Status Active Location(s) Columbus, Ohio Inaugurated 2006 | Venue Hyatt Regency Columbus Country United States | |
Genre Anime, Manga, Video Games, and popular culture. | ||
Matsuricon is a three-day anime convention held during August in Columbus, Ohio, at the Hyatt Regency Columbus. The convention is family friendly.
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Programming
The convention typically offers an artist alley, cosplay contest, dealers room, formal ball, gaming (arcade, board, video), karaoke, masquerade, and a video contest. The Carolina Manga Library provided the conventions manga library in 2014. Matsuricon's 2014 charity fundraisers raised $13,916 and benefited Pelotonia.
History
In 2012 the convention hosted the Distant Worlds concert, led by Arnie Roth. The concert was followed up with a meet and greet event with composer Nobuo Uematsu for VIP ticket holders.
References
Matsuricon Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA