NashiCon

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NashiCon
StatusInactive
Genre Anime, Japanese popular culture [1] [2]
VenueDoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Columbia, South Carolina
Location(s) Columbia, South Carolina
CountryUnited States
Inaugurated2008
Attendance2,300 in 2019 [3]
Organized byNASHI (Nippon Animation Society of Heavenly Imagery) [4]

NashiCon was an annual three-day anime convention held traditionally during March/April at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Columbia, South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina. [5] It was the first anime convention in South Carolina and Nashi stands for Nippon Anime Society of Heavenly Imagery. [2] [6]

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Programming

The convention typically offered an anime viewing room, artists alley, cosplay ball, dance, human board game (OTAKU - Oversized Tangential All-Consuming Kaleidoscopic Universe), panels, table top gaming, and video gaming. [2] [4] [7] The Carolina Manga Library evolved out of NashiCon 2013 and provided the convention's manga library in 2014. [8] [9]

History

The first convention held in 2008 attracted 200+ attendees. [7] They relocated venues to the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center in 2012. [10] NashiCon became a three-day convention in 2015. [6]

Event History

DatesLocationAtten.Guests
April 11, 2009 University of South Carolina, Columbia Campus
Columbia, South Carolina 		200
(est) [11] 		Northrup Davis and Thor Thorvaldson, Jr. [11]
April 17–18, 2010University of South Carolina, Columbia Campus
Columbia, South Carolina		400
(est) [12] 		Sean McGuinness, Morgan Skye, and Thor Thorvaldson, Jr. [12]
March 19–20, 2011University of South Carolina, Columbia Campus
Columbia, South Carolina		900
(est) [13] 		Kittyhawk, Sean McGuinness, Morgan Skye, and Thor Thorvaldson, Jr. [13]
March 31-April 1, 2012Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
Columbia, South Carolina		1,100
(est) [10] 		Kittyhawk, Sean McGuinness, Morgan Skye, Spike Spencer, and Thor Thorvaldson, Jr. [10]
April 13–14, 2013Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
Columbia, South Carolina		1,300
(est) [14] 		Laugh Out Loud, Sean McGuinness, Mega Ran, and Thor Thorvaldson, Jr. [14]
April 19–20, 2014Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
Columbia, South Carolina		1,800
(est) [15] 		Robert Axelrod, Cir9, Laugh Out Loud, Sean McGuinness, Mega Ran, K Murdock, Seraphina, Thor Thorvaldson, Jr., Greg Wicker, and Lisle Wilkerson. [15]
April 17–19, 2015 [16] Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
Columbia, South Carolina		2,334 [17] Cir9, Kyle Hebert, Laugh Out Loud, Sean McGuinness, Spike Spencer, and Thor Thorvaldson, Jr. [17]
April 1–3, 2016Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
Columbia, South Carolina		2,500 (est.)Kittyhawk, Lauren Landa, Tony Oliver, Thor Thorvaldson, Jr., and David Vincent. [18]
March 31 - April 2, 2017Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
Columbia, South Carolina		2,700 (est.) Kira Buckland, Kyle Hebert, None Like Joshua, Derek Stephen Prince, SkyBlew, and Thor Thorvaldson, Jr. [19]
March 23–25, 2018Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
Columbia, South Carolina		2,700 (est.)Mega Ran, Erica Mendez, Miku-tan, None Like Joshua, and Lisle Wilkerson. [20]
April 5-7, 2019Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
Columbia, South Carolina		2,300 (est.)Chalk Twins, Brittany Lauda, Matt Shipman, and Christopher Wehkamp. [3]
February 14-16, 2020DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina		 AmaLee, Jād Saxton, and Sarah Wiedenheft. [21]

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