From now until February 21, all attendees and professionals registering for New York Comic Con will have the opportunity to support the CBLDF's First Amendment legal work when they sign up for the show.
Animaritime, the only anime convention in the Canadian maritimes, has announced that they will be hosting a pool party, brunch, and laser tag for attendees who are staying at the Ramada Plaza hotel. The convention will take place in February.
PersaCon has issued a press release to announce that their 5th convention will be held June 15-17, 2007 at the Bevill Conference Center & Hotel in Huntsville, Alabama.
Anime Expo 2007 pre-registration has gone online as part of a web site redesign. Anime Expo calls it the "perfect holiday present for the anime/manga enthusiast".
For the fourth consecutive year, the New England Anime Society has been invited to host a day of anime programming at Boston's New Year's celebration, First Night Boston.
Otaku University Inc. has announced that everyone who registers for the conference will be automatically entered for a chance to win the 'Registration for Education' $1,000 grant. The grant is a flexible cash prize that can be used for buying better educational and career oriented equipment or tuition.
New York Comic Con has announced screenings of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society, Blade of the Phantom Master, and Shinobi.
The organizers behind Florida Supercon have announced the creation of Anime Supercon in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The new convention will take place April 13-15, 2007.
Due to financial difficulties, Setsucon, originally planned as a three-day event, will now be held on Saturday, January 27, 2007 in State College, Pennsylvania. Anyone who had previously pre-registered can obtain a partial or full refund.
The New York Comic Con announced that it will host the American Anime Awards. The awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, February 24th at the New Yorker Hotel in midtown Manhattan.
Tales of Anime will be returning for the first time since their 2004 convention. Their 2007 convention will take place April 6-8, 2007 at the Marriott San Mateo-San Francisco Airport Hotel in San Mateo, California. Guests include voice actors Reuben Langdon, Dan Southworth, and Johnny Yong Bosch.
In celebration of Princess Tutu's American release, Ushicon will hold an event scheduled for January 27, 2007, in Austin, TX, offering fans a special opportunity to meet and interact with members of both the Japanese and American talent behind this title.
The SPJA has issued a press release to announce the "AX Travel Store". The press release states will offer discounted airfares and hotels for "trips to conventions or personal vacations". However, it should be noted Anime Expo's official hotels are already sold out and this new site does not list discount convention rates for hotels. When attending anime conventions, booking a hotel directly through each individual convention is almost always cheaper than booking on travel sites.
The Digital Narrative Arts Film Festival (DNAFF) has notified Robotech.com that they are completely out of seats to the October 21 screening of Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles. An additional screening in the Kitchener-Waterloo area has been added.
Bakuretsu Con has announced that Scott Melzer and The Comiku Girls will be guests at the convention. Bakuretsu Con will be held in Vermont on the first weekend of November.
The RIT Anime Club has announce its third annual sponsorship of Tora-Con. The anime convention will be held at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) campus on April 28, 2007.
MTAC Prime, Tennessee's only anime convention, has announced that Harmony Gold and the Robotech Tour will be returning in 2007 to promote the Robotech franchise and give the inside scoop on the soon to be released Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles.
Animaritime, the only North American anime convention in the Atlantic time zone, has announced that this February's event will be moving to the Ramada Plaza in Dieppe, New Brunswick.
Bakuretsu Con has announced that Cynthia Martinez's appearance has been cancelled, but voice actor Chris Patton will now be attending the convention. Also, pre-registration has been extended until September 30th.
The DC Anime Club has issued a press release to announce that they and DC Asian Pacific American Film will be posting an anime music video contest at George Washington University on October 1st.
The DC Anime Club has announced that it will be showcasing the art of its members at the DC Anime Art Show, September 6-25 at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library.
AnimeNEXT has announced that they are moving to July 6-8 for their 2007 convention. That puts them one week after Anime Expo and two weeks before Otakon.
Northern Anime Festival has issued statements to announce that it has sold out of college residence and artists' alley space, but will be holding a model contest.
