May 31 – June 2, 2013 at The Hilton Anatole Dallas

Friday and Saturday Night Dances

Friday and Saturday Night Dances

03/31/13

When the sun goes down, we turn the beats up…. Every year we the djs for project A-Kon, strive to make the Friday night and Saturday night dances , an event to remember.. we invite every last one of you to share these experiences with us and dance to your hearts content!

Nerdcore Comedy returns to A-Kon

Nerdcore Comedy returns to A-Kon

03/28/13

Nerdcore Comedy comes to A-Kon for the fourth year with it’s best show yet. The Power Rangers of geek humor are back bringing you their patented brand of nerd-oriented jocularity for your entertainment! Mike, Joe and Alex have  perform at clubs and showcases across the country, but it’s the Nerdcore Showcases where they feel most at home. Come...

Come play Heroic Interactive Theatre

Come play Heroic Interactive Theatre

03/26/13

Come play in a world of strange beasts, dangerous encounters and wondrous magic. Here there be monsters…

VGCorps brings the BattleTech Pods back to A-Kon!

VGCorps brings the BattleTech Pods back to A-Kon!

03/26/13

It is with great pleasure that VGCorps announces that the VWE BattleTech Pods will return to A-Kon® 24!  Come out May 31st – June 2nd and enjoy one of the greatest anime-based conventions in the country, that also offers some of the best gaming around!  This year, we are pleased  to join many other fine gaming options in the Khmer Ballroom of the Hilton...

Meet Awkward Zombie creator Katie Tiedrich

Meet Awkward Zombie creator Katie Tiedrich

03/19/13

Katie Tiedrich writes and draws the webcomic Awkward Zombie, a collection of videogame parodies known for punchy art and a sometimes dark sense of humor. The comic started out with a focus on Nintendo games, but has since branched out to a more general scope. Katie currently studies Mechanical Engineering in Hoboken, New Jersey, and hopes to someday build a...

Hall Costume Contest

Hall Costume Contest

03/17/13

              HALL COSTUME CONTEST: Have a costume? Want a chance to have your costume’s craftsmanship judged in a contest without having to brave the beast that is the A-Kon Cosplay Event audience? Cursed with shyness or terrible stage fright? Then the Hall Costume Contest is for you! How to enter: Simply show up at the...

Cosplay Information

Cosplay Information

03/17/13

Latest info on sign-ups, rules, and other little know facts.

Happy Action-Packed Birthday TAK SAKAGUCHI

Happy Action-Packed Birthday TAK SAKAGUCHI

03/15/13

Happy Action-Packed Birthday to Nikkatsu Pictures, Sushi Typhoon super action director & star TAK SAKAGUCHI. Sakaguchi-san called earlier this year from his dojo to tell us he is working on DEATH TRANCE II and wants to visit the U.S. with MONSTER ATTACK TEAM again. After last year’s fund-raising visit with MAT to AKON-23 he wrote: Thank you for always...

Meet Professional Zombie Slayer Rachel Lara

Meet Professional Zombie Slayer Rachel Lara

03/09/13

Model/Actress/Gamer/Professional Zombie Slayer

Weapons Policy

Weapons Policy

03/07/13

Official Weapons Policy for the Kon. Accept no substitutes.

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