references but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . september 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message wasabi anime industry fan conventions & events founded august 13 2001 founder tom croom headquarters florida parent green mustard entertainment inc. website greenmustard.com wasabi anime also known as green mustard entertainment is a company that produces events and programming for anime conventions and other fan conventions in north america along with their own stand alone conventions . started in 2001 with the registration of the wasabianime.com website 1 the group started as an anime club before evolving into an llc in 2007 and then a corporation in 2010 . as of july 2012 wasabi anime has hosted events in california florida georgia indiana and las vegas . contents 1 history 2 appearances 3 conventions 4 references history edit wasabi anime was started by tom croom with a group of motivated anime fans shortly after the completion of anime festival orlando ii in kissimmee florida . the group felt that dedicating help to one single convention and club didn t serve the purpose of helping all of fandom so wasabi anime then called wasabi anime of florida began networking pre existing anime clubs and helping support new anime clubs . wasabi anime club members had access to photo i.d. cards that granted discounts a local anime and comic stores in florida . clubs in the wasabi anime network included anime goes anime club miami gator anime hiyah the southwest florida anime club japanese animation club of tallahassee lake brantley high school anime & scifi club mile stretch anime club north port anime club oukyuu anime club wasabi anime deltona wasabi anime englewood wasabi anime ft. lauderdale 2 wasabi anime green cove springs 3 went on to become the anime belle club wasabi anime jacksonville wasabi anime miami wasabi anime new smyrna beach wasabi anime orlando wasabi anime tampa went on to be the original volunteer staff for metrocon 2003 wasabi anime titusville wasabi anime treasure coast 4 wasabi anime west palm beach occasionally the core group running wasabi anime would host stand alone events to try and gather the clubs together . this included the wasabi anime halloween cosplay parties in 2001 and 2003 . around 2004 wasabi anime began to step away from networking clubs and started focusing more on designing events for anime and fan conventions . these included themed panels game shows dances and stage shows like the wasabi animusical . appearances edit wasabi anime has designed entertainment and programming for a number of anime and fan conventions since starting in 2001 . california anime expo 2012 florida acciocon 2009 ancient city con 4 2010 animation supercon 2009 anime express v 2002 anime express vi 2003 anime festival orlando iii 2002 anime festival orlando iv 2003 anime festival orlando v 2004 anime festival orlando vi 2005 anime festival orlando vii 2006 anime festival orlando viii 2007 anime festival orlando ix 2008 anime festival orlando x 2009 anime festival orlando xi 2010 anime festival orlando xiii 2012 broward anime festival 2009 dreamcon 2004 fitcon 2003 fitcon 2004 fitcon 2008 florida supercon 2009 florida supercon 2010 florida supercon 2011 fx show 2005 fx show 2006 fx show 2007 fx show 2008 fx show 2009 jacon 2002 jacon 2003 jacon 2004 jacon 2005 jacon 2006 jacon 2007 jacon 2008 metrocon 2003 metrocon 2004 the nightmare before thanksgiving 2004 umicon 2012 vulkon orlando 2003 vulkon tampa 2003 yasumicon 2003 yasumicon 2005 georgia anime weekend atlanta 15 2009 anime weekend atlanta 16 2010 anime weekend atlanta 17 2011 dragon con 2007 dragon con 2011 momocon 2011 indiana gen con 2010 gen con 2011 gen con 2012 nevada neoncon 2010 conventions edit in 2007 wasabi anime began producing their own fan conventions . since some of these productions were not anime centric they often operated under the corporate names either green mustard llc or green mustard entertainment inc. convention name theme dates location attendance guests assimilation as green mustard llc science fiction september 29 30 2007 radisson worldgate resort orlando kissimmee fl 160 attendees 85 unique ethan phillips glenda finkelstein michael a. stackpole richard horvitz rooster teeth productions & tracy scoggins mugglecon as green mustard llc harry potter november 21 22 2008 ramada orlando celebration resort & convention center kissimmee fl tbd the house of black & witherwings invadercon invader zim march 26 27 2011 5 marriott century center atlanta ga tbd andy berman eric trueheart melissa fahn richard horvitz & rikki simons florida anime experience 2011 anime may 27 29 2011 6 ramada orlando celebration resort kissimmee fl 1931 attendees 925 unique anime world order brett weaver brittney karbowski daric jingoro jackson & steve blum florida anime experience 2012 anime may 25 27 2012 7 international palms resort & convention center orlando fl 2167 attendees 1027 unique anime addict anonymous dan woren darrel guilbeau daric jingoro jackson & terri hawkes project anime 2012 with anime expo anime conventions june 27 28 2012 westin bonaventure los angeles ca 33 unique n a conference ; no guests invadercon ii doomcon invader zim july 28 29 2012 8 torrance marriott south bay torrance ca tbd aaron alexovich eric trueheart jason stiff jhonen vasquez melissa fahn richard horvitz rikki simons rodger bumpass & wally wingert pinupalooza pin up burlesque & rockabilly october 6 2012 international palms resort & convention center orlando fl tbd tbd wasabicon geek culture october 27 28 2012 jacksonville marriott jacksonville fl tbd tbd florida anime experience 2013 anime may 24 26 2013 international palms resort & convention center orlando fl tbd tbd references edit whois registry info for wasabianime.com . whois . wasabi anime fort lauderdale homepage . archive.org . archived from the original on october 23 2002 . calendar published wednesday november 5 2003 . jacksonville.com . wasabi anime treasure coast site . willvolution.com . invadercon on animecons.com . animecons.com . florida anime experience 2011 on animecons.com . animecons.com . florida anime experience 2012 on animecons.com . animecons.com . invadercon ii doomcon on animecons.com . animecons.com . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wasabi anime & oldid 712837934 categories anime conventions in the united statescompanies based in floridaentertainment companies of the united stateshidden categories articles lacking in text citations from september 2012all articles lacking in text citations navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout 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