•  Do you offer group deals for Pre-registration? :: At this time there is no group deal pre-registration plan or discount in order.  There was a few years back but it didn't quite work how we had hoped.  We have no ETA on when we will relaunch this special offer, however, it is an option that we are keeping in mind for the upcoming years.

•     What is your general attendance? :: Every year since the convention launched we have just about doubled or trippled our attendees.  Our average last year was between 350-400 people per day and this year's projections based on pre-registration is already looking to head in the same direction.  We are excited to have all of you and appreciate all of the convention support we have received from the local and extended anime community and can't wait to see what the up coming season brings.

•     Is Cosplay allowed? :: Of course, as well as encouraged!  We love to see what is brought out every year.  We also have a cosplay competition every year with various prizes and certificates to be won!
  

•     Does my costume have to be anime influenced? :: If you want to walk around with a costume based off of western, eastern, or various other culturistic attire we would be more than happy to have you. We are all fans of all types of appreciative display so we will not limit what you can come in as costume. We've even had Star Trek and Doctor Who panels in the past and are sure there will be a variety of other cultures to be seen in the future.  -- To compete in the cosplay competition the rules do vary from this.

•     What is the History of SoDak Con?
  

SoDak Con started over seven years ago with a very humble begining. Shareece Tatum, an avid anime and manga fan, worked at the local Waldenbooks. After many months of looking through tons of cosplay and anime convention pictures, Shareece had convinced her boss at Waldenbooks to do the first manga event in September of 2004. At this event Shareece met Taffy Anderson (Miracle Shining), who would later become a long time friend. Taffy soon introduce Shareece to Nan Desu Kan, which is Denver's Premier Anime Convention.Shareece came back so enthused that she was bound and determined to try and bring the same kind of atmosphere to Rapid City.  It would take awhile, but after many more manga events  Shareece was able to create the foundations for the start of SoDak Con. 

In 2008 the plans for the SoDak Events were passed onto new hands.  The three new directors, Samantha Sheehan (Phoxy),  Nik Anastos (Cricket), and Jordan Oleson  decided it was finally time to push the long standing manga events into an actual convention.  After much planning, SoDak Anime Convention had it's premiere in 2009 with a wonderful start for a first year convention.  In 2010 Shareece took charge once again to help keep the convention going and the number of attendees grew to nearly double what the previous year had recorded. SoDak Con 2010 also marked the first year that the convention had special guests which included Wendy Powell and Vic Mignogna. In 2011 the convention proved to grow even more and brought lots of new vendors and artist and they were happy to welcome Wendy Powell back as a special guest as well as her good friend Todd Haberkorn. 

With the growth of the convention, every year promises to bigger and better than the one before that! 2012 will be no exception as we take over the majority of the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center end expand the old 2 day convention to be a full 24hr, 3 Day convention with tons of new propaganda and surprises!  We can't wait to share what all we have in-stored and can assure you don't want to miss out!

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