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AniZona was an annual anime con held over the Easter Weekend. It was founded by Anthony Grutta, David Hungerford and Jason Bustard. From 2005 to 2007 it was run by AniZona Anime Conventions Inc. but that organisation was dissolved in 2007. WesternSFA (westernsfa.org) hosted the last AniZona in 2009. As other anime cons started to join the scene, it advertised itself as 'Arizona's FIRST Anime Convention'. |
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Chronology of Arizona Conventions | Index of Program Books
# | Date | Location | Chair | Guests | Book | Web |
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1 | 2005 25 Mar 27 Mar |
Embassy Suites Phoenix North Phoenix |
Anthony Grutta | see below | ![]() 43 MB |
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2 | 2006 14 Apr 16 Apr |
Embassy Suites Phoenix North Phoenix |
David M. Hungerford III | see below | ![]() 35 MB |
2 |
3 | 2007 5 Apr 8 Apr |
Mesa Convention Center Mesa |
Shane Bryner | see below | ![]() 39 MB |
3 |
4 | 2008 21 Mar 23 Mar |
Wigwam Resort Litchfield Park |
see below | 4 | ||
5 | 2009 9 Apr 12 Apr |
Embassy Suites Phoenix North Phoenix |
Bob LaPierre | Toybox | ![]() 19 MB |
5 |
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Anizona had too many guests to list in the table above. Here are the guests announced for each event: 2005: Yoshitaka Amano, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Travis Willingham, Aaron Dismuke, Yaya Han, Katie Bair, Hide-san, Nicole Gibson and Charles Dee Rice. 2006: Colleen Clinkenbeard, Sonny Strait, Michael McConnohie, Melodee M. Spevack, Katie Bair, David Beaty and Jodon Bellofatto. 2007: Wendee Lee, Haruka Miyabi, Kenyth Mogan, Yoko Molotov, Amanda T, Michael McConnohie, Melodee M. Spevack, Greg Ayres, Geoff Pinckney, Kevin Tye, David Beaty, Jodon Bellofatto and Katie Bair. 2009: Richard Epcar, Chris Hazelton, Trish Ledoux, Natz, Ellyn Stern, Amanda Tomasch, Toybox, David Vincent and Toshifumi Yoshida. |
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AniZona 2005
AniZona 2009
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