SacAnime | |
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Status | Active |
Genre | Anime, Manga, Japanese culture [1] |
Venue | SAFE Credit Union Convention Center |
Location(s) | Sacramento, California |
Country | United States |
Inaugurated | 2004 |
Attendance | 21,000 in Summer 2018 [2] |
Filing status | Sole proprietorship [3] |
Website | http://www.sacanime.com/ |
SacAnime is a bi-annual three-day anime convention held at the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center in Sacramento, California. The convention's sister events include SacAnime Roseville, the Sacramento Comic, Toy and Anime Show (Sac-Con), and Bak-Anime.
SacAnime typically features an animated music video contest, art contests, artists alley, card-game tournaments, console gaming, cosplay chess, costume contests, dealers room, fashion show, karaoke, maid cafe, masquerade, music performances, panels, Q&A sessions, rave, swap meet, video games, and workshops. [1] [4] [5] [6]
SacAnime began as an extension of the quarterly Sacramento Comic, Toy and Anime Show (Sac-Con). [4] The convention was originally known as the Sacramento Anime & Manga Show and became a semi-annual event in 2005. [7] Due to the summer convention's growth, it moved to the Sacramento Convention Center in 2013. [5] The Winter 2013 show was also moved to the Sacramento Convention Center. [8] The Summer 2013 event shared the Sacramento Convention Center with the Sacramento Greek Festival, and with the convention badge attendees could enter festival for free. [9] The convention expanded into additional space in the Sacramento Convention Center, along with holding some events in the Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel. The Winter 2014 convention continued to utilize space in the Sheraton Grand. [10] A marriage proposal occurred during the costume contest. Sac-Anime Winter 2016 was the first year they used all exhibit halls at the Sacramento Convention Center. [11] Prop guns were banned at the Summer 2017 convention. [12] SacAnime Summer in 2019 will be moving from September to June. [13]
SacAnime in 2020 moved to Cal Expo due to renovations occurring at the Sacramento Convention Center. [14] [15] SacAnime Summer 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [16] [17] SacAnime Winter 2021 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Sacramento Convention Center not being available. [18] [19] The convention returned to the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center in September 2021, after the venue received $180 million in renovations. [20] They also had a mask mandate. [21] The January 2022 event had COVID-19 protocols and on-site testing. [22]
Dates | Location | Atten. | Guests |
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July 31 - August 1, 2004 | Sunrise Mall Citrus Heights, California | Kyle Hoyt, Ben Seto, and Andrew Wong. [23] | |
February 12, 2005 [7] | Scottish Rite Center Sacramento, California | 1,000 (est) | |
July 30–31, 2005 | Sunrise Mall Citrus Heights, California | Katie Bair, Ron Lim, Steve Oliff, and Ben Seto. [24] | |
January 14, 2006 [25] | Scottish Rite Center Sacramento, California | ||
July 15, 2006 | Scottish Rite Center Sacramento, California | 2,000 (est) | Akai SKY, Artbeat, Katie Bair, Jodon Bellofatto, Neil Kaplan, Ron Lim, Austin Osueke, Trina Robbins, and David Stanworth. [26] |
January 13–14, 2007 | Scottish Rite Center Sacramento, California | Artbeat, Katie Bair, Jodon Bellofatto, Che Gilson, Ron Lim, Yoko Molotov, Austin Osueke, Spike Spencer, Amanda Tomasch, and {mid:night}. [27] | |