The organizers of AnimeNEXT have announced the creation of the first convention in the United States to focus entirely on manga. MangaNEXT will be held October 6-8, 2006 in Secaucus, New Jersey.
Anime Expo has announced the launch of a web site which will feature news from the convention, cosplay photos, and anime trailers. The convention has previously streamed live video from Anime Expo 1999.
Anime Expo and FUNimation Entertainment will hold a special screening of Fullmetal Alchemist: The Movie - Conqueror of Shamballa hosted by Japanese movie director Seiji Mizushima, Japanese voice actor for Edward Elric Romi Paku, English voice actor for Edward Elric Vic Mignogna, English dub director Mike McFarland, and President of Studio Bones Masahiko Minami.
In the latest in a deluge of press releases, Anime Expo has announced that Toru Furuya, best known as the voice of Tuxedo Kamen (Tuxedo Mask) in Sailor Moon, will be a guest of honor.
Creator of Japan's gothic lolita fashion movement, Mana, and famed animation director, Noboru Ishiguro, are now scheduled to appear at Anime Expo 2006.
Otakuthon, the first fan-run anime convention hosted in Montreal, is presenting two feature movies: Howl's Moving Castle and Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children.
New York Comic-Con (no relation to San Diego Comic-Con) has announced that they will double their function space at the Javits Center in New York City at next year's convention.
Houkocon has issued a press release to announce that their mail-in pre-registration forms have been corrected and now list the correct weekend rate. The convention will still honor pre-registrations from people who had sent in the incorrect payment.
Anime Expo 2006 and Bandai Visual USA have announced the attendance of Yutaka Izabuchi, the mechanical designer for Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack and Patlabor: The Movie.
Anime Expo 2006 and Bang Zoom! Entertainment will be presenting the AX Idol contest together. This year, Johnny Yong Bosch will host the event and audience members will select the grand prize winners via text messaging.
One of the biggest and most impressive visual acts in Japan, D'espairsRay, is coming to AnimeNEXT 2006 following the successful release of their newest single Kogoeru Yoru Ni Saita Hana, currently #1 on the Japanese Indie Chart.
Anime Expo 2006 Chairwoman Joyce Lim and Publicity Head Chase Wang will lead the Animation Explosion! panel on Saturday, May 6 during The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. The festival runs May 4 through 11.
Houkocon 2006 has made changes to its cosplay contest. The cosplay contest will now focus on both craftmanship and detail of costumes as well as skit performances.
AnimeNEXT attendees have sold out the Holiday Inn Secaucus Meadowlands, the Amerisuites, the Embassy Suites, and the Courtyard by Marriot in Secaucus, New Jersey. Room blocks have been added to two more hotels as a result.
Metrocon sent out four press releases this morning to announce a formal ballroom dance, their annual human chess match, the attendance of former Psycho le Cému members seek and YURAsama, and the opening of artists' alley sign-ups.
Anime Central's press department has announced that the all-girl Japanese band TsuShiMaMiRe will be holding two performances at this year's convention.
PortConMaine, New England's longest running anime convention, has announced that noted novelist R.A. Salvatore will be appearing at the convention scheduled for June 30th through July 2nd.
Anime Expo is holding a contest to find on-air/online talent to conduct coverage of this year's convention as part of their upcoming AXBackstage.com web site.
The DC Anime Club has issued an announcement that they will be holding a cosplay gathering with a contest and anime screenings at Anime FX in Springfield, VA on Saturday, July 22nd.
Less than a month before their convention, MatsuriCon has been forced to move to a nearby hotel due to a scheduling glitch in their former hotel's computer system that caused double-booking of hotel space with another event.
Wasabi Animusical II: Electric Boogaloo, which is a one hour performance described as "an amalgamation of anime, manga, video games, cosplay, music videos, dancing, comedy, and show tunes" has been scheduled for JACON in Orlando, Florida next month.
Anime Boston has announced that Kaiju Big Battel will headline the convention with the "bruising bouts between giant monsters, bizarre aliens, and scientific creations gone awry that have pleased fans for years."
