Convention News (150)
Anime Expo has ended, but that doesn't mean our work has! Day 4 was the wind down day with most cosplayers wearing normal clothing doing last minute bargain shopping. The highlights of the day included the open autograph session where fans were able to get last minute autographs from remaining guests, the Charity Auction where fans can buy expensive signed and autographed goods for a good cause, and of course the Closing Ceremonies. We are working hard on all the interviews and articles relating to Anime Expo, so stay tuned as they should be ready in the next few days!Probably the businest day of the convention, the halls were packed with with people! Nightow unvieled a short clip of the new Trigun movie at his panel showing off new characters. Towards the evening, we went to the Masquerade and got a chance to visit the sold out Anime Expo Maid Cafe. Again, stick around as we will have full reports coming soon! Day 2 was a bit on the dry side, apart from the Gundam 00 Panel, and the Morning Musume concert.
It's 7:23 AM right now, and staff moral is quite low waking up this early. Saturday is probably the busiest day with the most number of attendees and large events.
Keep checking us out occasionally as we will be live blogging Nightow's panel today who promises to bring a first ever world premiere footage of the new Trigun movie. Full detailed panel reports, interviews, photos, and more are coming soon so stick around!
We would like to announce that The-O Network Online will be starting to live blog for all the fans out there unable to make it to Anime Expo 2009. We will try to blog at as many panels as we can. So stay tuned!
Quick update, yesterday we were able to get a lot of interview:
A quick update after FanimeCon 2009, those of us (t-ono.net staff) who went are exhausted and are not looking forward to a return of daily life as well as working on Fanime related stuff. We will be slowly releasing content over the next few weeks.
Oh, and for the Momoi fans who missed her at FanimeCon, we will be giving away 3 signed shikishi boards by Momoi herself to you the readers! Stay tuned while we work up the contest information.
Things to look forward for we are working on:
- exclusive interview with Momoi Halko
- High resolution Momoi Halko Concert photos
- Photoshoot pictures and cosplay photos (We took over 2000...)
- And of course our full convention report!
Anime Expo announced its very own Maid Café hosted by the Funky Fresh Cosplay Group. The cafe will be providing many services like food, drinks, and games. They are still currently looking for volunteer maids or hosts for the AniMaid Café. Application submissions will be accepted until the beginning of June or until they have enough maids and hosts.
Click read more for the full press release inside.
The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA) opened the polls for industry awards to the public earlier last week. Three finalists were chosen for each category and it is up to the fans to choose who will win the awards. Some notable categories are best Japanese and American actor/actress, and best character design. The voting will be held online only, and the winners will be announced at this year's Anime Expo Industry Reception, held at Los Angeles Convention Center.
We were asked to nominate individuals within the industry, but we missed the deadline. Though if we had made the deadline, I would have nominated Norio Wakamoto for best Japanese actor for his role as Emperor Charles Di Britannia in Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2. "All hail Britannia!"
Click on read more for the full press release. Voting can be done here.
(Press) - Morning Musume Coming to Anime Expo 2009
Written by Theodore Mak
We received an email earlier today that Anime Expo will be bringing famed female group Morning Musume as their first guest of honor. Currently unknown if Anime Expo will have early premium ticket sales, but most likely they will.
I've already had to deal with 2 screaming fanboys this morning when I mentioned it to them. Anyone else excited? Anime Expo will be held from July 2nd to 5th in the Los Angeles Convention Center. Full press release inside.
WonderCon, mostly known as a comic book convention held yearly in San Francisco, will have a larger gaming presence this year including panels by Capcom on Resident Evil 5 and Street Fighter 4. Fans will be able to join an impromptu Street Fighter match on stage to win prizes from Capcom. Nintendo will also be on scene to promote the new NDS title Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon. Video game publisher 2K Games, Electronic Arts, Capcom, and surprising G4 TV will all have booths in the Exhibitor's Hall.
Expect our full coverage on the event in the coming weeks! Panel descriptions and links inside.
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Previously announced last year that the annual Japantown Anime Faire held in San Francisco would be on indefinite hiatus, the organizers have announced that it's back renamed as the Otaku Amusement Festival.
It will be held this year on Saturday November 14 and Sunday November 15 at the Fort Mason Center.
Click read more for the full press release.
The World Cosplay Summit ended a few days ago in Japan with 13 countries competing.
For those unfamiliar with the event, the World Cosplay Summit began in 2003 as an invitational event to promote the Japanese pop culture internationally.Beginning in 2005, each country holds a preliminary competition to select their representatives to compete in Japan.
Brazil took home first place this year with China as the runner up. Japan's Osaka team had an impressive yaoi skit so fan girls may want to take heed. Korea chose to have 2 male representatives
You can watch the videos and view more pictures at their site here . Bewarned that for some reason they chose not to record the audio for the performances; instead, they added their own track.
We have included some other videos with the original audio inside.
We're still working hard on Anime Expo reports, and we've just finished picking and editing Masquerade Backstage photos. You can find them at our gallery here . Best in Show and Best in Comedy
Rest of the videos can be found after the jump.
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