Historical Timeline

Dates Location Attendance Guests
July 3–6, 1992 Red Lion Hotel

San Jose, California

1,750
Jerry Beck, L. Lois Buhalis, Ben Dunn, Robert Fenelon, Lea Hernandez,
Seiji Horibuchi, Ken Iyadomi, Shawn Kleckner, Trish Ledoux, Carl Macek,
Luke Menichelli, Haruhiko Mikimoto, Keiji Nakazawa, Robert Napton, John
O’Donnell, Claude J. Pelletier, David Riddick, Fred Schodt, Buichi Terasawa,
Jeff Thompson, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Steve Wang, Robert Woodhead, and Toshifumi
Yoshida.
July 2–4, 1993 Park Oakland Hotel and Oakland Convention Center

Oakland, California

1,693
Keita Amemiya, Robert DeJesus, Doug Dlin, Robert Fenelon, Peter Goll,
Kenji Goto, David Ho, Seiji Horibuchi, Leo Hourvitz, Yasuhiro Imagawa, Junco
Ito, Michitaka Kikuchi, Hiroyuki Kitazume, Makoto Kobayashi, Steve Kyte,
Trish Ledoux, Carl Macek, Helen McCarthy, Haruhiko Mikimoto, Robert Napton,
Yasushi Nirasawa, Martin Oulette, Wil Overton, Claude J. Pelletier, Jeff
Pidgeon, Fred Schodt, Jan Scott-Frazier, Masatoshi Tahara, Takayuki Takeya,
and Toshifumi Yoshida.
July 1–3, 1994 Anaheim Marriott Hotel and Anaheim Convention Center

Anaheim, California

2,057
Allen Hastings, Shoji Kawamori, Izumi Matsumoto, Jan Scott-Frazier, Minoru
Takanashi, and Nobuteru Yuuki.
June 30 – July 2, 1995 Los Angeles Airport Hilton

Los Angeles, California

2,138
Amy Chia, Danger Productions, Allen Hastings, Leo Hourvitz, Kazuhiko Ikeguchi,
Noboru Ishiguro, Jay Miao, Haruhiko Mikimoto, Koichi Ohata, Nobuyuki Ohnishi,
Jan Scott-Frazier, Ryoei Tsukimura, Satoshi Urushibara, and Kinji Yoshimoto.
June 28–30, 1996 Anaheim Marriott Hotel and Anaheim Convention Center

Anaheim, California

2,918
Hideaki Anno, Hiroki Hayashi, Noboru Ishiguro, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Hiroyuki
Kitazume, Leiji Matsumoto, Toshihiko Nishikubo, Hiromasa Ogura, Koichi Ohata,
Ai Orikasa, Mamoru Oshii, Jan Scott-Frazier, Kenichi Sonoda, Yumi Takada,
and Kenichi Sonoda.
July 4–6, 1997 Los Angeles Airport Hilton

Los Angeles, California

3,826
July 3–5, 1998 Anaheim Hilton and Towers

Anaheim, California

4,883
Mika Akitaka, Akira Kamiya, Hiroyuki Kitakubo, Yasuhiro Nightow, Nobuyuki
Takahashi, Yuu Watase, and Takahiro Yoshimatsu.
July 16–18, 1999 Anaheim Hilton and Towers

Anaheim, California

6,400
Mika Akitaka, Mari Iijima, Yoko Kanno, Hiromi Matsushita, Lisa Ortiz,
and Gilles Poitras.
June 30 – July 3, 2000 Disneyland Hotel

Anaheim, California

9,700
Rika Fukami, Keiji Gotoh, Kunihiko Ikuhara, Noboru Ishiguro, Akira Kamiya,
Yukio Kikukawa, Mahiro Maeda, Yutaka Minowa, Range Murata, Kazuto Nakazawa,
Yasuhiro Nightow, Chiho Saito, Yuu Watase, and Nobuteru Yuuki.
July 5–8, 2001 Long Beach Convention Center

