Historical Article On Anime Conventions

[galewolf]

Most folks today consider Project A-kon to be the first anime convention in the US. While A-kon is the oldest convention that is still currently running (this year will be A-kon #20), there were at least three events before A-kon dedicated to anime. This insightful article takes us back to those events and interviews some of the original organizers

Comments

[eeveil]

huh, animagic ey lol

oh and turns out i can hit AOD on saturday :3

[skademonx]

This kind of tale is heartwarming compared to nowadays.

i mean, furless furpiles? they wouldn't have thought of those things back then. it was all about keeping the vcr head clean!

[kyburg]

I have my staff badge from the Anime America con I worked hospitality for in '94 - I'll put it on top of the ream of paper for Andy and bring with.