Ikasucon

Ikasucon was an annual three-day anime convention held during July at the Grand Wayne Convention Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The name of the convention has no particular meaning.^[4]

Ikasucon
Status	Inactive
Genre	Anime, Manga, Video Games, and Japanese popular culture.[1][2]
Venue	Grand Wayne Convention Center
Location(s)	Fort Wayne, Indiana
Country	United States
Inaugurated	2003
Attendance	1,500 in 2009[3]

Programming

The convention typically offered anime improv, anime music video contest, chess, costume competitions, game shows, gaming tournaments, formal dance, karaoke, original animation contest, panels, rave, vendors, workshops, and video screenings.^[1][3][5][6]

History

Ikasucon was previously held in the Cincinnati, Ohio area until moving to Fort Wayne, Indiana in 2007 for better facilities.^[1][4]

Event history

Dates	Location	Atten.	Guests
July 25–27, 2003	Cincinnati Convention Center Cincinnati, Ohio		Steve Bennett, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Monica Rial, and Jan Scott-Frazier.[7]
July 16–18, 2004	Clarion Hotel Blue Ash, Ohio	886	Greg Ayres, Steve Bennett, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Yad-Ming Mui, and Jan Scott-Frazier.[8]
July 15–17, 2005	Clarion Hotel Blue Ash, Ohio	1,300	Greg Ayres, Steve Bennett, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Hilary Hatch, Yad-Ming Mui, Michael Poe, Jan Scott-Frazier, and Toshifumi Yoshida.[9]
July 14–16, 2006	The Cinergy Center Cincinnati, Ohio		Greg Ayres, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Michael Gluck, David Kaye, Yad-Ming Mui, Jan Scott-Frazier, Toshifumi Yoshida, and Steve Yun.[10]
August 10–12, 2007	Grand Wayne Convention Center Fort Wayne, Indiana		Tristan MacAvery, Kevin McKeever, Yad-Ming Mui, Jan Scott-Frazier, and Toshifumi Yoshida.[11]
July 18–20, 2008	Grand Wayne Convention Center Fort Wayne, Indiana		Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Tristan MacAvery, Jeremy Mauney, Kevin McKeever, Harlan Watkins, and Mariah Watkins.[12]
August 7–9, 2009	Grand Wayne Convention Center Fort Wayne, Indiana	1,500[3]	Jeremy Mauney, Wendy Powell, Harlan Watkins, Mariah Watkins, and Travis Willingham.[13]
July 16–18, 2010	Grand Wayne Convention Center[14] Fort Wayne, Indiana		Hilary Hatch, Michael Poe, Spike Spencer, and Sonny Strait.[15]
July 8–10, 2011	Grand Wayne Convention Center Fort Wayne, Indiana		Hilary Hatch, Jamie McGonnigal, Steve "Warky" Nunez, Michael Poe, Blake Shepard, Sonny Strait, and Eric Stuart.[16]
July 13–15, 2012	Grand Wayne Convention Center Fort Wayne, Indiana		Daniel Coglan, Jillian Coglan, Steve Horton, Jamie McGonnigal, Steve "Warky" Nunez, Michael Poe, Blake Shepard, Sonny Strait, and Eric Stuart.[17]
July 12-14, 2013	Grand Wayne Convention Center Fort Wayne, Indiana		Abracadabra Productions[18]
August 1-3, 2014	Grand Wayne Convention Center Fort Wayne, Indiana		Robert Axelrod, James Hatton, Scott McNeil, Blake Shepard, Greg Wicker, Eric Wile, and Lisle Wilkerson.[19]
July 10-12, 2015	Grand Wayne Convention Center Fort Wayne, Indiana		Jeremy Inman and Blake Shepard.[20]
July 8-10, 2016	Grand Wayne Convention Center Fort Wayne, Indiana		James Hatton, Aaron Roberts, Blake Shepard, Austin Tindle, and Greg Wicker.[21]
July 28-30, 2017	Grand Wayne Convention Center Fort Wayne, Indiana		Quinton Flynn, Michele Knotz, Daman Mills, and Aaron Roberts.[22]