Middle Tennessee Anime Convention

The Middle Tennessee Anime Convention (MTAC) is an annual three day anime convention held during March/April at the Sheraton Music City Hotel and Embassy Suites Nashville Airport in Nashville, Tennessee.

Middle Tennessee Anime Convention (MTAC)
Status	Active
Genre	Anime, Manga, Popular Arts[1]
Venue	Sheraton Music City Hotel Embassy Suites Nashville Airport
Location(s)	Nashville, Tennessee
Country	United States
Inaugurated	1999
Attendance	9,796 in 2013
Organized by	Southeast Pop Arts & Culture (SEPOP)[2]
Website	http://www.mtac.net/

Programming

The convention typically features an AMV contest, artists alley, charity auction, cosplay contest, dealers room, gaming (arcade, board, card, console, tabletop), Japanese Fashion Shows, Lolita Tea Party, a ramen eating contest, rave, and panels.^{[3][4][5][6][7]} Table Top and Video Gaming runs 24 hours a day during the convention.^[8]

History

Tommy Yune was unable to attend the convention in 2010 due to the funeral of Carl Macek.^[9] MTAC delayed closing the 2010 convention due to the 2010 Tennessee floods for the members who could not leave.^[1] The convention in 2012 shared the Nashville Convention Center with the Full Moon Tattoo and Horror Festival.^[10] Due to attendance growth, the convention expanded into additional space in the convention center and hotel in 2013.^[3] The dealer's room in 2016 experienced long lines.^[6] MTAC 2020 was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and later rescheduled to 2021.^[11][12][13] MTAC 2021 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[14][15]

