SacAnime facts for kids
Quick facts for kids SacAnime |
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| Status | Active |
| Genre | Anime, Manga, Japanese culture |
| Venue | Cal Expo |
| Location(s) | Sacramento, California |
| Country | United States |
| Inaugurated | 2004 |
| Attendance | 21,000 in Summer 2018 |
| Filing status | Sole proprietorship |
| Website | http://www.sacanime.com/ |
SacAnime is a semi-annual three day anime convention held at Cal Expo in Sacramento, California. The convention is the sister conventions to the Sacramento Comic, Toy and Anime Show (Sac-Con) and Bak-Anime.
Programming
SacAnime typically features an animated music video contest, art contests, artists alley, card-game tournaments, console gaming, cosplay chess, costume contests, dealers room, fashion show, karaoke, maid cafe, masquerade, music performances, panels, Q&A sessions, rave, swap meet, video games, and workshops.
History
SacAnime began as an extension of the quarterly Sacramento Comic, Toy and Anime Show (Sac-Con). The convention was originally known as the Sacramento Anime & Manga Show and became a semi-annual event in 2005. Due to the summer conventions growth, it moved to the Sacramento Convention Center in 2013. The Winter 2013 show was also moved to the Sacramento Convention Center. The Summer 2013 event shared the Sacramento Convention Center with the Sacramento Greek Festival, and with the convention badge attendees could enter festival for free. The convention expanded into additional space in the Sacramento Convention Center, along with holding some events in the Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel. The Winter 2014 convention continued to utilize space in the Sheraton Grand. A marriage proposal occurred during the costume contest. Sac-Anime Winter 2016 was the first year they used all exhibit halls at the Sacramento Convention Center. Prop guns were banned at the Summer 2017 convention. Sac-Anime Summer in 2019 will be moving from September to June.
Sac-Anime in 2020 moved to Cal Expo due to renovations occurring at the Sacramento Convention Center. Sac-Anime Summer 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sac-Anime Winter 2021 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Sacramento Convention Center not being available.
Event History
| Dates | Location | Atten. | Guests |
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| July 31 - August 1, 2004 | Sunrise Mall Citrus Heights, California |
Kyle Hoyt, Ben Seto, and Andrew Wong. | |
| February 12, 2005 | Scottish Rite Center Sacramento, California |
1,000 (est) | |
| July 30–31, 2005 | Sunrise Mall Citrus Heights, California |
Katie Bair, Ron Lim, Steve Oliff, and Ben Seto. | |
| January 14, 2006 | Scottish Rite Center Sacramento, California |
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| July 15, 2006 | Scottish Rite Center Sacramento, California |
2,000 (est) | Akai SKY, Artbeat, Katie Bair, Jodon Bellofatto, Neil Kaplan, Ron Lim, Austin Osueke, Trina Robbins, and David Stanworth. |
| January 13–14, 2007 | Scottish Rite Center Sacramento, California |
Artbeat, Katie Bair, Jodon Bellofatto, Che Gilson, Ron Lim, Yoko Molotov, Austin Osueke, Spike Spencer, Amanda Tomasch, and {mid:night}. | |
| July 13–15, 2007 | Red Lion Hotel Sacramento Sacramento, California |
