Event History
| Dates | Location | Atten. | Guests |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 29–31, 1994 | Days Inn Penn State State College, Pennsylvania |
350 (unique memberships) 875 (estimated turnstile) |
Robert DeJesus, Neil Nadelman, C Sue Shambaugh, Jeff Thompson, Steve Pearl, William Spangler, Dave Fleming, Lorraine Savage, and Rick Johnson. |
| September 1–4, 1995 | Penn State Scanticon State College, Pennsylvania |
450 (unique memberships) 1,100 (estimated turnstile) |
Teruo Kakuta, Toshio Okada, Toren Smith, and Adam Warren, Robert DeJesus, Steve Bennett, Lorraine Savage, Tomoko Saito, Sue Shambaugh, Neil Nadelman, Jeff Thompson, Steve Pearl, Matt Greenfield, Trish Ledoux, and Robert Woodhead. |
| August 9–11, 1996 | Marriott's Hunt Valley Inn Hunt Valley, Maryland |
1,000 (unique memberships) 2,750 (estimated turnstile) |
Steve Bennett, Robert DeJesus, Masaomi Kanzaki, Matt Lunsford, Neil Nadelman, Steve Pearl, Sue Shambaugh, Jeff Thompson, and Adam Warren. |
| August 8–10, 1997 | Marriott's Hunt Valley Inn Hunt Valley, Maryland |
1,750 (unique memberships) 4,500 (estimated turnstile) |
Ippongi Bang, Kuni Kimura, and Matt Lunsford. |
| August 7–9, 1998 | Hyatt Regency-Crystal City Arlington, Virginia |
2,500 (unique memberships) 6,500 (estimated turnstile) |
Hiroshi Aro, Tiffany Grant, Shoji Kawamori, Kuni Kimura, Tristan MacAvery, Lisa Ortiz, and Jan Scott-Frazier. |
| July 2–4, 1999 | Baltimore Convention Center Baltimore. Maryland |
4,500 (unique memberships) 10,000 (estimated turnstile) |
Chris Beveridge, Tiffany Grant, Amy Howard-Wilson, Mari Iijima, Yoko Kanno, Kuni Kimura, Hiroyuki Kitakubo, Shin Kurokawa, Rachael Lillis, Kazuto Nakazawa, Fred Schodt, and Shinichiro Watanabe. |
| August 4–6, 2000 | Baltimore Convention Center Baltimore, Maryland |
7,500 (unique memberships) 18,000 (estimated turnstile) |
Yoshitoshi ABe, Mandy Bonhomme, Amy Howard-Wilson, Kunihiko Ikuhara, Ian Kim, Steve Pearl, Gilles Poitras, Yasuyuki Ueda, and Simon Yam. |
| August 10–12, 2001 | Baltimore Convention Center Baltimore, Maryland |
10,275 (unique memberships) 26,000 (estimated turnstile) |
Steve Bennett, Rodney "Largo" Caston, Jo Chen, Colleen Doran, Fred Gallagher, Tiffany Grant, Scott Houle, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Ian Kim, Shin Kurokawa, Masao Maruyama, Hikaru Midorikawa, Fred Perry, Gilles Poitras, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Adam Warren, and Pamela Weidner. |
| July 26–28, 2002 | Baltimore Convention Center Baltimore, Maryland |
12,880 (unique memberships) 30,000 (estimated turnstile) |
Steve Bennett, Chris Beveridge, Rodney "Largo" Caston, Fred Gallagher, Yoko Ishida, Wendee Lee, Masao Maruyama, Yutaka Minowa, Kiroyuki Morioka, Neil Nadelman, Yasuhiro Nightow, Fred Perry, Gilles Poitras, Tatsuo Sato, and Lianne Sentar. |
| August 8–10, 2003 (Otakon's 10th anniversary) | Baltimore Convention Center Baltimore, Maryland |
17,338 (unique memberships) 40,000 (estimated turnstile) |
Steve Bennett, Mandy Bonhomme, Johnny Yong Bosch, Justin Cook, Julie Davis, Robert DeJesus, Brian Drummond, Fred Gallagher, Scott Houle, Yoshiaki Iwasaki, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Itsuro Kawasaki, Tsukasa Kotobuki, Pontus Madsen, Masao Maruyama, Rica Matsumoto, Dr. Susan Napier, Satoshi Nishimura, Kristine Sa, Fred Schodt, Jan Scott-Frazier, T.M.Revolution, and Pamela Weidner. |
| July 30 – August 1, 2004 | Baltimore Convention Center Baltimore, Maryland |
20,899 (unique memberships) 55,000 (estimated turnstile) |
angela, Matt Boyd, Siu-Tung "Tony" Ching, Luci Christian, Koge Donbo, Richard Epcar, Christian Fundin, Mohammad "Hawk" Haque, Chuck Huber, L'Arc-en-Ciel, Pontus Madsen, Ian McConville, Yutaka Minowa, Ichiro Okouch, Ananth Panagariya, Chris Patton, Monica Rial, Chris Sabat, Tatsuo Sato, Yuzo Sato, Lianne Sentar, and Matt Thorn. |
| August 19–21, 2005 | Baltimore Convention Center Baltimore, Maryland |
22,000 (unique memberships) 60,000 (estimated turnstile) |
