March 16-18, 2012

Sheraton Westport Chalet

Latest News

Pre-registration is closed, but you can still register at the door.

If you missed the last pre-registration deadline, don't worry! You can still register at the convention. Registration prices can be found on our Registration Page.

See you at the convention!

Online Hotel Booking Open!

You've been able to book your room by phone for a few months, but we have online booking available now via the Sheraton Chalet's website. Use the link on the Location Page to book online before March 5!

Special Discounts from MicCostumes!

Visit MicCostumes.com is offering a discount to Kawa Kon attendees as well as being one of our masquerade sponsors. If you visit their website, use the code "kawakon" to receive 10% off your purchase!

Schedule and Vendor List Online!

Ready to plan your trip to Kawa Kon? You can download the schedule now on our Schedule Page. Remember, as always, that it is subject to change before the convention.

You can also find out who this year's vendors and artists are by visiting the Vendors Page.

The question isn't WHO our last guest is, but WHEN!

Kawa Kon's final guest for 2012 is Travis Richey, actor, writer, director, and producer of several web series, including "Robot, Ninja, Gay Guy". Travis is most famous for playing Inspector Spacetime (or simply "The Inspector") from NBC's Community. Learn more about Travis, and find links to his web series on our Guests Page.

Date Auction is looking for dates!

This year, we're allowing female characters as well as male. If you think you're hot stuff (and are cosplaying a popular character), fill out the form on our Events Page by March 3.

Special event registration open!

If you want to reserve your spot at the Host Party, Doll Tea, Tea Ceremony, or Bento workshop in advance, we're giving you the chance on our Special Event Registration Page!

In search of... hosts for the host party!

We're looking for five more hosts for our annual host party. If you cosplay a popular character and want to entertain our guests with improv and flirtations, you could be host material!

Learn more on our Special Volunteer Jobs Page.

Kawa Kon welcomes Kyle Hebert!

Our first voice actor guest for 2012 will be Kyle Hebert. Most famous for his role as Kamina in Gurren Lagann and the narrator of FUNimation's Dragonball Z dub, Kyle's voice acting talents can be heard in a plethora of anime and video games as well as on Keven Smith's Smodcast Internet Radio.

Read his full bio on our Guests Page.

Fan Fiction Contest opens!

Whether you write fic for Kuroshitsuji or Harry Potter, Zombieland or Mad Max, the Kawa Kon Fan Fiction Contest wants your entries! Send us your short stories, poetry, or story excerpts. We'll read the best ones Sunday of the convention and hand out some great prizes!

Learn more on our Contests Page.

Kawa Kon welcomes the Aeronauts, Steampunk Track musical guests!

Theatrical steampunk band the Aeronauts will be performing twice at Kawa Kon as part of our steampunk track. Hailing from Nashville, the Aeronauts put on a rocking, time-traveling show. The Aeronauts will be performing Friday night on the main stage as part of the Steampunk Fashion Show and again at a Saturday jam session.

Find out more about the band on the Guests Page!

Kawa Kon welcomes Yuka-Pon back as Musical Guest of Honor!

After a magical year of performing in Japan, Yuka-Pon is returning to St. Louis for another concert. She embodies the Japanese ideal of "moe" (vulnerable cuteness) for audiences both in America and Japan.

Learn more about Yuka-Pon on the Guests Page!

Vendors Room is full! Panel schedule is almost full.

And, only a week after closing the Artists' Alley, we have to close the Dealers' Room too. Thank you for filling it! We will have so many great vendors this year! Expect to see a list in January.

Our schedule for 2012 is almost complete. Besides the slots that will go to our yet-to-be-named guests, we only have a few regular panelist slots left. If you would like to present a panel at Kawa Kon, please turn in your form ASAP. Forms can be found on the Panelists Page.

Returning guests, tons of events announced

Four of our guests from 2011 will be returning for 2012: Three Rivers Okiya, YukaPon, MUSETAP, and Samurai Dan & Jillian. More guests will be announced as we get closer to the convention. Read more about our retuning guests on the Guests Page.

Kawa Kon 2012 will have more events and panels than ever, and our Events Page is full of returning events and brand new ones! Check them out!

