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Anime Festival Orlando- July 31 to August 2, Wyndham Resort, Orlando.
Anime Festival Orlando returns for its 10th year!!!
Mini MegaCon- August 23-23, Orange County Convention Center Hall E1, Orlando.
For the first time ever! A miniature version of the huge yearly MegaCon will be taking place.
What: Florida's Biggest Anime Convention!
Where: Tampa Convention Center
When: June 19-21
For more information, visit the Metrocon website at:
www.metroconventions.com
Enjoy!
And these are just the big ones:
- FX Show- Orlando- Orange County Convention Center- January 25-27
Sci-fi convention with many fun guests and an anime programming track.
www.fxshow.com
- Megacon- Orlando- Orange County Convention Center- March 7-9
Multi-genre convention: including anime, comic books, and sci-fi.
www.megaconvention.com
- JACON- Kissimmee- Orlando Sun Resort- May 16-18
One of the two original Florida anime conventions. Featuring the Animusical Idol, among many other fun events.
www.jacon.org
- Metrocon- Tampa- Tampa Convention Center- July 18-20
Currently Florida's largest anime convention. Home of the Human Chess Match and Fantasy Masquerade.
www.metroconventions.com
- Anime Festival Orlando- Orlando- Wyndham Orlando Resort- August 13-15
The other original Florida anime convention. With many classic and current anime guests and events.
www.animefestivalorlando.com
- Anime Weekend Atlanta- Smyrna, Georgia- Cobb Galleria Centre- September 19-21
AWA is the Southeast's largest anime convention.
www.awa-con.com
For more information and a listing of all upcoming Florida conventions, please visit Wasabi Anime.
Comic Book and Toy Convention
Yeppers, it's next Sunday the 11th of November from 10AM till 4PM. Right here in Tampa- at the Doubletree Hotel in Cypress Street between Lois and Westshore. Plenty of comic books, anime, toys, and more! Even a costume contest you can enter to win nifty prizes. See you there!
This past weekend, I was at JACON. And what's JACON? It's an Anime Convention!
Let me tell you all about some events and happenings that take place at anime conventions:
- Dealers room: where you can buy any anime goodies from figures and dolls of your favorite characters to soundtrack CDs of your favorite series to Japanese inspired clothes and then some more!
- Contests: for Anime Music Videos, Cosplay, and costume photography.
- Workshops: making plooshies, creating props, AMV basics, etc.
- Panels: about everything from classic anime to current series to fandom in America to cosplay and convention attendance tips.
- Guests: often dub anime voice actors (I got to see Wendee Lee and Lex Lang at Anime Festival Orlando, and they are the voice actors for Emeraude and Zagato in the Magic Knight Rayearth dub!). But also other anime staff, such as Marc Handler from Voltron.
- Anime viewing rooms and video gaming rooms.
- And of course, you get to see your friends and meet some more!
I was cosplaying as Rosalie Lamorliere from Rose of Versailles on Friday, Ellone from Final Fantasy VIII on Saturday, and Violet Baudelaire from A Series of Unfortunate Events on Sunday.
The next Florida anime convention will be taking place right here in Tampa!!! It's called Metrocon, and this will be its fifth year. Come join us at the Tampa Convention Center on July 4-6 to celebrate Metrocon!
