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RealmsCon
RealmsCon logo.
Status On hiatus [1]
Genre Multi-genre [2]
Venue Emerald Beach Hotel
Location(s) Corpus Christi, Texas
Country United States
Inaugurated 2005
Attendance 1,542 in 2008

RealmsCon is an annual three-day multi-genre convention held during September/October at the Emerald Beach Hotel in Corpus Christi, Texas . [3] The convention was created in 2005 by Daniel Velasquez. [4]

Programming [ edit ]

The convention typically features an artists alley, cosplay contests, movie rooms, rave, role-playing, table-top gaming, video games, vendors, and workshops. [2] [3] [5] [6]

History [ edit ]

RealmsCon started in 2005 as a science-fiction and comic book event with some anime, until the organizers found that most attendees were coming to the convention for anime. [6] The convention in 2005 cost $20,000 and rose to $50,000+ in 2009. [7] The convention in 2013 had content from the South Texas Underground Film Festival. [8] In 2014 a cosplay fundraiser walk was held to support the Coastal Bend Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). [9] The convention again supported CASA in 2015. [10] RealmsCon had free outdoor events in 2018. [11] RealmsCon 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . [12] [13] [14] [15] RealmsCon went on hiatus starting in 2022. [1]

Event history [ edit ]

Dates Location Atten. Guests
August 19?21, 2005 Ramada Inn Bayfront
Corpus Christi, Texas 		800 [16] Melissa Benson, Ben Dunn , Richard Epcar , Lisa Furukawa , Tiffany Grant , Erin Gray , George Manley , Heather Martin, Jason Martin, Peter Mayhew , and Chris Patton . [17]
September 15?17, 2006 Omni Marina Hotel
Corpus Christi, Texas 		1,148 [18] Stephanie Celeste, Lisa Furukawa, Tiffany Grant, Rivkah Greulich, Samantha Inoue-Harte , George Manley, Mike McFarland , Vic Mignogna , and Robert Navarro. [18]
August 24?26, 2007 Omni Corpus Christi Hotel Bayfront Tower
Corpus Christi, Texas 		1,500 [6] Akai SKY, Christopher Ayres , Greg Ayres , Juno Blair B., Amelie Belcher, Stephanie Celeste, Larry Elmore , Lisa Furukawa, Tiffany Grant, Illich Guardiola , Chris Hazelton, Samantha Inoue-Harte, Elektra Knight, Wendee Lee , George Manley, Robert Navarro, James O'Barr , Wendy Powell , and Amanda Tomasch. [19]
September 5?7, 2008 Holiday Inn Corpus Christi-Emerald Beach
Corpus Christi, Texas 		1,542 [20] Akai SKY, Robert Axelrod , Christopher Ayres, Greg Ayres, Juno Blair B., Stephanie Celeste, C.J. Collins, Lisa Furukawa, Matt Herms, Samantha Inoue-Harte, Elektra Knight, George Manley, Meredith Placko, Wendy Powell, The Royal Dead, Heather Scott, and Spike Spencer . [20]
October 2?4, 2009 Holiday Inn Corpus Christi-Emerald Beach
Corpus Christi, Texas 		Hillary Adams, Christopher Ayres, Greg Ayres, Juno Blair, Stephanie Celeste, C.J. Collins, Lisa Furukawa, Caitlin Glass , Tiffany Grant, Yaya Han , Samantha Inoue-Harte, Elektra Knight, George Manley, Mike McFarland, Vic Mignogna, James O'Barr, Benjamin Pearce, Sylvia Pearce, Laura Phillips, Meredith Placko, Wendy Powell, Rocieru, Heather Scott, The Slants , Chuck Stroschein, Peter Thomas, Mia Ward, and William Ward. [21]
October 1?3, 2010 American Bank Center
Corpus Christi, Texas 		Hillary Adams, Airship Isabella, Christopher Ayres, Greg Ayres, Michael Berryman , Steven Blum , C.J. Collins, Yaya Han, Irwin Keyes , Elektra Knight, James O'Barr, Benjamin Pearce, Sylvia Pearce, Li "PikminLink" Kovacs, Heather Scott, Chuck Stroschein, Peter Thomas, Mia Ward, and William Ward. [22]
October 7?9, 2011 American Bank Center
Corpus Christi, Texas 		Abney Park , Hillary Adams, Airship Isabella, Sarah Bloom, Stephanie Celeste, C.J. Collins, Amaya De'Morte, Tiffany Grant, Joe Hernandez, Samantha Inoue-Harte, Jonathan Joss , Elektra Knight, George Manley, Vic Mignogna, James O'Barr, Benjamin Pearce, Meredith Placko, Chuck Stroschein, and Mia Ward. [23]
