Hey everybody!

T-shirts

We'd like to announce the design for the official Amecon T-shirt has been released. Again in addition to the T-shirt we now offering you pillows as well. Please pre-order on the link below so we know the least amount needed for you guys and gals!

http://amecon.org/apply_tshirt.php



If you have any issues with the pre-ordering process or any queries though please contact alx@amecon.org

Closing date for pre-orders is 3rd August 2007.

Cheers

The Amecon Committee

Were still looking for content for this years conbook!

This is you're opportunity to get you're artwork or article published and seen by everyone at the convention so get scribbling now ^_^

If you have some aspect of anime, manga or Japanese culture/pop culture that you would like to tell everyone about why not take this opportunity to do so!

Were also taking fun stuff like anime jokes, puzzles and word games so if you have an idea let us know.

Artwise, were looking for B&W art and short comic strips for the inside of the conbook and for the Front Cover, this years competition is:

Front Cover Artwork Competition
This year we are looking for pictures of our mascot Ame-chan as a Space Girl for the front cover of the conbook. Lets see some great sci-fi inspired artwork! The best submission will be published on the front of this years conbook!! With runners up on the inside and back covers.

Submissions for the cover art should be colour and at least 300dpi.


See the website for full guidelines or contact me James at conbook@amecon.org with any ideas or submissions.

From the AmeCon Discussion Forum:

The AmeCon Discusson Forums are now live!

We apologise for the delay over the last few weeks, he have been having some technical difficulties which are now resolved. :)

There are also a two small changes we have implemented, these are:

- New Forum Rules. It is very important that you read over the new rules before making posts, ignorance to the new rules is not an excuse! The board rules can be found here:

http://amecon.org/forum/index.php?act=boardrules

- We will have new moderators soon! Under no circumstance will we be accepting applications or request to become a moderator, we will send personal requests to those we wish to become moderators. Any unsolicited requests will be ignored.


Now that's over, we hope you are all looking forward to Amecon 2008 and please look out for places to put your input and contributions for next year's event!

Have fun guys!

Kazz

It's the moment you've been waiting for! I'm very pleased to announce that Registrations for Amecon 2008 are now open!

Registration this year costs £45 - You can register for the convention at http://www.amecon.org/register.php

We hope to see you at the convention!

~Kate Bentley~
Amecon Registrations Officer

The AmeCon Committee are proud to announce that AmeCon will return to the University of Leicester Campus on 8-10 August 2008.

This November, we'll be launching the 2008 website and forums to the public, with information and prices for the forthcoming convention. Registrations for AmeCon 2008 will open shortly after on November 18th.

2007 was the most successful AmeCon to date and next year we hope to take things further. The AmeCon Committee are also proud to announce that the latest issue of UK magazine SFX Collection: Total Anime features an excellent special about AmeCon 2007. This issue is available from all good retails stores until November 15.

Thank you for reading and we hope to see you on our forums in early November ^_^

So I got back from Connichi in Germany, having had dinner with Halko Momoi,(re http://www.strawberry-crush.co.uk and http://www.pori.co.uk ) Momoi, as in the truelly epic J-Idol that makes everyone perform Wotagi ( http://nichi.kooan.de/ bottom link for recording of her live at Connichi ). During the dinner Momoi said that she'd really like to perform at a convention in the UK if she was asked.

So what's do we think the chances of getting Amecon commitee to ask her are?

Momoi's manager speaks English, she'll bring an international crowd, and would be a truelly epic guest both due to her singing and her seiyuu activities.

She's a great influence and a fantastic role model for us Otaku.

Anyway thought I'd throw that fact into the hat.

Photographs from the Cosplay Masquerade and Competition are now available to view and download:

http://amecon.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=2294

The winners of the writing contest have now been posted here on the forums!


"Natural Course of Things" by Cheza-chan

The winners of the writing contest have now been posted here on the forums!


"Natural Course of Things" by Cheza-chan

The winners of the writing contest have now been posted here on the forums!


"Watashi wa Mew-chan desu!!" by The Pale Rider

The winners of the writing contest have now been posted here on the forums!


- "Oda Nobunaga is Dead" by Madame de Chokoreto

Hello everyone.

