Bak-Anime

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

Bak-Anime is an annual two-day anime convention held 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]

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