Anime Festival Orlando facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Anime Festival Orlando
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Status	Active
Venue	Wyndham Orlando Resort International Drive
Location	Orlando, Florida
Country	United States
First held	2000
Official website	http://www.animefestivalorlando.com/

Anime Festival Orlando (AFO) is an annual three-day anime convention held during summer at the Wyndham Orlando Resort International Drive in Orlando, Florida.

Programming

The convention typically offers an Artist Alley, cosplay contents, maid cafe, panels, rave, vendors, and a video game room. An interactive game "Orlandia" occurs during the convention. The convention's charity event in 2009 benefited Child's Play.

History

The conventions organization began in December 1999. AFO shared space with another convention hosting Governor Jeb Bush in 2006. Anime Festival Orlando 2020 was moved from June to November due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but was later cancelled.

Event history

Dates	Location	Atten.	Guests
August 19–20, 2000	Ramada Plaza Hotel and Inn Gateway Kissimmee, Florida	450	Steve Bennett, Marshall Hash, and Wendee Lee.
July 27–29, 2001	Hilton Orlando/Altamonte Springs Altamonte Springs, Florida	1,000	Steve Bennett, Chynna Clugston-Major, Marshall Hash, Wendee Lee, Doug Smith, and Yoshiki Tokushu.
August 16–18, 2002	Renaissance WorldGate Kissimmee, Florida		Hiroshi Aro, Steve Bennett, Keith Burgess, Lindsay Cibos, Chynna Clugston-Major, Robert DeJesus, Ben Dunn, Marshall Hash, Jared Hodges, Wendee Lee, Jan Scott-Frazier, Doug Smith, Miyuki Sugimori, and Yoshiki Tokushu.
August 1–3, 2003	Wyndham Orlando Resort Orlando, Florida		Steve Bennett, Lindsay Cibos, Robert DeJesus, Tiffany Grant, Jared Hodges, Wendee Lee, Chris Patton, Meredith Placko, Jack Povlitz, and Jan Scott-Frazier.
August 6–8, 2004	Wyndham Orlando Resort Orlando, Florida		Steve Bennett, Sandy Fox, Lex Lang, Trish Ledoux, Wendee Lee, Meredith Placko, Jan Scott-Frazier, Doug Smith, and Toshifumi Yoshida.
August 5–7, 2005	Wyndham Orlando Resort Orlando, Florida		Tom Bateman, Steve Bennett, Bob Bergen, Michael Dobson, Sandy Fox, Lex Lang, Tony Oliver, Chris Sabat, Jan Scott-Frazier, Doug Smith, and Steve Yun.
July 28–30, 2006	Wyndham Orlando Resort Orlando, Florida		Lindsay Cibos, Aaron Dismuke, Quinton Flynn, Marc Handler, Jared Hodges, Vic Mignogna, Jeff Nimoy, Chris Sabat, Doug Smith, Veronica Taylor, and Travis Willingham.
August 3–5, 2007	Wyndham Orlando Resort Orlando, Florida		Lindsay Cibos, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Jason David Frank, Marc Handler, Jared Hodges, Chris Sabat, Doug Smith, Sonny Strait, and Travis Willingham.
August 15–17, 2008	Wyndham Orlando Resort Orlando, Florida		Colleen Clinkenbeard, Aaron Dismuke, Richard Epcar, Jason David Frank, Reuben Langdon, Chris Patton, Monica Rial, Doug Smith, Ellyn Stern, Travis Willingham, and Stephanie Yanez.
July 31 – August 2, 2009	Wyndham Orlando Resort Orlando, Florida		Robert Axelrod, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Aaron Dismuke, Jason David Frank, Reuben Langdon, Vic Mignogna, Chris Sabat, Doug Smith, and Sonny Strait.
August 5–8, 2010	Wyndham Orlando Resort Orlando, Florida		Jason David Frank, Reuben Langdon, Tony Oliver, Daniel Southworth, Sonny Strait, Jessica Straus, David Yost, and Tommy Yune.
August 4–7, 2011	Wyndham Orlando Resort Orlando, Florida		Johnny Yong Bosch, Quinton Flynn, Blake Foster, Jason David Frank, Reuben Langdon, Wendee Lee, Dan Southworth, John Swasey, and Cristina Vee.
August 3–5, 2012	Wyndham Orlando Resort Orlando, Florida		Grey DeLisle, D. C. Douglas, Richard Epcar, Jason David Frank, Kyle Hebert, Jason Narvy, Dan Southworth, Ellyn Stern, Sonny Strait, and Tara Strong.
August 16–18, 2013	Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld Orlando, Florida		Debi Derryberry, D.C. Douglas, Final Weapon, Jennifer Hale, HDninja, Ali Hillis, Jason Narvy, Tony Oliver, Bryce Papenbrook, Random Encounter, Rino Romano, S.S. Hanami, Paul Schrier, Stephanie Sheh, and Mike Sinterniklaas.
July 25–27, 2014	Wyndham Orlando Resort Orlando, Florida		Lucien Dodge, Reuben Langdon, Erica Mendez, Sean Schemmel, Stephanie Sheh, Cristina Vee, and Kari Wahlgren.
August 14–16, 2015	Wyndham Orlando Resort Orlando, Florida		Dante Basco, Todd Haberkorn, Reuben Langdon, Eric Stuart, and Veronica Taylor.
July 29–31, 2016	Wyndham Orlando Resort Orlando, Florida		Gregg Berger, Richie Branson, Aaron Dismuke, Todd Haberkorn, Reuben Langdon, Vic Mignogna, Mark Musashi, Stephanie Sheh, Mike Sinterniklaas, and John Swasey.
June 9–11, 2017	Wyndham Orlando Resort Orlando, Florida		Robert Axelrod, Bruce Carr, Barbara Dunkelman, Caitlin Glass, Kazha, Josh Keaton, Reuben Langdon, and Arryn Zech.
August 3–5, 2018	Wyndham Orlando Resort International Drive Orlando, Florida		Bruce Carr, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Dorah Fine, Reuben Langdon, and John Swasey.
August 9–11, 2019	Wyndham Orlando Resort International Drive Orlando, Florida		Steve Blum, Johnny Yong Bosch, Dorah Fine, Jason David Frank, Billy Kametz, Reuben Langdon, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Mega Ran, Tony Oliver, and Dan Southworth.
June 25-27, 2021	Wyndham Orlando Resort International Drive Orlando, Florida		Dorah Fine, Kyle Hebert, Brittney Karbowski, Christina Marie Kelly, Reuben Langdon, Monica May, Alycia Purrott, and Keith Silverstein.

Gallery

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  Logo for Anime Festival Orlando 11 (2010)