History
2001
AUGUST 13, 2001 – Wasabi Anime was created.
OCTOBER 26, 2001 – WASABI ANIME’S HALLOWEEN COSPLAY PARTY (our first major event)
DECEMBER 15, 2001 – WASABI ANIME OF FLORIDA’S CHRISTMAS PARTY
2002
MARCH 22-24, 2002 – ANIME EXPRESS V
* A DDR Tournament
* The Wasabi Room (non-stop events and viewings during the con)
* Various Panels
* Wasabi Anime Breakfast
MAY 31 – JUNE 2, 2002 – JACON 2002
* DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate
AUGUST 16-18, 2002 – ANIME FESTIVAL ORLANDO 3
* Free Pocky for everyone with a Wasabi Anime Club ID
* Wasabi Anime’s One Year Anniversary Party
2003
MARCH 21-23, 2003 – ANIME EXPRESS VI
* A DDR Tournament
* Overnight AMV viewing room
* The Wasabi Room (non-stop events and viewings during the con)
* Various Panels
* Wasabi Anime Breakfast
APRIL 4-6, 2003 – FITCON
* Big Effin’ Robots
* Various Panels
MAY 30 – JUNE 1, 2003 – JACON 2003
* Anime Viewing Room
* DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate (featuring Web Divers!)
* Various Panels
JULY 18-20, 2003 – METROCON 2003
* Anime Taboo
* Big Effin’ Robots
* Various Panels
JULY 18-20, 2003 – VULKON TAMPA 2003
* Anime Viewing Room
JULY 26, 2003 – YASUMICON 2003
* Grand Theft Anime
AUGUST 1-3, 2003 – ANIME FESTIVAL ORLANDO 4
* DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate
* Various Panels
OCTOBER 24, 2003 – WASABI ANIME’S HALLOWEEN COSPLAY PARTY 2003
* Whose Cosplay is it Anyway?
NOVEMBER 14-16, 2003 – VULKON ORLANDO 2003
* Anime Viewing Room
2004
APRIL 2-4, 2004 – FITCON 2004
* Orange vs. Green Halo Tournament (co-sponsored with Orange Anime)
* Wasabi Anime’s Otaku Insomnia Dance Party
MAY 21-23, 2004 – JACON 2004
* DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate (featuring time trials!)
* Orange vs. Green Halo Tournament (co-sponsored w/Orange Anime)
* Various Panels
* Wasabi Anime’s Otaku Insomnia Dance Party
JUNE 11-13, 2004 – DREAMCON
* Anime Viewing Room
* Various Panels
JULY 9-11, 2004 – METROCON 2004
* Anime Taboo
* Orange vs. Green Halo Tournament (co-sponsored w/Orange Anime)
* Various Panels
AUGUST 6-8, 2004 – ANIME FESTIVAL ORLANDO 5
* DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate
* Grand Theft Anime
* Mystery Anime Theater 3000 - End of Evangelion
* Various Panels
* Wasabi Anime’s 48-Hour Anime Experience: Sailor Moon (viewing room)
NOVEMBER 20, 2004 – THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE THANKSGIVING
* Anime Viewing Room
* Various Panels
2005
JANUARY 29-30, 2005 – FX SHOW 2005
* Full Metal Anime
* Mystery Anime Theater 3000 - Sailor Moon R: The Movie
APRIL 15-17, 2005 – JACON 2005
* DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate
* Full Metal Anime
* The Wasabi Animusical
JULY 9, 2005 – YASUMICON 2005
* Grand Theft Anime
JULY 26, 2005 – WasabiPhotoShoots.com is created. It serves as a home for all the photos we take at events we attended. It is also a tool for promoting cosplayers and cosplay photography.
AUGUST 5-7, 2005 – ANIME FESTIVAL ORLANDO 6
* COSPLAYBACK Dance: The 80s
* DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate
* Mystery Anime Theater 3000 - Dragonball Z Movie #14
* Various Panels
* Wasabi Anime’s 48-Hour Anime Experience: The Transformers (viewing room)
SEPTEMBER 25, 2005 – Wasabi Anime adopts the name “Green Mustard” with plans for expanding into non-anime related events.
