Animazement 2009

May 15, 2009

Animazement - Next Week!

Raleigh North Carolina will be celebrating this year’s Memorial Day weekend with a focus on all things of anime and Japan!

To begin, Thursday, May 21st is PreCon for Animazement. You can arrive early and pick up badges and experience a little bit of the convention before it officially starts. There will be an Otaku Lounge Concert, the Anime Video room will be open, and you can sing your heart out with Anything Goes Karaoke.

Friday and Saturday will include a workshop with Koichi Tsunoda on Drawing, panels like Old School Anime Appreciation Panel and an Anime Improv Performance. Friday night will also feature more horrendous voices singing Karaoke and a Dance until 3 a.m.!

Take part in panels on Saturday like Karate, Cosplay Chess 2009 and Wrench Throwers Anonymous. Saturday night is Cosplay night, followed by another late night Dance.

Sunday will hold an Art Auction and a Costume Craftmanship Contest and more.

Guests are broken up into two brackets: Japanese Guests and American Guests. Japanese Guests include Jun Shishido, Keiko Han, Maya Yamao and Ryuusei Nakao. American Guests expected to arrive are Spike Spencer, Trish Ledoux, Cristina Vee and Caitlin Glass.

This year’s convention will be held at the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. For directions and more information visit Animazement!

Animazement 2009!
May 22-24, 2009
Raleigh Convention Center
Raleigh, NC

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