Bak-Anime

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Bak-Anime
StatusActive
Genre Anime, Manga, Video Games [1] [2]
VenueKern County Fairgrounds
Location Bakersfield, California
CountryUnited States
Inaugurated2010
Website http://www.bak-anime.com/

Bak-Anime is an annual two-day anime convention held during May/June at the Kern County Fairgrounds in Bakersfield, California by the staff of SacAnime. [3] The convention is the sister conventions to the Bakersfield Comic Con, Sacramento Comic, Toy and Anime Show (Sac-Con), and SacAnime.

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Programming

The convention typically offers an artists’ alley, card game tournaments, cosplay contest, dealer's room, and a swap meet. [4] [5] [6]

History

The convention began due to the requests of fans from the Bakersfield Comic Con. [7] [8] Bak-Anime in winter 2013 moved to the Bakersfield Marriott due to growth and for the fall 2013 event expanded to two days. [1] [7] [8] The expansion in the fall was considered a risk due to the increased costs of events run at that time of the year. [1] The convention returned to one day in June 2014, and re-expanded to two days in January 2015. [9] [10] The 2019 event occupied two of the Kern County Fairgrounds buildings. [6] Bak-Anime 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [11] [12] Bak-Anime 2021 was also cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [13] [14]

Event history

DatesLocationAtten.Guests
May 2, 2010Doubletree Hotel Bakersfield
Bakersfield, California 		Katie Bair and Liam O'Brien. [3]
January 23, 2011Doubletree Hotel Bakersfield
Bakersfield, California		Stephanie Lesniak, Billy Martinez, and Vic Mignogna. [15]
April 22, 2012Doubletree Hotel Bakersfield
Bakersfield, California		1,100 [7] Laura Bailey, Billy Martinez, and Travis Willingham. [16]
January 20, 2013Bakersfield Marriott at the Convention Center
Bakersfield, California		1,400
(est) [17] 		Ivy Doomkitty, Billy Martinez, Roger Craig Smith, and Nate Watson. [18]
November 2–3, 2013Bakersfield Marriott at the Convention Center
Bakersfield, California		Akai SKY, Jennifer Hale, Liam O'Brien, and Sam Riegel. [19]
June 22, 2014Bakersfield Marriott at the Convention Center
Bakersfield, California		 Trina Nishimura and Brina Palencia. [20]
January 24–25, 2015Bakersfield Marriott at the Convention Center
Bakersfield, California		around 1,400
(est) [21] 		Christine Marie Cabanos, Kyle Hebert, and Cristina Vee. [22] [23]
February 6–7, 2016Bakersfield Marriott at the Convention Center
Bakersfield, California		 Johnny Yong Bosch, Eyeshine, Tony Fleecs, Ali Hillis, [24] and Kyle Hebert, Roger Jackson. [21]
February 25–26, 2017Kern County Fairgrounds
Bakersfield, California		around 3,500
(est) [25] [26] 		Karan Ashley, Walter E. Jones, Cherami Leigh Danielle McRae, Vic Mignogna, and David Yost. [26]
February 3–4, 2018Kern County Fairgrounds
Bakersfield, California		 Feodor Chin, Liam O'Brien, Josh Petersdorf, and David Yost. [27]
February 2–3, 2019Kern County Fairgrounds
Bakersfield, California		 Kellen Goff, Kenny James, Neil Kaplan, Vic Mignogna, and Tara Sands. [28]
May 21-22, 2022Kern County Fairgrounds
Bakersfield, California		 Mela Lee, Vic Mignogna, Sarah Natochenny, Alicyn Packard, Nate Watson, Ezra Weisz, Joe Zieja, [29] and James Mathis III. [30]
May 20-21, 2023Kern County Fairgrounds
Bakersfield, California		Laila Berzins, Brook Chalmers, Ian James Corlett, Tony Fleecs, Josey McCoy, Patrick Pedraza, and Dina Sherman. [31]
June 1-2, 2024Kern County Fairgrounds
Bakersfield, California		A.J. Beckles, Griffin Burns, Sean Chiplock, Doug Erholtz, Chris Hackney, Anairis Quiñones, Christopher Corey Smith, Karen Strassman, and Dan Woren. [32]
May 31 - June 1, 2025Kern County Fairgrounds
