The New England Anime Society will be participating in First Night Boston, an all-ages New Year's Eve celebration on December 31st. During their anime screening, NEAS will be accepting in-person pre-registrations for its upcoming convention events, Anime Boston and Providence Anime Conference.
Portland, Oregon-based Asian dance-rock outfit The Slants have issed a press release to announce that they will be giving away free admissions to conventions at which they will be performing.
Voice actor Greg Ayres will be appearing at AnimeNEXT this coming June. The Secaucus, New Jersey convention also announced a fan fiction and fan comic contest that will begin in January.
The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced a partnership with NYC-based media communications company New York-Tokyo to bring an arcade featuring games from Japanese game designers and a series of competitive video game tournaments to New York Anime Festival, December 7-9 in Manhattan.
The Rochester Institute of Technology Anime Club has announced the date of the fourth annual Tora-Con as April 26th, 2008 on the campus of Rochester Institute of Technology.
Providence Anime Conference, Rhode Island's first anime convention, is pleased to officially announce a launch date of October 3 - 5, 2008, at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, Rhode Island. The world's first convention exclusively for anime fans 21 and up, Providence Anime Conference is designed to appeal to older fans' curiosity, enthusiasm, and even nostalgia, featuring video tracks and live events that include an evening reception as well as academic, industry, and professional programming.
The New York Anime Festival announced "Who Wants To Be A Voice Actor?", a voice acting contest produced by New York City studios NYAV Post and TripWire Productions.
Robotech.com has announced their venues for the 2008 Robotech Convention Tour. The tour will feature the latest information on Robotech and the new release of Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles.
The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced it will feature screenings of Adventures in Voice Acting, Appleseed: Ex Machina, and One Piece: Episode of Alabaster.
Alcon, an anime convention at De Montfort University in Leicester, UK, will be held September 5-7, 2008. Guests include Akemi Solloway and David Bircham.
Our Lady of the Lake University will host the "Zero Day Anime" convention on Saturday, November 10th to celebrate the Japanese culture and specifically, the art of anime.
The Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema announced programming details for the 7th edition of the festival, running November 15-18, 2007 in Waterloo, Ontario.
ICv2 has announced its first ICv2 Conference on Anime and Manga: "Inside the Otaku Generation" at New York Anime Festival on Thursday, December 6, 2007.
From November 8th-11th and 14th-17th, Georgetown University's Theater and Performance Studies Program will be presenting Trees and Ghosts, a play adapted and directed by Natsu Onoda, from the graphic novels of Osamu Tezuka.
Anime Supercon has announced that they will be partnering with Toys for Tots - The U.S. Marine Corp. toy drive. A Toys for Tots drop off station will be set up at the show next to the registration area and attendees are encouraged to bring a new, unwrapped toy to the show or to purchase a toy in the exhibition room to donate.
The New York Anime Festival has announced that they will be the site of the World Cosplay Summit's Official USA Preliminary Round. According to the press release, the winners of the convention's masquerade will receive a free trip to Japan to represent the USA in the World Cosplay Summit Finals in 2008. This is the first WCS competition held in the United States since the highly controversial 2005 competition.
The first anime convention ever in Philadelphia, TandokuCon 2007, is coming to The Pennsylvania Convention Center November 9-11, thanks to the efforts of an East Mt. Airy (Philadelphia)-based, African-American owned company, TCON Expressions of Philadelphia.
New York Comic Con announced that it has appointed senior staff member Jay Williams to the post of Manager of Programming & Education. In a related announcement, show organizers note that one of Williams' first initiatives is the launch of Kids' Day, an all-day program on Sunday, April 20 which will focus on events and activities designed to attract and entertain young fans.
AnimeCons.com has received a press release from what is perhaps one of the most bizarre combinations of fandom. In March 2008, Ft. Lauderdale will be home to Naruto Trek Convention. We swear, we're not making that up.
Anime fans across the globe can now easily find conventions near them by using the new Convention Map feature on AnimeCons.com. The map is currently in beta testing, but lists over 100 upcoming conventions across four continents.
FUNimation Entertainment has confirmed that actors, directors and producers are appearing at select locations across the country in conjunction with the Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles and Fullmetal Alchemist - The Movie - Conqueror of Shamballa screenings during NCM Fathom's Anime Bento Festival.
MTAC staff have opened pre-registration for "MTAC Infinity". The convention will take place April 25th through 27th and has a "kaiju" (giant monsters) theme.
Kawaii Kon, Hawaii's very own Anime & Manga convention will be held April 18-20, 2008 at the Hawaii Convention Center. Rikki & Tavisha Simmons are the first guests announced for 2008.
