Nan Desu Kan

Nan Desu Kan
Nan Desu Kan
Status Active
Genre Anime, manga
Venue Marriott Denver Tech Center
Location Denver, Colorado
Country United States
First held 1997
Filing status Non-profit
Attendance 6,125 (2008)
Official website http://www.ndkdenver.org

Nan Desu Kan (NDK) is an anime convention held annually in Denver, Colorado, usually lasting three days near the end of September or early October. The convention is the largest pop culture convention in the Rocky Mountain region. [1]The convention's name is a pun that combines the abbreviation "con" (or "kan" as used in Japan), a shortening of "convention", and the Japanese phrase nan desu ka (何ですか?), meaning, "what is it?": a phrase often spoken at NDK by new anime fans. The convention has a general format such that one large room is designated as "Main Events", with the convention's largest, most popular attractions, while several other rooms host events such as discussions and panels. Major attractions usually include costume, cosplay[2], and skit contests as well as Anime music video contests with prizes for all. There is an art room/gallery/auction where artwork is displayed or sold and on the last day the highest bidders take home the artwork. The convention also features a large dealer's room where various vendors of anime-related goods and services can sell their products.

Contents

History

Event history

Dates Location Atten. Guests
August 30, 1997 Tivoli Student Union
Denver, Colorado		 205[3]
July 17–19, 1998 Stapleton Plaza Hotel
Denver, Colorado		 575 Steve Bennett, Kuni Kimura, and Jan Scott-Frazier.[4]
September 24–26, 1999 Sheraton Denver West
Lakewood, Colorado		 935 Tiffany Grant.[5]
October 13–15, 2000 Sheraton Denver West
Lakewood, Colorado		 1,477 Kevin Bennett and Mari Iijima.[6]
September 21–23, 2001 Holiday Inn Denver International Airport
Denver, Colorado		 1,711 Tristan MacAvery.[7]
September 20–22, 2002 Holiday Inn Denver International Airport
Denver, Colorado		 2,467 Steve Bennett, Bob Bergen, Keith Burgess, Rodney "Largo" Caston, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Newton Ewell, Crispin Freeman, Cynthia Hands, Mari Iijima, Taliesin Jaffe, Wendee Lee, Tristan MacAvery, Scott McNeil, Nobuyuki Ohnishi, Estevan Olivas, Jonathan C. Osborne, Panther Comics, Deb Rabbai, Susumu Sakurai, Jan Scott-Frazier, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Shawn the Touched, Toshifumi Yoshida, and Yume No Senshi.[8]
September 19–21, 2003 Holiday Inn Denver International Airport
Denver, Colorado		 2,802 Gil Asakawa, Bob Bergen, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Newton Ewell, Tiffany Grant, Matt Greenfield, Cynthia Hands, Kyle Hebert, Carol Jacobanis, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Vic Mignogna, Panther Comics, Chris Patton, Jan Scott-Frazier, Mike Sinterniklaas, and Brett Weaver.[9]
September 17–19, 2004 Holiday Inn Denver International Airport
Denver, Colorado		 2,859 Akina, Alexandra Carter, Michael Coleman, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Brian Dobson, Michael Dobson, Paul Dobson, Kumiko Kato, Heather Martin, Jason Martin, Panther Comics, Susumu Sakurai, and Jan Scott-Frazier.[10]
September 16–18, 2005 Marriott Denver Tech Center
Denver, Colorado		 4,332 Emily DeJesus, Trevor Devall, Trish Ledoux, Heather Martin, Jason Martin, Hiromi Matsushita, Sean McCoy, Panther Comics, Deb Rabbai, Monica Rial, Carrie Savage, Jan Scott-Frazier, Doug Smith, Brad Swaile, Kazuko Tadano, and Toshifumi Yoshida.[11]
October 6–8, 2006 Marriott Denver Tech Center
Denver, Colorado		 5,018 Steve Bennett, Keith Burgess, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Michael Dobson, Lisa Furukawa, Darrel Guilbeau, Kyle Hebert, Heather Martin, Jason Martin, Masao Maruyama, Seiji Mizushima, Panther Comics, Piano Squall, Yuzo Sato, Sean Schemmel, Jan Scott-Frazier, Doug Smith, Spike Spencer, and Takahiro Umehara.[12]
September 14–16, 2007 Marriott Denver Tech Center
Denver, Colorado		 5,200 Greg Ayres, Steve Bennett, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Richard Epcar, Heather Martin, Jason Martin, Panther Comics, Wendy Powell, Jan Scott-Frazier, Michael Sorich, Spike Spencer, Ellyn Stern, and Brett Weaver.[13]
September 12–14, 2008 Marriott Denver Tech Center
Denver, Colorado		 6,125 Steve Bennett, Kara Edwards, Caitlin Glass, Noriko Hidaka, Heather Martin, Jason Martin, Vic Mignogna, Yūji Mitsuya, Chris Patton, Wendy Powell, Monica Rial, Jan Scott-Frazier, The Slants, Steve Yun, and Tommy Yune.[14]
September 11-13, 2009 Marriott Denver Tech Center
Denver, Colorado		 TBD Aaron Dismuke, Todd Haberkorn, Kyle Hebert, Heather Martin, Jason Martin, Rica Matsumoto, Michael McConnohie, Miki Nagasawa, Chris Patton, Michael Powell, Wendy Powell, Jan Scott-Frazier, Melodee M. Spevack, Cristina Vee, Steve Yun, Tommy Yune.[15]
September 10-12, 2010 Marriott Denver Tech Center
Denver, Colorado		 7200 Chris Cason, Richard Ian Cox, echostream, Rebecca Forstadt, Jerry Jewell, Kazha, Kevin McKeever, Chris Patton, Wendy Powell, Patrick Seitz, Cristina Vee, Steve Yun, Tommy Yune [16]
September 9-11, 2011 Marriott Denver Tech Center
Denver, Colorado		 10,000 Chris Cason, Leah Clark, Todd Haberkorn, Clarine Harp, Jamie Marchi, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Kevin McKeever, Vic Mignogna, Ryuusei Nakao, Tony Oliver, Patrick Seitz, Stephanie Sheh, Michael Sinterniklaas, Yutaka Yamamoto, Steve Yun, Tommy Yune, Lemon Drop Kick [17]
September 14-16, 2012 Marriott Denver Tech Center
Denver, Colorado		 -- TBA

