August 11-13, 2017
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Organized by Otakorp, Inc.
Information:
Founded in 1994, Otakon is an annual convention held in the summer months to celebrate Asian pop culture (anime, manga, music, movies, video games, etc) and its fandom. The event runs from Friday to Sunday and is packed with a schedule that has tons to do.
Starting in 2017, Otakon will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in our nation's capital of Washington, DC.
All of this is run by the non-profit organization Otakorp, Inc.
Attendance:
24,894 warm bodies
22,000 paid attendees (estimated)
80,000 turnstile attendance count (estimated)
Attendees:
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Advance Rates:
$85
$95 At-Door Rates:
All 3 days: $100 Guests:
• Ilya Alekseyev (Armorer)
• Ei Aoki (Director)
• Stella Chuu (Cosplayer)
• Flow (Band)
• Sandy Fox (Voice Actress)
• Toshio Furukawa (Voice Actor)
• Kyle Hebert (Voice Actor)
• JAM Project (Band)
• Shino Kakinuma (Voice Actress)
• Kuniko Kanawa (Kimono Consultant)
• Roland Kelts (Author)
• Tetsuya Kinoshita (Producer)
• Tomoki Kyoda (Director)
• Lex Lang (Voice Actor)
• Masao Maruyama (Producer)
• Hidenori Matsubara (Animation Director / Character Designer)
• Takanori Matsuoka (Producer)
• Jamie McGonnigal (Voice Actor)
• Vic Mignogna (Voice Actor)
• Chris Niosi (Voice Actor)
• Tony Oliver (Voice Actor / Producer / Director)
• Project BECK (Band)
• Tyson Rinehart (Voice Actor / Musician)
• Michelle Ruff (Voice Actress)
• Frederik L. Schodt (Author)
• Stephanie Sheh (Voice Actress)
• Mike Sinterniklaas (Director / Actor / Writer / Producer, NYAV Post)
• The Slants (Band)
• Matt Stagmer (Bladesmith, Man At Arms)
• Katsuyuki Sumizawa (Screenwriter / Novelist)
• T.M.Revolution (Musician)
• Hideyuki Tomioka (Senior Managing Director, SUNRISE, Inc.)
• Shimba Tsuchiya (Voice Actor)
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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 |
| Otakon 2014 | |
August 8-10, 2014 |
| Otakon 2015 | |
July 24-26, 2015 |
| Otakon 2016 | |
August 12-14, 2016 |
| Otakon 2017 | |
August 11-13, 2017 |
| Otakon 2018 | |
August 10-12, 2018 |
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