July 13–15, 2007 [28] | Red Lion Hotel Sacramento Sacramento, California | Akai SKY, Artbeat, Katie Bair, Crispin Freeman, Lisa Furukawa, Chris Hazelton, Yishan Li, Brandon McKinney, Yoko Molotov, Chris Patton, PLID, Rusika, Patrick Seitz, Spike Spencer, Amanda Tomasch, Aurelio Voltaire, Brent Wooley, and {mid:night}. [29] | |
January 11–13, 2008 | Scottish Rite Center Sacramento, California | Laura Bailey, Darrel Guilbeau, Metal Phyzix, Vic Mignogna, Ben Roman, The Slants, and Travis Willingham. [30] | |
August 29–31, 2008 | Scottish Rite Center [31] Sacramento, California | Katie Bair, Jodon Bellofatto, Crispin Freeman, Che Gilson, Neil Kaplan, Liam O'Brien, Sam Riegel, and Spike Spencer. [32] | |
January 9–11, 2009 | Scottish Rite Center Sacramento, California | Akai SKY, Laura Bailey, Katie Bair, Jodon Bellofatto, Lisa Furukawa, Tom Kane, Vic Mignogna, Ben Roman, Chris Sarandon, Travis Willingham, and {mid:night}. [33] | |
August 28–30, 2009 | Radisson Hotel Sacramento, California | Katie Bair, Jodon Bellofatto, Alyson Court, Che Gilson, Brandon McKinney, Paul Mercier, Liam O'Brien, August Ragone, Roger Craig Smith, and Tanuki Suit Riot. [34] | |
January 8–10, 2010 | Radisson Hotel Sacramento, California | Laura Bailey, Katie Bair, Jodon Bellofatto, Brandon McKinney, Vic Mignogna, Chris Sarandon, The Slants, and Travis Willingham. [35] | |
September 3–5, 2010 | Radisson Hotel Sacramento, California | Katie Bair, Jodon Bellofatto, Steve Blum, Rebecca Forstadt, Ali Hillis, Mari Iijima, Billy Martinez, Liam O'Brien, Phoenix Ash, [36] and Steve Yun. [37] | |
January 7–9, 2011 | Radisson Hotel Sacramento, California | Karan Ashley, Johnny Yong Bosch, Steve Cardenas, Karen Dyer, Yaya Han, Walter E. Jones, Kairu, Ken Lally, Roger Craig Smith, Sonny Strait, and Catherine Sutherland. [38] | |
September 2–4, 2011 | Radisson Hotel Sacramento, California | 4,800 [4] | Akai SKY, Johnny Yong Bosch, James C. Burns, Eyeshine, Yuri Lowenthal, Billy Martinez, Liam O'Brien, Tara Platt, Sam Riegel, and The Slants. [39] |
January 13–15, 2012 | Woodlake Hotel (Formerly Radisson) [5] Sacramento, California | 5000+ (est) [5] | Troy Baker, Quinton Flynn, Ali Hillis, Kazha, Vic Mignogna, Tara Strong, and Mark Tatulli. [40] |
August 31-September 2, 2012 | Woodlake Hotel Sacramento, California | 7,000 | Akai SKY, Laura Bailey, Johnny Yong Bosch, Eyeshine, Jennifer Hale, Billy Martinez, Michelle Ruff, Roger Craig Smith, Team LoveHate, and Travis Willingham. [41] |
January 4–6, 2013 | Sacramento Convention Center Sacramento, California | Mai Aizawa, Kevin Conroy, Grey DeLisle, Maile Flanagan, Toshio Furukawa, Todd Haberkorn, Kyle Hebert, Kazha, Cyril Lumboy, Tsuyoshi Nonaka, Liam O'Brien, Tony Oliver, Raj Ramayya, and Hynden Walch. [42] | |
August 30-September 1, 2013 | Sacramento Convention Center Sacramento, California | 9,000 (est) | Akai SKY, Troy Baker, Johnny Yong Bosch, Hector David, Jr., Najee De-Tiege, Eyeshine, Alex Heartman, Ashley Johnson, Cherami Leigh, Charles Martinet, Billy Martinez, Tsuyoshi Nonaka, Nolan North, Bryce Papenbrook, Raj Ramayya, Sumi Shimamoto, J. Michael Tatum, and Dan Woren. [43] |
January 3–5, 2014 | Sacramento Convention Center Sacramento, California | 10,132 [44] | Dante Basco, Steve Blum, Ashly Burch, Svetlana Chmakova, Steve Downes, Kazha, Charles Martinet, Kenta Maruyama, Adam May, Vic Mignogna, Nylon Pink, Tony Oliver, Brina Palencia, Raj Ramayya, Jeremy Shada, Jen Taylor, Bruce Thomas, and Janet Varney. [44] |
August 29–31, 2014 | Sacramento Convention Center Sacramento, California | Johnny Yong Bosch, Rodger Bumpass, Christine Marie Cabanos, Eyeshine, Jason Faunt, Jessie James Grelle, Adrian Hough, Melissa Hutchison, Yuri Lowenthal, Billy Martinez, Brandon Jay McLaren, Danielle McRae, Liam O'Brien, Tony Oliver, Tara Platt, Sam Riegel, Mark Sheppard, The Slants, Roger Craig Smith, Greg Snegoff, J. Michael Tatum, Cristina Vee, Noah Watts, and Steve Yun. [45] | |