PortConMaine has announced that voice actress Luci Christian and VG Cats web comic creator Scott Ramsoomair will be guests at New England's longest running anime convention. PortConMaine will be held June 30th through July 2nd.
Anime Expo 2006 has announced that Seiji Mizushima, the director of Fullmetal Alchemist and a series director for Evangelion, will be appearing at the convention in Anaheim, CA this July.
AsiaVision, the live-action film label of Urban Vision Entertainment, has teamed up with Anime Expo to sponsor an "Azumi costume category" in AX's masquerade this July. It will offer prizes to people with the best costumes from the film.
Ai-Kon, Manitoba's largest anime convention, is holding a contest to redesign Aiko, the convention's mascot, for use on promotional materials. The contest ends March 25th.
Youmacon has issued a brief press release to announce that their 2006 convention will be held at the Hilton Detroit/Troy in Troy, Michigan on November 3 through 5, 2006.
Anime Expo 2006 pre-registration went online at 3:00 pm PST today. Paper mail-in forms for pre-registration will not be accepted and attendees that are unable to pre-register online will be able to register onsite during the convention during the 4th of July weekend.
Kosaikon and Zentrancon announced today that they will be merging their organizations to create Zenkaikon. The new convention will be held at the October 28, 2006 at the Valley Forge Scanticon Hotel & Conference Center in King of Prussia, PA.
Anime Punch! in Columbus, OH has announced that Steve Conte and The Spoony Bards will be performing at their convention in Columbus, Ohio on the weekend of March 31 through April 2.
Texan cosplayers may be interested in the "cosplay/anime lock-in" at Crystal's Pizza & Spaghetti in Irving, TX. Their press release and web site contain more information.
Musician Lisa Furukawa Ray is the latest addition to the gathering of talent at New England's longest running anime convention, PortConMaine. The convention will be held June 30th through July 2nd.
Metrocon, Florida's largest anime convention, has announced an anime fan film festival. Directors, animators, and others are invited to submit original short films that are anime related to the competition.
AuroraCorp, the parent organization of Alaska's Aurora-Con 2006, has announced the final guest list for one of the northernmost anime conventions this July. Guests are Robotech.com's Tom Bateman and voice actors Brett Weaver and Christopher Sabat.
Anime Expo 2006 has announced that the Anaheim Hilton, Anaheim Marriott, and Sheraton Park Hotel will be official host hotels for the convention this July.
A group called "Anime Syracuse" has announced an anime film festival to be held on Saturday, March 25th, at the Palace Theater in Syracuse, NY. In addition to the film program there will be costume contests, giveaways and Japanese pop music.
New York Comic-Con (no relation to San Diego Comic-Con) has issued a press release outlining some of the anime programming planned for next month's convention. The programming includes music programming featuring Mari Iijima and Greg Ayres.
Llamacon in Great Barrington, MA has issued a press release to announce that their pre-registration period has been extended by one week. The single-day convention will open at 8am.
MTAC, an anime convention this April in Nashville, Tennessee, has announced that the artists from Studio Capsule, artist/voice actor Doug Smith, and the ParaPara dance group Para2Mahou will be guests.
After a successful inaugural convention in 2005 - despite the arrival of Hurricane Katrina on the weekend of the event - MechaCon returns to the Hilton Lafayette August 11-13, 2006 with an all-new event dubbed MechaCon 2.0.
AnimeNEXT has issued a press release to announce that anyone who pre-registers on or before February 14th will be entered in a drawing to win a free three-day badge to the convention.
Wasabi Anime has announced that they will be producing a science fiction, fantasy, and anime costume contest at "FX: The Coolest Show On Earth" and "Hard Rock Live". The contest is part of the FX toy show and convention taking place January 27th-29th at the Central Florida Fairgrounds.
The CSUN Anime Club and Write 4 Hope have announced Mikomicon, an anime, sci-fi, and gaming convention to be held at CSUN University in Northridge, CA this October.
