The Twelve Kingdoms Forum

Anyone planning on attending an anime convention this summer? I'm looking forward to CNanime at the end of August. If I could I'd love to cosplay for once but I never have the time or the money to make a costume... -_-

an anime convention.....? sounds nice..... but i guess it is not 4 me. too FAR!!!!! by the way. its at where???

Well, the Con I'm going to is in downtown Toronto. 40 minutes from where I live if I bike ^-^

Aw! I wanna go to Otakon. One of these years I'll have to check out some of the US cons.

What kind of stuff's at Otakon, Katsucon and AnimeUSA? Is there alot of fan stuff? How do the cons differ?

Cool, Cool ^-^ Sounds like if I could go to atleast one of them, I'd wanna put my money into Katsucon

i wanna o. but i am TOO....... far away if u know wat i mean. i am in malaysia

Hm... yeah, that's pretty darn far...

unless....... i go there by aeroplane......... wahahahahaha. but i don't think me mom will let me go.......talk about money that is

Yeah, really.

the future of 12k???????? come to think of it.at malaysia, juuni kokki don seems famous...... i am sort of promoting it to my friens who liked anime and they just replied......." i never heard of this anime before"....

Oi...

Seriously, mediablasters needs to network more at cons. You always come across ADV and Geneon-or whatever it's calling itself but I never see a mediablaster's booth...

We must spread the word!

Why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lex Lang why can't you be in Toronto at CNanime!?

I used to have a website for Magic Knight Rayearth, and had a page devoted to him because of the voice work he did and he actually emailed me and congradulated me for my tribute to him and his character Lantis...

As far as English voice actor's go, I think he's pretty darn good. ^-^

I'm going to try and go to Fanime in San Jose this year. I always miss out for some reason...I've never been to a Con before, any comments on what they're like?

Mmmm I can't tell you about the cons in USA or Europe. I'm from South America, and in my country (Argentina) we don't have so many cons but one year and a half ago I went to two cons in Brazil and they were soooo coool!!! In a con you can find a lot of things, you can see movies and the best of all (for me at least ^^) is Cosplay *_*

I would like to know more about these conventions. What can we see in these conventions, who attends these cons, is there an entrance fee, must we register early to attend? Are they held all over the world in different cities? What about Japan, are there cons there? When and where is the next con in North America?

hmmm, I would love to visit Japan one day.

I was watching BBC and they announced the cartoon museum in the UK, I think its in London. I wonder if Japan has an anime museum.

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Here's a list of upcoming cons from NA and Japan
03/04/2006
Kamecon
Manchester, NH

03/11/2006
Toronto Anime Con
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

03/17/2006
Anime Oasis
Boise, ID

03/17/2006
Minamicon
Southampton, UK

03/18/2006
Momocon
Atlanta, GA

03/18/2006
Senshi-Con
Anchorage, AK

03/23/2006
Tokyo International Anime Fair
Tokyo, Japan

03/24/2006
Anime Detour
Bloomington, MN

03/24/2006
Pai-Con Genesis
Westlake, OH

03/24/2006
Sakura Con
Seattle, WA

03/31/2006
Tekkoshocon
Pittsburgh, PA

03/31/2006
Anime Punch
Columbus, OH

03/31/2006
Conbust
Northampton, MA

03/31/2006
CNUcon
Newport News, VA

04/01/2006
Japanese Anime Film Marathon
Washington, DC

04/14/2006
AniZona
Phoenix, AZ

04/14/2006
Kawaii Kon
Honolulu, HI

04/15/2006
Animarathon
Bowling Green, OH

04/20/2006
Matsuricon 2006
Worthington, OH

04/21/2006
Middle Tennessee Anime Convention
Nashville, TN

04/21/2006
No Brand Con
Eau Claire, WI

04/28/2006
JACON
Orlando, FL

04/28/2006
Shiokazecon
Houston, TX

04/30/2006
Harucon
Elyria, OH

05/05/2006
Anime Central
Rosemont, IL

05/19/2006
Sogen Con II
Marshall, MN

05/26/2006
Anime Boston 2006
Boston, MA

05/26/2006
Anime North
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

05/26/2006
Animazement
Durham, NC

05/26/2006
Fanime Con
San Francisco, CA

06/02/2006
Metrocon
Tampa, FL

06/02/2006
ColossalCon
Independence, OH

06/09/2006
A-Kon
Dallas, TX

06/09/2006
OMG! Con
Paducah, KY

06/16/2006
Houkocon
Port Saint Lucie, FL

06/16/2006
Anime Mid-Atlantic
Richmond, VA

06/16/2006
Anime Next
Secaucus, NJ

06/23/2006
C-Ace
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

06/24/2006
Jafax
Allendale, MI

06/30/2006
PortConMaine
South Portland, ME

07/01/2006
Anime Expo
Anaheim, CA

07/07/2006
Connecticon
Hartford, CT

As for what you can hope to see at an anime convention, they usually have a couple viewing rooms that show either anime classics or the last hits.

many cons have anime music video competitions which you can submit to if not, view.

How to draw ____ sessions, voice acting 101-learn what's necessary to be successful in VA or comicking...

Fanfiction contest: Not all cons have this but I find the more fan based cons do.

Panel session: Directors, mangaka, voice actors (both english and Japenese) Talk about their work and take questions from fans.

Shopping area (dealers room): sometimes you can get some amazingly sweet deals on manga and anime in this section. ^-^

Artist Alley: Fan artists and aspiring comickers rent floor space to either sell or or show off their artwork-ranges from original work to fanart to the occasional (english) doujinshi

Masquerade: Fans dress up as their favorite characters and preform little skits infront of other fans.

There are other events but every con is different, some have less activities than others. Many Contests have submission deadlines long before the actual convention itself.

Most cons have an entry fee. (Between $15-$50, depending on whether you're using US or Canadian currency and whether it's a full blown, three day convention or just a mini con.)

I don't know much about JPN cons but I hear they're very corperate, very taxing on speakers.

Thanks for the info.

Tentatively, I am able to attend the Toronto Anime North Con in May, I have a tentative business trip to Toronto during that time. However, if my trip suddenly gets cancelled, I won't attend.

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You might go to Anime North? Sweet ^-^ The deciding factor for whether I go or not will be money. If I have some I'll go if not than boourns for me