Akai SKY, Artbeat, Katie Bair, Crispin Freeman, Lisa Furukawa, Chris Hazelton, Yishan Li, Brandon McKinney, Yoko Molotov, Chris Patton, PLID, Rusika, Patrick Seitz, Spike Spencer, Amanda Tomasch, Voltaire, Brent Wooley, and {mid:night}. | |
| January 11–13, 2008 | Scottish Rite Center Sacramento, California |
Laura Bailey, Darrel Guilbeau, Metal Phyzix, Vic Mignogna, Ben Roman, The Slants, and Travis Willingham. | |
| August 29–31, 2008 | Scottish Rite Center Sacramento, California |
Katie Bair, Jodon Bellofatto, Crispin Freeman, Che Gilson, Neil Kaplan, Liam O'Brien, Sam Riegel, and Spike Spencer. | |
| January 9–11, 2009 | Scottish Rite Center Sacramento, California |
Akai SKY, Laura Bailey, Katie Bair, Jodon Bellofatto, Lisa Furukawa, Tom Kane, Vic Mignogna, Ben Roman, Chris Sarandon, Travis Willingham, and {mid:night}. | |
| August 28–30, 2009 | Radisson Hotel Sacramento, California |
Katie Bair, Jodon Bellofatto, Alyson Court, Che Gilson, Brandon McKinney, Paul Mercier, Liam O'Brien, August Ragone, Roger Craig Smith, and Tanuki Suit Riot. | |
| January 8–10, 2010 | Radisson Hotel Sacramento, California |
Laura Bailey, Katie Bair, Jodon Bellofatto, Brandon McKinney, Vic Mignogna, Chris Sarandon, The Slants, and Travis Willingham. | |
| September 3–5, 2010 | Radisson Hotel Sacramento, California |
Katie Bair, Jodon Bellofatto, Steven Blum, Rebecca Forstadt, Ali Hillis, Mari Iijima, Billy Martinez, Liam O'Brien, Phoenix Ash, and Steve Yun. | |
| January 7–9, 2011 | Radisson Hotel Sacramento, California |
Karan Ashley, Johnny Yong Bosch, Steve Cardenas, Karen Dyer, Yaya Han, Walter E. Jones, Kairu, Ken Lally, Roger Craig Smith, Sonny Strait, and Catherine Sutherland. | |
| September 2–4, 2011 | Radisson Hotel Sacramento, California |
4,800 | Akai SKY, Johnny Yong Bosch, James C. Burns, Eyeshine, Yuri Lowenthal, Billy Martinez, Liam O'Brien, Tara Platt, Sam Riegel, and The Slants. |
| January 13–15, 2012 | Woodlake Hotel (Formerly Radisson) Sacramento, California |
5000+ (est) |
Troy Baker, Quinton Flynn, Ali Hillis, Kazha, Vic Mignogna, Tara Strong, and Mark Tatulli. |
| August 31-September 2, 2012 | Woodlake Hotel Sacramento, California |
7,000 | Akai SKY, Laura Bailey, Johnny Yong Bosch, Eyeshine, Jennifer Hale, Billy Martinez, Michelle Ruff, Roger Craig Smith, Team LoveHate, and Travis Willingham. |
| January 4–6, 2013 | Sacramento Convention Center Sacramento, California |
Mai Aizawa, Kevin Conroy, Grey DeLisle, Maile Flanagan, Toshio Furukawa, Todd Haberkorn, Kyle Hebert, Kazha, Cyril Lumboy, Tsuyoshi Nonaka, Liam O'Brien, Tony Oliver, Raj Ramayya, and Hynden Walch. | |
| August 30-September 1, 2013 | Sacramento Convention Center Sacramento, California |
9,000 (est) |
Akai SKY, Troy Baker, Johnny Yong Bosch, Hector David, Jr., Najee De-Tiege, Eyeshine, Alex Heartman, Ashley Johnson, Cherami Leigh, Charles Martinet, Billy Martinez, Tsuyoshi Nonaka, Nolan North, Bryce Papenbrook, Raj Ramayya, Sumi Shimamoto, J. Michael Tatum, and Dan Woren. |
| January 3–5, 2014 | Sacramento Convention Center Sacramento, California |
10,132 | Dante Basco, Steven Blum, Ashly Burch, Svetlana Chmakova, Steve Downes, Kazha, Charles Martinet, Kenta Maruyama, Adam May, Vic Mignogna, Nylon Pink, Tony Oliver, Brina Palencia, Raj Ramayya, Jeremy Shada, Jennifer Lee Taylor, Bruce Thomas, and Janet Varney. |
