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Anime Festival Orlando
StatusActive
VenueWyndham Orlando Resort
Location(s)Orlando, Florida
CountryUnited States
Inaugurated2000
Major eventsVideo screenings, AMV contest, panels and workshops, cosplay, dance, video gaming, dealers' room, and game shows
Websitehttp://www.animefestivalorlando.com/

Anime Festival Orlando (AFO) is an annual three-day anime convention held at the Wyndham Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida in August. AFO has a variety of anime events and programming, guests, and many of the things to be expected at an anime convention. Anime Festival Orlando 11 will be held at the same location, from August 5 through August 8, 2010.[1]

Programming

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Anime Festival Orlando holds many events that are typical of anime conventions, including cosplay, dances, panels, workshops, game shows, karaoke, video games, artist alley, and dealers room.[2]

History

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Anime Festival Orlando (AFO) is an annual three-day anime convention held at the Wyndham Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida in August. AFO has a variety of anime events and programming, guests, and many of the things to be expected at an anime convention. Anime Festival Orlando 12 will be held at an undetermined location, from August 4 through August 7, 2011.[3]

Programming

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Anime Festival Orlando holds many events that are typical of anime conventions, including cosplay, dances, panels, workshops, game shows, karaoke, video games, artist alley, and dealers room.[4]

History

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Event history

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Dates Location Atten. Guests
August 19–20, 2000 Ramada Plaza Hotel and Inn Gateway
Kissimmee, Florida
Steve Bennett, Marshall Hash, and Wendee Lee.[5]
July 27–29, 2001 Hilton Orlando/Altamonte Springs
Altamonte Springs, Florida
Steve Bennett, Chynna Clugston-Major, Marshall Hash, Wendee Lee, Doug Smith, and Yoshiki Tokushu.[6]
August 16–18, 2002 Renaissance WorldGate
Kissimmee, Florida
Hiroshi Aro, Steve Bennett, Keith Burgess, Lindsay Cibos, Chynna Clugston-Major, Robert DeJesus, Ben Dunn, Marshall Hash, Jared Hodges, Wendee Lee, Jan Scott-Frazier, Doug Smith, Miyuki Sugimori, and Yoshiki Tokushu.[7]
August 1–3, 2003 Wyndham Orlando Resort
Orlando, Florida
Steve Bennett, Lindsay Cibos, Robert DeJesus, Tiffany Grant, Jared Hodges, Wendee Lee, Chris Patton, and Jan Scott-Frazier.[8]
August 6–8, 2004 Wyndham Orlando Resort
Orlando, Florida
Steve Bennett, Sandy Fox, Lex Lang, Trish Ledoux, Wendee Lee, Jan Scott-Frazier, Doug Smith, and Toshifumi Yoshida.[9]
August 5–7, 2005 Wyndham Orlando Resort
Orlando, Florida
Tom Bateman, Steve Bennett, Bob Bergen, Michael Dobson, Sandy Fox, Lex Lang, Tony Oliver, Chris Sabat, Jan Scott-Frazier, Doug Smith, and Steve Yun.[10]
July 28–30, 2006 Wyndham Orlando Resort
Orlando, Florida
Lindsay Cibos, Aaron Dismuke, Quinton Flynn, Marc Handler, Jared Hodges, Vic Mignogna, Jeff Nimoy, Chris Sabat, Doug Smith, Veronica Taylor, and Travis Willingham.[11]
August 3–5, 2007 Wyndham Orlando Resort
Orlando, Florida
Lindsay Cibos, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Jason David Frank, Marc Handler, Jared Hodges, Chris Sabat, Doug Smith, Sonny Strait, and Travis Willingham.[12]
August 15–17, 2008 Wyndham Orlando Resort
Orlando, Florida
Colleen Clinkenbeard, Aaron Dismuke, Jason David Frank, Reuben Langdon, Chris Patton, Monica Rial, Doug Smith, Travis Willingham, and Stephanie Yanez.[13]
July 31 – August 2, 2009 Wyndham Orlando Resort
Orlando, Florida
Robert Axelrod , Colleen Clinkenbeard, Aaron Dismuke, Jason David Frank, Reuben Langdon, Vic Mignogna, Monica Rial, Chris Sabat, Doug Smith, and Sonny Strait.[14]
August 5 - August 8, 2010 Wyndham Orlando Resort
Orlando, Florida
David Yost, Tommy Yune, Tony Oliver, Sonny Strait, Jessica Straus, Reuben Langdon, Dan Southworth, Jason David Frank [15] [16]
August 4 - August 7, 2011 Wyndham Orlando Resort
Orlando, Florida
Jason David Frank Wendee Lee [3]

References

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  1. ^ "Anime Festival Orlando 2009". UpcomingCons.com. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
  2. ^ "LLNN Coverage of Anime Festival Orlando 4". Linus Lam News Network. Retrieved 2007-03-07.
  3. ^ a b "Anime Festival Orlando Facebook". Anime Festival Orlando Facebook Page. Retrieved 2010-12-14. Cite error: The named reference "FB-AFO" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  4. ^ "LLNN Coverage of Anime Festival Orlando 4". Linus Lam News Network. Retrieved 2007-03-07.
  5. ^ "Anime Festival Orlando 2000 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
  6. ^ "Anime Festival Orlando 2001 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
  7. ^ "Anime Festival Orlando 2002 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
  8. ^ "Anime Festival Orlando 2003 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
  9. ^ "Anime Festival Orlando 2004 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
  10. ^ "Anime Festival Orlando 2005 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
  11. ^ "Anime Festival Orlando 2006 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
  12. ^ "Anime Festival Orlando 2007 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
  13. ^ "Anime Festival Orlando 2008 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2008-07-06.
  14. ^ "Anime Festival Orlando 2009 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  15. ^ "Anime Festival Orlando 2010 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2010-07-3. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  16. ^ AFO Program Guide 2010, Front Cover.
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