No Brand Con

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No Brand Con
No Brand Con logo.
Status	Active
Venue	Ramada Inn Convention Center
Location	Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Country	United States
First held	2002
Organizer	Anime Appreciation Society of UW-Eau Claire
Attendance	1,075 in 2008
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No Brand Con is an annual anime convention held in Eau Claire, Wisconsin in the United States. It was the first Anime convention in the state of Wisconsin. No Brand Con is organized by the Anime Appreciation Society of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. The convention runs from noon Friday through 5pm Sunday. No Brand Con attendees often dress up as anime and video game characters, also known as cosplay.

1 History
- 1.1 Event history
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

Inspired by their past experiences working at conventions, members of the anime club Otaku Anonymous decided to create their own convention. Some of the members, who were also University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire students, formed the official university organization called The Anime Appreciation Society (or AAS). Through AAS, members were able to meet new people who shared similar interests, recruit new membership at university functions, and utilize university facilities for the nascent convention.

The first No Brand Con was held for two days in April, 2002 at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's Davies Center, with an attendance of 115. The following year, the convention was expanded to a three-day event. Due to its continual growth, the convention was moved off campus into a convention center and hotel venue.

[edit] Event history

Dates	Location	Atten.	Guests
April 5–6, 2002	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Eau Claire, Wisconsin	115	Tiffany Grant and Steve Kurth.^[1]
April 4–6, 2003	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Eau Claire, Wisconsin	250	Tiffany Grant, Brazil Joe Grisaffi, Steve Kurth, and Doug Smith.^[2]
March 12–14, 2004	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Eau Claire, Wisconsin	300	Rob Giffen, Brazil Joe Grisaffi, and Monica Rial.^[3]
April 15–17, 2005	Plaza Hotel and Suites Eau Claire, Wisconsin	400	Greg Ayres, Mike McFarland, Chris Patton, and Monica Rial.^[4]
April 21–23, 2006	Ramada Inn Convention Center Eau Claire, Wisconsin	605	Tiffany Grant, Matt Greenfield, Brazil Joe Grisaffi, and Kyle Hebert.^[5]
April 20–22, 2007	Ramada Inn Convention Center Eau Claire, Wisconsin	905	Lisa Furukawa, Tiffany Grant, Brazil Joe Grisaffi, Kyle Hebert, and Spike Spencer.^[6]
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.^[7]