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Otakon
Otakon
( ) is an annual three day
anime convention
held during July/August at the
Baltimore Convention Center
in
Baltimore, Maryland
's
Inner Harbor
district. 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
. Otakon is one of the longest-running
Anime conventions
in the United States and was previously the 2nd largest North American anime convention, until falling to 5th as of 2015.
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