Name:	A-Kon [visit site]
Date:	May 31 - June 2, 2002
Location:	Hyatt Regency DFW Dallas, TX
Attendance:	6,420 people
Programming and Events:	Video Programming: Anime Screening(s) Panel Programming: Guest Panels Industry Panels Fan Panels Workshops Costume Events: Hall Cosplay Masquerade / Cosplay Competition Art Programming: Art Show    Music Programming: Dance Karaoke Game Programming: Video Gaming Live Action Role Playing Role Playing Games Other Events: Dealers' Room Dinner Game Shows
Guests:	Will Allison (Artist, Radio Comix) Arik Renee Avila (Writer / Director / Artist, Dementia7 Studios, LLC) Steve Bennett (Co-Founder, Studio Ironcat) Tippi N. Blevins (Writer) Rodney "Largo" Caston (Author, MegaTokyo/Uberclocked) Meg Chittenden (Author) Dementia7 Studios (Dementia7 Studios, LLC) DNA Studios Duel Jewel (Musicians) Pat Duke (Publisher / Author / Artist, Radio Comix) Ben Dunn (Creator and Artist, Antarctic Press / Sentai Studios) P.N. Elrod (Author / Editor / Costumer) Newton Ewell (Artist / Writer) Melanie Fletcher (Writer) Fred Gallagher (Comic Artist, Fredart) Tiffany Grant (Voice Actor / Writer, ADV Films / FUNimation / Illimitoon) Yaya Han (Cosplayer) Matthew High (Retailer Liaison, Radio Comix) Taliesin Jaffe (Voice Actor / ADR Director) Daniel Kanemitsu Kobushi Taiko (Taiko Drummers) Steve Kyte (Artist / Illustrator) Edward Luena (Artist, Black Fox Studio) Lee W. Madison (Artist) Lee Martindale (Writer, Society for Creative Anachronism) Helen McCarthy (Writer) Scott McNeil (Voice Actor, Ocean Studios) Lindze Merritt (Cosplayer) Millermuller Ballet Phillip Nelson (Sr. Dir. of Video Product Marketing, NewTek) Jonathan Osborne (Voice Actor) Panther Comics Eddie Perkins (Writer / Artist) Fred Perry (Artist / Writer, Gold Digger) Radio Comix (Publisher) Xero Reynolds (Artist / Musician / Voice Actor) Joe Rosales (Comic Artist, Radio Comix) Stan Sakai (Artist / Creator) Jan Scott-Frazier (Director / Translator / Jane-of-all-trades) Diana X. Sprinkle (Artist, Radio Comix) Michael Suarez (Writer, Radio Comix) The Sun String Quartet (Musicians) Valkyrie Games Joe Wight (Artist, Antarctic Press) Elin Winkler (Editor / Publisher / Writer, Radio Comix) 45 guests listed
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Photos and Reports:	A Fan's View American Cosplay Paradise AnimeOnDVD.com - Mariela Ortiz Cosplayspot Linus Lam Network News Submit a link to your report
See Also:	Project: A-Kon 1990 -  July 28-29, 1990 Project: A-Kon 1991 -  May 25-26, 1991 Project: A-Kon 1992 -  June 5-7, 1992 Project: A-Kon 1993 -  May 28-30, 1993 Project: A-Kon 1994 -  June 3-5, 1994 Project: A-Kon 1995 -  June 2, 1995 Project: A-Kon 1996 -  May 31 - June 2, 1996 Project: A-Kon 1997 -  May 30 - June 1, 1997 Project: A-Kon 1998 -  May 29-31, 1998 Project: A-Kon 1999 -  June 4-6, 1999 A-Kon 2000 -  June 2, 2000 Project: A-Kon 2001 -  June 1-3, 2001 A-Kon 2002 -  May 31 - June 2, 2002 A-Kon 2003 -  May 30 - June 1, 2003 A-Kon 2004 -  June 4-6, 2004 AnimeDay 2004 -  August 14, 2004 A-Kon 2005 -  June 3-5, 2005 A-Kon 2006 -  June 9-11, 2006 A-Kon 2007 -  June 1-3, 2007 A-Kon 2008 -  May 30 - June 1, 2008
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