San Japan is the San Antonio, Texas Japanese culture & anime convention which debuted 2008. It is San Antonio's first major anime convention, and has had two successful years so far. Guests have included Vic Mignogna, Christopher Ayres, Tiffany Grant, Laura Bailey, Carrie Savage, Travis Willingham, Josh Grelle, and Samantha Inoue-Harte.
Musical guest appearances have included the North American debut concert of Smile.dk, along with performances by LeetStreet Boys, Mega Ran, and OverClocked ReMix.
History
The San Japan group was formed in Fall 2005. It was originally intended to debut as a 3-day convention in July 2007 but had to be postponed for one additional year due to issues with the original host location. To make up for the postponement, a one-day event called San Japan : Zero Day Anime was held at Our Lady of the Lake University, in San Antonio, Texas on November 10th, 2007. After a successful one-day convention, San Japan planned out its debut 3-day convention which was called San Japan 1.5 . It received rave reviews. Next, San Japan sponsored a second one-day convention called Mizuumi-Con which happened on March 21st, 2009. The second 3-day convention was called San Japan 2.x and happened on August 14th-16th, 2009. The third convention is in the planning stage and will be called San Japan :3 which is moving to a new location at the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter Hotel which is attached to the Rivercenter Mall at the heart of the San Antonio River Walk.
Future plans are to split off Mizuumi-Con and allow it to be run entirely by the Mizuumi Anime Club at Our Lady of the Lake University.
Event history
References
- ^ "SMiLE.dk will be looking for their samurai at San Japan". Orange Lounge Radio . http://orangeloungeradio.com/phpnuke/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=773 . Retrieved 2008-08-23 .
- ^ "Our Lady of the Lake University hosts Zero Day Anime convention". AnimeCons.com . http://www.animecons.com/news/article.shtml/572 . Retrieved 2008-08-22 .
- ^ "San Japan 2008 convention report". AnimeCons.com . http://www.animecons.com/reports/article.shtml/727 . Retrieved 2008-08-17 .
- ^ "J-Team Podcast: Episode 7 @ Home - AniJam and San Japan Report Episode". Thepodcastdirectory.com . http://www.thepodcastdirectory.com/podcast/episode/470598/ . Retrieved 2008-08-22 .
- ^ "San Japan : Zero Day Anime Information". AnimeCons.com . http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1382 . Retrieved 2008-08-22 .
- ^ "San Japan 1.5 Information". AnimeCons.com . http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1037 . Retrieved 2008-08-22 .
- ^ "San Japan 2.x Information". AnimeCons.com . http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1734 . Retrieved 2009-01-01 .
External links
- San Japan Website
- San Japan :