No Brand Con

No Brand Con
StatusActive
VenueHoliday Inn Stevens Point - Convention Ctr
Location(s)Stevens Point, Wisconsin
CountryUnited States
Inaugurated2002
Attendance1,504 in 2015
Websitehttp://www.nobrandcon.org/

No Brand Con is an annual three-day anime convention held in September at the Holiday Inn Stevens Point - Convention Centre in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. The convention was founded by members of the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire Anime Appreciation Society.[1] The name "No Brand Con" was inspired by the closing credits theme of the anime Here Is Greenwood.[1]

Programming

No Brand Con features anime viewings, an anime music video contest, artist alley, board games, comics, a dealers' room, independent films, panels, role playing, video games tournaments, and voice actor appearances.[1][2][3][4]

History

In 2005, the convention moved to the Plaza Hotel and Suites, which allowed for food sales and enabled the convention to run for a full 24 hours.[3] From 2006 to 2010, the convention was held at the Ramada Inn Convention Center, before returning to the Plaza Hotel and Suites for 2011.[5] In 2011, the convention generated around $277,000 for the economy of Eau Claire, and held a benefit for the Japanese Red Cross.[6][7] In 2016, the event relocated from Eau Claire to the Chula Vista Resort in Wisconsin Dells, WI.[8] No Brand Con 2020 was moved from April to August due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but was later cancelled.[9][10][11][12] No Brand Con 2021 was also cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[13][14]

Event history

Dates Location Atten. Guests
April 5–6, 2002 UW-Eau Claire Davies Center[6]
Eau Claire, Wisconsin		115Tiffany Grant and Steve Kurth.[15]
April 4–6, 2003 UW-Eau Claire Davies Center[2]
Eau Claire, Wisconsin		250Tiffany Grant, Brazil Joe Grisaffi, Steve Kurth, and Doug Smith.[16]
March 12–14, 2004 UW-Eau Claire Davies Center[1]
Eau Claire, Wisconsin		300Rob Giffen, Brazil Joe Grisaffi, and Monica Rial.[17]
April 15–17, 2005 Plaza Hotel and Suites[3]
Eau Claire, Wisconsin		400Greg Ayres, Mike McFarland, Chris Patton, and Monica Rial.[18]
April 21–23, 2006 Ramada Inn Convention Center
Eau Claire, Wisconsin		605Tiffany Grant, Matt Greenfield, Brazil Joe Grisaffi, and Kyle Hebert.[19]
April 20–22, 2007 Ramada Inn Convention Center
Eau Claire, Wisconsin		905Lisa Furukawa, Tiffany Grant, Brazil Joe Grisaffi, Kyle Hebert, and Spike Spencer.[20]
April 18–20, 2008 Ramada Inn Convention Center
Eau Claire, Wisconsin		1,075Johnny Yong Bosch, Kyle Hebert, R. K. Milholland, The Slants, and Sonny Strait.[21]
April 24–26, 2009 Ramada Inn Convention Center
Eau Claire, Wisconsin		1,249Robert Axelrod, Tiffany Grant, Jason Griffith, Steam Century (HMA Badger), Kevin "Vinnk" Tambornino, and Michael "Mookie" Terracciano.[22]
April 30-May 2, 2010 Ramada Inn Convention Center
Eau Claire, Wisconsin		Chris Cason, Dr. Cancer and the SKAmbies, Todd Haberkorn, Wendy Powell, and Michael "Mookie" Terracciano.[23]
April 15–17, 2011 Plaza Hotel and Suites
Eau Claire, Wisconsin		1,271Jay Bauman, brentalfloss, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Monica Rial, Chris Seward, Mike Stoklasa, and Matthew Taranto.[24]
May 4–6, 2012 Plaza Hotel and Suites
Eau Claire, Wisconsin		Jason "Liquid86" Bruner, Chris Cason, Jillian Coglan, Samurai Dan Coglan, Quinton Flynn, Kyle Hebert, Mega Ran, K-Murdock, and Andre "DJ Jinrei" Smith.[25]
April 12–14, 2013 Plaza Hotel and Suites
Eau Claire, Wisconsin		DJ Amaya, Leah Clark, Jillian Coglan, Samurai Dan Coglan, Richard Horvitz, Jamie Marchi, The Protomen, Andre "DJ Jinrei" Smith, and Kent Williams.[26]
April 25–27, 2014 Plaza Hotel and Suites
Eau Claire, Wisconsin		Jason "Liquid86" Bruner, Jillian Coglan, Samurai Dan Coglan, Darrel Guilbeau, Andre "DJ Jinrei" Smith, Eric Stuart, and Katie Tiedrich.[27]
April 24–26, 2015 Plaza Hotel and Suites
Eau Claire, Wisconsin		1,504Tia Ballard, Jason "Liquid86" Bruner, Jillian Coglan, Samurai Dan Coglan, Kyle Hebert, Andre "DJ Jinrei" Smith, and Matthew Taranto.[28]
April 15–17, 2016 Chula Vista Resort
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin		DJ Amaya, Jillian Coglan, Samurai Dan Coglan, Mr. Creepy Pasta, Tiffany Grant, Briana Lawrence, Ryan Reynolds, Andre "DJ Jinrei" Smith, and Jessica Walsh.[29]
April 21–23, 2017 Chula Vista Resort
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin		Jillian Coglan, Samurai Dan Coglan, Mr. Creepy Pasta, John Gremillion, Kyle Hebert, Katie Tiedrich, and Uncle Yo.[30]
May 4–6, 2018 Chula Vista Resort
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin		SungWon Cho, Jillian Coglan, Samurai Dan Coglan, Kid Yuki and the Otakus, Micah Solusod, and John Swasey.[31]
March 29–31, 2019 Chula Vista Resort
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin		Mr. Creepy Pasta, Lewis Lovhaug, Kyle McCarley, and Xander Mobus.[32]
April 22-24, 2022 Chula Vista Resort
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin		Chris Hackney, Lewis Lovhaug, and Sarah Wiedenheft.[33]
September 1-3, 2023 Holiday Inn Stevens Point - Convention Ctr
Stevens Point, Wisconsin		Chris Guerrero, Christina Marie Kelly, Lewis Lovhaug, and Wig-Wig Cosplay.[34]

References

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