The committee would like to thank everyone who attended AmeCon over the weekend and we hope you all had a fantastic time. If you have any feedback, please make sure to post it on our forum when the Feedback section opens :)

Speaking of the forums, we have noticed over the weekend that the website has unexpectedly gone down due to a problem with our server. Rest assure that we are currently working on the problem and hope to have both the website and forums up and running as soon as possible.

Thank you for reading :)

~fridgeuk

Please note that the forum is currently down at the moment for maintenance purposes.

The forum maintenance session has been longer than expected. We apologise for this delay and we hope to have the forum reopened between 22:05 and 22:10 GMT.

Cosplay Snap, a photography website dedicated to cosplay and lolita photography in the UK, has just opened! We have over 200 photos in our galleries with more to come, and we offer private photo shoots in the UK to cosplayers looking for some quality pictures of their costumes. The next convention we go to will be Amecon, and bookings are currently open for photo shoots.

We're a small site at the moment but we're hoping that you'll support us. See you at Ame! ^^

(Crossposted to cosplayscotland & ukcosplay)

Hi all,

On the night of Wednesday 27th June, we will have a special guest on the AmeCon 2007 forum!

Andrew Partridge, Marketing Consultant for Beez Entertainment, will be joining us here for a Q&A session to give you all the opportunity to ask whatever questions you may have about the anime industry, forthcoming releases or even just discuss where anime has been and where it's going both commercially and as a form of entertainment.

If you would like to ask Andrew a question, please e-mail it to me (Andrew.Howat@blueyonder.co.uk) with the subject line AmeCon 2007 - Andrew Partridge Forum Chat. All questions will then be put up in the Q&A section of the forum on the night and Andrew will answer each one as I do.

All of this will take place between 8pm and 9pm. If there's still time after Andrew has answered the pre-submitted questions during the hour, we will open the floor to any remaining questions.

Please make sure that you have e-mailed your questions to me by 8pm on Tuesday 26th June.

On that evening, we will also be announcing a competition for a new Beez title, so keep your eyes on the forum!

Andy Howat
AmeCon Video Programmme Officer

Hi everyone,

Just a reminder that our ADV Films Q&A with Hugh David is going to start in 20 minutes on the Q&A Special forum.

Once all of the preprepared questions have been answered, we will open the floor to additional questions until 8pm.

Hope to see you there!

Best wishes,
- Jay.

AMECON 2007 ANNOUNCES REGISTRATION PRICES; DATES; LOCATION; ACCOMMODATION AND GUESTS

Phenomenal response during first week of registrations.

LEICESTER, UK, 28 February 2007 - The AmeCon committee are proud to announce that registrations are currently being accepted for AmeCon 2007, to be held on the weekend of 10 - 12 August 2007 at the Main Campus of the University of Leicester in England, UK. The initial response to this, the third anime convention under the successful AmeCon banner (following events in 2004 and 2006), indicates a strong chance of AmeCon 2007's attendance numbers living up to its record-setting predecessors; a total of 673 registered members have signed up at time of press since registrations opened on 25 February 2007.

Further details regarding pricing, accommodation and guests can also now be confirmed.

Convention Venue Details

AmeCon 2007 will be run at the University of Leicester’s Main Campus (University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH). In addition to such fantastic facilities as working lifts this year (or so we're told, keep your fingers crossed folks), the University also offers large screening rooms with tiered 'theatre style' seating for a great anime viewing experience, as well as multiple events rooms, spacious socialising facilities and the 1,500-person capacity ‘Venue’, within the Students’ Union (please feel free to prop yourself up at the bar so that our Ops Officer doesn't stumble over weary bodies when he joins you for a pint!)

Convention Dates

AmeCon 2007 will begin on the morning of Friday, August 10th, and the convention will run until late evening on Sunday, August 12th. If you are staying in on-site accommodation, you are welcome to stay in them until Monday morning, after which time you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here.

Convention Accommodation

By popular demand, en suite accommodation will be provided for con attendees at AmeCon 2007. Opal Court is located right next to the venue. In addition to en-suite facilities, there is also a late-opening convenience store. There are no free parking spaces available at Opal Park, although there is a pay-and-display car park nearby and free parking is available at Nixon Court. In total, 191 rooms are available at a cost of GBP 37.50 per person per night.

