G-Fest

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G-Fest is an annual convention devoted to the daikaiju film genre and sponsored by Daikaiju Enterprises, Ltd., and G-Fan magazine. It regularly features panels, contests, and theatrically-screened films of interest to fans of Japanese monsters such as Godzilla and Gamera. G-Fest is presently held in Chicago, Illinois, at the Crowne Plaza O'Hare Hotel.

Actors, directors, special effects technicians who worked on daikaiju movies in Japan are frequent guests at G-Fest. Often, the major guest is honored with the coveted "Mangled Skyscraper Award" for their lasting contributions to the daikaiju genre.

Three of the most popular features of G-Fest are the Dealers Room where dealers sell toys, posters, books and movie memorabilia, the Costume Contest where participants of all ages make and model their monster character costumes, and the Model Show & Competition.

G-Fest was founded by G-Fan magazine editor and publisher J. D. Lees, a Canadian high school teacher, and the late John Rocco Roberto. Persons assisting Lees in organizing G-Fest over the years have included Jeff Horne, Brett Homenick, Armand Vaquer, Stan Hyde, August Ragone, Dawn McKechnie and others. Actor Robert Scott Field regularly attends G-Fest as a celebrity guest and translator.

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[edit] G-Fest (Friends of G-Fan) '94

  • First public meeting of contributors to G-Fan
  • Howard Johnson Hotel, O'Hare Airport, Illinois

[edit] G-Fest (G-Con) '95

  • Date: August 18-20, 1995[1]
  • First organized convention.[2] The first two days were closed to the public until news reports spread then was open to the public on the last day (3rd)
  • Radisson Hotel, Arlington Heights, Illinois

[edit] G-Fest (G-Con) '96

  • Guests: Kenpachiro Satsuma, Haruo Nakajima, Guy Mariner Tucker (late author of "Age of the Gods: A History of Japanese Fantasy Film")
  • Radisson Hotel, Arlington Heights, Illinois

[edit] G-Fest (G-Con) '97

[edit] G-Fest '98

[edit] G-Fest '99

[edit] G-Fest 2000

[edit] G-Fest '01

[edit] G-Fest '02

[edit] G-Fest X

[edit] G-Fest XI

[edit] G-Fest XII

[edit] G-Fest XIII

[edit] G-Fest XIV

[edit] G-Fest XV

[edit] G-Fest XVI

[edit] G-Fest XVII

  • Date: July 9-11, 2010
  • Guests: TBA
  • Movies: TBA
  • Mangled Skyscraper Award presented to: TBA
  • Wyndham O'Hare, Rosemont, Illinois

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "G-Con '95 Report". G-Fan. Volume 1, Number 18, (November-December 1995). pp. 54-61.
  2. ^ Ryfle, Steve. (1995-08-17). "Godzilla Lives! At 41, the Giant Radioactive Dinosaur is Still Big Business". Chicago Tribune.

[edit] External links

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