| A-Kon | |
|---|---|
 Logo for the convention | |
| Status | Active |
| Venue | Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas Toyota Music Factory |
| Location(s) | Irving, Texas |
| Country | United States |
| Inaugurated | 1990 |
| Attendance | 34,684 in 2018 |
| Website | www |
A-Kon is an annual three-day anime convention held during June at the Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas and Toyota Music Factory in Irving, Texas. First held in 1990 with just 380 people in attendance,[1] A-Kon is North America's longest running convention primarily focused on anime.[2]
- ^ Maurstad, Tom (2003-05-30). "All anime, all the time; Convention offers round-the-clock immersion in Japanese animation". The Dallas Morning News.
A grand total of 380 people attended the first Project A-Kon, way back in 1990. This weekend, more than 7,000 will flock to the Hyatt Regency DFW for the annual festival devoted to all things anime. Meanwhile, the number of vendors and exhibitors has jumped from a few to a few dozen.
- ^ "List of 1990 North American Anime Conventions". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2018-10-09.