Attendance numbers?

[animatsuri]

I don't remember hearing it at the closing ceremonies, so I'll ask here: How many attended this year?

[Robocon^^]

KITV missed by a mile with their article. Even the first year at the Ala Moana Hotel was close to 2000.

http://www.kitv.com/news/23198577/detail.html

[joshua]

The article is closer to correct then you think. They said 1,000 people were in attendance at closing ceremonies on Sunday. They were not talking about the overall con attendance numbers.

[Robocon^^]

I got that last bit, but it made for a poor headline.

Anime Addicts Flock To Hawaii
Nearly 1,000 Attend Convention


...so what were the attendance numbers anyway?

[sdahlin]

4777

[Robocon^^]

Wow, that's really good considering the economy

[odiemodie]

KITV missed by a mile with their article. Even the first year at the Ala Moana Hotel was close to 2000.

http://www.kitv.com/news/23198577/detail.html

"Ho, ho, ha, ha! Yo! (speaking in a very bad "Luigi" voice"): It'sa me... Luigi! Isah on the telly-vis-on! lookin' kinda strikin', eh?'

Yayz! Saiyan! Me 'sa Mario on the newsa tube too! (and, if you look carefully to the left, you can see our club badge, The "LGC"! BOOYAH!)

Funny thing, though... I called them about the Kon on Wednesday, and they weren't sure if they could do a news story on the event...okay... whatever... (the Station Producer is a friend of mine at KITV said to let the reporter's desk know about it)

"Lightsabers"? does it look like any of the anime characters weld a "lightsaber"?
Sorry Pamala Young, but that's a totally different universe ( though we did have a "Darth Vader" in attendance on Saturday, w/a lightsaber).

Oh, well, as long we are on the "not politically correct here":
RELEASE THE KRAKEN!

[animatsuri]

To be fair, there were some Star Wars characters wondering about.

[Dango!]

"Lightsabers"? does it look like any of the anime characters weld a "lightsaber"?
Sorry Pamala Young, but that's a totally different universe ( though we did have a "Darth Vader" in attendance on Saturday, w/a lightsaber).

There was a Kaito with a blue lightsaber running around. :'> [Or well, he had one and his AA table was right across from ours so he kept playing with it, lawls. XD]

[odiemodie]

To be fair, there were some Star Wars characters wondering about.

Indeed. Most of those Star Wars cosplayers are my mates from the 501st, an international/worldwide authentic costuming group here in Hawai'i, the chapter is called the 501st Legion Pacific Outpost, that's including the Darth Vader, who was going around on Saturday taking photo ops. He, another Sith Lord, and a Jedi are the only one characters in the Star Wars Universe who possess a light saber, Imperial Stormtroopers, only arms(laser) weapons.

There was a Kaito with a blue lightsaber running around. :'> [Or well, he had one and his AA table was right across from ours so he kept playing with it, lawls. XD]

A Kaito and a Lightsaber mingling with each other?! Unacceptable! JJK! Forgive me, I'm just being "politically correct" again... no prob, but she should've said a "Samurai sword", instead of a "Lightsaber". She made Kawaii Kon sound like a strictly Sci-Fi convention, not anime.

Ok... I'm done nit-picking... my bad... sorry about that...

Anyways, best to say, the numbers on attendance went up, and hopefully it will continue to do so, so... ROCK ON, KAWAII KON!

[the one]

4777

Sorry I am a bit anal on these types of things, but how exactly do you get your count? Example, does a person that bought a 3 day pass count as a 1 or a 3?

[couz808]

Woah thats too bad that the attendance figures dropped. First time in Kawaii Kon history ther was a drop but like the other post said, pretty good considering the economy. Also last year, Kawaii Kon was on a 3 day weekend on good friday and easter which can be the reason that the numbers were higher.

[sdahlin]

Sorry I am a bit anal on these types of things, but how exactly do you get your count? Example, does a person that bought a 3 day pass count as a 1 or a 3?

A 3 day membership counts as 1 person. Our total attendance does not include vendors, staff, industry or our guests.

[sdahlin]

Woah thats too bad that the attendance figures dropped. First time in Kawaii Kon history ther was a drop but like the other post said, pretty good considering the economy. Also last year, Kawaii Kon was on a 3 day weekend on good friday and easter which can be the reason that the numbers were higher.

