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San Japan is the San Antonio, Texas Japanese culture & anime convention which debuted in 2008. It is San Antonio's first major anime convention, and it has had three successful years so far. Guests have included Vic Mignogna, Christopher Ayres, Tiffany Grant, Laura Bailey, Carrie Savage, Travis Willingham, Josh Grelle, and Samantha Inoue-Harte.

Musical guest appearances have included the North American debut concert of Smile.dk[1], along with performances by LeetStreet Boys, Mega Ran, The Protomen, KESHIKI and OverClocked ReMix.

History[]

The San Japan group was formed in Fall 2005 devoted to bringing Japanese cultural awareness to San Antonio. It was originally intended to debut as a 3-day convention in July 2007 but had to be postponed for one additional year due to issues with the original host location. To make up for the postponement, a one-day event called San Japan : Zero Day Anime was held at Our Lady of the Lake University, in San Antonio, Texas on November 10th, 2007[2]. After a successful one-day convention, San Japan planned out its debut 3-day convention which was called San Japan 1.5. It received rave reviews[3][4][5].

Next, San Japan sponsored a second one-day convention called Mizuumi-Con which happened on March 21st, 2009. The second 3-day convention was called San Japan 2.x and the convention happened on August 14th-16th, 2009. San Japan :3 moved to a new location in 2010 at the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter Hotel which is attached to the Rivercenter Mall. It is located at the heart of the San Antonio River Walk. It is now planning on its fourth year to be held at the Rivercenter Hotel to be called San Japan 4TW (a pun on the popular internet acronym slang FTW).

As of Feb. 2010, the Mizuumi Anime Club has taken over Mizuumi-Con and allowed it to be run entirely by themselves at Our Lady of the Lake University without the assistance of San Japan.

Event history[]

Date Venue & Location Attend. Convention Guests
November 10, 2007 Our Lady of the Lake University
San Antonio, Texas 		815 Amelie Belcher, Josh Grelle, Samantha Inoue-Harte, The Snags, Team Sugoi, Larissa Wolcott[6]
August 8–10, 2008 San Antonio Municipal Auditorium

& El Tropicano Riverwalk Hotel
San Antonio, Texas

3,523 Hannah Alcorn, Christopher Ayres, DM Ashura, Amelie Belcher, CapsuleCorp Cosplay, Patrick Delahanty, DigitalDimension Cosplay, Tiffany Grant, Josh Grelle, Samantha Inoue-Harte, Lord Katsuhiko Jinnai, Knuckle Sandwich, Maja, Vic Mignogna, Carli Mosier, Shoeless Cosplay, Smile.dk[7]
March 21st, 2009 Our Lady of the Lake University
San Antonio, Texas 		1,416 Amelie Belcher, Josh Grelle, Samantha Inoue-Harte, The Slants
August 14-16, 2009 San Antonio Municipal Auditorium

& El Tropicano Riverwalk Hotel
San Antonio, Texas

4,003 Christopher Ayres, Laura Bailey, Troy Baker, Amelie Belcher, LeetStreet Boys, CapsuleCorp Cosplay, DigitalDimension Cosplay, Shoeless Cosplay, Josh Grelle, Clarine Harp, Samantha Inoue-Harte, Kyle Hebert, Lord Katsuhiko Jinnai, LoliHolix, Jonathan Joss, Mega Ran, OverClocked ReMix, Wendy Powell, Antarctic Press, Carrie Savage, Travis Willingham, Tadahisa Yoshida, ZeaLouS1 [8]
July 9-11, 2010 San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter Hotel
San Antonio, Texas 		5,049 Tina Anderson, Christopher Ayres, Greg Ayres, Amelie Belcher, Josh Grelle, Clarine Harp, Jonathan Joss, KESHIKI, The LoliHolix, Maja, R. K. Milholland, Antarctic Press, The Protomen, Carrie Savage, Michael Sinterniklaas, Micah Solusod, We *Heart* Card Games Productions, DigitalDimensionCosplay [9]
August 5-7, 2011 San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter Hotel
San Antonio, Texas

References[]

  1. ↑ "SMiLE.dk is coming to America in August 2008". BemaniStyle.com. Retrieved 2008-08-23. 
  2. ↑ "Our Lady of the Lake University hosts Zero Day Anime convention". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 
  3. ↑ "San Japan 2008 convention report". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-08-17. 
  4. ↑ "J-Team Podcast: Episode 7 @ Home - AniJam and San Japan Report Episode". podomatic.com. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 
  5. ↑ "San Japan '08: Day 1". japanator.com. Retrieved 2008-08-08. 
  6. ↑ "San Japan : Zero Day Anime Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 
  7. ↑ "San Japan 1.5 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 
  8. ↑ "San Japan 2.x Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2009-01-01. 
  9. ↑ "San Japan :3 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2010-02-01. 

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List of anime conventions in North America
Canada
Ai-Kon (Manitoba) • Animaritime (New Brunswick) • Anime Evolution (British Columbia) • Anime North (Ontario) • Animethon (Alberta) • G-Anime (Quebec) • Naru2u (Ontario) • Otafest (Alberta) • Otakuthon (Quebec) • Tsukino-Con (British Columbia)
United States (Northeast)
Anime Boston (Massachusetts) • PortConMaine (Maine) • AnimeNEXT (New Jersey) • New York Anime Festival (New York) • Tekkoshocon (Pennsylvania) • Zenkaikon (Pennsylvania)
United States (Midwest)
Anime Central (Illinois) • Anime Detour (Minnesota) • Anime Festival Wichita (Kansas) • A&G Ohio (Ohio) • AnimeIowa (Iowa) • Anime Milwaukee (Wisconsin) • Anime NebrasKon (Nebraska) • Anime Punch! (Ohio) • ColossalCon (Ohio) • Ikasucon (Indiana) • Naka-Kon (Missouri) • No Brand Con (Wisconsin) • Ohayocon (Ohio) • Sogen Con (South Dakota) • Youmacon (Michigan)
United States (Southern)
Animazement (North Carolina) • Anime Express (Florida) • AnimeFest (Texas) • Anime Festival Orlando (Florida) • Anime Mid-Atlantic (Virginia) • Anime South (Florida) • Anime USA (Virginia) • Anime Weekend Atlanta (Georgia) • Daigacon (Kentucky) • Ichibancon (North Carolina) • Ikkicon (Texas) • Katsucon (D.C.) • Kami-Con (Alabama) • MechaCon (Louisiana) • Metrocon (Florida) • Middle Tennessee Anime Convention (Tennessee) • MomoCon (Georgia) • Nekocon (Virginia) • OMGcon (Kentucky) • Oni-Con (Texas) • Otakon (Maryland) • PersaCon (Alabama) • Project A-Kon (Texas) • RealmsCon (Texas) • San Japan (Texas) • SugoiCon (Kentucky) • Tsubasacon (West Virginia)
United States (Western)
Anime Banzai (Utah) • Anime Expo (California) • Anime St. George (Utah) • Anime Vegas (Nevada) • AniZona (Arizona) • FanimeCon (California) • Kawaii Kon (Hawaii) • Kumoricon (Oregon) • Nan Desu Kan (Colorado) • Sac-Anime (California) • Sakura-Con (Washington) • Senshi-Con (Alaska) • Yaoi-Con (California)
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