FanCons.com Press Releases


October 11, 2007

News for Anime South 2007:

Anime South announces guests

Anime South is pleased to announce our guests for our 3rd annual convention on December 28-30, 2007 at the Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort & Spa. Special Guests of Honor are: voice actors Richard Epcar, Ellyn Stern, and Spike Spencer; artists Stephen Bennett IV, Douglas Smith, Yaya Han, and Ashley Clark; and musical guest J*scape.

Anime South will be offering two theater rooms showing the latest anime from Japan, a costume contest, anime music videos, discussion panels, PC and video gaming from CRC Data Tech, an Artists' Alley, a large vendors room with anime and manga related merchandise, speed dating, a maid cafe, and a talent show. We will have a 50% increase in function space from last year. Cosplay will be in a vastly larger space, along with an expanded Dealers Room.

Registration for the convention is currently available online until November 27th at http://www.animesouth.com

We highly recommend staying at the resort hotel.The convention has arranged a limited number of suites at a special $99 per night convention rate (please use the code AMS). The resort fee has been waived for individuals reserving their rooms for the convention. You can make reservations by calling 1-800-367-1271 with our group/convention code, AMS, for this special pricing. Hotel reservations are fully refundable up until 7 days before the convention.

The Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort & Spa is the largest luxury beachside hotel in the region. This 2,400 acre resort boasts 73 holes of championship golf, 13 tennis courts, the country's largest charter fishing boat fleet, 3 indoor and outdoor pools, a private beach, a full service spa, 2 whirlpools, scuba diving, and the nation's largest designer outlet mall. Come see why Destin, located on the Gulf of Mexico, is known as one of the country's most beautiful beaches.