| Otakon | |
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 Otakon 2020 logo | |
.jpg) Cosplayers at Otakon 2016 | |
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Anime, East Asian popular culture |
| Venue | Walter E. Washington Convention Center |
| Location(s) | Washington, D.C. |
| Country | United States |
| Inaugurated | July 29, 1994 |
| Attendance | 40,466 in 2022[1] |
| Organized by | Otakorp, Inc.[2] |
| Filing status | 501(c)(3) |
| Website | Otakon.com |
Otakon (/ˈoʊtəkɒn/ OH-tə-kon) is an annual three-day anime convention held during July/August. From 1999 to 2016, it took place at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland's Inner Harbor district; in 2017, it moved to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The convention focuses on East Asian popular culture (primarily anime, manga, music, and cinema) and its fandom. The name is a portmanteau derived from convention and the Japanese word otaku.