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- Anime/Manga Convention List
- ===========================
- Edited by
- Steve Pearl
- January 15,1994
-
- This is a monthly posting of upcoming Anime or Manga conventions or
- conferences. General SF/Comic Conventions with large anime rooms will be
- listed if the space permits. If you have any questions, additions or
- corrections, send your information to:
-
- Internet: pearl@remus.rutgers.edu or Steve Pearl
- CI$: >internet: pearl@remus.rutgers.edu 359 Lloyd Rd
- GEnie: S.PEARL6 Aberdeen, NJ 07747-1826
-
- Note: Now updated to include membership rates and guests.
-
- Conventions listed:
-
- Anime America
- Anime Day
- Anime East
- Anime Expo
- ChibiCon
- ConToon
- Cont-Anime-ted
- KatsuCon
- Otakon
- Project Akon
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Anime America
- -------------
- Anime America is annual anime convention held in California during the
- summer months. The date for Anime America 1994 is the July
- 29th weekend. Anime America is sponsored by the Foundation for
- Animation and Comics Education, a not-for-profit California
- corporation
-
- Location: Red Lion Inn, San Jose
- Dates: July 29-31, 1994
-
- Chairman: Greg Scanlan
- Vice-Chairman: Gene Hertel
-
- Guest of Honor (confirmed so far):
- Go Nagai
- Akemi takada
-
- Membership rates (all three days):
- ----- $35.00 until 12-20-93
- ----- $40.00 until 3-20-94
- ----- $45.00 until 7-1-94
- ----- $50.00 at the door
-
- ----- At Con one-day: $30
- ----- Supporting membership: $20
-
- For more information, please write:
- Anime America
- C/O FACE
- 298 4th Avenue, Suite 472
- San Francisco, CA 94118
- Voice Mail: (415) 241-8823
- Fax: (408) 748-9620
-
- Anime America in Japan
- Fax/English voice message: (0468) 21-1910 ext. 2034
- Japanese voice message: (044) 833-4879
-
- Officers of the Foundation can be contacted as follows:
-
- Greg A. Scanlan 73051,3420 <- Chairman of the Board and President
- James Matsuzaki (pending id) <- Vice President, Director
- Jeff Siegel 70322,3533 <- Treasurer, Secretary and Director
- Chris Swett 72736,433 <- Director, Japan Office Manager
- Don Hackler (pending id) <- Director, Convention Resources Manager
-
- Anime America is organized by the non-profit organization, Foundation
- for Animation and Comic Education (FACE).
-
- -----
- AnimeCon
- --------
-
- AnimeCon was the first international Anime Convention and was held at
- the Red Lion Inn in San Jose CA on Labor Day weekend, 1991. The staff
- of the original AnimeCon have sinced moved on to Anime Expo and Anime
- America.
-
-
- -----
- Anime Day
- ---------
-
- An Annual 1 day Japanese Animation festival with a variety of
- programming and events. The last one was held April 1993.
-
- Address all enquiries to:
- ANIMEDAY FILE III, 14 Cavendish Place, Maltby, Rotherham, South Yorkshire,
- S66 7DW, England.
- -----
- Anime East
- ----------
-
- Anime East is the East Coast Anime & Manga Convention, organized by
- the non-profit organization, Atlantic Anime Alliance (AaA) which had
- previously organized ChibiCon '93. It is scheduled to be held
- November 1994 in the New Jersey area.
-
- For more information, please write:
- Anime East
- C/O Atlantic Anime Alliance
- PO Box 10371
- New Brunswick, NJ 08906-0371
- email: pearl@remus.rutgers.edu (Mailing list to be set up soon)
- -----
-
- Anime Expo
- ----------
-
- Anime Expo is an annual Anime/Manga Convention organized by the
- non-profit organization, Society for the Promotion of Japanese
- Animation. (SPJA) and held in California during the Summer months..
- Anime Expo '94 is scheduled to be held at the Anaheim Marriott/Anaheim
- Convention Center on the July 4th weekend.
-
- Guests of Honor (confirmed so far):
- Scott Frazier
- Hiroyuki Kitazume
- Haruhiko Mikimoto
-
- Memberships
- Until Januray 15: $30
- Until March 15: $35
- Until June 1: $40
- No memberships accepted between June 15 and July 1st.
- At-Con Memberships: $45
- One-Days: $25/day (Can only be purchased AT the Expo)
- Associate Memberships $15 (Assoc Memberships outside of NA cost $20)
-
- Electronic Mail Inquiries can be sent to:
-
- Mike Tatsugawa (Anime Expo Publicity Coordinator)
- shogun@sutro.sfsu.edu
- or
- shogun@spja.com
-
- To receive a copy of our most up-to-date posts, mail to
- info@anime-expo.org and one will be automatically E-mailed to you.
-
-
- For more information, please write:
- Anime Expo
- C/O SPJA
- 2425 B Channing, Suite 684
- Berkeley, CA 94704
- -----
-
- ChibiCon
- --------
-
- ChibiCon '93 was organized by the Atlantic Anime Alliance and hosted
- by I-Con XII. There are no plans for future ChibiCons but the AaA is
- planning to hold Anime East: A large-scale independent East Coast
- Anime Convention to be held in 1994. (See Anime East)
-
- For more information please write to:
- ChibiCon
- C/O Atlantic Anime Alliance
- PO Box 10371
- New Brunswick, NJ 08906-0371
-
- -----
-
- Contoon
- -------
-
- An annual SF Convention with copious amounts of Anime programming.