Anime Weekend Atlanta is proud to announce Noboru Ishiguro as a guest for 2007. Directly involved with the anime industry for over 32 years, he is currently the President of Artland, his own animation studio in Japan.
Bang Zoom! Entertainment's AnimeTV will be doing a live taping of their show at Anime Vegas over the weekend of September 1-3, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The New York Anime Festival today revealed details regarding a series of contests it will stage to invite participation by the many fans who will be attending the December 7-9 event.
MangaNEXT has announced Kensuke Okabayashi as a guest for 2007. Okabayashi is a professional artist as well as the author and illustrator of the book Manga for Dummies.
Animation on Display will be holding its fifth anniversary celebration on Saturday, August 25th. They have also announced that Animation on Display 2008 will take place on February 16th and 17th in San Francisco, CA.
The DC Anime Club will host a marathon of shoujo anime on September 29th from 2pm-5pm at the Martin Luther King, Jr Memorial Library in Washington, DC.
The New York Anime Festival announced it will host the North American premiere of the anime film Catblue Dynamite at its inaugural event this December in New York City.
Yaoi Press, a publisher of manga influenced yaoi graphic novels, has announced Yaoi Jamboree, a new fan convention to run June 20-22nd in Phoenix, Arizona.
Anime Supercon, an anime convention taking place November 30th through December 2nd in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, has issued a press release to announce a round of guests as well as details the convention hours.
In cooperation with GONZO, AnimeNEXT is has announced Toyo Ikeda and Daisuke Gomi will be attending the AnimeNEXT 2007 in Secaucus, New Jersey from July 6th through 8th.
MTAC has announced a change of location for its 2008 event to the Music City Sheraton. This change is cited as being necessary in order to accommodate the substantial growth the convention has experienced over the past three years.
Otakuthon has announced announce voice actress Venus Terzo as a guest of honor. The convention takes place in Montreal, Quebec on August 4th and 5th, 2007.
Anime Expo 2007 has announced that they will be holding a 35mm screening of the new Transformers motion picture on July 2nd. The film will be in nationwide release on July 4th.
TAKII 4, an Asian Music/video game fusion festival in Philadelphia, has announced that Natsuo Kimura (aka Natz), lead singer/guitarist from the J-Rock fusion group known as Rusika, will be performing at the event.
Anime Detour has issued a statement announcing that their 2008 date will be a week later than their usual date. They are also instituting a cap of 3000 attendees.
Anime Expo 2007, Bandai Entertainment Inc., and Kadokawa Pictures USA announced today that the "SOS Brigade Invasion Tour" will be held at this year's Anime Expo convention. AX will be at the Long Beach Convention Center June 29th through July 2nd.
FanimeCon has announced that they will be holding a Black & White Cosplay Masquerade Ball. The ball is a formal dance featuring big band swing and ballroom dance music.
In the latest in a flood of press releases from Anaheim, Anime Expo has opened up fifty more rooms at the Hilton Long Beach. The Hilton has a total of 396 rooms.
Dr. Janet Baker, Biff Yeager, Dennita Sewell, and Ethan Newman will be judges at various competitions at the conference. Momoko Welsh has been added to the list of guest professors.
JaniCon has announced the addition of two new sponsors, five new guests, a tournament stop of the Anime Trivia Game Show, and a sold out dealers' room.
A-Key Kyo and Kirk Thornton will join existing guests The Slants and Applegeeks at Kumoricon. Portland cover band A-Key Kyo specializes in J-pop, J-rock, and anime themes. Kirk Thornton has acted in over one hundred roles in anime and video games.
Oni-Con has announced that their 2007 convention will be held at the George R. Brown Convention Center on October 19-21, 2007. The press release also includes a number of guest announcements.
MangaNEXT 2007 has been announced as returning to Secaucus, New Jersey from October 5th through 7th. It is the only convention in the United States dedicated to manga.
T-MODE 2007 in Arlington, Virginia is offering a six day travel package to visit anime-related destinations in Japan in February. Although the press release states this is the first time an anime convention has done this, similar tours have been done by other conventions in the past.
This year's Anime Expo will be hosting a Battle of the Bands contest to provide amateur bands the chance to perform song choices to attendees at the convention.
FUNimation is launching a Summer Tour program for Beck Mongolian Chop Squad. The first three confirmed stops on the Summer Tour are Anime Boston, A-Kon, Anime Mid-Atlantic and Anime Expo.
Harmony Gold has announced that the Robotech Convention Tour will be making a stop at the China International Cartoon & Animation Festival (CICAF) in Hangzhou, China.
On Saturday, April 21, FUNimation's FUNiGIRL program will hold their first FUNiGIRL Party of 2007 at Anime Boston 2007. The party will include anime screenings, trivia, games and giveaways.