January 2–4, 2015 | Sacramento Convention Center Sacramento, California | Linda Ballantyne, Ashly Burch, Dameon Clarke, Peter Cullen, John DiMaggio, Richard Epcar, Tony Fleecs, Caitlin Glass, Barbara Goodson, Chris Gore, Katie Griffin, Todd Haberkorn, Yaya Han, Kyle Hebert, Lauren Landa, Toshio Maeda, Charles Martinet, Adam May, Erica Mendez, Matthew Mercer, Amanda C. Miller, Cassandra Lee Morris, Trina Nishimura, Brina Palencia, Bryce Papenbrook, Toby Proctor, Revolution Boi, Susan Roman, Ellyn Stern, David Vincent, Lisle Wilkerson, and Mamoru Yokota. [46] | |
September 4–6, 2015 | Sacramento Convention Center Sacramento, California | 17,000 (est) [3] | Zach Aguilar, Karan Ashley, Laura Bailey, Johnny Yong Bosch, Jim Cummings, John DiMaggio, Steve Downes, Eyeshine, David Faustino, David J. Fielding, Seychelle Gabriel, Erika Harlacher, Walter E. Jones, Maurice LaMarche, Erica Lindbeck, Toshio Maeda, Liam O'Brien, Austin St. John, Jen Taylor, Lauren Tom, Janet Varney, Hynden Walch, Billy West, Travis Willingham, and Wally Wingert. [47] |
January 1–3, 2016 | Sacramento Convention Center Sheraton Grand Hotel [48] Sacramento, California | 12,000 (est) [3] | Irene Bedard, Ashly Burch, Zach Callison, Steve Cardenas, Dameon Clarke, Kevin Eastman, David Eddings, Crispin Freeman, Todd Haberkorn, Doug Jones, Lauren Landa, Cherami Leigh, Toshio Maeda, Charles Martinet, David Matranga, Adam May, Trina Nishimura, Chris Sarandon, and Veronica Taylor. [49] |
September 2–4, 2016 | Sacramento Convention Center Sacramento Memorial Auditorium [50] Sacramento, California | Laura Bailey, Dante Basco, Steve Blum, Nakia Burrise, John DiMaggio, Courtnee Draper, Blake Anthony Foster, Linda Larkin, Wendee Lee, Toshio Maeda, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Liam O'Brien, Brina Palencia, Sam Riegel, Hilary Shepard, Roger Craig Smith, Catherine Sutherland, J. Michael Tatum, Roger Velasco, Selwyn Jaydon Ward, and Travis Willingham. [51] | |
January 6–8, 2017 | Sacramento Convention Center Sacramento, California | Karan Ashley, Ashly Burch, Dameon Clarke, Dancing Dolls, David Eddings, Kellen Goff, Walter E. Jones, Cherami Leigh, Charles Martinet, Adam May, Vic Mignogna, Cassandra Lee Morris, Nolan North, Paige O'Hara, Bryce Papenbrook, Khary Payton, Michelle Ruff, Austin St. John, J. Michael Tatum, David Vincent, and David Yost. [52] | |
September 1–3, 2017 | Sacramento Convention Center Sacramento, California | Kira Buckland, Zach Callison, Ali Hillis, Toshio Maeda, Elizabeth Maxwell, Kristian Nairn, Trina Nishimura, Liam O'Brien, Brina Palencia, Adrian Paul, John Ratzenberger, Sam Riegel, Bill Rogers, Roger Craig Smith, Gaku Space, J. Michael Tatum, Courtenay Taylor, and Hynden Walch. [53] | |
January 5–7, 2018 | Sacramento Convention Center Sheraton Grand Sacramento Sacramento, California | 17,000 (est) | Bryn Apprill, Laura Bailey, Anjali Bhimani, Steve Cardenas, Feodor Chin, Dameon Clarke, Grey DeLisle, Barbara Dunkelman, Kara Eberle, Crispin Freeman, Todd Haberkorn, Lindsay Jones, Ralph Lister, Charles Martinet, Elizabeth Maxwell, Vic Mignogna, Paul Nakauchi, Alan Oppenheimer, Chris Parson, Josh Petersdorf, Keith Silverstein, Travis Willingham, Arryn Zech, and Elise Zhang. [54] |
