Arkansas Anime Festival
Arkansas Anime Festival (AF2) is an annual three-day anime convention held in June/July at the Four Points by Sheraton Bentonville in Bentonville, Arkansas. It is the largest anime convention in the state of Arkansas and is family friendly.
Programming
The convention typically offers an artists alley, a dance, live action role-playing game, masquerade, panels, tabletop gaming, a vendor room, video games.
History
For several years the convention happened two times per year. The March 2010 event had a free party before the convention. Arkansas Anime Festival 2020 was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Event history
Dates | Location | Atten. | Guests |
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November 17, 2007 | Cosmopolitan Hotel Fayetteville, Arkansas | Samantha Inoue-Harte | |
May 24, 2008 | Holiday Inn Northwest Arkansas Springdale, Arkansas | 1,121 | Tiffany Grant, Samantha Inoue-Harte, and Dominic Vitucci. |
November 8–9, 2008 | Holiday Inn Springdale, Arkansas | 1,056 | Johnny Yong Bosch, Samantha Inoue-Harte, and Dominic Vitucci. |
April 25, 2009 | Cosmopolitan Hotel Fayetteville, Arkansas | Kyle Hebert, Samantha Inoue-Harte, and Dominic Vitucci. | |
November 20–22, 2009 | Cosmopolitan Hotel Fayetteville, Arkansas | Juli Erickson, Samantha Inoue-Harte, and Grant James. | |
March 6–7, 2010 | Clarion Hotel & Conference Center Bentonville, Arkansas | Christopher Ayres, Todd Haberkorn, Vic Mignogna, Wendy Powell, and Maria Vu. | |
November 20–21, 2010 | Clarion Hotel & Conference Center Bentonville, Arkansas | 900 | Robert Axelrod, Richard Epcar, Samantha Inoue-Harte, and Dominic Vitucci. |
March 5–6, 2011 | Clarion Hotel & Conference Center Bentonville, Arkansas | DJ Azrael, Eric Benton, Eric Burton, Spike Spencer, and John Swasey. | |
December 2–4, 2011 | Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area Springdale, Arkansas | Jillian Coglan, Samurai Dan Coglan, and Mike McFarland. | |
March 16–18, 2012 | Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area Springdale, Arkansas | 1,208 | DJ Azrael, Eric Benton, Eric Burton, and Sonny Strait. |
November 16–18, 2012 | Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area Springdale, Arkansas | Jillian Coglan, Samurai Dan Coglan, Samantha Inoue-Harte, Greg Wicker, and Tom Wyner. | |
April 5–7, 2013 | Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area Springdale, Arkansas | ||
March 14–16, 2014 | Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area Springdale, Arkansas | Chris Bevins, Samantha Inoue-Harte, Rachel Robinson, and J. Michael Tatum. | |
December 12–14, 2014 | Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area Springdale, Arkansas | Leah Clark, Samantha Inoue-Harte, Kazha, Jad Saxton, and Jessica Calvello. | |
May 29–31, 2015 | Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area Springdale, Arkansas | Darrel Guilbeau, David Vincent, and Lisle Wilkerson. | |
May 27–29, 2016 | Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area Springdale, Arkansas | Rachael Messer and Austin Tindle. | |
November 18–20, 2016 | Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area Springdale, Arkansas | Samantha Inoue-Hart, Guy Michel, Phil Parsons, and Chris Patton. | |
May 26–28, 2017 | Fort Smith Convention Center Fort Smith, Arkansas | Leah Clark and Kazha. | |
November 10–12, 2017 | DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Bentonville Four Points by Sheraton Bentonville Bentonville, Arkansas | Samantha Inoue-Hart | |
June 29 - July 1, 2018 | DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Bentonville Four Points by Sheraton Bentonville Bentonville, Arkansas | DJ Azrael, Fighting Dreamers Productions, Jeremy Inman, and Kazha. | |
June 21-23, 2019 | DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Bentonville Four Points by Sheraton Bentonville Bentonville, Arkansas | Aaron Roberts | |
June 17-19, 2022 | Four Points by Sheraton Bentonville Bentonville, Arkansas | Kyle Jones, John Swasey, and Barry Yandell. | |
July 14-16, 2023 | Four Points by Sheraton Bentonville Bentonville, Arkansas | Josh Martin, Phil Parsons, and Chris Rager. | |
June 7-9, 2024 | Four Points by Sheraton Bentonville Bentonville, Arkansas | Tiffany Grant, Krystal LaPorte, Patrick Pedraza, and Aaron Roberts. |
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- Kick-off for Arkansas Anime Festival KHBS/KHOG-TV, Retrieved 2016-06-27