Arkansas Anime Festival facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Arkansas Anime Festival
Status	Active
Genre	Anime
Venue	Four Points by Sheraton Bentonville
Location	Bentonville, Arkansas
Country	United States
First held	2007
Attendance	1,208 in March 2012
Official website	http://arkansasanimefestival.com/

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.

Programming

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

History

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

Event history

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