Kumoricon

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Kumoricon
Status Active
Venue Doulbetree Portland-Lloyd Center
Location Portland, Oregon
Country United States
First held 2003
Attendance 4,558 in 2009
Official website http://www.kumoricon.org

Kumoricon is an annual three-day anime convention held in the Portland, Oregon metro area. Kumori (曇り) means cloudy weather in Japanese. Cosplaying attendees have ranged from Jack Skellington to Pac-Man, filling the area with "ninjas, giant bugs, girls with cat ears, and guys in the uniforms of imaginary militias."[1][2] The 2011 convention was held from September 3-5, 2011 at the Hilton Vancouver Washington in Vancouver, Washington.[3]

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[edit] History

[edit] Event history

Dates Location Atten. Guests
November 29–30, 2003 Clarion Hotel
Springfield, Oregon		 419 Bakazoku[4]
September 4–6, 2004 Portland Marriott Downtown
Portland, Oregon		 1,251 Bakazoku, Phuong-Mai Bui-Quang, Brad DeMoss, Jeannie Lee, and Dr. Antonia Levi.[5]
September 3–5, 2005 Doubletree Hotel Portland-Lloyd Center
Portland, Oregon		 1,680 Bakazoku, Greg Dean, Brad DeMoss, Antonia Levi, Joshua Seth, and Toshifumi Yoshida.[6]
September 2–4, 2006 Red Lion on the River
Portland, Oregon		 2,250 A-Key-Kyo, Bakazoku, Greg Dean, Liz Dean, Tiffany Grant, Piano Squall, and Kirk Thornton.[7]
September 1–3, 2007 Vancouver Hilton and Convention Center
Vancouver, Washington		 3,003 A-Key-Kyo, Mohammad "Hawk" Haque, Ananth Panagariya, Sean Schemmel, The Slants, and Kirk Thornton.[8]
August 30 – September 1, 2008 Doubletree Hotel Portland-Lloyd Center
Portland, Oregon		 4,470 Richard Epcar, The Slants, Kirk Thornton, and Tommy Yune.[9]
September 5-7, 2009 The Hilton Portland and Executive Tower
Portland, Oregon		 4,558 Carl Horn, Kirk Thornton, Cynthia Martinez, Jason Thompson, Last Stop Tokyo, Soul Candy, Toshifumi Yoshida, Svetlana Chmakova, Kaja Foglio, Phil Foglio, The Anime Hunters.[10]
September 4-6, 2010 The Hilton Portland and Executive Tower
Portland, Oregon		 4055 Carl Horn, Todd Haberkorn, Sonny Strait, Tiffany Grant, Anime Hunters, Harmony Gold
September 3-5, 2011 Vancouver Hilton and Convention Center/Red Lion Hotel Vancouver at the Quay
Vancouver, Washington		 Chris Cason, Todd Haberkorn, David Vincent, Jason Thompson, Anime Hunters

[edit] References

  1. ^ Distefano, Anne Marie (2006-09-08). "Invasion of anime geeks turns hotel into Fantasy Central". The Portland Tribune. http://www.portlandtribune.com/features/story.php?story_id=115759769380805200. 
  2. ^ Corona, Jose Paul (2007-09-03). "Freakish fun from the Far East.". The Columbian. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-32785358_ITM. 
  3. ^ "Kumoricon 2011". http://www.kumoricon.org/. 
  4. ^ "Kumoricon 2003 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/183. Retrieved 2007-12-21. 
  5. ^ "Kumoricon 2004 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/590. Retrieved 2007-12-21. 
  6. ^ "Kumoricon 2005 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/728. Retrieved 2007-12-21. 
  7. ^ "Kumoricon 2006 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/944. Retrieved 2007-12-21. 
  8. ^ "Kumoricon 2007 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1186. Retrieved 2007-12-21. 
  9. ^ "Kumoricon 2008 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1441. Retrieved 2008-04-08. 
  10. ^ "Kumoricon 2009". UpcomingCons.com. http://www.upcomingcons.com/upcomingcons/363-Kumoricon. Retrieved 2009-12-04. 

[edit] External links

List of anime conventions in North America
Canada
Ai-Kon (Manitoba) • Animaritime (New Brunswick) • Anime North (Ontario) • Animethon (Alberta) • Dotcon (Ontario) • G-Anime (Quebec) • Naru2u (Ontario) • Otafest (Alberta) • Otakuthon (Quebec) • Tsukino-Con (Victoria)
United States (Northeast)
Anime Boston (Massachusetts) • PortConMaine (Maine) • AnimeNEXT (New Jersey) • KotoriCon (New Jersey) • New York Anime Festival (New York) • Tekkoshocon (Pennsylvania) • Zenkaikon (Pennsylvania)
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Anime Central (Illinois) • Anime Crossroads (Indiana) • Anime Detour (Minnesota) • Anime Festival Wichita (Kansas) • A&G Ohio (Ohio) • AnimeIowa (Iowa) • Anime Milwaukee (Wisconsin) • Anime NebrasKon (Nebraska) • Anime Punch! (Ohio) • ColossalCon (Ohio) • Godaikocon (Michigan)  • Ikasucon (Indiana) • Naka-Kon (Kansas) • No Brand Con (Wisconsin) • Ohayocon (Ohio) • QC Anime-zing! (Iowa) • Sogen Con (South Dakota) • Youmacon (Michigan) • SoDak Con (South Dakota)
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United States (Western)
Anime Banzai (Utah) • Anime Expo (California) • Anime St. George (Utah) • Anime Vegas (Nevada) • Con-Nichiwa (Arizona) • FanimeCon (California) • Kawaii Kon (Hawaii) • Kumoricon (Oregon/SW Washington) • Nan Desu Kan (Colorado) • Saboten Con (Arizona) • Sac-Anime (California) • Sakura-Con (Washington) • Senshi-Con (Alaska) • Yaoi-Con (California)
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