October 12?14, 2012 American Bank Center
Corpus Christi, Texas 		Hillary Adams, After Midnight Productions, Airship Isabella, Stephanie Celeste, C.J. Collins, Sam de la Rosa, Digital Outburst, Final Weapon, Crispin Freeman , Lisa Furukawa, Samantha Inoue-Harte, Jonathan Joss, Joe Jusko , Elektra Knight, James O'Barr, Benjamin Pearce, Chuck Stroschein, Mia Ward, Terrance Zdunich , [24] Noel Gugliemi , and Sergio Guerra. [4]
October 4?6, 2013 American Bank Center
Corpus Christi, Texas 		Hillary Adams, After Midnight Productions, Airship Isabella, Yunmao Ayakawa, Sam de la Rosa, Marie Doll, Quinton Flynn , Claire Hamilton, Richard Horvitz , Jonathan Joss, Elektra Knight, Vic Mignogna, James O'Barr, Rocieru, Salia, Rikki Simons , The Steam Engine Intrepid, Chuck Stroschein, John Swasey , J. Michael Tatum , Voltaire , Mia Ward, [25] Tony Todd , Verne Troyer , [8] The Honky Tonk Man , and Luke Williams . [26]
October 3?5, 2014 American Bank Center
Corpus Christi, Texas 		After Midnight Productions, Airship Isabella, Mr. Creepy Pasta, Sam de la Rosa, Todd Haberkorn , Claire Hamilton, Chuck Huber , Jonathan Joss, Maurice LaMarche , Cherami Leigh , Mariedoll, Vic Mignogna, Cara Nicole, James O'Barr, Rob Paulsen , Rocieru, The Steam Engine Intrepid, Steam Powered Giraffe , Chuck Stroschein, Mark Texeira , Mia Ward, Eric Wile, [27] and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa . [2]
October 2?4, 2015 American Bank Center
Corpus Christi, Texas 		After Midnight Productions, Airship Isabella, Tony Bedard , Steven Blum, Stephanie Celeste, Dameon Clarke , Mr. Creepy Pasta, Kyle Hebert , Chuck Huber, Jonathan Joss, Carl Martin, Charles Martinet , Cara Nicole, James O'Barr, Rocieru, Chris Sabat , Chii Sakurabi, Sean Schemmel , Ian Sinclair , Kevin Sorbo , The Steam Engine Intrepid, Steam Powered Giraffe, Chuck Stroschein, Alfred Trujillo, Eric Vale , Voltaire, [28] and Ernie Reyes, Jr. [29]
September 30 - October 2, 2016 American Bank Center
Corpus Christi, Texas 		501st Legion , Airship Isabella, ArcAttack , Linda Ballantyne , Michael Biehn , Gilbert Carrizales, Stephanie Celeste, Mr. Creepy Pasta, Katie Griffin , Jonathan Joss, Christina Marie Kelly, Josh Martin, Jason Narvy Toby Proctor , Chris Rager , Monica Rial , Susan Roman , Chris Sabat, Sean Schemmel, Paul Schrier , The Steam Engine Intrepid, Chuck Stroschein, Billy West , David Yost , [30] Chris Farrell, and Mat Fraser . [31]
October 6?8, 2017 American Bank Center
Corpus Christi, Texas 		Airship Isabella, Karan Ashley , Stephanie Celeste, Luci Christian , Caitlin Glass, Todd Haberkorn, Sephi Hakubi, Walter E. Jones , Jonathan Joss, James O'Barr, Brina Palencia , Blake Shepard , The Steam Engine Intrepid, Chuck Stroschein, J. Michael Tatum, Aurelio Voltaire , [32] and Tyler Mane . [33]
September 28-30, 2018 Omni Corpus Christi Hotel
Corpus Christi, Texas 		501st Legion, Jason David Frank , Josh Grelle , Sephi Hakubi, Cherami Leigh, Vic Mignogna, Trina Nishimura , James O'Barr, Bryce Papenbrook , Adrian Paul , Steam Powered Giraffe, Lara Woodhull, [34] Ken Foree , and Sam J. Jones . [11] [35]
October 4-6, 2019 Emerald Beach Hotel
Corpus Christi, Texas 		Stephanie Celeste, Sephi Hakubi, Brittney Karbowski , James O'Barr, Raj Ramayya, H. Gorlitz Scott, Austin Tindle, Alexis Tipton , [36] Gilbert Carrizales, DJ Qualls , DJ Sebris, DJ Sephi Hakubi, Sergio Guerra, Nimbuz, and Ty Olsson . [37]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b "RealmsCon is on temporary pause" . RealmsCon Facebook . Retrieved 12 July 2022 .
  2. ^ a b c Flores, Jacob (October 7, 2014). "Realms con Takes Over" . Nueces County Record Star . Retrieved 26 October 2014 .
  3. ^ a b Sarah, Acosta (2012-10-11). "RealmsCon brings three days of anime, sci-fi, comic book fun to Corpus Christi" . Corpus Christi Caller-Times . Retrieved 2012-10-18 .