-
- Organized by Ohio University Animation.
- For more information contact:
-
- Ohio University Animation
- Mike Smith
- 99 Grosvenor St., Apt 1
- Athens, OH 45701
- (614) 593-7800
-
- -----
- ContAnimeted
- ------------
-
- An annual Anime Convention held in England. Programming includes
- Video rooms, Dealer rooms, panels, art show, games room, etc.
-
- Further information: (include SASE)
- J.J. Green
- 9 Edmund Street
- Swindon
- WILTS, ENGLAND
- Telephone: 0793 644169
- -----
-
-
- I-Con
- ------
-
- I-Con, the third largest Science Fiction & Fantasy Media convention in the
- United States, has expanded their Anime related programming tracks.
-
- I-Con's Anime Track's Guest List include:
-
- Brian Cirulnick - Vanguard Media, producers of soon to be release
- anime CD Roms
- Peter Chow - Hong Kong Movie Producer of "A Chinese Ghost Story"
- series soon to be animated in Japan
- Mickey Dair - Bay Area Animation Society
- Larry Drews - KatsuCon Chairman
- Rob Miles III - Bay Area Animation Society
- Neil Nadelman- Professional Translator
- Stephen Pearl - Net Personality, Rutgers Anime, Vice-Chairman AnimeEast
- Michael Pinto - Vanguard Media
- Richard Uyeyama - Professional Fan Translator
-
- Bay Area Animation Society and Katsu Productions Ltd. will be assisting
- I-Con's Japanese animation track for I-Con 13!
-
- Three day tickets are inexpensive!
- - Child $10 (under 12, $7 if purchased before Jan. 31, 1994)
- - Students $15 ($12 if you buy tickets before Jan. 31, 1994)
- - Non-Student $28 ($22 if you buy tickets before Jan. 31, 1994)
- - Family $50 (two parents and one child tickets
- +$6 for each additional child)
- - Special Rates for Groups of 10 or more!
-
- **NOTE: A xerox of a valid student ID must accompany each student membership
- ordered!
- I-Con XIII
- P.O. Box 550
- Stony Brook, NY 11790-0550
- 516-632-6045
- Tony Yip (Japanese Animation Coordinator) tyip@ic.sunysb.edu
-
-
- KatsuCon
- --------
-
- KatsuCon is an anime convention planned for February 17-19, 1995 at
- the Virginia Beach Holiday Inn in the city of Virginia Beach (Near
- Norfolk, Virginia) and is organized by Katsu Productions, a fan
- group.
-
- Guests (confirmed so far):
- Johji Manabe
- Scott Frazier
- John & Jason Waltrip
- Danny Fahs
- C. Sue Shambaugh
- _Memberships_ _Hotel room rates_
- $22 until June 30, 1994 $59 per night, per room.
- $26 until Dec. 31, 1994 (Make sure to mention Katsucon when
- $30 at the door. making your room reservations.)
-
- For more information please write:
- Katsu Productions Ltd.
- P.O. Box 11582
- Blacksburg, Virginia 24062-1582
- email: katsucon@vtserf.cc.vt.edu
- Internet Mailing list: katsucon-l@solaris.cc.vt.edu
-
- -----
- Otakon
- ------
-
- Otakon is an anime related con presented by the Penn State SF Society
- to be held July 29-31 1994 at the Penn State Days Inn. Activities
- include panels, a dealers room, art show, and viewing rooms all
- devoted to anime & manga.
-
- Guests (Confirmed so far)
- Robert DeJesus - Artist of Small-Bodied Ninja High School fame
- Lorraine Savage - Editor of _The Rose_ and founder of Anime Hasshin
- Steve Pearl - rec.arts.anime's keeper of the FAQ
- Sue Shambaugh - Fan/Professional Translator
- Jay Harvey - Co-Founder of the Akron Animation Association
- Dave Fleming - Translator and Fan-Subtitling veteran
- Neil Nadelman - Professional Translator and Subtitler
-
- Registration Information
- $18 - postmarked by November 30, 1993
- $21 - postmarked by May 31, 1994
- $25 - at the door
- $15 - one-day at the door
-
- OTAKON '94 Registration phone: (814) 867-3478
- c/o Bill Johnston e-mail: JRN6@psuvm.psu.edu
- 661A Waupelani Drive
- State College, PA 16801
- -----
-
- Project Akon
- ------------
- Project A-Kon is an annual Anime & Other Eclectic Animation Convention
- organized by the EDC.
-
- DATE: June 3-5, 1994
- PLACE: Sheraton Mockingbird Hotel, Dallas, TX
-
- Guests include (as of 1/1/94):
-
- Nene
- Ben Dunn
- Robert Dejesus
- Louis Scarborough, Jr
- Adam Warren
- Tex Henson
- Toren Smith
- Tomoko Saito
- Mark Camp
- Nick Donovan
-
- Kon Ticket Prices: $15 pre-reg
- $20 at the door
- Hotel Prices: $59 flat for 1-4 people! (great deal!)
-
-
- Project A-Kon 5
- P.O. Box 472456
- Garland, TX 75047-2456
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