Arkansas Anime Festival

Arkansas Anime Festival (AF2) is an annual three-day anime convention held 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.[4][5][6]

Arkansas Anime Festival
StatusActive
GenreAnime[1][2]
VenueFour Points by Sheraton Bentonville
Location(s)Bentonville, Arkansas
CountryUnited States
Inaugurated2007[1]
Attendance1,208 in March 2012[3]
Websitehttp://arkansasanimefestival.com/

Programming

The convention typically offers an artists alley, a dance, live action role-playing game, masquerade, panels, tabletop gaming, a vendor room, video games.[5][6]

History

For several years the convention happened two times per year.[4][6] The March 2010 event had a free party before the convention.[5] Arkansas Anime Festival 2020 was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7][8]

Event history
DatesLocationAtten.Guests
November 17, 2007 Cosmopolitan Hotel
Fayetteville, Arkansas		Samantha Inoue-Harte[9]
May 24, 2008 Holiday Inn Northwest Arkansas
Springdale, Arkansas		1,121Tiffany Grant, Samantha Inoue-Harte, and Dominic Vitucci.[10]
November 8–9, 2008 Holiday Inn
Springdale, Arkansas		1,056Johnny Yong Bosch, Samantha Inoue-Harte, and Dominic Vitucci.[11]
April 25, 2009 Cosmopolitan Hotel
Fayetteville, Arkansas		Kyle Hebert, Samantha Inoue-Harte, and Dominic Vitucci.[12]
November 20–22, 2009 Cosmopolitan Hotel
Fayetteville, Arkansas		Juli Erickson, Samantha Inoue-Harte, and Grant James.[13]
March 6–7, 2010 Clarion Hotel & Conference Center
Bentonville, Arkansas		Christopher Ayres, Todd Haberkorn, Vic Mignogna, Wendy Powell, and Maria Vu.[14]
November 20–21, 2010 Clarion Hotel & Conference Center
Bentonville, Arkansas		900[6]Robert Axelrod, Richard Epcar, Samantha Inoue-Harte, and Dominic Vitucci.[15]
March 5–6, 2011 Clarion Hotel & Conference Center
Bentonville, Arkansas		DJ Azrael, Eric Benton, Eric Burton, Spike Spencer, and John Swasey.[16]
December 2–4, 2011 Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area
Springdale, Arkansas		Daniel Coglan, Jillian Coglan, and Mike McFarland.[17]
March 16–18, 2012 Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area
Springdale, Arkansas		1,208DJ Azrael, Eric Benton, Eric Burton, and Sonny Strait.[3]
November 16–18, 2012 Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area
Springdale, Arkansas		Daniel Coglan, Jillian Coglan, Samantha Inoue-Harte, Greg Wicker, and Tom Wyner.[18]
April 5–7, 2013[19] 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.[20]
December 12–14, 2014 Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area
Springdale, Arkansas		Leah Clark, Samantha Inoue-Harte, Kazha, Jad B. Saxton,[21] and Jessica Calvello.[22]
May 29–31, 2015 Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area
Springdale, Arkansas		Darrel Guilbeau, David Vincent, and Lisle Wilkerson.[23]
May 27–29, 2016 Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area
Springdale, Arkansas		Rachael Messer and Austin Tindle.[24]
November 18–20, 2016 Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area
Springdale, Arkansas		Samantha Inoue-Hart, Guy Michel, Phil Parsons, and Chris Patton.[25]
May 26–28, 2017 Fort Smith Convention Center
Fort Smith, Arkansas		Leah Clark and Kazha.[26]
November 10–12, 2017 DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Bentonville
Four Points by Sheraton Bentonville
Bentonville, Arkansas		Samantha Inoue-Hart[27]
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.[28]
June 21-23, 2019 DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Bentonville
Four Points by Sheraton Bentonville
Bentonville, Arkansas		Aaron Roberts[29]

References
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