August 31-September 2, 2018 | Sacramento Convention Center Sheraton Grand Sacramento Sacramento, California | 21,000 (est) | Tony Anselmo, Morgan Berry, Jen Brown, Greg Bryk, Michael Chu, Jason Douglas, Richard Epcar, Quinton Flynn, Mary Gibbs, Caitlin Glass, Michael Gough, Jessie James Grelle, Michael Vincent Jones, Christopher Judge, Brittney Karbowski, E. Jason Liebrecht, Jamie Marchi, David Matranga, Robert McCollum, Shannon McCormick, Trina Nishimura, Derek Stephen Prince, Carolina Ravassa, Monica Rial, Christopher Sabat, Ian Sinclair, Matilda Smedius, Ellyn Stern, Andre Stojka, Sonny Strait, Eric Vale, and Elise Zhang. [2] |
January 4–6, 2019 | Sacramento Convention Center Sheraton Grand Sacramento Sacramento, California | Justin Briner, Kimberly Brooks, Luci Christian, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Jen Cohn, Jonny Cruz, Bill Farmer, Neil Kaplan, Josh Keaton, Rachael Lillis, Erica Luttrell, Jason Marsden, Charles Martinet, Brandon McInnis, Vic Mignogna, Chris Patton, Tara Sands, Sean Schemmel, Eric Stuart, J. Michael Tatum, Veronica Taylor, Eric Vale, and Christopher Wehkamp. [55] | |
June 7–9, 2019 | Sacramento Convention Center Sheraton Grand Sacramento Sacramento, California | Benz Antoine, Gregg Berger, Peter Blomquist, Hedy Burress, Sean Chiplock, Roger Clark, Jim Cummings, Aaron Dismuke, Curzon Dobell, Susan Eisenberg, Ricco Fajardo, Crispin Freeman, Dolya Gavanski, Kellen Goff, Todd Haberkorn, Jennifer Hale, Kyle Hebert, Joe Hernandez, Samantha Ireland, Katie Leigh, Terence McGovern, Alex McKenna, Huck Milner, Jamie Mortellaro, George Newbern, Steve J. Palmer, Bryce Papenbrook, Jim Santangeli, Lindsay Seidel, Gabriel Sloyer, Roger Craig Smith, Patricia Summersett, David Vincent, Rob Wiethoff, and Gwendoline Yeo. [56] | |
January 3–5, 2020 | Cal Expo Sacramento, California | Dawn M. Bennett, Steve Blum, Johnny Yong Bosch, Ray Chase, Hayden Daviau, Robbie Daymond, Jack DeSena, Chloé Hollings, Brittney Karbowski, Brianna Knickerbocker, Reuben Langdon, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Max Mittelman, Michaela Jill Murphy, Stephanie Panisello, Adrian Petriw, and Michelle Ruff. [57] | |
September 3–5, 2021 | SAFE Credit Union Convention Center [20] Sacramento, California | Michael Bell, Jodi Benson, Justin Briner, Clifford Chapin, François Chau, Luci Christian, Leah Clark, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Amber Lee Connors, Justin Cook, Jessie James Grelle, Jamie Marchi, David Matranga, Kristen McGuire, Brandon McInnis, Emily Neves, Kyle Phillips, Monica Rial, Aaron Roberts, Jad Saxton, Sean Schemmel, Derick Snow, J. Michael Tatum, Austin Tindle, Alexis Tipton, and Keone Young. [58] | |
January 7–9, 2022 | SAFE Credit Union Convention Center Sacramento, California | Zach Aguilar, Peter Behn, Morgan Berry, Johnny Yong Bosch, Ray Chase, Doug Cockle, Robbie Daymond, Aaron Dismuke, Steve Downes, Donnie Dunagan, Barbara Dunkelman, Kara Eberle, Bill Farmer, Kellen Goff, Todd Haberkorn, Jill Harris, Bret Iwan, Kenny James, Billy Kametz, Samantha Kelly, Erik Scott Kimerer, Brianna Knickerbocker, Jackie Lastra, Aleks Le, Cherami Leigh, Jason Marsden, Faye Mata, Taylor McNee, Max Mittelman, John Morris, James Mulligan, Trina Nishimura, Bryce Papenbrook, Dallas Reid, Laura Faye Smith, Daisuke Tsuji, and Cristina Vee. [59] | |
September 2–4, 2022 | SAFE Credit Union Convention Center Sacramento, California | JB Blanc, Greg Cipes, Nicholas Corda, Brittany Cox, Darrel J. Delfin, Brian Donovan, Steve Downes, Maile Flanagan, Tom Gibis, Michael Haigney, Kate Higgins, Megan Hollingshead, Justine Huxley, Nadji Jeter, Margaret Kerry, Anjali Kunapaneni, Alan Lee, Rachael Lillis, Yuri Lowenthal, Charles Martinet, Robb Moreira, Elle Newlands, Khary Payton, Tara Platt, Nicolas Roye, Christopher Sabat, Tara Sands, Sean Schemmel, Roger Craig Smith, Jason Spisak, Tara Strong, Eric Stuart, Jen Taylor, Veronica Taylor, Brandon Winckler, Thomas Wynn, Michael Yurchak, and Stuart Zagnit. [60] | |
