Ohayocon faces accusations of mismanagement and a boycott from former staff and volunteers, leaving the future of the event uncertain amidst a community divided by controversy. Despite the ongoin...
https://animecons.com/news/post/1540/ohayocon-in-turmoil-boycott-looms-over-ohios-anime-convention
At Otakon 2023, we had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Brian Cutler, President of Otakorp and Chairman of Otakon.
After more than 18 years of listing conventions, the FanCons.com database has passed 20,000 convention entries today.
https://animecons.com/news/post/1536/fancons-com-database-passes-20000-conventions
Otakorp, the parent company of Otakon , has sent out a newsletter which conveys rather dire circumstances for the future of the convention. It states that they will need to "make a decision to co...
https://animecons.com/news/post/1532/otakon-asks-for-donations-to-avoid-closing-forever
The final May convention has officially announced its inevitable postponement. This makes May 2020 the second conventionless month in a row due to COVID-19.
Conventions have been announcing cancellations starting back in mid-March, but as of today, every single fan convention that had been scheduled for April 2020 has been either cancelled or postpon...
https://animecons.com/news/post/1527/april-2020-is-the-first-conventionless-month-in-over-40-years
We've put together a list of the guests who have made the most guest appearances at anime conventions in 2019.
https://animecons.com/news/post/1526/most-anime-convention-guest-appearances-of-2019
We've put together a list of the guests who have made the most appearances at anime conventions for the last few years.
https://animecons.com/news/post/1525/anime-convention-guest-appearances-by-year
Anime Milwaukee issued a statement yesterday informing attendees that Ryan Kopf has been banned from their convention after an alleged incident of sexual assault at their 2018 convention.
In light of multiple recent allegations of "unwanted physical advances", "rude behavior", and "unsolicited physical affection", almost all convention appearances for Vic Mignogna were cancelled.
https://animecons.com/news/post/1523/most-of-vic-mignognas-convention-appearances-cancelled