Tenth Year Celebration". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
  4. ↑ Meyersmeyer, Seth (2007-08-16). "Anime convention comes to Fresno this weekend". Hanford Sentinel. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
  5. ↑ Appleton, Rory (2014-08-16). "At Fresno's Ani-Jam, heroes, villains and average Joes unite". The Fresno Bee. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Tehee, Joshua (2013-08-14). "Fresno Ani-Jam anime convention marks 10 years". The Fresno Bee. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
  7. ↑ "Ani-Jam 2014 This Weekend At Fresno Convention Center". KMPH. 2014-08-14. Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  8. ↑ "Ani-Jam 2003 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  9. ↑ "Ani-Jam 2006 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  10. ↑ "Ani-Jam 2007 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  11. ↑ "Ani-Jam 2008 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  12. ↑ "Ani-Jam 2011 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  13. ↑ "Ani-Jam 2012 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  14. ↑ "Ani-Jam 2013 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  15. ↑ "Ani-Jam 2014 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  16. 1 2 "Ani-Vent 2010 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2018-10-13.

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