Bakersfield, California		 JB Blanc, Catero Colbert, Dorothy Fahn, Tom Fahn, Mara Junot, Anjali Kunapaneni, Erica Luttrell, Kayleigh McKee, Jonah Scott, Nate Watson, [33] Natasha Craig, and Scott Joseph. [34]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Dias, Stefani (October 30, 2013). "Anime-azing weekend ahead for serious fans". The Bakersfield Californian. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Wheat, Graham C (November 6, 2013). "Hale, Riegel and O'Brien take center stage at Bak-Anime". The Renegade Rip. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Bak-Anime 2010 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
  4. ↑ Luiz, Joseph (February 3, 2018). "Getting animated: County fairgrounds hosts Bak-Anime convention". The Bakersfield Californian. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Get animated for return of Bak-Anime this weekend". The Bakersfield Californian. January 31, 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  6. 1 2 Chandy, Asha (January 26, 2019). "Bak-Anime a two-day event chock-full of Japanese pop culture". The Bakersfield Californian. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  7. 1 2 3 Dias, Stefani (January 18, 2013). "Mad for manga? Head to Bak-Anime". The Bakersfield Californian. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  8. 1 2 "Bak-Anime, Bakersfield anime convention held at Marriott". ABC 23 - Scripps TV Station Group. January 20, 2013. Archived from the original on January 26, 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  9. ↑ Dias, Stefani (June 18, 2014). "Bronies, actors and cosplay, oh my!". The Bakersfield Californian. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  10. ↑ Houghtaling, Lexie (January 26, 2015). "Fans head out to Bakersfield Anime Convention". Bakersfield Now. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  11. ↑ "Thank You! See You Next Year". Facebook. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  12. ↑ "Bak-Anime 2020 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  13. ↑ "Bak-Anime Postponing to 2022 - Bak-Anime". Bak-Anime. April 21, 2021. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  14. ↑ "Bak-Anime 2021 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  15. ↑ "Bak-Anime 2011 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
  16. ↑ "Bak-Anime 2012 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
  17. ↑ Shin, Robin (January 30, 2013). "Cosplayers gather at Bak-Anime". The Renegade Rip. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  18. ↑ "Bak-Anime 2013 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
  19. ↑ "Bak-Anime 2013 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
  20. ↑ "Bak-Anime 2014 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
  21. 1 2 Dias, Stefani (February 3, 2016). "Bak-Anime illustrates commitment to community". The Bakersfield Californian. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  22. ↑ "Bak-Anime 2015 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
  23. ↑ Ardis, Kelly (January 21, 2015). "Who was that masked man? Find out at Bak-Anime". The Bakersfield Californian. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  24. ↑ "Bak-Anime 2016 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  25. ↑ Dias, Stefani (February 27, 2017). "New theater takes a bow". Bakersfield Now. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  26. 1 2 "Bak-Anime 2017 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  27. ↑ "Bak-Anime 2018 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  28. ↑ "Bak-Anime 2019 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
  29. ↑ "Bak-Anime 2022 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  30. ↑ Torrez, Marco (22 May 2022). "Bak-Anime returns to Bakersfield with thousands of fans flooding the Kern County Fairgrounds". KGET. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  31. ↑ "Bak-Anime 2023 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  32. ↑ "Bak-Anime 2024 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  33. ↑ "Bak-Anime 2025 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
  34. ↑ Dias, Stefani (27 May 2025). "Bak-Anime back for more fun at fairgrounds". The Bakersfield Californian. Retrieved 9 June 2025.

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