| August 29–31, 2014 | Sacramento Convention Center Sacramento, California |
Johnny Yong Bosch, Rodger Bumpass, Christine Marie Cabanos, Eyeshine, Jason Faunt, Josh Grelle, Adrian Hough, Melissa Hutchison, Yuri Lowenthal, Billy Martinez, Brandon Jay McLaren, Danielle McRae, Liam O'Brien, Tony Oliver, Tara Platt, Sam Riegel, Mark Sheppard, The Slants, Roger Craig Smith, Greg Snegoff, J. Michael Tatum, Cristina Vee, Noah Watts, and Steve Yun. | |
| January 2–4, 2015 | Sacramento Convention Center Sacramento, California |
Linda Ballantyne, Ashly Burch, Dameon Clarke, Peter Cullen, John DiMaggio, Richard Epcar, Tony Fleecs, Caitlin Glass, Barbara Goodson, Chris Gore, Katie Griffin, Todd Haberkorn, Yaya Han, Kyle Hebert, Lauren Landa, Toshio Maeda, Charles Martinet, Adam May, Erica Mendez, Matthew Mercer, Amanda Celine Miller, Cassandra Lee Morris, Trina Nishimura, Brina Palencia, Bryce Papenbrook, Toby Proctor, Revolution Boi, Susan Roman, Ellyn Stern, David Vincent, Lisle Wilkerson, and Mamoru Yokota. | |
| September 4–6, 2015 | Sacramento Convention Center Sacramento, California |
17,000 (est) | Zach Aguilar, Karan Ashley, Laura Bailey, Johnny Yong Bosch, Jim Cummings, John DiMaggio, Steve Downes, Eyeshine, David Faustino, David J. Fielding, Seychelle Gabriel, Erika Harlacher, Walter E. Jones, Maurice LaMarche, Erica Lindbeck, Toshio Maeda, Liam O'Brien, Austin St. John, Jennifer Lee Taylor, Lauren Tom, Janet Varney, Hynden Walch, Billy West, Travis Willingham, and Wally Wingert. |
| January 1–3, 2016 | Sacramento Convention Center Sheraton Grand Hotel Sacramento, California |
12,000 (est) | Irene Bedard, Ashly Burch, Zach Callison, Steve Cardenas, Dameon Clarke, Kevin Eastman, David Eddings, Crispin Freeman, Todd Haberkorn, Doug Jones, Lauren Landa, Cherami Leigh, Toshio Maeda, Charles Martinet, David Matranga, Adam May, Trina Nishimura, Chris Sarandon, and Veronica Taylor. |
| September 2–4, 2016 | Sacramento Convention Center Sacramento Memorial Auditorium Sacramento, California |
Laura Bailey, Dante Basco, Steven Blum, Nakia Burrise, John DiMaggio, Courtnee Draper, Blake Anthony Foster, Linda Larkin, Wendee Lee, Toshio Maeda, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Liam O'Brien, Brina Palencia, Sam Riegel, Hilary Shepard, Roger Craig Smith, Catherine Sutherland, J. Michael Tatum, Roger Velasco, Selwyn Jaydon Ward, and Travis Willingham. | |
| January 6–8, 2017 | Sacramento Convention Center Sacramento, California |
Karan Ashley, Ashly Burch, Dameon Clarke, Dancing Dolls, David Eddings, Walter E. Jones, Cherami Leigh, Charles Martinet, Adam May, Vic Mignogna, Cassandra Lee Morris, Nolan North, Paige O'Hara, Bryce Papenbrook, Khary Payton, Michelle Ruff, Austin St. John, J. Michael Tatum, David Vincent, and David Yost. | |
| September 1–3, 2017 | Sacramento Convention Center Sacramento, California |
Kira Buckland, Zach Callison, Ali Hillis, Toshio Maeda, Elizabeth Maxwell, Trina Nishimura, Liam O'Brien, Brina Palencia, Adrian Paul, John Ratzenberger, Sam Riegel, Bill Rogers, Roger Craig Smith, J. Michael Tatum, Courtenay Taylor, and Hynden Walch. | |
| January 5–7, 2018 | Sacramento Convention Center Sheraton Grand Sacramento Sacramento, California |