January 6–8, 2023 | SAFE Credit Union Convention Center Sacramento, California | Zach Aguilar, Troy Baker, Greg Baldwin, Dante Basco, Johnny Yong Bosch, Justin Briner, Steve Burton, Shannon Chan-Kent, Clifford Chapin, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Ian James Corlett, Grey DeLisle, Jack DeSena, Brian Drummond, Rick Farmiloe, Adam Gibbs, Olivia Hack, Alessandro Juliani, David Kaye, Jennie Kwan, Cricket Leigh, David Matranga, Jillian Michaels, Michaela Jill Murphy, George Newbern, Trina Nishimura, Bryce Papenbrook, Deborah Estelle Phillips, Jonah Scott, James Sie, Austin St. John, Brad Swaile, Jen Taylor, Austin Tindle, Abby Trott, Mae Whitman, Sarah Wiedenheft, and Dave Wittenberg. [61] | |
September 1–3, 2023 | SAFE Credit Union Convention Center Sacramento, California | 29,000 [62] | Irene Bedard, Steve Blum, Jim Cummings, Tony Fleecs, Adam Harrington, Cissy Jones, Christopher Judge, Tom Kenny, Gabe Kunda, Mela Lee, Erica Luttrell, Toshio Maeda, Xander Mobus, Cassandra Lee Morris, Brandon Potter, Ian Sinclair, Dan Southworth, Sonny Strait, Christopher Wehkamp, Johnny Young, and Stephanie Young Brehm. [63] |
January 5-7, 2024 | SAFE Credit Union Convention Center Sacramento, California | Kelly Baskin, Laila Berzins, Griffin Burns, Sean Chiplock, Luci Christian, Colleen Clinkenbeard, John DiMaggio, Marisa Duran, Kyle Hebert, Richard Horvitz, Jennie Kwan, Amanda "AmaLee" Lee, E. Jason Liebrecht, Erica Lindbeck, Yuri Lowenthal, Josey McCoy, Brandon McKinney, Vivian Nixon, Kyle Phillips, Bryce Pinkham, Tara Platt, Brandon Rogers, Alejandro Saab, Christopher Sabat, Stephanie Sheh, David Sobolov, Stephanie Southerland, and Cristina Vee. [64] | |
August 30 - September 1, 2024 | SAFE Credit Union Convention Center Sacramento, California | Laura Bailey, Tia Ballard, Ryan Bartley, Dawn M. Bennett, Jodi Benson, Johnny Yong Bosch, Ray Chase, Leah Clark, Robbie Daymond, Sandy Fox, Erika Henningsen, Tom Kenny, Brianna Knickerbocker, Anjali Kunapaneni, Lex Lang, Linda Larkin, Cherami Leigh, Adam McArthur, David McCormack, Brandon McKinney, Vivienne Medrano, Max Mittelman, Xander Mobus, Bill Morrison, Paige O'Hara, Blake Roman, Jad Saxton, Stephanie Sheh, The Slants, Amir Talai, Kaiji Tang, Marie Westbrook, Travis Willingham, Anne Yatco, and Melanie Zanetti. [65] | |
January 3-5, 2025 | SAFE Credit Union Convention Center Sacramento, California | Zach Aguilar, Troy Baker, A.J. Beckles, Harry Belden, Edward Bosco, Alex Brightman, Griffin Burns, Ian Cardoni, Greg Chun, Dameon Clarke, Ben Diskin, D.C. Douglas, Jason Douglas, Lizzie Freeman, Spencer Grammer, Kyle Hebert, Ali Hillis, Erik Scott Kimerer, Michael Kovach, Aleks Le, Mark Meer, Trina Nishimura, Bryce Papenbrook, Anairis Quiñones, Christopher Sabat, William Salyers, Chris Sarandon, Sean Schemmel, Patrick Seitz, Sonny Strait, Courtenay Taylor, Abby Trott, Kari Wahlgren, and Dave Wittenberg. [66] |
SacAnime Roseville (formerly Anime: Roseville and SacAnime Spring) is a three-day anime convention held at Roebbelen Center @the Grounds in Roseville, California. The 2019 event was one day. [67] Anime: Roseville 2020 was at first postponed from April to August due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the 2020 event later being cancelled. [68] [69] [70]
Dates | Location | Atten. | Guests |
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August 18, 2019 | Fairgrounds Placer County Roseville, California | Cherami Leigh and Trina Nishimura. [71] | |