Sorry. Our numbers did not drop from the previous year. Don't know where you got that impression.

[couz808]

Woah thats too bad that the attendance figures dropped. First time in Kawaii Kon history ther was a drop but like the other post said, pretty good considering the economy. Also last year, Kawaii Kon was on a 3 day weekend on good friday and easter which can be the reason that the numbers were higher.

Sorry. Our numbers did not drop from the previous year. Don't know where you got that impression.

Whoops :slaps head: I thought there was a little over 5000 attendees last year but I must've overshoot it.

[the one]

Sorry I am a bit anal on these types of things, but how exactly do you get your count? Example, does a person that bought a 3 day pass count as a 1 or a 3?

A 3 day membership counts as 1 person. Our total attendance does not include vendors, staff, industry or our guests.

Cool, nice to know.

[VTanimefan]

It went up by 398 attendees from 2009. It was the second lowest increase. The lowest was from 2006 to 2007 at 315.

[odiemodie]

That is why it is important to be active on the KK website, which encourages all current registered users to keep tabs on the latest news and tips of what's going on, and what's to come in the future. By doing that, it will save you a whole lot of grief and embarrassment, at least, minimize the "Egg on the face" pwn'd, or being corrected by someone else. Take it from me, I've had my share of getting "set straight" and "Scoldings" on these forums here...

One easy way to know we are growing in numbers, either in the forums or general attendance, is checking out the new users announcement on the bottom of the the main page of the KK site. I've noticed it has been increasing, sometimes slowly, but surely, so... RIGHT ON, KAWAII KON!

[animatsuri]

I was hoping we'd pass the 5K mark this year. Next year for sure!

[Robocon^^]

It went up by 398 attendees from 2009. It was the second lowest increase. The lowest was from 2006 to 2007 at 315.

Percentagewise 2010 was the smallest increase at 8.9%. But that's still not too shabby with the current state of the economy. Good to see anime fans here are continuing to grow at a healthy rate.

[i4gotmymanga]

i just mentioned it at work since it was my turn to do a show and tell and many of my co-workers didn't know about a anime convention and are up to checking it out next year...

[musashi1600]

Some statistical meaninglessness:

Projected 2011 attendance based on linear regression analysis of historical (2005-2010) attendance (r=0.994): 5,551 people.

Estimated 2010 attendance based on linear regression analysis of 2005-2009 attendance (r=0.992): 5,016 people (actual attendance 2.8% below estimate).
Projected 2011 attendance based on linear regression analysis of 2005-2009 attendance: 5,644 people.

[pizzamanilla]

one way to increase attendees: OTAKUNIZE the entire world!!

[Hawaiian_Gurl]

4877

T_T am crying because i am soo happy

[VocaloidKaito]

one way to increase attendees: OTAKUNIZE the entire world!!

If that happens how is EVERYBODY in the world gonna fit in just the Hawaii Convention Center?

[Chugoku-jinko]

Does anyone know the estimated attendance numbers for the years 2005 to 2009? i'm doing a small class assignment and i did mine on Kawaii Kon. so i'm just curious to know.

[kekumanshoyu]

here you go!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawaii_Kon

[pizzamanilla]

WHat'll happen if there's all of a sudden OVER 9000!!!!! people?

[ClearlyPixelated]

Now that, would be awesome!

[Hawaiian_Gurl]

WHat'll happen if there's all of a sudden OVER 9000!!!!! people?

Well i for one will be hiding in my panic room

[Sakis]

I'll be totally surprised if that would happen at Kawaii Kon.

[Agent_of_Solaris]

I'll be totally surprised if that would happen at Kawaii Kon.

Some said that about having over 500 people in the first year. Some said that about having over 2,000 people ever. Some definitely said that about having almost 5,000 people. Give it time.

[Chugoku-jinko]

here you go!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawaii_Kon

i should of thought of looking up "kawaii kon" on wikipedia! XD thanks

[odiemodie]

I'll be totally surprised if that would happen at Kawaii Kon.

Some said that about having over 500 people in the first year. Some said that about having over 2,000 people ever. Some definitely said that about having almost 5,000 people. Give it time.

Aye, yep. With that said, there's only one thing the attendance can do... and that is... to go UP, UP, TO THE TOP!

[lonewarrior666]

To quote Big Eric ' We're not big enough till security is on segways.' XD