Anime Festival Wichita

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Anime Festival Wichita
StatusActive
Genre Anime, Manga, Gaming [1]
VenueHyatt Regency Wichita
Location(s) Wichita, Kansas
CountryUnited States
Inaugurated2005
Attendance4,000 in 2014
Organized byWolfmoon Productions [2]
Website http://www.afwcon.org/

Anime Festival Wichita (Anime Festival of Wichita or AFW) is an annual three-day anime convention held in June or August at the Hyatt Regency Wichita in Wichita, Kansas.

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Programming

The convention typically offers an Anime Music Video contest, anime viewing rooms, costume contests, manga library, panels, tabletop gaming, vendors, and video gaming tournaments. [1] [2] [3] The convention has 24-hour programming. [1]

History

Anime Festival Wichita started in 2005 as a one-day event under the name Wichita Anime Festival. [4] Voice actress Cassandra Hodges was scheduled to attend in 2011, but died prior to the convention. [5] [6] Anime Festival Wichita 2020 and 2021 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [7] [8] [9] [10]

Event history

DatesLocationAtten.Guests
August 6, 2005 Orpheum Theatre
Wichita, Kansas [4]
August 18–20, 2006Best Western North
Wichita, Kansas		1,234Stephanie Celeste, Michael Gluck, Tiffany Grant, Liza Kaplan, Peter Pixie, and Team Royal Sabi. [11]
August 17–19, 2007Best Western Wichita North Hotel & Suites
Wichita, Kansas		Stephanie Celeste, Vic Mignogna, Peter Pixie, Team Royal Sabi, and Stephanie Yanez. [12]
August 15–17, 2008Best Western Wichita North Hotel & Suites
Wichita, Kansas		Kate Bristol, Peter Pixie, Sonny Strait, and Jen Taylor. [13]
July 10–12, 2009Hyatt Regency Wichita
Wichita, Kansas		 Robert Axelrod, Stephanie Celeste, Caitlin Glass, Jerry Jewell, and Peter Pixie. [14]
July 9–11, 2010Hyatt Regency Wichita
Wichita, Kansas		 Colleen Clinkenbeard, Samurai Dan Coglan, DJ Infam0us, Vic Mignogna, Peter Pixie, Eric Wile, and Travis Willingham. [15]
July 8–10, 2011Hyatt Regency Wichita
Wichita, Kansas		The 149th War Wolves, Airship Isabella, Troy Baker, Beard and Bean, Jillian Coglan, Samurai Dan Coglan, Peter Pixie, Eric Vale, and Darryl "Darth Artist" Woods. [16]
June 29-July 1, 2012Hyatt Regency Wichita
Wichita, Kansas		3,000
(est) [1] 		Beard and Bean, Johnny Yong Bosch, Jillian Coglan, Samurai Dan Coglan, Michelle Ann Dunphy, Eyeshine, Peter Pixie, and Laura Post. [17]
July 12–14, 2013Hyatt Regency Wichita
Wichita, Kansas		Beard and Bean, Quinton Flynn, Todd Haberkorn, Peter Pixie, and Lisle Wilkerson. [18]
June 27–29, 2014Hyatt Regency Wichita
Wichita, Kansas		4,000 [19] Beard and Bean, Jillian Coglan, Samurai Dan Coglan, Lucien Dodge, Chuck Huber, Erica Mendez, Peter Pixie, and The Slants. [20]
July 10–12, 2015Hyatt Regency Wichita
Wichita, Kansas		Beard and Bean, Leah Clark, Rachael Messer, Peter Pixie, David Vincent, [21] Ogawa Burukku, Susanne Lambdin, and Damien Zimmerman. [2]
July 8–10, 2016Hyatt Regency Wichita
Wichita, Kansas		 Cynthia Cranz, Kyle Hebert, Samantha Inoue-Harte, Joel McDonald, Peter Pixie, and Ryter Rong. [22]
June 23-25, 2017Hyatt Regency Wichita
Wichita, Kansas		 Jessica Calvello, Samurai Dan Coglan, Elizabeth Maxwell, and Kiba Walker. [23]
June 29 - July 1, 2018Hyatt Regency Wichita
Wichita, Kansas		Katelyn Barr, Samurai Dan Coglan, Caitlynn French, Tyson Rinehart, and Michael "Knightmage" Wilson. [24]
August 23-25, 2019Hyatt Regency Wichita
Wichita, Kansas		Morgan Berry, Mary Claypool, Les E. Claypool III, Jason Charles Miller, and Tara Sands. [25]
June 24-26, 2022Hyatt Regency Wichita
Wichita, Kansas		 John Gremillion, Mikey Mason, and Stephanie Nadolny. [26]
June 23-25, 2023Hyatt Regency Wichita
Wichita, Kansas		 Aaron Campbell, Ray Hurd, Mikey Mason, and Phil Parsons. [27]
June 21-23, 2024Hyatt Regency Wichita
Wichita, Kansas		 Kevin M. Connolly, Mikey Mason, Corinne Sudberg, and Marie Westbrook. [28]

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