Middle Tennessee Anime Convention

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Middle Tennessee Anime Convention (MTAC)
StatusActive
GenreAnime, Manga, Popular Arts[1]
VenueSheraton Music City Hotel
Embassy Suites Nashville Airport
Location(s)Nashville, Tennessee
CountryUnited States
Inaugurated1999
Attendance9,796 in 2013
Organized bySoutheast Pop Arts & Culture (SEPOP)[2]
Websitehttp://www.mtac.net/

The Middle Tennessee Anime Convention (MTAC) is an annual three day anime convention held during March/April at the Sheraton Music City Hotel and Embassy Suites Nashville Airport in Nashville, Tennessee.

Programming[edit]

The convention typically features an AMV contest, artists alley, charity auction, cosplay contest, dealers room, gaming (arcade, board, card, console, tabletop), Japanese Fashion Shows, Lolita Tea Party, a ramen eating contest, rave, and panels.[3][4][5][6][7] Table Top and Video Gaming runs 24 hours a day during the convention.[8]

History[edit]

Tommy Yune was unable to attend the convention in 2010 due to the funeral of Carl Macek.[9] MTAC delayed closing the 2010 convention due to the 2010 Tennessee floods for the members who could not leave.[1] The convention in 2012 shared the Nashville Convention Center with the Full Moon Tattoo and Horror Festival.[10] Due to attendance growth, the convention expanded into additional space in the convention center and hotel in 2013.[3] The dealer's room in 2016 experienced long lines.[6] MTAC 2020 was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and later rescheduled to 2021.[11][12][13] MTAC 2021 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[14][15]

Event history[edit]

Dates Location Atten. Guests
December 10–11, 1999 Days Inn Nashville Airport
Nashville, Tennessee		300[16]
November 2–4, 2001 Clarion Hotel
Nashville, Tennessee		400Tiffany Grant, Sonny Strait, Bill Timoney, and Kira Vincent-Davis.[17]
August 9–11, 2002 Days Inn Nashville Airport
Nashville, Tennessee		400Steve Bennett, Rozie Curtis, Takayuki Karahashi, Sherry Lynn, and Jan Scott-Frazier.[18]
April 2–4, 2004 Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee		1,000Greg Ayres, Robert DeJesus, Monica Rial, and Doug Smith.[19]
April 1–3, 2005 Millennium Maxwell House Hotel
Nashville, Tennessee		1,750Brent Allison, Greg Ayres, Laura Bailey, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Lisa Furukawa, Kevin McKeever, Vic Mignogna, Monica Rial, and Steve Yun.[20]
April 21–23, 2006 Embassy Suites Nashville South
Franklin, Tennessee		2,500Greg Ayres, Steve Blum, Emily DeJesus, Robert DeJesus, Lisa Furukawa, Caitlin Glass, Scott Kurtz, Vic Mignogna, Para2Mahou, Jan Scott-Frazier, Doug Smith, and Travis Willingham.[21]
April 13–15, 2007 Cool Springs Conference Center (Marriott)
Franklin, Tennessee		3,100Lisa Furukawa, Tiffany Grant, Matt Greenfield, Mohammad "Hawk" Haque, Neil Kaplan, Kevin McKeever, Yad-Ming Mui, Ananth Panagariya, Peelander-Z, The Protomen, Doug Smith, and Steve Yun.[22]
April 25–27, 2008 Sheraton Music City
Nashville, Tennessee		3,750Greg Ayres, James L. Barry, Johnny Yong Bosch, Chickenbox!, Eyeshine, Kaiju Big Battel, The Man Power, Mega Ran, Nashville Lotus Taiko Team, Peelander-Z, The Slants, Doug Smith, and DJ TX300.[23]
April 3–5, 2009 Sheraton Music City
Nashville, Tennessee		4,200James L. Barry, Jonathan Brands, Lisa Furukawa, Yaya Han, Mohammad "Hawk" Haque, Steve Horton, The Man Power, Jeff Nimoy, The Notorious MSG, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Ananth Panagariya, Sam Romero, The Slants, Sonny Strait, and Jeong Mo Yang.[24]
April 30-May 2, 2010 Sheraton Music City
Nashville, Tennessee		4,200[n 1][1]Laura Bailey, Jason Canty, Lisa Furukawa, Kaiju Big Battel, Neil Kaplan, The Man Power, Vic Mignogna, Yad-Ming Mui, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Quaff, Jan Scott-Frazier, Doug Smith, Spike Spencer, Sonny Strait, Travis Willingham, and Steve Yun.[25]
April 22–24, 2011 Sheraton Music City
Nashville, Tennessee		5,640Action Adventure World, Robert Axelrod, Blue Grade, The Eric Stuart Band, Lisa Furukawa, Garth Graham, Yuri Lowenthal, The Man Power, Vic Mignogna, Reni Mimura, My Parents Favorite Music, Tara Platt, The Protomen, Shammers, The Slants, Eric Stuart, ST~Prime, and The Suzan.[26]
April 6–8, 2012 Nashville Convention Center and
Renaissance Nashville Hotel
Nashville, Tennessee		7,200[27][28]Jason David Frank, Head Phones President, Kyle Hebert, Kaiju Big Battel, Jason Charles Miller, Yad-Ming Mui, Pinn Panelle, Eric Stuart, and Symphonic Anime Orchestra.[27]
March 29–31, 2013 Nashville Convention Center and
Renaissance Nashville Hotel
Nashville, Tennessee		9,796Chris Cason, Jennifer Cihi, Todd Haberkorn, Brittney Karbowski, Jamie Marchi, Pinn Panelle, Monica Rial, The Slants, and Symphonic Anime Orchestra.[29]
April 18–20, 2014 Embassy Suites Nashville
SE - Murfreesboro
Murfreesboro, Tennessee		Martin Billany, Jillian Coglan, Samurai Dan Coglan, DJ Pete Ellison, Dan Green, Samantha Inoue-Harte, Vedetta Marie, Vic Mignogna, Marin M. Miller, Chii Sakurabi, and Eric Stuart.[30]
April 3–5, 2015 Sheraton Music City Hotel
Nashville Airport Marriott
Nashville, Tennessee		Martin Billany, Junko Fujiyama, Tiffany Grant, Matthew Lassiter, Marble Hornets, Erica Mendez, Matthew Mercer, Marin M. Miller, Jeff Nimoy, Robert J. Schwalb, Micah Solusod, Sonny Strait, J. Michael Tatum, and Vedetta Marie.[31]
March 25–27, 2016 Sheraton Music City Hotel
Embassy Suites Nashville Airport
Nashville, Tennessee		Martin Billany, Darrel Guilbeau, Matthew Lassiter, Vic Mignogna, Marin M. Miller, Bryce Papenbrook, Robert J. Schwalb, Eric Stuart, Kaiji Tang, and Vedetta Marie.[32]
April 14–16, 2017 Sheraton Music City Hotel
Embassy Suites Nashville Airport
Nashville, Tennessee		Martin Billany, Jessie James Grelle, Lotus Juice, Nina "Mango Sirene" Lynn, Mike McFarland, Marin M. Miller, Cassandra Lee Morris, and Keith Silverstein.[33]
March 30 - April 1, 2018 Sheraton Music City Hotel
Embassy Suites Nashville Airport
Nashville, Tennessee		Martin Billany, SungWon Cho, Yuri Lowenthal, Vic Mignogna, Marin M. Miller, Tara Platt, Robert J. Schwalb, and David Vincent.[34]
April 19–21, 2019 Sheraton Music City Hotel
Embassy Suites Nashville Airport
Nashville, Tennessee		Martin Billany, Jessie James Grelle, Jerry Jewell, Erica Mendez, Marin M. Miller, Trina Nishimura, The Slants, Kaiji Tang, and Sarah Anne Williams.[35]
April 15-17, 2022 Grand Hyatt Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee		Ricco Fajardo, Caitlin Glass, Xanthe Huynh, Cherami Leigh, Adam McArthur, Bryce Papenbrook, and Kari Wahlgren.[36]
April 7-9, 2023 Sheraton Music City Hotel
Embassy Suites Nashville Airport
Nashville, Tennessee		Beau Billingslea, KingChris, Kyle McCarley, Amanda C. Miller, Marin M. Miller, None Like Joshua, and Anairis Quiñones.[37]
March 29-31, 2024 Sheraton Music City Hotel
Embassy Suites Nashville Airport
Nashville, Tennessee		Tiana Camacho, SungWon Cho, Justin Cook, Kohei Hattori, David Matranga, and Bryce Papenbrook.[38]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Affected by 2010 Tennessee floods.

