Information on Otakon 1996

Otakon


August 9-11, 1996
Marriott's Hunt Valley Inn
Hunt Valley, MD

Information:
As a promo, Otakon released "Otakon Doom", a custom Doom mod with a map of the Hunt Valley Inn...complete with theaters full of posessed otaku. They used the Priss BGC character mod as well.

Attendance:
1,000 estimated paid attendees (1,065 estimated warm bodies)

Attendees:
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Advance Rates:
$30 before Feb 29; $35 before Jun 30; $40 after Jul 1

Guests:
• Steve Bennett (Co-Founder, Studio Ironcat)
• Robert DeJesus (Artist / Writer / Character Designer, Studio Capsule)
• Masaomi Kanzaki (Japanese manga artist)
• Matt Lunsford (Artist)
• Neil Nadelman (Translator)
• Steve Pearl (American Otaking, NuTech Digital)
• Sue Shambaugh (Translator)
• Jeff Thompson (ADR Director / Producer, The Right Stuf International)
• Adam Warren (Comic Artist / Writer)

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    Previous/Future Events:
Otakon 1994  July 29-31, 1994
Otakon 1995  September 1-4, 1995
Otakon 1996  August 9-11, 1996
Otakon 1997  August 8-10, 1997
Otakon 1998  August 7-9, 1998
Otakon 1999  July 2-4, 1999
Otakon 2000  August 4-6, 2000
Otakon 2001  August 10-12, 2001
Otakon 2002  July 26-28, 2002
Otakon 2003  August 8-10, 2003
Otakon 2004  Jul 30 - Aug 1, 2004
Otakon 2005  August 19-21, 2005
Otakon 2006  August 4-6, 2006
Otakon 2007  July 20-22, 2007
Otakon 2008  August 8-10, 2008
Otakon 2009  July 17-19, 2009
Otakon 2010  Jul 30 - Aug 1, 2010
Otakon 2011  July 29-31, 2011
Otakon 2012  July 27-29, 2012
Otakon 2013  August 9-11, 2013

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