NashiCon

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NashiCon
Status Active
Genre Anime, Japanese popular culture[1][2]
Venue Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
Location(s) Columbia, South Carolina
Country United States
Inaugurated 2008
Attendance 2,334 in 2015[3]
Organized by NASHI (Nippon Animation Society of Heavenly Imagery)[4]
Website
nashicon.com

NashiCon is an annual three day anime convention held during April at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center in Columbia, South Carolina. [5] It was the first anime convention in South Carolina and Nashi stands for Nippon Anime Society of Heavenly Imagery.[2][6]

Programming

The convention typically offers an anime viewing room, artists alley, cosplay ball, dance, human board game (OTAKU - Over-sized Tangential All-Consuming Kaleidoscopic Universe), panels, table top gaming, and video gaming.[2][4][7] The Carolina Manga Library evolved out of NashiCon 2013 and provided the conventions manga library in 2014.[8][9]

History

The first convention held in 2008 attracted 200+ attendees.[7] They relocated venues to the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center in 2012.[10] NashiCon became a three day convention in 2015.[6]

Event History

Dates Location Atten. Guests
April 11, 2009 University of South Carolina, Columbia Campus
Columbia, South Carolina		 200
(est)[11]		 Northrup Davis and Thor Thorvaldson, Jr.[11]
April 17-18, 2010 University of South Carolina, Columbia Campus
Columbia, South Carolina		 400
(est)[12]		 Sean McGuinness, Morgan Skye, and Thor Thorvaldson, Jr.[12]
March 19-20, 2011 University of South Carolina, Columbia Campus
Columbia, South Carolina		 900
(est)[13]		 Kittyhawk, Sean McGuinness, Morgan Skye, and Thor Thorvaldson, Jr.[13]
March 31-April 1, 2012 Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
Columbia, South Carolina		 1,100
(est)[10]		 Kittyhawk, Sean McGuinness, Morgan Skye, Spike Spencer, and Thor Thorvaldson, Jr.[10]
April 13-14, 2013 Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
Columbia, South Carolina		 1,300
(est)[14]		 Laugh Out Loud, Sean McGuinness, Mega Ran, and Thor Thorvaldson, Jr.[14]
April 19-20, 2014 Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
Columbia, South Carolina		 1,800
(est)[15]		 Robert Axelrod, DJ Cir9, Laugh Out Loud, Sean McGuinness, Mega Ran, K Murdock, Seraphina, Thor Thorvaldson, Jr., Greg Wicker, and Lisle Wilkerson.[15]
April 17-19, 2015[16] Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
Columbia, South Carolina		 2,334[3] DJ Cir9, Kyle Hebert, Laugh Out Loud, Sean McGuinness, Spike Spencer, and Thor Thorvaldson, Jr.[3]
April 1-3, 2016 Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
Columbia, South Carolina		 Kittyhawk, Lauren Landa, Tony Oliver, Thor Thorvaldson, Jr., and David Vincent.[17]

References

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  5. ↑ "NashiCon Celebrates Japanese Culture" by Tug Baker, Free times, 3/27-4/2 issue, #25.13, p. 25
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