Announced on Wednesday, Club 2 the Max, described as an Asian music, animation, and comic convention, will be held on July 1-3, 2011 at the Anaheim Convention Center. Interestingly, the event will be just 30 miles away from the Los Angeles Convention Center where the largest anime convention in North America, Anime Expo will be held from July 1-4, 2011. Club 2 the Max is advertising that all events will be free; however, there will events where paid ticketed attendees will have priority. Club 2 the Max had held a pilot event earlier this year on July 1 featuring guests such as pop singer Erina Mano.
This year Anime Expo had an impressive guest list and we should expect an even better list for their 20th anniversary next year. The problem is if attendees and dealers will still be as receptive to Anime Expo after the various problems that happened in the last few years. With the organizers of both events having past ties to each other, running in such close proximity, and during the same week, is this an open challenge to Anime Expo? Tell us what you think in the comments. Full press release inside.
Famed for her performance as Yuki Nagato in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, voice actor and singer Minori Chihara will make an appearance at New York Anime Fest. She will be performing a concert, which should include the character themes she’s performed over the years and her recent solo pop career. This is Chihara’s second American appearance; the first was at Anime Expo 2007 with the other Haruhi voice actors, Aya Hirano and Yuko Goto. Fans should make plans now to attend as soon as possible – especially those who were shut out of the SOS Brigade’s signing in 2007. New York Anime Fest will run from October 8 – 10 in New York City.
[Source: MediumAtLarge.Net via ANN]
Anime Expo 2010 has come and gone, and what an amazing year it was! Not only do we have an EXCLUSIVE interview with Yui Horie and Eri Kitamura, we also have interviews with Black Lagoon creator Rei Hiroe, singer BENI, artist Sou Miyata of Muv-Luv fame, artist Yuki Takano from Circus, Bakemonogatari character designer Akio Watanabe, otaku blogger Danny Choo, and once again, singer May'n! From focus and press panel transcriptions, to video and photos of main events like concerts, we have a lot content coming soon! We also definitely have not forgotten about you, our readers, and we have got some surprise signed giveaways coming soon! Stay tuned!
For the rest of this week, The-O Network will be providing you live news and report updates from the show floor of one of the largest video game trade shows at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3)! Stay tuned to our twitter feed for the latest updates!
With less than a month away, we’re gearing up for the impending interviews that we will be conducting at Anime Expo. The only problem is, there are an overwhelming number of guests! So here’s what we’ll do, let us know who you think we should interview and we will add them as a priority on our list. Also feel free to post any questions you might have for any of the guests and we will do our best to include them in the interview! I have included a list current list of guests as of this post update inside, you can also find the guest list with descriptions on Anime Expo's site here.
What are you waiting for? Add your suggestion and questions in the comments NOW!
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