Greg Ayres, Katie Bair, Matt Boyd, Brian Carroll, Luci Christian, Justin Cook, Richard Ian Cox, Huw "Lem" Davies, Ben Dunn, Christian Fundin, Fred Gallagher, Mohammad "Hawk" Haque, the Indigo, Yoshinori Kanemori, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Dave Lister, Pontus Madsen, Masao Maruyama, Ian McConville, Mike McFarland, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Scott McNeil, Vic Mignogna, Mitsukazu Mihara, Seiji Mizushima, Ananth Panagariya, Fred Perry, Piano Squall, Puffy AmiYumi, Scott Ramsoomair, Xero Reynolds, Monica Rial, Michelle Ruff, Michael "Mookie" Terracciano, and Toshifumi Yoshida. |
| August 4–6, 2006 | Baltimore Convention Center Baltimore, Maryland |
22,302 (unique memberships) 66,000 (estimated turnstile) |
Christine Auten, Troy Baker, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Christian Fundin, Fred Gallagher, Caitlin Glass, Kate Higgins, Kouta Hirano, Hirotsugu Kawasaki, Ayako Kawasumi, Nana Kitade, Yuri Lowenthal, Pontus Madsen, Masao Maruyama, Mike McFarland, Mucc, Kazuto Nakazawa, Monica Rial, Antimere Robinson, Patrick Seitz, Makoto Tateno, Nobuteru Yuuki, and Yoshiki Hayashi. |
| July 20–22, 2007 | Baltimore Convention Center Baltimore, Maryland |
22,852 (unique memberships) 67,000 (rstimated turnstile) |
AAA, Morio Asaka, Steve Blum, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Aaron Dismuke, Eminence, Christian Fundin, Fred Gallagher, Caitlin Glass, Ryuhei Kitamura, Kenji Kodama, Pontus Madsen, Vic Mignogna, Maki Murakami, Mamiko Noto, Hitoshi Sakimoto, Tomokazu Seki, Stephanie Sheh, Mike Sinterniklaas, Michihiko Suwa, and Steve Yun. |
| August 8–10, 2008 | Baltimore Convention Center Baltimore, Maryland |
26,262 (unique memberships) 78,000 (estimated turnstile) |
Laura Bailey, Peter S. Beagle, DaizyStripper, Richard Epcar, Peter Fernandez, Taliesin Jaffe, JAM Project, Willow Johnson, Kyoko Kano, Mika Kano, Mela Lee, Yuri Lowenthal, MarBell, Masao Maruyama, Hiromi Matsushita, Tony Oliver, Tara Platt, Derek Stephen Prince, Mike Sinterniklaas, Ellyn Stern, Kazuko Tadano, the Underneath, and Kappei Yamaguchi. |
| July 17–19, 2009 | Baltimore Convention Center Baltimore, Maryland |
26,586 (unique memberships) 79,000 (estimated turnstile) |
Becca, Crispin Freeman, Kikuko Inoue, Noboru Ishiguro, Yukio Kikukawa, Hidenori Matsubara, Masao Maruyama, Mike McFarland, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Misako Rocks!, Tony Oliver, Fred Schodt, Sonny Strait, Naomi Tamura, VAMPS, Kanon Wakeshima, Travis Willingham, MELL, and Yutaka Yamamoto. |
| July 30-August 1, 2010 | Baltimore Convention Center Baltimore, Maryland |
29,274 (unique memberships) 87,000 (estimated turnstile) |
Maile Flanagan, Vic Mignogna, h. Naoto, Yoshida Brothers, Home Made Kazoku, Todd Haberkorn, Clarine Harp, Jerry Jewell, Patrick Seitz, J. Michael Tatum, Amy Howard Wilson, Christopher Bevins, Takamasa Sakurai, Yoshiki and Sugizo from X JAPAN, Antic Cafe's Kanon, Hiroshi Koujina, Masao Maruyama, Yūji Mitsuya, Michael Sinterniklaas, Masashi Ishihama, Koji Masunari, Tomonori Ochikoshi, Peter S. Beagle, and Felipe Smith. |
| July 29–31, 2011 | Baltimore Convention Center Baltimore, Maryland |
31,348 paid attendees | Chemistry, Tony Oliver, Lisa Ortiz, Tom Wayland, Roland Kelts, Johnny Yong Bosch, Eyeshine, Sixh., Makoto Shinkai, Masumi Kano, Mitsuba, Takamasa Sakurai, Kazuya Murata, DJ Saolilith, Scott Freeman, Orine Fukushima, Noboru Ishiguro, KYLEE, Momoko Ohara, Scott Sager, Akira Sasanuma, Patrick Seitz, Chiaki Shimogama, Bob Shirohata, J. Michael Tatum, Cristina Vee, Nobuo Uematsu, Stephanie Sheh, Masayuki Ozaki, Masao Maruyama, Shelby Lindley, Cassandra Lee, Atsuhiro Iwakami, Toshihiro Fukuoka, and Peter S. Beagle. |
| July 27–29, 2012 | Baltimore Convention Center Baltimore, Maryland |
32,574 | Ai Nonaka, Aya Hirano, Brina Palencia, Christine Marie Cabanos, GASHICON, Gen Urobuchi, Hidetaka Tenjin, J. Michael Tatum, Jason David Frank, Lauren Landa, Masao Maruyama, Michael Sinterniklaas, Mikako Joho, Peter S. Beagle, Sarah Williams, Shin Sasaki, Tetsuya Kakihara, Trina Nishimura, VIXX, Yuuka Nanri |
| August 9–11, 2013 (Otakon's 20th Anniversary) | Baltimore Convention Center Baltimore, Maryland |
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