  4. ^ a b Gonzales, Paul (2012-10-14). "RealmsCon brings out the nerd in South Texas" . mySouTex.com . Retrieved 2012-10-18 .
  5. ^ Harr, Susan (2008-09-07). "Heroes and villains unite at festival" . Corpus Christi Caller-Times . Retrieved 2012-10-18 .
  6. ^ a b c "Fanboys and Fangirls unite! Convention featuring anime, video games, role play returns for fourth year" . Corpus Christi Caller-Times . 2008-09-05. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012 . Retrieved 2012-10-18 .
  7. ^ Baird, Mike (2009-10-03). "Superheroes and villains come together" . Corpus Christi Caller-Times . Retrieved 2012-10-18 .
  8. ^ a b "RealmsCon 2013 Coming to American Bank Center" . KRISTV . 2013-09-24. Archived from the original on October 26, 2014 . Retrieved 2013-10-13 .
  9. ^ "Realms Con Walk Supports CASA" . KRISTV . No. October 4, 2014. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014 . Retrieved 26 October 2014 .
  10. ^ Gillaspia, Mike (September 29, 2015). "Realms Con, others to help CASA" . KRISTV . Retrieved 13 October 2015 .
  11. ^ a b Falcon, Meagan (September 24, 2018). "Realms Con will unite pop culture fans for its biggest year yet in Corpus Christi" . Corpus Christi Caller-Times . Retrieved 10 October 2018 .
  12. ^ "Cancellation of Realms Con 2020" . Realms Con Facebook . Retrieved 15 September 2020 .
  13. ^ "Realms Con 2020 Information" . AnimeCons.com . Retrieved 2020-09-15 .
  14. ^ "Cancellation of Realms Con 2021" . Realms Con Facebook . Retrieved 11 August 2021 .
  15. ^ "Realms Con 2021 Information" . AnimeCons.com . Retrieved 2021-08-11 .
  16. ^ Arredondo, Julia (2011-10-07). "Steampunk band among Realmscon draws" . Corpus Christi Caller-Times . Archived from the original on November 9, 2011 . Retrieved 2012-10-18 .
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  18. ^ a b "Realms Con 2006 Information" . AnimeCons.com . Retrieved 2008-02-10 .
  19. ^ "Realms Con 2007 Information" . AnimeCons.com . Retrieved 2008-02-10 .
  20. ^ a b "Realms Con 2008 Information" . AnimeCons.com . Retrieved 2008-08-23 .
  21. ^ "Realms Con 2009 Information" . AnimeCons.com . Retrieved 2012-10-16 .
  22. ^ "Realms Con 2010 Information" . AnimeCons.com . Retrieved 2012-10-16 .
  23. ^ "Realms Con 2011 Information" . AnimeCons.com . Retrieved 2012-10-25 .
  24. ^ "Realms Con 2012 Information" . AnimeCons.com . Retrieved 2012-10-25 .
  25. ^ "Realms Con 2013 Information" . AnimeCons.com . Retrieved 2013-10-25 .
  26. ^ "RealmsCon Anime Convention Draws Hundreds to American Bank Center" . KIITV . 2013-10-06 . Retrieved 2013-10-13 .
  27. ^ "Realms Con 2014 Information" . AnimeCons.com . Retrieved 2014-09-24 .
  28. ^ "Realms Con 2015 Information" . AnimeCons.com . Retrieved 2015-10-13 .
  29. ^ Boscamp, Rob (October 2, 2015). "Fans, guests to marvel at Realms Con" . Corpus Christi Caller-Times . Retrieved 13 October 2015 .
  30. ^ "Realms Con 2016 Information" . AnimeCons.com . Retrieved 2016-09-30 .
  31. ^ Hackleman, Esther (September 27, 2016). "Realms Con returns to Corpus Christi" . Corpus Christi Caller-Times . Retrieved 11 October 2016 .
  32. ^ "Realms Con 2017 Information" . AnimeCons.com . Retrieved 2017-10-09 .
  33. ^ Contreras, Natalia E (October 3, 2017). "Anime fans and gamers unite at Realms Con this weekend" . Corpus Christi Caller-Times . Retrieved 22 December 2017 .
  34. ^ "Realms Con 2018 Information" . AnimeCons.com . Retrieved 2018-10-10 .
  35. ^ "Flash Gordon, Highlander stars to appear at Realms Con this weekend" . KIITV . September 24, 2018 . Retrieved 10 October 2018 .
  36. ^ "Realms Con 2019 Information" . AnimeCons.com . Retrieved 2019-10-03 .
  37. ^ Falcon, Meagan (October 3, 2019). "5 reasons why you should check out Realms Con 2019 in Corpus Christi" . Corpus Christi Caller-Times . Retrieved 19 November 2019 .

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