Tora-Con

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Tora-Con
StatusActive
Genre Anime, manga, Japanese culture, sci-fi, and fantasy [1] [2]
Venue Rochester Institute of Technology
Location(s) Rochester, New York
CountryUnited States
Inaugurated2005
Attendance2,999 in 2019 [3]
Organized byRIT Anime Club [4]
Website toracon.org OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Tora-Con is an annual two-day anime convention held during March or April at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. The convention's name comes from the Japanese word 'tora' meaning tiger and is organized by the Rochester Institute of Technology Anime Club. [1] [4] The event is family friendly. [5]

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Programming

The convention typically offers an animated music video contest, anime showings, artists alley, concerts, contests, cosplay chess tournament, cosplay contest, cosplay dating game, dances, gaming tournaments, iron cosplay, panels, and performances. [5] [6] [7] [8]

History

Tora-Con was founded to raise money for the anime club. [2] [9] They hit an attendance capacity of 2,500 in 2010 and had to close registration. [9] The convention celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2014. [1] [2] In 2014, the event expanded to additional parts of campus and capped attendance at 3,000 people. [5] [7] Tora-Con 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [10] [11] Tora-Con held a virtual convention in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [12] [13] [14]

Event history

DatesLocationAtten.Guests
April 16, 2005 Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York 		Rukis Croax, Luke Morgan, and Yuko "Aido" Ota. [15]
April 22, 2006Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York		Pine*am [16]
April 28, 2007Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York		625Cosplay Crack Crew, Geek Comedy Tour, Sonny Strait, and Stephanie Yanez. [17]
April 26, 2008Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York		Austell "DJ Asu" Callwood, Geek Comedy Tour, Carrie Savage, and Unicorn Table. [18]
April 25, 2009Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York		1,481Armcannon, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Geek Comedy Tour, Todd Haberkorn, Vic Mignogna, and John Swasey. [19]
April 24–25, 2010Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York		2,500 [9] Armcannon, Johnny Yong Bosch, Eyeshine, Geek Comedy Tour, Gavin Goszka, Yuko "Aido" Ota, Ananth Panagariya, Michael Poe, Monica Rial, Christopher Sabat, Adam Smithee, Eric Vale, and Billy West. [20]
April 16–17, 2011Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York		 Chris Cason, Richard Epcar, Geek Comedy Tour, Brina Palencia, Chris Rager, Ellyn Stern, Uncle Yo. [21]
April 20–22, 2012Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York		Alfred State Jesters, The Asterplace, Leah Clark, Caitlin Glass, Kyle Hebert, Jamie Marchi, Trina Nishimura, Jon St. John, J. Michael Tatum, and Uncle Yo. [22]
March 23–24, 2013Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York		2,600 [5] Todd Haberkorn, Cherami Leigh, Mike McFarland, Powerglove, Monica Rial, and John Swasey. [23]
March 8–9, 2014Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York		3,000
(est) [24] 		Tia Ballard, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Scott Freeman, Aki Glancy, Jessie James Grelle, Chuck Huber, Brittany Lauda, Rare Candy, Symphony Anime Orchestra, Alexis Tipton, Uncle Yo, and Lara Woodhull. [5] [7] [24]
April 18–19, 2015Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York		Armcannon, Chalk Twins, Geek Comedy Tour, Jessie James Grelle, Cherami Leigh, and Chris Rager. [25]
April 23-24, 2016Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York		 Bryn Apprill, Steve Blum, Chalk Twins, Clifford Chapin, Richard Epcar, Todd Haberkorn, and Uncle Yo. [26]
April 22-23, 2017Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York		3,234Chalk Twins, Digitrevx, Aki Glancy, Erika Harlacher, Erica Lindbeck, Laura Post, David Vincent, and Lex Winter. [27]
April 14-15, 2018Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York		3,197 Felecia Angelle, Bit Brigade, Justin Briner, Danimal Cannon, Chalk Twins, Clifford Chapin, Digitrevx, Aki Glancy, Shigeto Koyama, Uncle Yo, Eric Vale, Hiromi Wakabayashi, and Lex Winter. [28]
March 23-24, 2019Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York		2,999 Brian Beacock, Chalk Twins, Aki Glancy, Hanyaan, Brittany Lauda, The Manly Battleships, Kristen McGuire, Matt Shipman, Ian Sinclair, and Uncle Yo. [3]
March 20-21, 2021 [13] Online convention
March 19, 2022Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York		Corina Boettger, Chalk Twins, and Emi Lo. [29]
March 4-5, 2023Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York		Chalk Twins, James Landino, Shihori Nakane, and Lex Winter. [30]
March 23-24, 2024 [31] Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York		Chalk Twins, Lizzie Freeman, Adam Gibbs, Anjali Kunapaneni, Landon McDonald, and Molly Zhang. [31]

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