Tora-Con
Tora-Con | |
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Status | Active |
Genre | Anime, Manga, Japanese culture, Sci-Fi and Fantasy[1][2] |
Venue | Rochester Institute of Technology |
Location(s) | Rochester, New York |
Country | United States |
Inaugurated | 2005 |
Attendance | 3,000 in 2014[2] |
Organized by | RIT Anime Club[3] |
Website | |
http://toracon.org/ |
Tora-Con is an annual two-day anime convention held during April at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. The conventions name comes from the Japanese word 'tora' meaning tiger and is organized by the Rochester Institute of Technology Anime Club.[1][3] The event is family friendly.[4]
Programming
The convention typically offers an Animated Music Video Contest, anime showings, Artists Alley, concerts, contests, Cosplay Chess Tournament, Cosplay Contest, Cosplay Dating Game, dances, gaming tournaments, Iron Cosplay, panels, and performances.[4][5][6][7]
History
Tora-Con was founded to raise money for the Anime Club.[2][8] They hit an attendance capacity of 2,500 in 2010 and had to close registration.[8] The convention celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2014.[1][2] In 2014, the event expanded to additional parts of campus and capped attendance at 3,000 people.[4][6]
Event history
Dates | Location | Atten. | Guests |
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April 16, 2005 | Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York |
Rukis Croax, Luke Morgan, and Yuko "Aido" Ota.[9] | |
April 22, 2006 | Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York |
Pine*am[10] | |
April 28, 2007 | Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York |
625 | Cosplay Crack Crew, Geek Comedy Tour, Sonny Strait, and Stephanie Yanez.[11] |
April 26, 2008 | Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York |
Austell "DJ Asu" Callwood, Geek Comedy Tour, Carrie Savage, and Unicorn Table.[12] | |
April 25, 2009 | Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York |
1,481 | Armcannon, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Geek Comedy Tour, Todd Haberkorn, Vic Mignogna, and John Swasey.[13] |
April 24–25, 2010 | Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York |
2,500[8] | Armcannon, Johnny Yong Bosch, Eyeshine, Geek Comedy Tour, Gavin Goszka, Yuko "Aido" Ota, Ananth Panagariya, Michael Poe, Monica Rial, Chris Sabat, Adam Smithee, Eric Vale, and Billy West.[14] |
April 16–17, 2011 | Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York |
Chris Cason, Richard Epcar, Geek Comedy Tour, Brina Palencia, Chris Rager, Ellyn Stern, Uncle Yo.[15] | |
April 20–22, 2012 | Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York |
Alfred State Jesters, The Asterplace, Leah Clark, Caitlin Glass, Kyle Hebert, Jamie Marchi, Trina Nishimura, Jon St. John, J. Michael Tatum, and Uncle Yo.[16] | |
March 23–24, 2013 | Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York |
2,600[4] | Todd Haberkorn, Cherami Leigh, Mike McFarland, Powerglove, Monica Rial, and John Swasey.[17] |
March 8–9, 2014[18] | Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York |
3,000 (est)[2] |
Tia Ballard, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Scott Freeman, Aki Glancy, Josh Grelle, Chuck Huber, Brittany Lauda, Rare Candy, Symphony Anime Orchestra, Alexis Tipton, Uncle Yo, and Lara Woodhull.[4][6][19] |
April 18–19, 2015 | Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York |
Armcannon, Chalk Twins, Geek Comedy Tour, Josh Grelle, Cherami Leigh, and Chris Rager.[20] | |
April 23-24, 2016 | Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York |
Bryn Apprill, Steven Blum, Clifford Chapin, Richard Epcar, Todd Haberkorn, and Uncle Yo.[21] |
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