Arkansas Anime Festival

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Arkansas Anime Festival
StatusActive
Genre Anime [1] [2]
VenueFour Points by Sheraton Bentonville
Location(s) Bentonville, Arkansas
CountryUnited States
Inaugurated2007 [1]
Attendance1,208 in March 2012 [3]
Website http://arkansasanimefestival.com/

Arkansas Anime Festival (AF2) is an annual three-day anime convention held in June/July at the Four Points by Sheraton Bentonville in Bentonville, Arkansas. It is the largest anime convention in the state of Arkansas and is family friendly. [4] [5] [6]

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Programming

The convention typically offers an artists alley, a dance, live action role-playing game, masquerade, panels, tabletop gaming, a vendor room, video games. [5] [6]

History

For several years the convention happened two times per year. [4] [6] The March 2010 event had a free party before the convention. [5] Arkansas Anime Festival 2020 was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [7] [8]

Event history

DatesLocationAtten.Guests
November 17, 2007Cosmopolitan Hotel
Fayetteville, Arkansas 		Samantha Inoue-Harte [9]
May 24, 2008Holiday Inn Northwest Arkansas
Springdale, Arkansas 		1,121 Tiffany Grant, Samantha Inoue-Harte, and Dominic Vitucci. [10]
November 8–9, 2008Holiday Inn
Springdale, Arkansas		1,056 Johnny Yong Bosch, Samantha Inoue-Harte, and Dominic Vitucci. [11]
April 25, 2009Cosmopolitan Hotel
Fayetteville, Arkansas		 Kyle Hebert, Samantha Inoue-Harte, and Dominic Vitucci. [12]
November 20–22, 2009Cosmopolitan Hotel
Fayetteville, Arkansas		 Juli Erickson, Samantha Inoue-Harte, and Grant James. [13]
March 6–7, 2010Clarion Hotel & Conference Center
Bentonville, Arkansas 		Christopher Ayres, Todd Haberkorn, Vic Mignogna, Wendy Powell, and Maria Vu. [14]
November 20–21, 2010Clarion Hotel & Conference Center
Bentonville, Arkansas		900 [6] Robert Axelrod, Richard Epcar, Samantha Inoue-Harte, and Dominic Vitucci. [15]
March 5–6, 2011Clarion Hotel & Conference Center
Bentonville, Arkansas		DJ Azrael, Eric Benton, Eric Burton, Spike Spencer, and John Swasey. [16]
December 2–4, 2011Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area
Springdale, Arkansas		Jillian Coglan, Samurai Dan Coglan, and Mike McFarland. [17]
March 16–18, 2012Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area
Springdale, Arkansas		1,208DJ Azrael, Eric Benton, Eric Burton, and Sonny Strait. [3]
November 16–18, 2012Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area
Springdale, Arkansas		Jillian Coglan, Samurai Dan Coglan, Samantha Inoue-Harte, Greg Wicker, and Tom Wyner. [18]
April 5–7, 2013 [19] Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area
Springdale, Arkansas
March 14–16, 2014Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area
Springdale, Arkansas		 Chris Bevins, Samantha Inoue-Harte, Rachel Robinson, and J. Michael Tatum. [20]
December 12–14, 2014Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area
Springdale, Arkansas		 Leah Clark, Samantha Inoue-Harte, Kazha, Jad Saxton, [21] and Jessica Calvello. [22]
May 29–31, 2015Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area
Springdale, Arkansas		 Darrel Guilbeau, David Vincent, and Lisle Wilkerson. [23]
May 27–29, 2016Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area
Springdale, Arkansas		Rachael Messer and Austin Tindle. [24]
November 18–20, 2016Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area
Springdale, Arkansas		Samantha Inoue-Hart, Guy Michel, Phil Parsons, and Chris Patton. [25]
May 26–28, 2017Fort Smith Convention Center
Fort Smith, Arkansas 		Leah Clark and Kazha. [26]
November 10–12, 2017DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Bentonville
Four Points by Sheraton Bentonville
Bentonville, Arkansas		Samantha Inoue-Hart [27]
June 29 - July 1, 2018DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Bentonville
Four Points by Sheraton Bentonville
Bentonville, Arkansas		DJ Azrael, Fighting Dreamers Productions, Jeremy Inman, and Kazha. [28]
June 21-23, 2019DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Bentonville
Four Points by Sheraton Bentonville
Bentonville, Arkansas		Aaron Roberts [29]
June 17-19, 2022Four Points by Sheraton Bentonville
Bentonville, Arkansas		 Kyle Jones, John Swasey, and Barry Yandell. [30]
July 14-16, 2023Four Points by Sheraton Bentonville
Bentonville, Arkansas		Josh Martin, Phil Parsons, and Chris Rager. [31]
June 7-9, 2024Four Points by Sheraton Bentonville
Bentonville, Arkansas		Tiffany Grant [32]

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