Anime Weekend Atlanta

Anime Weekend Atlanta

Infobox Convention
name = Anime Weekend Atlanta


caption =
status = Active
venue = Renaissance Waverly Hotel
Cobb Galleria Centre
location = Atlanta, Georgia
country = United States
first = 1995
organizer = Anime Weekend Atlanta LLC
attendance = 10,200 in 2007
website = http://www.awa-con.com

Anime Weekend Atlanta (AWA) is an annual three-day anime convention held in the Atlanta, Georgia area, typically in the month of September. Since the first convention in 1995, Anime Weekend Atlanta has become one of the most attended anime conventions in the United States.cite web | first = Patrick | last = Delahanty | authorlink = Patrick Delahanty | url = http://www.animecons.com/news/article.shtml/594 | title = Looking Back on the Anime Conventions of 2007 | publisher = AnimeCons.com | date = 2005-01-01 | accessdate = 2008-05-20]

Programming

Anime Weekend Atlanta holds many fan-driven events, such as contests for costumes, anime music videos, and video games. The convention also hosts several fan and industry panels, workshops, anime screenings, and vendors.

History

Anime Weekend Atlanta was first held in October of 1995 at Castlegate Hotel in
Atlanta, Georgia. Each successive year, the convention moved to a different, usually larger, hotel with meeting space to accommodate growing attendance until 2003 when the convention moved to the Renaissance Waverly Hotel and Cobb Galleria Centre where it remains today.

Event history

References

ee also

* List of anime conventions

External links

* [http://www.awa-con.com/ Anime Weekend Atlanta website]


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