OCTOBER 22, 2005 – JACO HALLOWEEN PARTY 2005
* Photo Op for Wasabi PhotoShoots
2006
JANUARY 17-29, 2006 – FX SHOW 2006
* Wasabi Anime’s 1st Annual FX Costume Contest
APRIL 28-30, 2006 – JACON 2006
* DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate
* The Manga Masquerade: Hearts of the Kingdom (co-sponsored w/JACON)
* The Wasabi Animusical II: Electric Boogaloo
* Wasabi Anime’s Show & Tell
APRIL 24, 2006 – JEMCON 2006 (sponsored in part by Wasabi Anime)
JULY 28-30. 2006 – ANIME FESTIVAL ORLANDO 7
* COSPLAYBACK Dance: The 70s
* DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate
* The WaSabi Code
* Various Panels
* Wasabi Anime’s Otaku Insomnia Dance Party
OCTOBER 17, 2006 – Green Mustard, LLC is created as the parent company for Green Mustard Productions and Wasabi Anime.
2007
JANUARY 26-28, 2007 – FX SHOW 2007
* Anime Viewing Room
* Wasabi Anime’s 2nd Annual FX Costume Contest
* Wasabi Anime’s Animusical Lite
JANUARY 27, 2007 – After a solid year of pre-production, Green Mustard Productions launches Duplisity.com to promote their upcoming video podcast.
MAY 4-6, 2007 – JACON 2007
* DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate
* The Manga Masquerade: Through the Looking Glass (co-sponsored w/JACON)
* The Wasabi Animusical III: The Last Crusade
* Wasabi Anime’s Otaku Insomnia Dance Party
AUGUST 3-5, 2007 – Anime Festival Orlando 8
* COSPLAYBACK Dance: The 50s
* DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate
* Wasabi Anime’s ORIGINAL Anime Human Checkers Match
* Wasabi Anime’s Otaku Insomnia Dance Party
* Various Panels
AUGUST 12, 2007 – Wasabi Anime revives and takes over sponsorship of the long running and popular anime webzine Denkyu.
AUGUST 31 – SEPTEMBER 3, 2007 – DRAGON*CON 2007
* Wasabi Anime’s Cosplay Emergency Table
* Wasabi Animusical cast takes Best in Show at the Masquerade competition
SEPTEMBER 29-30, 2007 – ASSIMILATION 2007 (as Green Mustard Productions)
2008
JANUARY 25-27, 2008 – FX SHOW 2008
* Anime Taboo
* Wasabi Anime’s 3rd Annual FX Costume Contest
* Who Wants to be the FX Superhero?
MARCH 14-16, 2008 – FITCON 2008
* Mystery Anime Theater 3000
MAY 16-18, 2008 – JACON 2008
* Animusical Idol
* DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate
* The Manga Masquerade: Beautiful Katamari (co-sponsored w/JACON)
* Wasabi Anime’s Otaku Insomnia Dance Party
* Wasabi Photoshoots
AUGUST 14-17, 2008 – ANIME FESTIVAL ORLANDO 9
* DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate
AUGUST 29 – SEPTEMBER 4, 2008 – DRAGON*CON 2008
* Wasabi Animusical cast takes Best in Show – Masters at the Masquerade competition
NOVEMBER 21-22, 2008 – MUGGLECON (as Green Mustard Productions)
2009
FEBRUARY 6-8, 2009 – THE BROWARD ANIME FESTIVAL
* Anime Taboo
* Grand Theft Anime
* DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate
* Wasabi Anime’s Otaku Insomnia Dance Party
APRIL 3-5, 2009 – ACCIOCON 2009
* Various Panels
* Wasabi Anime’s Otaku Insomnia Dance Party
APRIL 24-26, 2009 – FX SHOW 2009
* Anime Taboo
* DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate
* A History of Florida Anime Fandom
* Saturday Morning Cartoons!
* Wasabi Anime’s 4th Annual FX Costume Contest
* Wasabi Photoshoots
* Wasabi Anime’s RetroCade
MAY 22-24, 2009 – JACON 2009
* Animusical Idol
* DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate
* The Manga Masquerade: The Final JACON Fantasy Ball (co-sponsored w/JACON)
* Wasabi Anime’s Otaku Insomnia Dance Party
* Wasabi Photoshoots
* Wasabi Anime’s RetroCade
JUNE 4-6, 2009 – FLORIDA SUPERCON 2009
* A History of Florida Anime Fandom
* Viewing Room
* Wasabi Anime’s RetroCade
JULY 31-AUGUST 2, 2009 – ANIME FESTIVAL ORLANDO 10
*CROSSPLAY Rally Race
* DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate
SEPTEMBER 18-20, 2009 – ANIME WEEKEND ATLANTA 15
* COSPLAYBACK Dance: The 70s
* Wasabi Anime’s RetroCade (Overnight)
OCTOBER 2-4, 2009 – ANIMATION SUPERCON 2009
* Animusical Idol
* A History of Florida Anime Fandom
* DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate
2010
JANUARY 1, 2010 – Formed Green Mustard Entertainment, Inc. as the parent company for all future convention and Wasabi Anime projects.