Long Beach, California

13,000
Hisashi Abe, Morio Asaka, Kia Asamiya, Jo Chen, Masayuki Kojima, Kikuko
Inoue, Hidenori Matsubara, Haruhiko Mikimoto, Makoto Uno, and Yuu Watase.
July 4–7, 2002 Long Beach Convention Center

Long Beach, California

15,250
Jo Chen, Hiroaki Goda, Tsukasa Hojo, Kunihiko Ikuhara, Hiroaki Inoue,
Yoko Ishida, Noboru Ishiguro, Masashi Ishihama, Akira Kamiya, Shoji Kawamori,
Maria Kawamura, Yukio Kikukawa, Hideyuki Kurata, Koichi Mashimo, Koji Masunari,
Hidenori Matsubara, Toshiharu Murata, Mamiko Noto, Puffy AmiYumi, Nobuhiro
Watsuki, and Takumi Yamazaki.
August 31 – September 2, 2002 Marriott New York Marquis

New York, New York

5,500
Akitaroh Daichi, Noboru Ishiguro, Yoko Kanno, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Takao
Koyama, Taro Maki, Koji Sugiura, Atsushi Takeuchi, Yoshiyuki Tomino, and
Shinichiro Watanabe.
July 3–6, 2003 Anaheim Convention Center

Anaheim, California

17,000
Yoshitoshi Abe, Kazuki Akane, Duel Jewel, Rebecca Forstadt, Crispin Freeman,
Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Mitsuru Hongo, Taliesin Jaffe, Yuki Kajiura, Yousuke
Kuroda, Mahiro Maeda, Atsuko Nakajima, Liam O’Brien, Koushi Rikudo, Goro
Taniguchi, Misa Watanabe, Kazuki Yao, and Nobuteru Yuuki.
January 16–18, 2004 Sunshine City Convention Center

Tokyo, Japan

4,919
Sho Aikawa, Ken Akamatsu, Hiroshi Aro, Crispin Freeman, Fred Gallagher,
Yuichi Hasegawa, Saki Hijiri, Ryusuke Hikawa, Hiroyuki Imaishi, Imaitoonz,
Isamu Imakake, Mutsumi Inomata, Noboru Ishiguro, Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, Takehiko
Ito, Yutaka Izubuchi, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Hiroyuki Kitazume, Satomi Kodama,
Rie Kugimiya, Akira Kushida, Tomomi Michizuki, MIQ, Nao Nagasawa, Hiroshi
Negishi, Tetsuya Nishio, Hiroyuki Okiura, Romi Pak, Akemi Takada, Nozomu
Tamaki, Kana Ueda, Under17, Yoshihiro Yonezawa, and Reina Yoshimura.
July 2–5, 2004 Anaheim Convention Center

Anaheim, California

25,000
Koichi Chigira, Kate Davis, Hiromi Hirata, Yoko Ishida, Masashi Ishihama,
Shinichiro Kimura, Hideyuki Kurata, Lee Myung-jin, Wendee Lee, Michael Lindsay,
Masao Maruyama, Shino Masanori, Koji Masunari, Yuji Matsukura, MIQ, Minoru
Murao, Range Murata, Toshiharu Murata, Satoshi Nishimura, Kazufumi Nomura,
Tomonori Ochikoshi, Yoshiyuki Okamura, Ichiro Okouchi, Kaoru Ozawa, Tadashi
Ozawa, Cindy Robinson, Michelle Ruff, Katsushi Sakurabi, Soichiro Sano,
Carrie Savage, Tomokazu Seki, Ren Usami, Cindy Yamauchi, and Reina Yoshimura.
July 1–4, 2005 Anaheim Convention Center