Event history

Dates	Location	Atten.	Guests
December 10–11, 1999	Days Inn Nashville Airport Nashville, Tennessee	300[16]
November 2–4, 2001	Clarion Hotel Nashville, Tennessee	400	Tiffany Grant, Sonny Strait, Bill Timoney, and Kira Vincent-Davis.[17]
August 9–11, 2002	Days Inn Nashville Airport Nashville, Tennessee	400	Steve Bennett, Rozie Curtis, Takayuki Karahashi, Sherry Lynn, and Jan Scott-Frazier.[18]
April 2–4, 2004	Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee	1,000	Greg Ayres, Robert DeJesus, Monica Rial, and Doug Smith.[19]
April 1–3, 2005	Millennium Maxwell House Hotel Nashville, Tennessee	1,750	Brent Allison, Greg Ayres, Laura Bailey, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Lisa Furukawa, Kevin McKeever, Vic Mignogna, Monica Rial, and Steve Yun.[20]
April 21–23, 2006	Embassy Suites Nashville South Franklin, Tennessee	2,500	Greg Ayres, Steve Blum, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Lisa Furukawa, Caitlin Glass, Scott Kurtz, Vic Mignogna, Para2Mahou, Jan Scott-Frazier, Doug Smith, and Travis Willingham.[21]
April 13–15, 2007	Cool Springs Conference Center (Marriott) Franklin, Tennessee	3,100	Lisa Furukawa, Tiffany Grant, Matt Greenfield, Mohammad "Hawk" Haque, Neil Kaplan, Kevin McKeever, Yad-Ming Mui, Ananth Panagariya, Peelander-Z, The Protomen, Doug Smith, and Steve Yun.[22]
April 25–27, 2008	Sheraton Music City Nashville, Tennessee	3,750	Greg Ayres, James L. Barry, Johnny Yong Bosch, Chickenbox!, Eyeshine, Kaiju Big Battel, The Man Power, Mega Ran, Nashville Lotus Taiko Team, Peelander-Z, The Slants, Doug Smith, and DJ TX300.[23]
April 3–5, 2009	Sheraton Music City Nashville, Tennessee	4,200	James L. Barry, Jonathan Brands, Lisa Furukawa, Yaya Han, Mohammad "Hawk" Haque, Steve Horton, The Man Power, Jeff Nimoy, The Notorious MSG, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Ananth Panagariya, Sam Romero, The Slants, Sonny Strait, and Jeong Mo Yang.[24]
April 30-May 2, 2010	Sheraton Music City Nashville, Tennessee	4,200[n 1][1]	Laura Bailey, Jason Canty, Lisa Furukawa, Kaiju Big Battel, Neil Kaplan, The Man Power, Vic Mignogna, Yad-Ming Mui, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Quaff, Jan Scott-Frazier, Doug Smith, Spike Spencer, Sonny Strait, Travis Willingham, and Steve Yun.[25]
April 22–24, 2011	Sheraton Music City Nashville, Tennessee	5,640	Action Adventure World, Robert Axelrod, Blue Grade, The Eric Stuart Band, Lisa Furukawa, Garth Graham, Yuri Lowenthal, The Man Power, Vic Mignogna, Reni Mimura, My Parents Favorite Music, Tara Platt, The Protomen, Shammers, The Slants, Eric Stuart, ST~Prime, and The Suzan.[26]
April 6–8, 2012	Nashville Convention Center and Renaissance Nashville Hotel Nashville, Tennessee	7,200[27][28]	Jason David Frank, Head Phones President, Kyle Hebert, Kaiju Big Battel, Jason Charles Miller, Yad-Ming Mui, Pinn Panelle, Eric Stuart, and Symphonic Anime Orchestra.[27]
March 29–31, 2013	Nashville Convention Center and Renaissance Nashville Hotel Nashville, Tennessee	9,796	Chris Cason, Jennifer Cihi, Todd Haberkorn, Brittney Karbowski, Jamie Marchi, Pinn Panelle, Monica Rial, The Slants, and Symphonic Anime Orchestra.[29]
April 18–20, 2014	Embassy Suites Nashville SE - Murfreesboro Murfreesboro, Tennessee		Martin Billany, Jillian Coglan, Samurai Dan Coglan, DJ Pete Ellison, Dan Green, Samantha Inoue-Harte, Vedetta Marie, Vic Mignogna, Marin M. Miller, Chii Sakurabi, and Eric Stuart.[30]
April 3–5, 2015	Sheraton Music City Hotel Nashville Airport Marriott Nashville, Tennessee		Martin Billany, Junko Fujiyama, Tiffany Grant, Matthew Lassiter, Marble Hornets, Erica Mendez, Matthew Mercer, Marin M. Miller, Jeff Nimoy, Robert J. Schwalb, Micah Solusod, Sonny Strait, J. Michael Tatum, and Vedetta Marie.[31]
March 25–27, 2016	Sheraton Music City Hotel Embassy Suites Nashville Airport Nashville, Tennessee		Martin Billany, Darrel Guilbeau, Matthew Lassiter, Vic Mignogna, Marin M. Miller, Bryce Papenbrook, Robert J. Schwalb, Eric Stuart, Kaiji Tang, and Vedetta Marie.[32]
April 14–16, 2017	Sheraton Music City Hotel Embassy Suites Nashville Airport Nashville, Tennessee		Martin Billany, Jessie James Grelle, Lotus Juice, Nina "Mango Sirene" Lynn, Mike McFarland, Marin M. Miller, Cassandra Lee Morris, and Keith Silverstein.[33]
March 30 - April 1, 2018	Sheraton Music City Hotel Embassy Suites Nashville Airport Nashville, Tennessee		Martin Billany, SungWon Cho, Yuri Lowenthal, Vic Mignogna, Marin M. Miller, Tara Platt, Robert J. Schwalb, and David Vincent.[34]
April 19–21, 2019	Sheraton Music City Hotel Embassy Suites Nashville Airport Nashville, Tennessee		Martin Billany, Jessie James Grelle, Jerry Jewell, Erica Mendez, Marin M. Miller, Trina Nishimura, The Slants, Kaiji Tang, and Sarah Anne Williams.[35]
April 15-17, 2022	Grand Hyatt Nashville Nashville, Tennessee		Ricco Fajardo, Caitlin Glass, Xanthe Huynh, Cherami Leigh, Adam McArthur, Bryce Papenbrook, and Kari Wahlgren.[36]
April 7-9, 2023	Sheraton Music City Hotel Embassy Suites Nashville Airport Nashville, Tennessee		Beau Billingslea, KingChris, Kyle McCarley, Amanda C. Miller, Marin M. Miller, None Like Joshua, and Anairis Quiñones.[37]
March 29-31, 2024	Sheraton Music City Hotel Embassy Suites Nashville Airport Nashville, Tennessee		Tiana Camacho, SungWon Cho, Justin Cook, Kohei Hattori, David Matranga, and Bryce Papenbrook.[38]
April 18-20, 2025	Sheraton Music City Hotel Embassy Suites Nashville Airport Nashville, Tennessee		Ed Chavez, Ricco Fajardo, MC Frontalot, Lauren Landa, Robert McCollum, Jason Charles Miller, Alexis Tipton, and Natalie Van Sistine.[39]

Notes

1. Affected by 2010 Tennessee floods.