The DC Anime Club is looking for artists to participate in the 3rd annual Anime Art Show which shall take place during the entire month of November at the Martin Luthur King, Jr Memorial Library in Washington, DC.
The Anime Vegas Club and convention organizers are preparing for an estimated attendance of 3000-3500 anime fans for their fourth annual Anime Vegas Convention at the Cashman Center on September 1st-3rd 2007.
AX Idol 2007 will be holding open auditions for all who would like to try being the next "Anime Voice Acting" and "Singing" superstars! Ten will be selected to perform in front a of a live audience at the Long Beach Sports Arena during Anime Expo 2007.
Anime Boston has announced its final round of guests: Hiroshi Iwata, producer of Macross, Kenji Terada, writer for Kimagure Orange Road and the first three Final Fantasy titles, and voice actress Brina Palencia.
Middle Tennessee Anime Convention, held April 13-15 in Nashville, will host U.S. Marines representing the Toys for Tots charity as they help collect robot toys for needy kids.
The Smithsonian Associates will feature the Japanese pop culture phenomena of manga (comics and printed cartoons) and anime in an all-day seminar on Saturday, April 21, 10 a.m. 5 p.m. as part of its cultural series "Japan WOW!" (March 31--June 9).
Toronto TransformersCon has announced that legendary voice actor Michael Bell will be appearing at the convention this April. Mr. Bell is best known for his voice work in eighties cartoons such as The Transformers, GI Joe, Voltron, and many other animated and live action television shows.
Middle Tennessee Anime Convention has announced that its 2008 event will be held April 18-20, 2008 at the Cool Springs Conference Center and the Franklin Marriott. Pre-registration for this year's April convention has closed, but at-door memberships will be offered.
Anime Expo attendees will be able to receive discounted tickets on special events on board the Queen Mary such as "Ghosts & Legends" show and a screening of the Spike & Mike Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation.
Anime Expo announced room blocks at both The Westin Long Beach and The Queen Mary. (Yes, this is the first time an anime convention has offered accommodations on a cruise ship.)
Sending out yet another press release, Sakura-Con has announced that voice actress Sumi Shimamoto will be appearing at the Seattle convention this April.
With the sponsorship and support of Geneon, Hellsing Ultimate volume 2 will premiere at Sakura-Con 2007, April 6th-8th at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center.
New York Comic Con has announced the attendance of Takashi Okazaki, Fuminori Kizaki, Taito Okiura, and Eric Calderon -- the creator, director, and co-producers of Afro Samurai.
In addition to now offering pre-registration for individual days, Tales of Anime has announced tournaments, cosplay prizes, and other programming additions.
The finalists for the inaugural American Anime Awards have been announced. Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony during the New York Comic Con on Saturday, February 24th.
Tomo-Dachi 2007 has announced that ADR director, scriptwriter, and voice actor Mike McFarland will be a guest at the convention in Northern Ireland this August.
Pre-Registration for AFO 8 went live last Thursday, February 1st with a special price of $35.00 for a 3 day membership lasting only until April 30, 2007.
Anime Expo 2007 is offering prizes from Anime Hot, Bistro98, Gnome International Inc., Spicy Brown, and Tofu Girls for people who register in February.
New York Comic Con reports that tickets for Saturday, February 24 are sold out on the NYCC web site. Three-day, Friday, and Sunday tickets are still available.
Robotech.com has announced that voice actor Richard Epcar and others from the cast and crew will appear at the premiere of Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles on February 3rd in Westwood, California. A Q&A session will follow the film.
Robotech.com has issued a press release with details on screenings of Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles screenings in Anchorage, Alaska and Berkeley, California. Each screening will be followed by Q&A with a Robotech.com staff member.
New York Comic Con has announced six prominent panelists from the world of graphic novels have been added to the roster for the ICv2 Graphic Novel Conference.
Anime Expo attendees can now book their rooms from the final two official hotels of the convention, the Hyatt Regency Long Beach and Westin Long Beach.
The Japan Information and Culture Center in Washington, DC is holding an exhibit on girls' comics from Japan. The opening lecture is Tuesday, January 30th.
Annette Roman and Walden Wong, writer and inker of the 1 World Manga series, will be attending Katsucon 13 from February 16th through 18th. The convention will also premiere the new 1 World Manga anime.
New York Comic Con has issued a press release with a list of anime guests as well as anime-related events that will be taking place at next month's convention.
Anime Punch: Armageddicon II has issued a press release to announce an anime battle of the bands. The winner will receive $500 and "the option to play other area conventions as a headlining band". The other conventions have not been named.
Vericon, a small science fiction convention in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has issued a statement to announce that they will be holding a cosplay human chess game at their event later this month.
