Ikasucon

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Ikasucon
StatusInactive
Genre Anime, Manga, Video Games, and Japanese popular culture. [1] [2]
Venue Grand Wayne Convention Center
Location(s) Fort Wayne, Indiana
CountryUnited States
Inaugurated2003
Attendance1,500 in 2009 [3]

Ikasucon was an annual three-day anime convention held during July at the Grand Wayne Convention Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The name of the convention has no particular meaning. [4]

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Programming

The convention typically offered anime improv, anime music video contest, chess, costume competitions, game shows, gaming tournaments, formal dance, karaoke, original animation contest, panels, rave, vendors, workshops, and video screenings. [1] [3] [5] [6]

History

Ikasucon was previously held in the Cincinnati, Ohio area until moving to Fort Wayne, Indiana in 2007 for better facilities. [1] [4]

Event history

DatesLocationAtten.Guests
July 25–27, 2003 Cincinnati Convention Center
Cincinnati, Ohio 		Steve Bennett, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Monica Rial, and Jan Scott-Frazier. [7]
July 16–18, 2004Clarion Hotel
Blue Ash, Ohio 		886 Greg Ayres, Steve Bennett, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Yad-Ming Mui, and Jan Scott-Frazier. [8]
July 15–17, 2005Clarion Hotel
Blue Ash, Ohio		1,300Greg Ayres, Steve Bennett, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Hilary Hatch, Yad-Ming Mui, Michael Poe, Jan Scott-Frazier, and Toshifumi Yoshida. [9]
July 14–16, 2006 The Cinergy Center
Cincinnati, Ohio		Greg Ayres, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Michael Gluck, David Kaye, Yad-Ming Mui, Jan Scott-Frazier, Toshifumi Yoshida, and Steve Yun. [10]
August 10–12, 2007 Grand Wayne Convention Center
Fort Wayne, Indiana 		Tristan MacAvery, Kevin McKeever, Yad-Ming Mui, Jan Scott-Frazier, and Toshifumi Yoshida. [11]
July 18–20, 2008Grand Wayne Convention Center
Fort Wayne, Indiana		Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Tristan MacAvery, Jeremy Mauney, Kevin McKeever, Harlan Watkins, and Mariah Watkins. [12]
August 7–9, 2009Grand Wayne Convention Center
Fort Wayne, Indiana		1,500 [3] Jeremy Mauney, Wendy Powell, Harlan Watkins, Mariah Watkins, and Travis Willingham. [13]
July 16–18, 2010Grand Wayne Convention Center [14]
Fort Wayne, Indiana		Hilary Hatch, Michael Poe, Spike Spencer, and Sonny Strait. [15]
July 8–10, 2011Grand Wayne Convention Center
Fort Wayne, Indiana		Hilary Hatch, Jamie McGonnigal, Steve "Warky" Nunez, Michael Poe, Blake Shepard, Sonny Strait, and Eric Stuart. [16]
July 13–15, 2012Grand Wayne Convention Center
Fort Wayne, Indiana		Daniel Coglan, Jillian Coglan, Steve Horton, Jamie McGonnigal, Steve "Warky" Nunez, Michael Poe, Blake Shepard, Sonny Strait, and Eric Stuart. [17]
July 12-14, 2013Grand Wayne Convention Center
Fort Wayne, Indiana		Abracadabra Productions [18]
August 1-3, 2014Grand Wayne Convention Center
Fort Wayne, Indiana		 Robert Axelrod, James Hatton, Scott McNeil, Blake Shepard, Greg Wicker, Eric Wile, and Lisle Wilkerson. [19]
July 10-12, 2015Grand Wayne Convention Center
Fort Wayne, Indiana		 Jeremy Inman and Blake Shepard. [20]
July 8-10, 2016Grand Wayne Convention Center
Fort Wayne, Indiana		James Hatton, Aaron Roberts, Blake Shepard, Austin Tindle, and Greg Wicker. [21]
July 28-30, 2017Grand Wayne Convention Center
Fort Wayne, Indiana		 Quinton Flynn, Michele Knotz, Daman Mills, and Aaron Roberts. [22]

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