UpcomingCons

Minneapolis, MN - March 31, 2013 - The most exciting event to hit Minneapolis is excited to announce that actor Eric Roberts will be appearing at the 2013 Minneapolis Comic Con, Meta Con, this August. Eric Roberts is famous for numerous movie and TV roles, including the role of Sal Maroni in The Dark Knight, which was the fourteenth highest-grossing film of all time.

Bloomington, MN - February 22, 2013 - AniMinneapolis, a Minneapolis anime convention, is excited to announce that voice actor Monica Rial will be appearing at AniMinneapolis from June 28-30, 2013 at the Doubletree by Hilton in Bloomington, Minnesota. AniMinneapolis brings over 3,000 anime fans together to celebrate during a weekend of events, concerts, anime screenings, cosplay, and special guests.

Otakon, the second-largest anime convention in North America, announced today that there will be a second Otakon convention happening annually, with the second reaching west coast fans in Las Vegas.

WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb 14, 2013 – Awesome Conventions LLC welcomes Billy West, Ernie Hudson, and Phil LaMarr to the Washington Convention Center for the first annual Awesome Con D.C. on April 20-21, 2013.

Lansing, MI - Feb. 13 - In the popular Japanese cartoon, Dragon Ball, a band of martial artists search the world over for the mystical 'dragon balls' a set of orbs that grant one wish of the finder when all seven are located and assembled.

Chicago, Illinois - January 29, 2013 - The most exciting 3-day geek convention to hit Chicago has fans fired up about today's announcement that robot steampunk band Steam Powered Giraffe will be performing at the convention in 2013. Over three thousand people are expected to converge on the Hyatt Regency O'Hare to celebrate Anime Midwest's Chicago anime convention, and almost a thousand of them are expected to enjoy Steam Powered Giraffe's live performance on the convention's grand stage.

The Greater Columbus Convention Center and Hyatt Regency Columbus were taken over this past weekend by hoards of anime fans to celebrate the thirteenth annual Ohayocon anime convention. For the fourth year in a row, over ten thousand people converged for a weekend of anime, music events, and cosplay.

Baltimore, MD (January 9, 2013) – First appearing at Otakon 2005 and most recently at Otakon 2010, we are pleased to announced that Vic Mignogna will be joining us and other returning friends for our 20th celebration at Otakon 2013.

Baltimore, MD (January 1, 2013) – Otakon is pleased to welcome back voice actor Maile Flanagan for Otakon 20.

Ellen McLain, the voice of GLaDOS from Portal and Portal 2, will return to Anime Midwest in 2013. Ellen has most recently appeared as a computerized voice in trailers for the upcoming movie Pacific Rim.