SaikouCon
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| SaikouCon | |
|---|---|
| Status | Defunct |
| Genre | Anime, Manga, Japanese culture[1] |
| Venue | Mountain Laurel Resort |
| Location(s) | White Haven, Pennsylvania |
| Country | United States |
| Inaugurated | 2013[1] |
| Attendance | 2,800 in 2019[2] |
| Organized by | Michael Meade[1] |
| Website | https://www.saikoucon.com |
SaikouCon was an annual three-day anime convention held every August at the Mountain Laurel Resort in White Haven, Pennsylvania.[3] The convention's name, which translates to "best convention" in Japanese, reflected its ambition to provide a premier anime experience. Notably, SaikouCon was the first anime convention to be hosted in the Lehigh Valley.[1][4]
The convention typically offered a dance party, costume contest, concerts, a merchant’s hall, tabletop games, video games, and workshops.[5][6][7] The 2014 charity auction benefited the Dave Thomas Foundation and St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.[5]