References

  1. ^ "NDK: Nerds conquer Denver!". http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-330217. Retrieved October 24, 2011. 
  2. ^ "Westoworld : 50 best cosplayers at Nan Desu Kan". http://www.westword.com/slideshow/50-best-cosplayers-at-nan-desu-kan-31025488/11/. Retrieved October 24, 2011. 
  3. ^ "Nan Desu Kan 1997 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/462. Retrieved 2007-12-22. 
  4. ^ "Nan Desu Kan 1998 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/461. Retrieved 2007-12-22. 
  5. ^ "Nan Desu Kan 1999 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/460. Retrieved 2007-12-22. 
  6. ^ "Nan Desu Kan 2000 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/459. Retrieved 2007-12-22. 
  7. ^ "Nan Desu Kan 2001 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/458. Retrieved 2007-12-22. 
  8. ^ "Nan Desu Kan 2002 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/298. Retrieved 2007-12-22. 
  9. ^ "Nan Desu Kan 2003 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/16. Retrieved 2007-12-22. 
  10. ^ "Nan Desu Kan 2004 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/347. Retrieved 2007-12-22. 
  11. ^ "Nan Desu Kan 2005 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/699. Retrieved 2007-12-22. 
  12. ^ "Nan Desu Kan 2006 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/920. Retrieved 2007-12-22. 
  13. ^ "Nan Desu Kan 2007 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1226. Retrieved 2007-12-22. 
  14. ^ "Nan Desu Kan 2008 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1461. Retrieved 2008-08-23. 
  15. ^ "Nan Desu Kan 2009 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1778. Retrieved 2010-09-14. 
  16. ^ "Nan Desu Kan 2010 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1961. Retrieved 2010-09-24. 
  17. ^ "Nan Desu Kan 2011 Information". AnimeCons.com. http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/2366/Nan_Desu_Kan_2011. Retrieved 2011-09-18. 

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