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Anime convention in Bakersfield, California From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bak-Anime is an annual two-day anime convention held at the Kern County Fairgrounds in Bakersfield, California by the staff of SacAnime.[3] The convention is the sister conventions to the Bakersfield Comic Con, Sacramento Comic, Toy and Anime Show (Sac-Con), and SacAnime.
Bak-Anime | |
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Status | Active |
Genre | Anime, Manga, Video Games[1][2] |
Venue | Kern County Fairgrounds |
Location(s) | Bakersfield, California |
Country | United States |
Inaugurated | 2010 |
Website | http://www.bak-anime.com/ |
The convention typically offers an artists’ alley, card game tournaments, cosplay contest, dealer's room, and a swap meet.[4][5][6]
The convention began due to the requests of fans from the Bakersfield Comic Con.[7][8] Bak-Anime in winter 2013 moved to the Bakersfield Marriott due to growth and for the fall 2013 event expanded to two days.[1][7][8] The expansion in the fall was considered a risk due to the increased costs of events run at that time of the year.[1] The convention returned to one day in June 2014, and re-expanded to two days in January 2015.[9][10] The 2019 event occupied two of the Kern County Fairgrounds buildings.[6] Bak-Anime 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11][12] Bak-Anime 2021 was also cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[13][14]
Dates | Location | Atten. | Guests |
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May 2, 2010 | Doubletree Hotel Bakersfield Bakersfield, California | Katie Bair and Liam O'Brien.[3] | |
January 23, 2011 | Doubletree Hotel Bakersfield Bakersfield, California | Stephanie Lesniak, Billy Martinez, and Vic Mignogna.[15] | |
April 22, 2012 | Doubletree Hotel Bakersfield Bakersfield, California | 1,100[7] | Laura Bailey, Billy Martinez, and Travis Willingham.[16] |
January 20, 2013 | Bakersfield Marriott at the Convention Center Bakersfield, California | 1,400 (est)[17] | Ivy Doomkitty, Billy Martinez, Roger Craig Smith, and Nate Watson.[18] |
November 2–3, 2013 | Bakersfield Marriott at the Convention Center Bakersfield, California | Akai SKY, Jennifer Hale, Liam O'Brien, and Sam Riegel.[19] | |
June 22, 2014 | Bakersfield Marriott at the Convention Center Bakersfield, California | Trina Nishimura and Brina Palencia.[20] | |
January 24–25, 2015 | Bakersfield Marriott at the Convention Center Bakersfield, California | around 1,400 (est)[21] | Christine Marie Cabanos, Kyle Hebert, and Cristina Vee.[22][23] |
February 6–7, 2016 | Bakersfield Marriott at the Convention Center Bakersfield, California | Johnny Yong Bosch, Eyeshine, Tony Fleecs, Ali Hillis,[24] and Kyle Hebert, Roger Jackson.[21] | |
February 25–26, 2017 | Kern County Fairgrounds Bakersfield, California | around 3,500 (est)[25][26] | Karan Ashley, Walter E. Jones, Cherami Leigh Danielle McRae, Vic Mignogna, and David Yost.[26] |
February 3–4, 2018 | Kern County Fairgrounds Bakersfield, California | Feodor Chin, Liam O'Brien, Josh Petersdorf, and David Yost.[27] | |
February 2–3, 2019 | Kern County Fairgrounds Bakersfield, California | Kellen Goff, Kenny James, Neil Kaplan, Vic Mignogna, and Tara Sands.[28] | |
May 21-22, 2022 | Kern County Fairgrounds Bakersfield, California | Mela Lee, Vic Mignogna, Sarah Natochenny, Alicyn Packard, Nate Watson, Ezra Weisz, Joe Zieja,[29] and James Mathis III.[30] | |
May 20-21, 2023 | Kern County Fairgrounds Bakersfield, California | Laila Berzins, Brook Chalmers, Ian James Corlett, Tony Fleecs, Josey McCoy, Patrick Pedraza, and Dina Sherman.[31] | |
June 1-2, 2024 | Kern County Fairgrounds Bakersfield, California | A.J. Beckles, Griffin Burns, Sean Chiplock, Doug Erholtz, Chris Hackney, Anairis Quiñones, Christopher Corey Smith, Karen Strassman, and Dan Woren.[32] |
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