Press
Press membership
Kumoricon offers complimentary badges to members of the press. If you wish to cover our event through an established press venue, such as print, TV, or web, you may be eligible for a complimentary press badge for Kumoricon 2024.
Press membership policies and application
Previous press coverage of Kumoricon
Kumoricon has been featured in many press venues including the following:
2018
- Anibros Podcast: Episode 125 – Kumoricon 2018 Con Report
- Blake and Spencer Get Jumped - An Anime Podcast: Ciarán Strange Interview @Kumoricon2018
- Blake and Spencer Get Jumped - An Anime Podcast: Justin Briner Interview @Kumoricon 2018!
- Blake and Spencer Get Jumped - An Anime Podcast: Lauren Landa Interview @Kumoricon2018
- Blake and Spencer Get Jumped - An Anime Podcast: Lucien Dodge Interview @Kumoricon2018
- Blake and Spencer Get Jumped - An Anime Podcast: Samurai Dan and Jillian Interview @Kumoricon2018
- Blake and Spencer Get Jumped - An Anime Podcast: TeddyLoid Interview @Kumoricon2018
- Forever Summer Productions: Blake and Spencer Get Jumped! @ Kumoricon 2018! [video]
- Marvel Talk Podcast: Kumoricon 2018
- SciFi Monkeys: Kumoricon: Chatting with Little Witch Academia voice actor Erica Mendez [Interview]
- SciFi Monkeys: Kumoricon: Chatting with renowned voice actor Keith Silverstein
2017
- Anibros Podcast: Episode 119 – Festival Boy
2016
- Anibros Podcast: Episode 106 – It Was Really Non-Canon, How We Were Behaving
- Anime News Network: Kumoricon Makes the Move to the Oregon Convention Center
- Oregon Live: Kumoricon 2016 [link no longer active: http://photos.oregonlive.com/oregonian/2016/10/kumoricon_2016_57611.html]
- Oregon Live: Revisit Portland's anime festival Kumoricon
- Seattle Refined: 2016 Kumoricon
2015
- Anibros Podcast: Episode 97 – Hit Someone in the Face without Getting in Trouble
- Chinook Observer: Kumoricon: A welcoming home for nerds
- City of Vancouver Washington: Kumoricon Anime Convention in Vancouver, WA [video]
- The Columbian: Kumoricon launches friendly invasion
- The Columbian: Kumoricon leaving Vancouver
- The Columbian: Kumoricon 2015 [video]
- The Columbian: Save the Date: Kumoricon, dogs in pools, folkies, fun at the fort
- The Columbian: In Our View: Cheers & Jeers
- The Columbian: Off Beat: Great costume, but can you explain the lipstick smudge?
- The Daily Astorian: Kumoricon: A welcoming home for nerds
- Daily Emerald: Summer Convention Survival Guide
- Dark Horse: Manga Monday: Come See Dark Horse At Kumoricon!
- Go Local PDX: 5 Fun Things To Do This Weekend: September 4th-6th
- Oregon Live: 15 things to do in Portland before the end of summer
- Oregon Live: Kumoricon 2015
- Oregon Live: Kumoricon 2015 [link no longer active: http://videos.oregonlive.com/oregonian/2015/09/kumoricon_2015.html]
- Oregon Live: PDX Street Style: Kumoricon 2015
- Oregon Live: Faerieworlds and Tour de Lab: 5 things to do in Portland this weekend
2014
- Anibros Podcast: Episode 72 – Kumoricon 2014: The Coverage
- Anibros Podcast: Episode 73 – Taking Up All the Parking
- Bleeding Cool News: Things To Do On The West Coast In August If You Like Comics
- The Columbian: Cosplay is serious fun
- The Columbian: Kumoricon draws thousands of animated fans
- Dark Horse: Manga Monday: Come See Us This Weekend at Kumoricon
- Dark Horse: Manga Monday: Kumoricon 2014 Cosplay Report!
- Otaku Review: Con Report: KumoriCon 2014
- Portland Tribune: The Short List
- Visit Vancouver USA: Visit Vancouver USA announces 2014 Tourism Award winners
2013
- Anibros Podcast: Episode 31 – The Cost of Her Panties Will Make Her Popular
- Anibros Podcast: Episode 32 – Kumoricon Diaries 2013
- Anibros Podcast: Episode 33 – Kumoricon 2013
- The Anipike: Return to the Quay: Kumori Con 2013
- Dark Horse: Manga Mondays: 2013 Cosplay Album Part 3
- Dark Horse: Manga Mondays: Cosplay Album Part 3A: Kumoricon Extra!
- Ticketbud: How Kumoricon Hit Record Attendance With Ticketbud
- Visit Vancouver USA: Kumoricon Returns to Vancouver USA Labor Day Weekend
- Visit Vancouver USA: Vancouver USA Regional Tourism Office Announces 2013 Tourism Award Winners
2012
- Anime KABOOM!: Kumoricon's 10 Year Anniversary!
- Anibros Podcast: Episode 08 – On Location at Kumoricon 2012
- Anibros Podcast: Episode 09 – Kumoricon Wrap-up
- The Columbian: Downtown's Kumoricon convention draws a crowd
- Oregon Live: 21 events in Southwest Washington this September
- The Vancouver Side: Kumoricon [video]
- Visit Vancouver USA: Kumoricon Returns to Vancouver USA Over Labor Day Weekend
- WoSide Productions: Hilarious News Reporter at Anime Convention [video]
2011
- The Columbian: World of cartoons alive at Kumoricon
- The Columbian: Unconventional convention closes, plans to come back to Vancouver
- KBOO: Anime and Poster Art
- Visit Vancouver USA: Vancouver, Washington, Becomes Mecca for Anime Enthusiasts over Labor Day Weekend
2010
- Dark Horse: Otaku in the Mist
- Oregon Live: Family fun Sept 3-10: Kumoricon 2010, Oregon State Fair and more
- OtakuReview.net [article | photos]
2009
- Digital Trends: Kumoricon 2009
- Freedom TV
- The Journal of the Lincoln Heights Literary Society: Convention Report: Kumoricon 2009
- Oregon Live: Svetlana Chmakova at Kumoricon 2009
2008
- The Yuuyake Shimbun: Kumoricon Strikes Back
2007
- Asian Reporter: Where East Meets Northwest
- Asian Reporter: Kumoricon 2007 heats up "anime mania" [link no longer active: http://hamto.com/files/AR_articles/kumoricon-2007.pdf]
- The Columbian: Freakish Fun from the Far East (Sep 3, 2007)
- KOIN News 6: Koin News 6 Story of Kumoricon and The Slants [video]
- Portland Tribune: Adventure
- Willamette Week Online: Slanted & Enchanted
- The Yuuyake Shimbun: Attack of the Otaku
2006
- Portland Tribune: Invasion of anime geeks turns hotel into Fantasy Central
2005
- The Journal of the Lincoln Heights Literary Society: Kumoricon 2005
2004
- The Oregonian: Drawn into anime
2003
Press releases
2017
Kumoricon Celebrates 15 Years of Anime in Portland [PDF]
Kumoricon 2017 press photo package [ZIP]
2016
Kumoricon Makes the Move to the Oregon Convention Center [PDF]
Kumoricon Hosts a One Day Summer Sampler of their Convention [PDF]
Kumoricon 2016 press photo package [ZIP]
Kumoricon Lite press photo package [ZIP]