# Arkansas Anime Festival

Arkansas Anime Festival (A2F) is an annual three-day anime convention held in June/July at the Four Points by Sheraton Bentonville in Bentonville, Arkansas. It is the largest anime convention in the state of Arkansas and is family friendly.

## Programming

The convention typically offers an artists alley, a dance, live action role-playing game, masquerade, panels, tabletop gaming, a vendor room, video games.

## History

For several years the convention happened two times per year. The March 2010 event had a free party before the convention. Arkansas Anime Festival 2020 was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

### Event history

| Dates | Location | Atten. | Guests |
| November 17, 2007 | Cosmopolitan Hotel Fayetteville, Arkansas | | Samantha Inoue-Harte |
| May 24, 2008 | Holiday Inn Northwest Arkansas Springdale, Arkansas | 1,121 | Tiffany Grant, Samantha Inoue-Harte, and Dominic Vitucci. |
| November 8–9, 2008 | Holiday Inn Springdale, Arkansas | 1,056 | Johnny Yong Bosch, Samantha Inoue-Harte, and Dominic Vitucci. |
| April 25, 2009 | Cosmopolitan Hotel Fayetteville, Arkansas | | Kyle Hebert, Samantha Inoue-Harte, and Dominic Vitucci. |
| November 20–22, 2009 | Cosmopolitan Hotel Fayetteville, Arkansas | | Juli Erickson, Samantha Inoue-Harte, and Grant James. |
| March 6–7, 2010 | Clarion Hotel & Conference Center Bentonville, Arkansas | | Christopher Ayres, Todd Haberkorn, Vic Mignogna, Wendy Powell, and Maria Vu. |
| November 20–21, 2010 | Clarion Hotel & Conference Center Bentonville, Arkansas | 900 | Robert Axelrod, Richard Epcar, Samantha Inoue-Harte, and Dominic Vitucci. |
| March 5–6, 2011 | Clarion Hotel & Conference Center Bentonville, Arkansas | | DJ Azrael, Eric Benton, Eric Burton, Spike Spencer, and John Swasey. |
| December 2–4, 2011 | Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area Springdale, Arkansas | | Jillian Coglan, Samurai Dan Coglan, and Mike McFarland. |
| March 16–18, 2012 | Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area Springdale, Arkansas | 1,208 | DJ Azrael, Eric Benton, Eric Burton, and Sonny Strait. |
| November 16–18, 2012 | Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area Springdale, Arkansas | | Jillian Coglan, Samurai Dan Coglan, Samantha Inoue-Harte, Greg Wicker, and Tom Wyner. |
| April 5–7, 2013 | Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area Springdale, Arkansas | | |
| March 14–16, 2014 | Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area Springdale, Arkansas | | Chris Bevins, Samantha Inoue-Harte, Rachel Robinson, and J. Michael Tatum. |
| December 12–14, 2014 | Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area Springdale, Arkansas | | Leah Clark, Samantha Inoue-Harte, Kazha, Jad Saxton, and Jessica Calvello. |
| May 29–31, 2015 | Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area Springdale, Arkansas | | Darrel Guilbeau, David Vincent, and Lisle Wilkerson. |
| May 27–29, 2016 | Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area Springdale, Arkansas | | Rachael Messer and Austin Tindle. |
| November 18–20, 2016 | Holiday Inn Springdale / Fayetteville Area Springdale, Arkansas | | Samantha Inoue-Hart, Guy Michel, Phil Parsons, and Chris Patton. |
| May 26–28, 2017 | Fort Smith Convention Center Fort Smith, Arkansas | | Leah Clark and Kazha. |
| November 10–12, 2017 | DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Bentonville Four Points by Sheraton Bentonville Bentonville, Arkansas | | Samantha Inoue-Hart |
| June 29 - July 1, 2018 | DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Bentonville Four Points by Sheraton Bentonville Bentonville, Arkansas | | DJ Azrael, Fighting Dreamers Productions, Jeremy Inman, and Kazha. |
| June 21-23, 2019 | DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Bentonville Four Points by Sheraton Bentonville Bentonville, Arkansas | | Aaron Roberts |
| June 17-19, 2022 | Four Points by Sheraton Bentonville Bentonville, Arkansas | | Kyle Jones, John Swasey, and Barry Yandell. |
| July 14-16, 2023 | Four Points by Sheraton Bentonville Bentonville, Arkansas | | Josh Martin, Phil Parsons, and Chris Rager. |
| June 7-9, 2024 | Four Points by Sheraton Bentonville Bentonville, Arkansas | | Tiffany Grant, Krystal LaPorte, Patrick Pedraza, and Aaron Roberts. |