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In addition to several events from past years, 2008's event included a Twilight Tea event, at the end of the day on Sunday, in lieu of a closing ceremony. īecause the number 4 is considered unlucky in Japanese culture, MomoCon 2008 (the 4th event) featured a gothic horror-style theme. On Sunday (March 18, 2007), the convention was closed nine hours early because several con attendees attempted to set off firecrackers inside the Georgia Tech Student Center. Local area groups stepped forward to run workshops and seminars on their respective expertise, including a plethora of costuming panels and workshops, Japanese ceremonial demonstrations and game demos. The new costume contest location provided seating for a greater number of attendees, and was held earlier in the evening. The video game tournaments were reworked to feature a few large tournaments, as opposed to many smaller tournaments, and a larger costume contest was held at Georgia Tech's Kessler Campanile.
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In 2007, T-shirts for 2007 were hunter green and featured the MomoCon mascot the staff theme was " The Family". Guests included numerous webcomic and comic artists, voice actress Amy Howard Wilson of Star Blazers fame and prop maker Robert "Vaderpainter" Bean. Key events for 2006 included a Tsukimi festival with kimono-clad wait staff, a Gaming Decathlon, a Pocky Stop cafe, and a rain-cancelled Sidewalk Art competition. MomoCon 2006 had a convention motto of "Because You Shouldn't Have to Pay for Quality" and featured an opening ceremonies video that was a parody of Iron Chef, with "Chairman Panda" and the "Iron Staff".
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In 2006, T-shirts for 2006 were black and featured the same MomoCon mascot in a purple kimono in the moonlight, to coincide with the Tsukimi ("moon-viewing") theme. An article on the anime club and the convention was featured in the February 2005 issue of Newtype USA, and professionally made commercials were seen around Georgia Tech campus before on-campus movies in the Student Center. The convention had over 30 guests and many special demo teams, as well as several special events and feature movies. In 2005, MomoCon was run by an estimated 35 volunteers. The first year, it was "Southern Hospitality" and T-shirts were black and featured the MomoCon mascot, as created and drawn by H.
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The word "momo" in Japanese means "peaches", and its host state, Georgia, being the "Peach State" led to the naming of MomoCon.Įvery year, MomoCon has a theme that goes into the design of the convention that year. Due to rising costs, 2012 was the first year that an admission fee was required. The convention encompasses anime, video games, LARP, webcomics, comics, costuming, card games, board games, science fiction and prop armor construction, among other things.įrom 2005 to 2011, there was no entry fee to MomoCon the convention sold T-shirts and highlight DVDs to fund the next year. In 2011, it was held in Technology Square, and in 2012, it was held in the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. In 2006, it expanded to include several events, mostly video game tournaments, in the nearby Instructional Center. MomoCon is a fan convention held in March or May in Atlanta, Georgia.įrom its beginning through 2011, it was held on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology in its first year, MomoCon was held in the Georgia Tech Student Center. Atlanta, Georgia gaming, comics, and anime convention MomoCon