What is Matsuricon?
Matsuricon is an annual Japanese pop-culture event that focuses primarily on Japanese animation (known as "anime"), manga (Japanese graphic novels), and video games. We also showcase both American and Japanese popular culture, due to the natural overlap of fandom from both genres.

We are considered a "family friendly" event. Most of our panels are all ages unless otherwise stated. We do showcase certain events that are not appropriate for attendees under the age of 18, and our convention staffers check the IDs of all attendees before they enter these events. Because of our "family friendly" image, our mascots are a "traditional" Japanese family consisting of a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, and a dog.

Matsuricon's goal is to promote the cultural awareness of japanese pop-culture through related events, special guest speakers and cultural presentations.

Matsuricon Statistics:
2006:
Dates: April 21st - 23rd, 2006
Hotel: Comfort Inn Columbus North
Attendees - 298 paying members

2007:
Dates: September 7th - 9th, 2007
Hotel: Marriott Columbus Northwest
Attendees - 450 paying members

2008:
Dates: August 22nd - 24th, 2008
Hotel: Holiday Inn Worthington
Attendees - 650 paying members
2009:
Dates: August 28th - 30th, 2009
Hotel: Holiday Inn Worthington
Attendees - 1000 paying members (approximate, exact number being researched).