No Brand Con | |
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Status | Active |
Venue | Holiday Inn Stevens Point - Convention Ctr |
Location(s) | Stevens Point, Wisconsin |
Country | United States |
Inaugurated | 2002 |
Attendance | 1,504 in 2015 |
Website | http://www.nobrandcon.org/ |
No Brand Con is an annual three-day anime convention held during September at the Holiday Inn Stevens Point - Convention Ctr in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. The convention was founded by members of the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire Anime Appreciation Society.[1] No Brand Con's name was derived from the closing credits theme of the anime Here Is Greenwood.[1]
No Brand Con features anime viewings, an anime music video contest, artist alley, board games, comics, dealers room, independent films, panels, role playing, video games tournaments, and voice actor appearances.[1][2][3][4]
In 2005 the convention moved to the Plaza Hotel and Suites, which allowed for food sales, and the convention to run for a full 24 hours.[3] From 2006 to 2010 the convention was located at the Ramada Inn Convention Center, until returning to the Plaza Hotel and Suites for 2011.[5] In 2011, the convention brought around $277,000 to 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 cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[13][14]
Dates | Location | Atten. | Guests |
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April 5–6, 2002 | UW-Eau Claire Davies Center[6] Eau Claire, Wisconsin | 115 | Tiffany Grant and Steve Kurth.[15] |
April 4–6, 2003 | UW-Eau Claire Davies Center[2] Eau Claire, Wisconsin | 250 | Tiffany Grant, Brazil Joe Grisaffi, Steve Kurth, and Doug Smith.[16] |
March 12–14, 2004 | UW-Eau Claire Davies Center[1] Eau Claire, Wisconsin | 300 | Rob Giffen, Brazil Joe Grisaffi, and Monica Rial.[17] |
April 15–17, 2005 | Plaza Hotel and Suites[3] Eau Claire, Wisconsin | 400 | Greg Ayres, Mike McFarland, Chris Patton, and Monica Rial.[18] |
April 21–23, 2006 | Ramada Inn Convention Center Eau Claire, Wisconsin | 605 | Tiffany Grant, Matt Greenfield, Brazil Joe Grisaffi, and Kyle Hebert.[19] |
April 20–22, 2007 | Ramada Inn Convention Center Eau Claire, Wisconsin | 905 | Lisa Furukawa, Tiffany Grant, Brazil Joe Grisaffi, Kyle Hebert, and Spike Spencer.[20] |
April 18–20, 2008 | Ramada Inn Convention Center Eau Claire, Wisconsin | 1,075 | Johnny Yong Bosch, Kyle Hebert, R. K. Milholland, The Slants, and Sonny Strait.[21] |
April 24–26, 2009 | Ramada Inn Convention Center Eau Claire, Wisconsin | 1,249 | Robert 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 | 1,271 | Jay 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 | 1,504 | Tia 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] |