JUNE 18-20, 2010 – FLORIDA SUPERCON 2010
* Anime Retro: Sailor Moon
* Anime Viewing Room
* Cosplay Contest
* Cosplay Rock Band
* DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate
* A History of Florida Anime Fandom
* Rumble Roses Cosplay Wrestling
* Wasabi Anime’s Otaku Insomnia Dance Party
JULY 18-19, 2010 – ANCIENT CITY CON 4
* Anime That Doesn’t Suck
* Anime Taboo
* Anime Viewing Room
* DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate
* The Panel About Nothing
* Wasabi Anime’s Otaku Insomnia Dance Party
AUGUST 5-8, 2010 – ANIME FESTIVAL ORLANDO 11
* DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate
* Orlandia’s Got Talent
AUGUST 5-8, 2010 – GEN CON INDY 2010
* Anime CCGs & RPGs: Beyond Pokemon
* Anime Name That Tune
* Anime That Doesn’t Suck
* Anime Taboo
* Big Effin’ Robots
* DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate
* Grand Theft Anime
* Jingoro’s World of Anime Music Videos
* Mystery Anime Theater 3000 - Sailor Moon R: The Movie
* The Panel About Nothing
SEPTEMBER 15, 2010 – FLORIDA SUPERCON’S SUPER ANIME DAY 2010
* Anime Taboo
* DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate
* Grand Theft Anime
NOVEMBER 4-7, 2010 – NEONCON 2010
* DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate
2011
MARCH 12-13, 2011 – MOMOCON 2011
* DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate
* Mystery Anime Theater 3000 - Sailor Moon R: The Movie
MARCH 26-27, 2011 – INVADERCON (as Green Mustard Entertainment)
APRIL 16, 2011 – THE HIBISCUS FESTIVAL 2011
* Wasabi Anime’s RetroCade
MAY 27-29, 2011 – FLORIDA ANIME EXPERIENCE 2011 (as Green Mustard Entertainment)
JULY 1-4, 2011 – FLORIDA SUPERCON 2011
* A History of Florida Anime Fandom
* A Knight in Wayne Manor (Formal Dance)
* Anime Name That Tune
* Anime Retro
* Anime Taboo
* Anime Viewing Room
* AMV Contest
* Arkham Rave (Dance Party)
* Big Effin’ Robots
* DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate
* Florida SuperTRON Rave (Dance Party)
* How to Win at Cosplay
* Mystery Anime Theater 3000
* MOON-A-THON (Sailor Moon Event)
* Panel About Nothing
* Wasabi Anime: The Panel
AUGUST 4-7, 2011 – GEN CON 2011
* Anime Name That Tune
* Anime Retro Panels (Cowboy Bebop, Neon Genesis Evangelion & Sailor Moon)
* Anime Taboo
* AMV Contest
* DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate
* How to Win at Cosplay
* Mystery Anime Theater 3000
SEPTEMBER 2-5, 2011 – DRAGON*CON 2011
* DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate
* The Invader ZIM Panel of DOOM!
SEPTEMBER 30-OCTOBER 2, 2011 – ANIME WEEKEND ATLANTA 2011
* DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate
* The Invader ZIM Panel of DOOM!
2012
MAY 25-27, 2012 - FLORIDA ANIME EXPERIENCE 2012 (as Green Mustard Entertainment)
JUNE 27-28, 2012 – PROJECT ANIME 2012 (co-produced with the SPJA)
JUNE 29-JULY 2 – ANIME EXPO 2012
* DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate
JULY 28-29, 2012 – INVADERCON II: DOOMCON (as Green Mustard Entertainment)
AUGUST 10, 2012 – Green Mustard Entertainment launches Talent For Cons.
AUGUST 16-19, 2012 – GEN CON 2012
* Anime Name That Tune
* Anime Taboo
* AMV Contest
* DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate
* Mystery Anime Theater 3000
* Wasabi Anime Goes to Japan
SEPTEMBER 7-9, 2012 – UMICON
* Anime Name That Tune
* Anime Taboo
* Wasabi Anime Goes to Japan
OCTOBER 6, 2012 – PINUPALOOZA (as Green Mustard Entertainment)
OCTOBER 27, 2012 – WASABICON (as Green Mustard Entertainment)
DECEMBER 8, 2012 – COSPLAY CHRISTMAS (as Green Mustard Entertainment)