| Kitsune Kon | |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Anime, Gaming[1] |
| Venue | KI Convention Center |
| Location(s) | Green Bay, Wisconsin |
| Country | United States |
| Inaugurated | 2011 |
| Attendance | 3,487 in 2019[2] |
| Website | http://www.kitsunekon.com/ |
Kitsune Kon is an annual three-day anime convention held during July at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
The convention typically offers arcade gaming, artists’ alley, a boffer (foam weapons) room, costume contest, dealers’ hall, formal dance, and gaming (console, table top, video).[3][4][5][6][7] Its formal dance benefited the American Association for Cancer prevention in 2016.[6]
Kitsune Kon moved to the KI Convention Center due to growth.[3] Complaints about the 2017 convention included a lack of food options, shortage of staff, and issues with the local Green Bay population.[7] Kitsune Kon 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8][9] Kitsune Kon 2021 was also cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10][11]
| Dates | Location | Atten. | Guests |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 25-27, 2011 | Radisson Paper Valley Hotel Appleton, Wisconsin | 1,042[5] | Chris Cason, Tiffany Grant, Page Kotalic, John Matson, Vic Mignogna, Yuko "Aido" Ota, and Ananth Panagariya.[12] |
| March 30 - April 1, 2012 | Radisson Paper Valley Hotel Appleton, Wisconsin | Curtis Arnott, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Michelle Ann Dunphy, Steve "Warky" Nunez, Laura Post, and Lisle Wilkerson.[13] | |
| March 22-24, 2013 | Radisson Paper Valley Hotel Appleton, Wisconsin | 1,795[14] | Curtis Arnott, Martin Billany, Preston Cowley, Tanglwyst De Holloway, Scott Frerichs, Darrel Guilbeau, Nick Landis, Steve "Warky" Nunez, Laura Post, David Vincent, White Girl, and Lisle Wilkerson.[14] |
| March 21-23, 2014 | Radisson Paper Valley Hotel Appleton, Wisconsin | 2,210[15] | Chris Cason, Tiffany Grant, Steve "Warky" Nunez, and Jan Scott-Frazier.[15] |
| March 20-22, 2015 | Hyatt on Main, Green Bay Green Bay, Wisconsin | 2,487[16] | Richard Epcar, Faecakes, Natalie Hoover, Joel McDonald, Andre "DJ Jinrei" Smith, and Ellyn Stern.[16] |
| July 22-24, 2016 | KI Convention Center Green Bay, Wisconsin | Arc Impulse, Thomas M. Baxa, D.C. Douglas, Erin Fitzgerald, Quinton Flynn, Atelier Heidi, Joel McDonald, ProJared, Chris Rager and Jon St. John.[17] | |
| July 14-16, 2017 | KI Convention Center Green Bay, Wisconsin | Brian Beacock, Beau Billingslea, Steve Blum, Irene Flores, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Derek Stephen Prince, Jon St. John, and Paul St. Peter.[18] | |
| July 20-22, 2018 | KI Convention Center Green Bay, Wisconsin | 3,209 | Kimberly Brooks, Mary Claypool, Les E. Claypool III, D.C. Douglas, Jessie James Grelle, Wendee Lee, Joel McDonald, Ian Sinclair, Paul St. Peter, and Bennett White.[19] |
| July 12-14, 2019 | KI Convention Center Green Bay, Wisconsin | 3,487 | Tia Ballard, Justin Briner, Kira Buckland, Clifford Chapin, Xanthe Huynh, and Amanda Winn-Lee.[2] |
| July 22-24, 2022 | KI Convention Center Green Bay, Wisconsin | Edward Bosco, John Burgmeier, Ben Diskin, Kohei Hattori, Phil Mizuno, Jonah Scott, and Jon St. John.[20] | |
| July 21-23, 2023 | KI Convention Center Green Bay, Wisconsin | Dani Chambers, Dorothy Fahn, Melissa Fahn, Tom Fahn, DJ GreenFlöw, Lisa Ortiz, and Michael "Knightmage" Wilson.[21] | |
| July 19-21, 2024 | KI Convention Center Green Bay, Wisconsin | Samantha Béart, Dawn M. Bennett, Edward Bosco, Bridget Hoffman, Brittney Karbowski, and Brian Mathis.[22] |
|
List of anime conventions in North America
| |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada |
| ||||||||
| United States |
| ||||||||
| |||||||||
44°31′5″N 88°0′40″W / 44.51806°N 88.01111°W / 44.51806; -88.01111