Anaheim, California

33,000
Hunter Mackenzie Austin, Greg Ayres, JB Blanc, Johnny Yong Bosch, Colleen
Clinkenbeard, Siobhan Flynn, Crispin Freeman, Ugetsu Hakua, Rachel Hirschfeld,
Ryo Horikawa, Hiroyuki Kitakubo, Osamu Kobayashi, Tsuneo Kobayashi, Kotoko,
Sara Lahti, Wendee Lee, Range Murata, Liam O’Brien, Hiroshi Osaka, Maaya
Sakamoto, Carrie Savage, Tomokazu Seki, Miho Shimogasa, J.D. Stone, Helena
Taylor, Wendee Tomson, Kazue Yamamoto, and Akihito Yamashita.
July 1–4, 2006 Anaheim Convention Center

Anaheim, California

40,647
Laura Bailey, CLAMP, Crispin Freeman, Toru Furuya, Noboru Ishiguro, Yutaka
Izubuchi, Koge-Donbo, Tomoki Kyoda, Mana, Vic Mignogna, Seiji Mizushima,
Hiroshi Nagahama, Atsuko Nakajima, Mick Takeuchi, and yozuka*.
June 29 – July 2, 2007 Long Beach Convention Center

Long Beach, California

41,671
Tetsuo Araki, Michael Arias, Greg Ayres, Laura Bailey, Steve Blum, Johnny
Yong Bosch, Minori Chihara, Leah Clark, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Justin Cook,
Caitlin Glass, Yuko Goto, Kate Higgins, Aya Hirano, Yuuna Inamura, Eisaku
Inoue, Chiaki Ishikawa, Taliesin Jaffe, Satoru Kannagi, Hideo Katsumata,
Takaaki Kidani, Masaru Kitao, Mike McFarland, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Halko
Momoi, Shuhei Morita, Hiroshi Nagahama, Sumire Nanohana, Tomonori Ochikoshi,
Tony Oliver, Oreskaband, Kate Oxley, Takaharu Ozaki, Brina Palencia, Orion
Pitts, Brandon Potter, Dai Sato, S.K.I.N., savage genius, Patrick Seitz,
Stephanie Sheh, Anna Tsuchiya, Kounosuke Uda, and Travis Willingham.
July 3–6, 2008 Los Angeles Convention Center

Los Angeles, California

43,000
Masahiro Ando, Ayane, Greg Ayres, Cameron Baity, Mike
Fasolo, Fullmoon 13, GaGaalinG, David Hayter, Masamitsu Hidaka, Yoko Ishida,
Jyukai, Hiromi Kato, Hideyuki Kikuchi, Kuro, LM.C, Chris Many, Johnathan
Meza, Vic Mignogna, Jason C. Miller, Jeanette Moffat, Shoko Nakagawa, Tony
Oliver, le Peruggine, Riku, Tom Root, Kaeko Sakamoto, Patrick Seitz, Toshihiko
Seki, Kevin Shinick, Akemi Takada, Saiko Takaki, Thee Out Mods, VelBet,
and Travis Willingham.
July 2–5, 2009 Los Angeles Convention Center

Los Angeles, California

44,000+
Hiroyuki Imaishi, Daisuke Ishiwatari, Yun Kouga, Yosuke Kuroda, Seiji Mizushima, Moi dix Mois, Toshimichi Mori, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Morning Musume, Yasuhiro Nightow, Atsushi Nishigori, Satoshi Nishimura, Takashi Okazaki, Kari Wahlgren
July 1–4, 2010 Los Angeles Convention Center

Los Angeles, California

45,000+
Saki Aibu, AKB48, Yuu Asakawa, BENI, Cast of Kisaragi, Kyle Hebert, Rei Hiroe, Yui Horie, Tomohiko Ishii, Kenji Kamiyama, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Eri Kitamura, Katsuyuki Konishi, May’n, MELL, Masakazu Morita, Megumi Nakajima, Satoru Nakamura, RSP, SOPHIA, Nabeshin, Danny Choo, Nobuyuki Takahash
July 1–4, 2010 Los Angeles Convention Center

Los Angeles, California