Another pre-registration deadline come and gone

Our October 31 deadline has just passed with unprecedented numbers of attendees pre-registered. You guys are awesome!

If you haven't pre-registered yet, you can still do so. Our next deadline is December 31 for a cosplayer rate of only $30! Register now on the Registration Page.

Artist and Dealer Registration OPEN!

Thanks for waiting, everyone! We have now opened registration for our vendor room. We now have a larger room and will be keeping the same prices we have used for the past three years - $100 for a dealer table and $50 for an artist table.

Find out more on our Vendors Page!

Escape from Outer Heaven: A New Event from Kawa Kon

Metal Gear fans across the country, listen up! We've got a micro-convention just for you! Escape from Outer Heaven is our weekend-long, all-Metal Gear event taking place November 18-20 at the Quality Inn Westport here in St. Louis. Featuring the Cardboard Box Lounge karaoke party, lots of panels about MGS, and a mass cosplay shoot on Sunday, Escape from Outer Heaven is THE place to be for MGS fans that weekend!

Find out more on our Escape from Outer Heaven page!

Entering Pre-Registration Phase 2!

Our first registration deadline has passed, and our panel schedule is almost full! Wow! If you want to reserve a panel slot, please get your form in ASAP.

The second pre-registration deadline is October 31. You have a little less than two months to get your badge for only $30 ($25 for cosplayers).

Vendor registration will open tomorrow night (September 8).

Pre-registration information is on our Registration Page!

Panelist Registration Open!

If you've been waiting all this time to register as a panelist, wait no longer! We've opened registration for all panelists. It will close as soon as we fill all of our panel slots. As usual, we've posted a list of panel ideas from our staff, but you may add your own panels to the form.

Learn more on the Panelists Page!

Pre-Registration Open!

And, after months of patient waiting, you can finally register for Kawa Kon 2012! Pre-registration prices will be the same as last year, with a $20 starting price for cosplayers. Pre-register online or by mail before September 6 for the lowest rate!

New Location Announced!

We are pleased to announce that, due to such a large turnout at Kawa Kon 2011, we have moved to a larger location.

Our convention this year will be held March 16-18, 2012 at the Sheraton Westport Chalet! Learn more on the Location Page.

New Programming Tracks!

In the tradition of Dragon*Con and other awesome conventions, we have added six special programming tracks to our usual anime convention line-up. Some are familiar as we've done them before (but not as specific programming tracks). Learn more about our Apocalypse Survivial, Art and Writing, Hina Matsuri, Japanese Culture, Potterverse, and Steampunk tracks on our Schedule Page.

AMV Contest 2012 Open!

While we continue with our website updates and new logos, we're opening some of our contests and posting new events.

Show off your editing skills! Our AMV Contest allows media from all sources (and heck, porn's okay too, but it gets shown at the 18+ showings) rather than just anime. Edit scenes from your favorite video games, movies, fan vids (or, heck, make your own fan vid!), and more! All entries will be judged by a professional editor.

More information on the Contests Page!

Kawa Kon 2012 - The A-pocky-lypse Is Nigh!

We're working hard to bring you an even bigger and more exciting Kawa Kon in 2012! Our theme, as we announced before, will be "The A-pocky-lypse Is Nigh!" That means you'll be seeing events with apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic themes including a live action survival horror game, a Mad Max-style building contest, and plenty of chances to save the world as we know it! Our dates will be March 16-18, and we'll be announcing the location and registration information by the end of July.

Thanks for your patience! Please ignore the other pages on this site. They are still our 2011 pages.

Follow Us on Twitter!

Kawa Kon (and Bishie Con) is on Twitter! We already have some followers (how did you find us!?), and you can be one of them! Get all the updates you'd like by subscribing to our Tweets here.

An Easier-to-Remember Website: KKon.com!

Kawa Kon has yet ANOTHER new website to ad to the growing number of places you can go to get the same info as our homepage. Now all you have to remember is KKon.com! KKon.com will have the same information as kawakon.com, animestl.com, and animestlouis.com (we're keeping all of those, but we're just adding kkon.com to that). We're just doing it to make things easier on you when you're trying to remember how to spell "Kawa". :)

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