For additional on-site accommodation, Freeman's Common is a series of 3-floor accommodation blocks, with shared kitchens and bathrooms. Just don't leave your ever-important shower until the last night. There is a car park available, with an overflow carpark at Nixon Court. In total, 290 rooms are available at a cost of GBP 24.50 per person per night.

Once you have registered, you will receive details of how to book your on-site accommodation in your confirmation e-mail. Further details, along with a list of nearby hotels and guest houses, are also available on the AmeCon 2007 website (http://www.amecon.org/venue.php).

Convention Registration Rates

AmeCon 2007 opened registrations on 25 February 2007. Pricing for a weekend convention pass (excluding accommodation) will be GBP 40 (payable by cheque only). You can register online at http://www.amecon.org/register.php

AmeCon regrets that it is currently unable to offer one-day passes for the 2007 event. Watch for more information on the AmeCon website in the run-up to the event.

Guest Announcements

Monica Rial

The AmeCon committee is pleased to announce the return of Monica Rial to England in time for AmeCon 2007. A voice-actor for ADV Films and FUNimation Studios, as well as an ADR Script Writer, Monica Rial has provided the voice for such fan-favourite anime characters as Kirika Yumura (Noir), Lumiere (Kiddy Grade), Hyatt (Excel Saga) and has recently been announced as the voice of Sakura in CLAMP's Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE. Following well-received appearances at both AmeCons 2004 and 2006 (the latter of which she provided the voice for our very own mascot, Ame-chan!), Miss Rial will be giving several panels and signing everything from DVDs to Nintendo DS's to the *ahem* 'well-toned' stomachs of fanboys and goodness knows what else!

Chris Patton

The AmeCon committee is pleased to announce Chris Patton as a guest at AmeCon 2007. Joining Monica Rial on her jaunt over the pond to AmeCon 2007, Mr Patton is a fellow voice-actor who has worked for ADV Films and FUNimation Studios. A regular face on the Houston theatre scene, and co-frontman of an electropop band, Mr Patton is best known over here for being the English language voice of Greed (Fullmetal Alchemist), Sousuke Sagara (Full Metal Panic!) and Joshua Christopher (Chrono Crusade). Chris Patton will also be attending panels and doing signings. Whether or not he is asked to sign items as bizarre as Monica has in the past however is probably best left up to fate.

Additional guests and a list of the events scheduled for AmeCon 2007, along with updates on every other area of the convention, will shortly be available on the website, so watch that space!

In the meantime, should you wish to offer any comments or suggestions for AmeCon 2007, feel free to visit the popular AmeCon Forum (http://amecon.org/forum/index.php), where you can also meet and greet fellow anime fans in The Lounge and find answers to any questions you may have, and some you may not have thought of. To start you off, here's one that the AmeCon 2006 attendees can relate to:

When the sky turns dark, stay out of the park.

Hope to see you there!
- Jay Moss.
AmeCon 2007 Publicity Officer/Forum Moderator.


About AmeCon:

AmeCon is a convention dedicated to the celebration of Japanese animation and comics. Following some successful one-day events, several committee members of the Leicester Anime and Manga Club (LANMA – http://www.lanma.org.uk) decided to run a small, residential event in 2004. This event, through no fault of their own, became the largest anime convention to be hosted in the British Isles to date. The follow-up event, AmeCon 2006, surpassed even that lofty claim and AmeCon 2007 promises to be a further improvement on its predecessors – as long as the weather holds up!

Details on accommodation for AmeCon 2007 have been announced:

http://amecon.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=872

We're pleased to announced that registrations for this year's Amecon are now open!

The registration form can be found at http://www.amecon.org/register.php. If you are registering, please make sure that you fill in each section of the form carefully ^-^ Entrance to the convention costs £40.00, and you will be notified via email with regards to registering for onsite accommodation. Cheques should be recieved by us within two weeks of registration.

When you have reigstered, keep an eye on the members page (found at http://www.amecon.org/members.php), as you will move from 'New' to 'Pending' and to 'Confirmed' as we process your payment. Please be aware that payment processing can take around 2 weeks.

If you have any specific questions, please feel free to send me a message on the forum

We look forward to see you in the Summer!

~kawaii-clamp-fan~
Amecon Registrations Officer