Convention Fans

Please see the press release below for Tora-Con 2010, a New York anime convention:

ROCHESTER, NY - November 1, 2009 - The RIT Anime Club is excited to announce a charity screening of Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone, as well as add to Tora-Con 2010’s guest line-up: Johnny Yong Bosch and his band, Eyeshine!

The RIT Anime Club will be showing Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone, November 14th, 8 PM to 10 PM, located in Ingle Auditorium, in the Student Alumni Union on the Rochester Institute of Technology campus. There will be a $2.00 entrance fee, with a door prize raffle. All proceeds from this event will be going to charity for Golisano Children’s Hospital.

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Although not a convention, I wanted to share this upcoming event for my friends at the DC Anime Club, who have been working in conjunction with the Japan Information and Culture Center at the Embassy of Japan. Below is the official press release for the event:

 Metropolis to be Screened at the Japan Information and Culture Center, Embassy of Japan

DC Anime Club in collaboration with Japan Information and Culture Center, Embassy of Japan Present screen Metropolis on Friday November 13, 2009 6:30 pm at Lafayette Center III (Lower Level) 1155 21st Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 as part of inaugural showing for a new film series based on both Anime (Japanese Animation) and Manga ( Japanese Comics).

Kenichi and his detective uncle, Shunsaku Ban, leave Japan to visit Metropolis, in search of the criminal, Dr. Laughton. However, when they finally find Dr. Laughton, Kenichi and Shunsaku find themselves seperated and plunged into the middle of a larger conspiracy. While Shunsaku searches for his nephew and explanations, Kenichi tries to protect Tima (a mysterious young girl), from Duke Red and his adopted son Rock, both of whom have very different reasons for wanting to find her. This event is free and open to the public. Reservations are required.
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Readers of the Convention Fans blog have been selected to receive a special $8 off entry to Madame Tussauds Hollywood to see the unveiling of the newest addition to their permanent collection: William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk! It is “Star Trek Weekend” at Madame Tussauds Hollywood, November 5-8 as the attraction celebrates the new figure. The discount is good through the end of the year. General Adult tickets are $25 and Kids tickets are $18. In order to receive the discount, you must print off the PDF coupon below (the discount can only be redeemed at the Box Office).

Download: Star Trek Weekend at Madame Tussauds Hollywood Downloadable Coupon

Thanks to Madame Tussauds Hollywood!

For those of is in Philadelphia, the SEPTA strike is definitely putting a kink in some travel plans. Although it is unknown how long the strike will last, the organizers of Zenkaikon have updated their website with some alternative travel routes for those impacted by the SEPTA strike: http://www.zenkaikon.com/general/strike.php

Thanks to Tom who posted this information as a comment on our earlier Zenkaikon article.

We’ll see you at Zenkaikon!

Convention Fans is fortunate enough to have some dedicated volunteers who go out and write reports about conventions when we can’t get there ourselves. One such volunteer is Elle, who recently attended Oni-Con 2009 in Houston, Texas. Below is her convention report. If you attend a convention and would like to write a report for Convention Fans, send us an e-mail (dreadpiraterose[at]gmail[dot]com).

 Oni-Con 2009 Convention Report
written exclusively for Convention Fans by Elle Velie

Note: These are not only the opinions of myself, but others who attended the con as well. For the most part, everyone was unhappy.

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- I have been to this convention before. Last year was fun and exciting… this year however it was horrible. There was no organization at all, and if I’m mistaken and there was, then I don’t know what sort of organization method was used. Everything from registration, to basic opening times for the dealers rooms, to events, were a half hour late if not more. The entire weekend was full of mass confusion about not only the start and end times of events, but of the LOCATION of certain events.

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