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<title>Otakon announces Noboru Ishiguro, Hidenori Matsubara, and Yukio Kikukawa</title>
<description>&lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1681"&gt;Otakon 2009&lt;/a&gt; has announced additional guests: director and producer &lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/352"&gt;Noboru Ishiguro&lt;/a&gt;, animator &lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/487"&gt;Hidenori Matsubara&lt;/a&gt;, and producer &lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/927"&gt;Yukio Kikukawa&lt;/a&gt;.  Otakon will be held July 17-19 in Baltimore, Maryland.</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Voice actress Yui Makino to appear at New York Anime Festival</title>
<description>&lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1740"&gt;New York Anime Festival&lt;/a&gt; has announced that voice actress and singer &lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/2764"&gt;Yui Makino&lt;/a&gt; will appear their convention in New York City this September.</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Anime Overload changes location for next weekend's event</title>
<description>&lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1721"&gt;Anime Overload&lt;/a&gt; has informed us that, due to last-minute complications, they will be moving their event to the Crockett Center. They report that this change will have little to no effect on the current events, panels, and schedule. The convention will still be held July 3-5 in Austin, Texas.</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Sogen Con announces final guest list</title>
<description>&lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1863"&gt;Sogen Con&lt;/a&gt; has announced &lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/1342"&gt;Chris Ayres&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/58"&gt;Greg Ayres&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/2407"&gt;Samantha R. Sangster&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/2762"&gt;Fredd Gorham&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/2011"&gt;Josh Grelle&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/2024"&gt;Carli Mosier&lt;/a&gt;, Studio ONY's &lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/1548"&gt;Shannon&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/1758"&gt;Richard Townsend&lt;/a&gt;, and members of the &lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/2763"&gt;Tiger Rock Tae Kwon Do Dojo&lt;/a&gt;.  The convention will be held August 7-9 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>EXP Con adds Steve Downes, Vic Mignogna, and Troy Baker to guest list</title>
<description>&lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1890"&gt;EXP Convention&lt;/a&gt; has announced guest actors &lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/2461"&gt;Steve Downes&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/517"&gt;Vic Mignogna&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/1738"&gt;Troy Baker&lt;/a&gt;.  The convention will be held this October in St. Augustine, Florida.</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Northern Michigan Anime Convention announces guest Vic Mignogna</title>
<description>&lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1709"&gt;Northern Michigan Anime Convention&lt;/a&gt; has announced &lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/517"&gt;Vic Mignogna&lt;/a&gt; as a guest for their August 8th and 9th convention in Traverse City, Michigan.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Bakuretsu Con announces first round of guests</title>
<description>&lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1705"&gt;Bakuretsu Con&lt;/a&gt; has announced that voice actor/artist &lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/1507"&gt;Sonny Strait&lt;/a&gt; and artist &lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/925"&gt;Svetlana Chmakova&lt;/a&gt; will be guests at this year's convention.  It is scheduled for October 29th through November 1st in Colchester, Vermont.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Madhouse Director Masao Maruyama to return as guest to Otakon</title>
<description>The founder and creative director of Madhouse Studios, &lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/484"&gt;Masao Maruyama&lt;/a&gt;, will appear at &lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1681"&gt;Otakon 2009&lt;/a&gt;.  The convention will be held July 17-19 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Castle Point Anime Convention announces 2010 date</title>
<description>&lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1898"&gt;Castle Point Anime Convention&lt;/a&gt; has announced that next year's convention will be taking place Sunday, April 11, 2010 at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Yoshiyuki Tomino announced as guest of honor at NYAF</title>
<description>&lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1740"&gt;New York Anime Festival&lt;/a&gt; announced Japanese director &lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/780"&gt;Yoshiyuki Tomino&lt;/a&gt; will attend its 2009 event as a guest of honor.  The convention will take place September 25-27 in New York City.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Suicide Ali to perform in concert at Nekocon 2009</title>
<description>&lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/2760"&gt;Suicide Ali&lt;/a&gt; will make their American east coast debut at &lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1854"&gt;Nekocon 2009&lt;/a&gt;.  The convention will be held this November in Virginia Beach, Virginia.</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Geek.Kon announces Steam Century and Fermata</title>
<description>&lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1762"&gt;Geek.Kon&lt;/a&gt; in Madison, Wisconsin has announced the attendance of steampunk mystery group, &lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/2635"&gt;Steam Century&lt;/a&gt; and the band &lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/2759"&gt;Fermata&lt;/a&gt;.  The convention will be held this October.</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Voice actor Kikuko Inoue to appear at Otakon</title>
<description>The voice of Belldandy, &lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/348"&gt;Kikuko Inoue&lt;/a&gt;, will appear at &lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1681"&gt;Otakon 2009&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Author/translator Fred Schodt to return to Otakon</title>
<description>American writer, translator and conference interpreter &lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/680"&gt;Fred Schodt&lt;/a&gt; will return this year as a guest at &lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1681"&gt;Otakon 2009&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Otakuthon 2009 announces sketching fundraiser for the Starlight Foundation</title>
<description>&lt;a href="http://www.animecons.com/events/info.shtml/1737"&gt;Otakuthon&lt;/a&gt; has announced that it will be running a three hour long anime sketching fundraiser at the Strangers in the Night 5 event. The fundraiser will be held at the event in the Fairview Shopping Center in Pointe-Claire, Quebec from 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM on Saturday, June 27th, 2009. All proceeds will be donated to the Starlight Children's Foundation Canada.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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