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Wasabi Anime

Wasabi Anime

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Wasabi Anime, also known as Green Mustard Entertainment, is a company specializing in the production of events and programming for anime conventions and other fan conventions in North America, as well as hosting their own standalone conventions. The company's journey began in 2001 with the registration of the WasabiAnime.com website. It started as an anime club, later evolving into a limited liability company (LLC) in 2007, and ultimately becoming a corporation in 2010. As of July 2012, Wasabi Anime had organized events in California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, and Las Vegas.

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History

Wasabi Anime was founded by Tom Croom and a group of passionate anime enthusiasts shortly after the successful completion of Anime Festival Orlando II in Kissimmee, Florida. Recognizing the need to support a broader spectrum of fandoms, Wasabi Anime (initially known as "Wasabi Anime of Florida") established a network of anime clubs, providing assistance to existing clubs while nurturing the growth of new ones. Members of the Wasabi Anime clubs were issued photo ID cards that granted discounts at local anime and comic stores in Florida.

Some of the clubs included in the Wasabi Anime network were:

  • Anime Goes Anime Club Miami
  • Gator Anime
  • HIYAH! The Southwest Florida Anime Club
  • Japanese Animation Club of Tallahassee
  • Lake Brantley High School Anime & SciFi Club
  • Mile Stretch Anime Club
  • North Port Anime Club
  • Oukyuu Anime Club
  • Wasabi Anime: Deltona
  • Wasabi Anime: Englewood
  • Wasabi Anime: Ft. Lauderdale
  • Wasabi Anime: Green Cove Springs (which later became the Anime Belle Club)
  • Wasabi Anime: Jacksonville
  • Wasabi Anime: Miami
  • Wasabi Anime: New Smyrna Beach
  • Wasabi Anime: Orlando
  • Wasabi Anime: Tampa (which eventually formed the original volunteer staff for MetroCon 2003)
  • Wasabi Anime: Titusville
  • Wasabi Anime: Treasure Coast
  • Wasabi Anime: West Palm Beach

Periodically, the core team at Wasabi Anime hosted standalone events aimed at bringing these clubs together. Notable among these were the Wasabi Anime Halloween Cosplay Parties in 2001 and 2003.

Around 2004, Wasabi Anime shifted its focus from networking clubs to designing and organizing events for anime and fan conventions. These events encompassed themed panels, game shows, dances, and stage performances, including the well-known "Wasabi Animusical."

Appearances

Wasabi Anime has designed entertainment and programming for several anime and fan conventions since starting in 2001.

California

Florida

Georgia

Indiana

Nevada

  • NeonCon 2010

Conventions

In 2007, Wasabi Anime began producing its fan conventions. Since some of these productions were not anime-centric, they often operated under corporate names (either Green Mustard, LLC or Green Mustard Entertainment, Inc.)

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    "Florida Anime Experience 2012 on AnimeCons.com". AnimeCons.com.
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    "InvaderCON II: DOOMCON on AnimeCons.com". AnimeCons.com.
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