Anime Festival Orlando (AFO) is an annual three-day anime convention held at the Wyndham Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida in early August. AFO has a variety of anime events and programming, guests, and many of the things to be expected at an anime convention. Anime Festival Orlando 11 will be held at the same location, from August 5 through August 8, 2010.[1]
Programming[]
Anime Festival Orlando holds many events that are typical of anime conventions, including cosplay, dances, panels, workshops, game shows, karaoke, video games, artist alley, and dealers room.[2]
History[]
Event history[]
| Dates | Location | Atten. | Guests |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 19–20, 2000 | Ramada Plaza Hotel and Inn Gateway Kissimmee, Florida | Steve Bennett, Marshall Hash, and Wendee Lee.[3] | |
| July 27–29, 2001 | Hilton Orlando/Altamonte Springs Altamonte Springs, Florida | Steve Bennett, Chynna Clugston-Major, Marshall Hash, Wendee Lee, Doug Smith, and Yoshiki Tokushu.[4] | |
| August 16–18, 2002 | Renaissance WorldGate Kissimmee, Florida | Hiroshi Aro, Steve Bennett, Keith Burgess, Lindsay Cibos, Chynna Clugston-Major, Robert DeJesus, Ben Dunn, Marshall Hash, Jared Hodges, Wendee Lee, Jan Scott-Frazier, Doug Smith, Miyuki Sugimori, and Yoshiki Tokushu.[5] | |
| August 1–3, 2003 | Wyndham Orlando Resort Orlando, Florida | Steve Bennett, Lindsay Cibos, Robert DeJesus, Tiffany Grant, Jared Hodges, Wendee Lee, Chris Patton, and Jan Scott-Frazier.[6] | |
| August 6–8, 2004 | Wyndham Orlando Resort Orlando, Florida | Steve Bennett, Sandy Fox, Lex Lang, Trish Ledoux, Wendee Lee, Jan Scott-Frazier, Doug Smith, and Toshifumi Yoshida.[7] | |
| August 5–7, 2005 | Wyndham Orlando Resort Orlando, Florida | Tom Bateman, Steve Bennett, Bob Bergen, Michael Dobson, Sandy Fox, Lex Lang, Tony Oliver, Chris Sabat, Jan Scott-Frazier, Doug Smith, and Steve Yun.[8] | |
| July 28–30, 2006 | Wyndham Orlando Resort Orlando, Florida | Lindsay Cibos, Aaron Dismuke, Quinton Flynn, Marc Handler, Jared Hodges, Vic Mignogna, Jeff Nimoy, Chris Sabat, Doug Smith, Veronica Taylor, and Travis Willingham.[9] | |
| August 3–5, 2007 | Wyndham Orlando Resort Orlando, Florida | Lindsay Cibos, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Jason David Frank, Marc Handler, Jared Hodges, Chris Sabat, Doug Smith, Sonny Strait, and Travis Willingham.[10] | |
| August 15–17, 2008 | Wyndham Orlando Resort Orlando, Florida | Colleen Clinkenbeard, Aaron Dismuke, Jason David Frank, Reuben Langdon, Chris Patton, Monica Rial, Doug Smith, Travis Willingham, and Stephanie Yanez.[11] | |
| July 31 – August 2, 2009 | Wyndham Orlando Resort Orlando, Florida | Robert Axelrod , Colleen Clinkenbeard, Aaron Dismuke, Jason David Frank, Reuben Langdon, Vic Mignogna, Monica Rial, Chris Sabat, Doug Smith, and Sonny Strait.[12] | |
| August 5 - August 8, 2010 | Wyndham Orlando Resort Orlando, Florida | Jason David Frank, Reuben Langdon, Tony Oliver, Daniel Southworth, Sonny Strait, David Yost, Tommy Yune.[13] |
References[]
- ↑ "Anime Festival Orlando 2009". UpcomingCons.com. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
- ↑ "LLNN Coverage of Anime Festival Orlando 4". Linus Lam News Network. Retrieved 2007-03-07.
- ↑ "Anime Festival Orlando 2000 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
- ↑ "Anime Festival Orlando 2001 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
- ↑ "Anime Festival Orlando 2002 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
- ↑ "Anime Festival Orlando 2003 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
- ↑ "Anime Festival Orlando 2004 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
- ↑ "Anime Festival Orlando 2005 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
- ↑ "Anime Festival Orlando 2006 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
- ↑ "Anime Festival Orlando 2007 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
- ↑ "Anime Festival Orlando 2008 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-07-06.
- ↑ "Anime Festival Orlando 2009 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
- ↑ "Anime Festival Orlando 2010 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2010-07-3. Check date values in:
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