Sakura-Con has announced that GameWorks is sponsoring the convention and that the first 6000 pre-registrants (until February 28th) will each receive 30 minutes of free gameplay from GameWorks in Seattle, WA. (This includes anyone who has already pre-registered as well.)
Central Park Media has issued a press release to help promote The New England Anime Society's anime screenings at First Night Boston this New Year's Eve from 1pm to 11pm at the Hynes Convention Center.
The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Anime (SPJA), the parent organization of Anime Expo, is continuing to search for a Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
New York Comic-Con has announced that it has formed a marketing partnership with Wizard Conventions that will provide both companies with the opportunity to leverage their own brands at each other's shows.
eigoMANGA, the publishers for the Japanese-influenced comic book series Rumble Pak, is producing a two-city comic book rock concert tour at Things from Another World in San Francisco and the Los Angeles area (Universal City) called Rumble Invasion 2005.
Llamacon 2006 has announced that cosplay band Bad Luck and webcomic artist Jeph Jacques of Questionable Content will be present at the convention this coming February.
MatsuriCon is offering $25 single rate and $22 per person group rates as part of a special promotion for the holiday season. As part of registering by mail before December 7th, registrants have the option of receiving a special collectors confirmation post-card in the mail around Christmas time.
The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA) has issued a press release stating that the American Red Cross will be conducting a blood drive during Anime Expo 2006, July 1-4 in Anaheim, CA.
The DC Anime Club and Anime FX will be hosting an End of the Year Cosplay Party on December 3rd. Entry is $10 and entering the video game tournament or cosplay contest will cost an additional $5.
Supanova Pop Culture Expo, the largest convention of its kind in Australia, has issued a press release to announce a podcast featuring audio from its guest panels. Current podcast episodes feature guests such as Tiffany Grant, Matt Greenfield, and Sonny Strait.
Bakuretsu Con has announced that 450 attendees were at their convention in Vermont this past weekend. Next year's Bakuretsu Con is scheduled for November 3rd through 5th, 2006.
Llamacon will take place in Great Barrington, MA on February 25, 2006. The convention will focus on fan-created works such as AMVs, documentaries, cosplay, and fanfic.
Jennifer Pon has stepped down as the current Chief Executive Officer for the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Anime, Anime Expo's parent organization. Chad Kime, SPJA Board Member, will act as the interim CEO until a permanent replacement is found.
Bakuretsu Con's primary hotel has sold out, but overflow hotel space is available at neighboring hotels. Bakuretsu Con will be held October 21-23 in Burlington, VT.
Sakura-Con has issued a press release announcing that their room block at the Grand Hyatt is full. Space is still available at nearby hotels, but going fast. Pre-registrations are also reported to be up over 45% from last year at this time.
Onna! has announced Gelatine, a New York City-based J-Rock band, as a musical guest. Onna! will be held October 8-10 at the Gateway Hilton in Newark, NJ.
As part of the celebration of Robotech's 20th Anniversary the North American Science Fiction Convention, Cascadia Con, and The Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame will honor Robotech with an award for its contribution to the genre of Science Fiction on Wednesday August 31st at 7 p.m.
The Pacific Media Association (PMA) has announced the appearance of Mr. Seiji Mizushima at Pacific Media Expo during Labor Day weekend, September 3-5, 2005 at Long Beach Convention Center.
Planning ahead, the dates for Anime Boston 2007 have been announced as April 20-22, 2007. This will move the event back to its usual April timeframe rather than Anime Boston 2006's May 26-28, 2006 dates. Both events will take place at the Hynes Convention Center and Sheraton Boston Hotel.
MechaCon announced Wednesday that it will screen "Transformers: The Movie - Reconstructed" during its inaugural convention in Lafayette, LA. The film is a brand new telecine, providing a 16:9 widesceen anamorphic version of the film, literally re-constructed from the original picture negative.
Ai-Kon in Winnipeg, Manitoba has formally announced that it will be moving to the Winnipeg Convention Centre for its 2005 convention on the weekend of August 12-14.
Anime Expo has announced that they will be holding a contest with TV Aichi to send two cosplayers to the World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya, Japan during the Nagoya World's Fair.
Sakura-Con 2006 will be held March 24th - 26th, 2006 at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center. This move will increase the convention's space by 200%.
In the latest in a series of announcements, Anime Expo has issued a press release to notify people that online pre-registration and payment are now available.
Anime Expo sent out another press release today to announce a concert hosted by Kotoko and a "bomb-shell surprise appearance" by a guest involved with the Hellsing OAV series.
Anime Expo has published their new weapons policy in the form of a press release. Anyone planning to cosplay with prop weapons or wearing an authentic real-world uniform should review the policy.
AnimeNEXT has announced that anime director and writer Akitaro Daichi and singer and voice actress Reiko Yasuhara have accepted invitations to appear at the event on June 17-19.
Anime South has published a press release announcing Marc Matney and Mirana Reveier as guests at their 2005 convention on November 18-20th in Destin, Florida. Their 2006 convention will be held November 3-5, 2006.
A group known as Wasabi Anime has created the "Wasabi Animusical", a musical based on anime, manga, video games, cosplay, and more. It will be presented at this year's JACON on April 15th.
MTAC in Nashville, TN has announced voice actors Laura Bailey and Colleen Clinkenbeard will be attending as guests. MTAC will also be one of the stops on the 20th Anniversary Robotech Convention Tour sponsored by Harmony Gold. Also, in recognition of their chairman's birthday, MTAC has extended pre-registration until March 9th.
The SPJA has announced that Anime Expo 2005 will have a 24-hour manga library. Over 2,000 manga books will be available to check out and read at the convention.
Anime Boston has announced Yoko Ishida as their first-ever musical guest. She has performed the themes to series such as Pretear, A Little Snow Fairy Sugar, and Ai Yori Aoshi.
AnimeFest 2005 announced yesterday that Maaya Sakamoto will be attending as a J-Pop Guest of Honor. Maaya Sakamoto is perhaps best known as the singer on the themes to Escaflowne, RahXephon, Card Captor Sakura, and Wolf's Rain.
Shoujo Arts Society and Yurikon LLC have announced their new convention, Onna!. Onna! will take the ideas behind Shoujocon and Yuricon, two separate conventions focusing on women in anime and manga, and promote them in a single setting.
Kunicon St Louis has invited the entire Robotech.com team of Tommy Yune, Kevin McKeever, Tom Bateman and Steve Yun as guests of honor as well as Richard Epcar who appears as Vince Grant in the new Robotech sequel. In addition to these guests, Robotech.com and Kunicon are planning several events to celebrate Robotech's 20th anniversary.
Anime Overdose has issued a press release to announce the attendance of Takeshi Mori, the director of Gunsmith Cats, VandreadKimagure Orange Road, Stratos 4, and many other titles.
