Episode #0002 – Convention-al Wisdom

Like many things in life, anime and manga are best enjoyed among groups of like-minded individuals. There’s nowhere better to accomplish this than at an Anime Convention. This week, we’ll discuss what anime conventions are, and what you should expect to encounter at one. We’ll also bring you reviews and commentary on two of the biggest anime and comic conventions in the world: Anime Expo, and San Diego Comic-Con International (SDCCI), which both occurred this past July. If you missed them, don’t worry! There are plenty of conventions coming up in the next few months, and we’ll give you the skinny on those as well. This is a two-part series, so there will be even more convention talk next week, so stay tuned!

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Upcoming Anime Conventions:

(for even more, be sure and visit http://www.animecons.com/)

Animation on Display

http://www.aodsf.org/

August 25

Cathedral Hill Hotel, San Francisco, CA

Little Tokyo Anime Festival

http://www.myspace.com/littletokyoanimefestival

August 25-26

Little Tokyo Shopping Center 2F, Los Angeles, CA

Anime Vegas

http://www.animevegas.com/

September 1-3

Cashman Center, Las Vegas, NV

MikomiCon

http://www.mikomicon.com/

September 7-9

CSU Northridge, Northridge, CA

Pacific Media Expo

http://pacificmediaexpo.info/

November 9-11

LAX Hilton, Los Angeles, CA

Japantown Anime Faire

http://www.myspace.com/jtaf

November 10-11

Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA

Anime Los Angeles

http://www.animelosangeles.org/

January 4-6, 2008

Burbank Airport Marriott, Burbank, CA

Convention reviews:

Anime Expo – http://www.anime-expo.org/

San Diego Comic-Con International – http://www.comic-con.org/

This week’s guest:

Danny Barer – http://barercave.blogspot.com/

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Related posts:

1. Episode #0005 – Anime Los Angeles 4
2. Holy crap, that’s a lot of people!
3. San Diego Comic-Con is Here!
4. Episode #0010 – Convention Photography 101
5. Episode #0012 – Convention Survival Guide