References[edit]

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  2. ^ Teague, Cass (8 April 2022). "Middle Tennessee Anime Convention returns to downtown Nashville on April 15-17 for MTAC Score!". Nashville PRIDE, Inc. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b Teague, Cass (2013-03-22). "MTAC Devils Dozen coming to downtown Nashville". Nashville PRIDE. Retrieved 2013-11-03.
  4. ^ Park, Sae (2012-04-19). "MTAC Celebrates Japanese Animation and Cartoons". Orbis. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
  5. ^ Teague, Cass (2013-03-06). "Guest Blog, The Art and Artists of MTAC". Nashville Arts Magazine. Retrieved 2013-11-03.
  6. ^ a b Dedmon, Tanner (March 29, 2016). "Middle Tennessee Anime Convention welcomes anime fans and celebrities". MTSU Sidelines. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  7. ^ Gibson, Reana (23 April 2019). "Photos: Middle Tennessee Anime Convention returns with lunar theme". MTSU Sidelines. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  8. ^ Teague, Cass (15 March 2018). "MTAC 18th Batallion comes to Nashville". Nashville PRIDE. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Tommy Yune to Attend Carl Macek Funeral, Cancels MTAC Appearance". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
  10. ^ "Tattoo and Anime Conventions Invade Nashville". NewsChannel 5 WTVF. Archived from the original on 2012-10-31. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
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  28. ^ Bulger, Terry (2012-04-06). "Bulger's Beat: Nashville anime convention draws dedicated crowds". WSMV. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
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  30. ^ "Middle Tennessee Anime Convention 2014 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
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  33. ^ "Middle Tennessee Anime Convention 2017 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
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  35. ^ "Middle Tennessee Anime Convention 2019 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
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  37. ^ "MTAC 2023 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  38. ^ "MTAC 2023 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2024-04-01.

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