Tampa, Florida’s seventh annual Metrocon convention has announced its expected roster of guest attendees. Scheduled to appear are Abney Park, Greg Ayres, Illich Guardiola, Mark Hildreth, Scott McNeil, Kirby Morrow, Doug Smith, David Stanworth, and David Williams. This year’s convention will be held at the Tampa Convention Center on June 19-21.
A variety of exclusive trailers were visible at the recently concluded 2009 Tokyo Anime Fair; the latest anime titles were well in evidence, and you can see the video previews below, as taken by attendees:
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Some great anime’s are coming out this year! I especially like the look of Eden of the East the animation reminds me of Howl’s Moving Castle or something anyway im looking forward to watching these and i hope you do too!
Source: sankakucomplex
A-Kon has revealed that its headline band this year will be LM.C. They will perform a concert on the Friday night of the convention, which is taking place on May 29-31 in Dallas, Texas.
A-Kon previously announced that the band camino is also attending as a guest
Source: TokyoGraph
The one-day TEKKO ½ convention, organized by the folks behind the annual Tekkoshocon convention, will be held at the Best Western Parkway Center Inn in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 4th. Admission is $10. Events will include screenings, panels, workshops, a costume competition, video game room, and dance. Guests scheduled to attend include voice actress Carrie Savage (Hakufu Sonsaku in Ikki Tousen, and Sayoko in Melody of Oblivion), geek culture stand-up comedian Uncle Yo, and 5 piece instrumental band specializing in video game music Battlecake.
The Phoenix Comicon has announced that voice actor Yuri Lowenthal (Sasuke from Naruto), and AD Vision Senior VP Matt Greenfield will attend the 2009 convention scheduled for January 23-25, 2009 at the Mesa Convention Center in Mesa, Arizona.
