Ani-Jam

Ani-Jam was an annual two-day anime convention held during August at the Fresno Convention Center in Fresno, California.

Ani-Jam
Status	Defunct
Genre	Anime, Manga, Japanese culture[1][2]
Venue	Fresno Convention Center
Location(s)	Fresno, California
Country	United States
Inaugurated	2003
Most recent	2014
Attendance	1,600+[3]
Organized by	Ani-Jam LLC[2]
Website	http://www.ani-jam.com/

Programming

The convention offered anime screenings, a cosplay masquerade, live music, table top games, vendors, video game tournaments, and workshops.^[1][4][5]

History

The first event in 2003 lasted for six hours and attracted 500 attendees.^[6] The convention moved to the Fresno Convention Center in 2012.^[1] Ani-Jam celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2013.^[6] The convention held a day zero (Friday) event before the start of the 2014 convention where pre-registered attendees could attend a formal ball.^[7]

Event history

Dates	Location	Attend.	Guests
March 28, 2003	Ramada Fresno North Fresno, California	500+[6]	Edward Luena.[8]
August 19–20, 2006	Fresno Fairgrounds Fresno, California		Agent 760, Akai SKY, Johnny Yong Bosch, Eyeshine, Trish Ledoux, Fred Perry, Quarter-Circle Jab, Random Ninjas, Kristine Sa, Stephanie Yanez, and Toshifumi Yoshida.[9]
August 18–19, 2007	Radisson Hotel & Conference Center Fresno, California		Adella, Johnny Yong Bosch, Eyeshine, Melissa Hudson, Lord Katsuhiko Jinnai, Trish Ledoux, Kenyth Mogan, Fred Perry, Quarter-Circle Jab, Kristine Sa, Amanda Tomasch, and Toshifumi Yoshida.[10]
August 2–3, 2008	Radisson Hotel & Conference Center Fresno, California		Akai SKY, Robert Axelrod, Leah Clark, Justin Cook, Che Gilson, Lord Katsuhiko Jinnai, LYV, Makenai, Vic Mignogna, Fred Perry, Quarter-Circle Jab, Kristine Sa, and Stephanie Yanez.[11]
August 20–21, 2011	Radisson Hotel & Conference Center Fresno, California		Akai SKY, Greg Ayres, Lord Katsuhiko Jinnai, La Carmina, Robert McCollum, Vic Mignogna, Hannah Minx, Sebastiano Serafini, and Team LoveHate.[12]
August 18–19, 2012	Fresno Convention Center Fresno, California		Greg Ayres, Eric Caldero, Lord Katsuhiko Jinnai, Kairu, Brittney Karbowski, Kazha, Mari Watanabe, and Stephanie Yanez.[13]
August 17–18, 2013 "10th anniversary"[6]	Fresno Convention Center Fresno, California	1,600+[3]	Greg Ayres, Richie Branson, Lord Katsuhiko Jinnai, Cynthia Martinez, Chris Patton, Aimee Major Steinberger, Mari Watanabe,[14] Robert Axelrod, Brittney Karbowski, and Valkyrie Kiss.[3]
August 16–17, 2014	Fresno Convention Center Fresno, California		Akai SKY, Greg Ayres, Jessica Calvello, Chris Cason, Samantha Inoue-Harte, Raj Ramayya, Chii Sakurabi, Jad B. Saxton, Steam Powered Giraffe, and David Vincent.[15]

Ani-Vent

Ani-Vent was a one-day convention held in 2010 with the goal of expanding into different events.^[16]

Event history

Dates	Location	Atten.	Guests
July 17, 2010[16]	Fresno Fairgrounds, Chance Avenue Entrance Fresno, California

Gallery

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  Attendees at the first Ani-Jam event held in Fresno, California in April 2003.
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  Cosplayers at Ani-Jam 2012 in Fresno, California.