April 15–17, 2022 | Roebbelen Center @the Grounds Roseville, California | Katelyn Barr, Ian James Corlett, Chris Guerrero, Chuck Huber, Kazha, Phil LaMarr, Lauren Landa, Mike McFarland, Ry McKeand, Griffin Puatu, Jonah Scott, John Swasey, Lauren Tom, and Billy West. [72] | |
April 7–9, 2023 | Roebbelen Center @the Grounds Roseville, California | Carlos Alazraqui, Felecia Angelle, Ryan Bartley, Susanne Blakeslee, Grey DeLisle, Jessie James Grelle, Butch Hartman, Neil Kaplan, Jamie Marchi, Charles Martinet, Daran Norris, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Mike Pollock, Michelle Ruff, Jad Saxton, Roger Craig Smith, Tara Strong, and Wally Wingert. [73] | |
March 29-31, 2024 | Roebbelen Center @the Grounds Roseville, California | Daniel Baugh, Anthony Bowling, Clifford Chapin, Amber Lee Connors, Jordan Dash Cruz, Kelsey Cruz, R. Bruce Elliott, David Errigo Jr., Bill Farmer, Cris George, John Gremillion, Bret Iwan, Lauren Landa, Vincent Martella, Elizabeth Maxwell, Brandon McKinney, John Morris, Trina Nishimura, Phil Parsons, Mallorie Rodak, and Ian Sinclair. [74] |
Bak-Anime is an annual one- or two-day anime convention held at the Bakersfield Marriott at the Convention Center in Bakersfield, California by the staff of Sac-Anime. [75] The convention began due to the requests of fans from the Bakersfield Comic Con. [76]
SacAnime Gives Back! was a one-day charity anime convention held at the McClellan Conference Center in McClellan Park, California.
Dates | Location | Atten. | Guests |
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May 15, 2016 | McClellan Conference Center McClellan Park, California | Ali Hillis and Cherami Leigh. [77] |
SacAnime Swap Meets were events held at the Placer Valley Event Center in Roseville, California. September's Swap Meet was also known as the Roseville Comic-Con. [78] The January 2021 event was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [79] [80] The April 2021 event occurred under controversial circumstances. [81] Placer County's COVID-19 vaccination center at the Swap Meet's venue closed for the event. [80] The vaccination center traditionally didn't operate over weekends and SacAnime offered to adjust its needed space, which ended up not being necessary. [78] [81] SacAnime had mask and social distancing rules during the event, which was branded as a swap meet with only vendors. [78] [82] Issues during the event included a lack of social distancing, poor mask enforcement, and no hand sanitizing dispensers in the event space. [83]
Dates | Location | Atten. | Guests |
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September 27, 2020 | Placer Valley Event Center Roseville, California | Johnny Yong Bosch [84] | |
April 2–4, 2021 | Placer Valley Event Center Roseville, California | 6,000 [85] | Christina Marie Kelly, E. Jason Liebrecht, Chris Marrinan, Christopher Sabat, and Molly Searcy. [86] |
Anime: Roseville Swap Meet was an event held at the Placer Valley Event Center in Roseville, California.
Dates | Location | Atten. | Guests |
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June 6, 2021 | Placer Valley Event Center Roseville, California | Aaron Dismuke, Elizabeth Maxwell, and Eric Vale. [87] |
Otakon is an annual three-day anime convention held during July/August. From 1999 to 2016, it took place at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland's Inner Harbor district; in 2017, it moved to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The convention focuses on East Asian popular culture and its fandom. The name is a portmanteau derived from convention and the Japanese word otaku.
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