17,000 (est) | Bryn Apprill, Laura Bailey, Anjali Bhimani, Steve Cardenas, Feodor Chin, Dameon Clarke, Grey DeLisle, Barbara Dunkelman, Kara Eberle, Crispin Freeman, Todd Haberkorn, Lindsay Jones, Ralph Lister, Charles Martinet, Elizabeth Maxwell, Vic Mignogna, Paul Nakauchi, Alan Oppenheimer, Chris Parson, Josh Petersdorf, Keith Silverstein, Travis Willingham, Arryn Zech, and Elise Zhang. |
| August 31-September 2, 2018 | Sacramento Convention Center Sheraton Grand Sacramento Sacramento, California |
21,000 (est) | Tony Anselmo, Morgan Berry, Jen Brown, Greg Bryk, Michael Chu, Jason Douglas, Richard Epcar, Quinton Flynn, Mary Gibbs, Caitlin Glass, Michael Gough, Josh Grelle, Michael Vincent Jones, Christopher Judge, Brittney Karbowski, E. Jason Liebrecht, Jamie Marchi, David Matranga, Robert McCollum, Shannon McCormick, Trina Nishimura, Derek Stephen Prince, Carolina Ravassa, Monica Rial, Chris Sabat, Ian Sinclair, Matilda Smedius, Ellyn Stern, Andre Stojka, Sonny Strait, Eric Vale, and Elise Zhang. |
| January 4-6, 2019 | Sacramento Convention Center Sheraton Grand Sacramento Sacramento, California |
Justin Briner, Kimberly Brooks, Luci Christian, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Jen Cohn, Jonny Cruz, Bill Farmer, Neil Kaplan, Josh Keaton, Rachael Lillis, Erica Luttrell, Jason Marsden, Charles Martinet, Brandon McInnis, Vic Mignogna, Chris Patton, Tara Sands, Sean Schemmel, Eric Stuart, J. Michael Tatum, Veronica Taylor, Eric Vale, and Christopher Wehkamp. | |
| June 7-9, 2019 | Sacramento Convention Center Sheraton Grand Sacramento Sacramento, California |
Benz Antoine, Gregg Berger, Peter Blomquist, Hedy Burress, Sean Chiplock, Roger Clark, Jim Cummings, Aaron Dismuke, Curzon Dobell, Susan Eisenberg, Ricco Fajardo, Crispin Freeman, Dolya Gavanski, Kellen Goff, Todd Haberkorn, Jennifer Hale, Kyle Hebert, Joe Hernandez, Samantha Ireland, Katie Leigh, Terence McGovern, Alex McKenna, Huck Milner, Jamie Mortellaro, George Newbern, Steve J. Palmer, Bryce Papenbrook, Jim Santangeli, Lindsay Seidel, Gabriel Sloyer, Roger Craig Smith, Patricia Summersett, David Vincent, Rob Wiethoff, and Gwendoline Yeo. | |
| January 3-5, 2020 | Cal Expo Sacramento, California |
Dawn M. Bennett, Steve Blum, Johnny Yong Bosch, Ray Chase, Hayden Daviau, Robbie Daymond, Jack DeSena, Jessie Flower, Chloé Hollings, Brittney Karbowski, Brianna Knickerbocker, Reuben Langdon, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Max Mittelman, Stephanie Panisello, Adrian Petriw, and Michelle Ruff. | |
| September 3-5, 2021 | Sacramento Convention Center Sheraton Grand Sacramento Sacramento, California |
Bak-Anime
Main page: Bak-Anime
Bak-Anime is an annual one- or two-day anime convention held at the Bakersfield Marriott at the Convention Center in Bakersfield, California by the staff of Sac-Anime. The convention began due to the requests of fans from the Bakersfield Comic Con.
SacAnime Gives Back!
SacAnime Gives Back! is a one-day charity anime convention held at the McClellan Conference Center in McClellan Park, California.
Event history
| Dates | Location | Atten. | Guests |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2016 | McClellan Conference Center McClellan Park, California |
Ali Hillis and Cherami Leigh. |
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