Pacific Media Expo announced on Monday that Visual Kei Band D will be performing at the convention this year. Due to the high demand, the group will be performing TWICE, on November 11th and 12th. The convention also announced later that week that Manga-ka Suzumi Atsushi will be a guest of Honor this year. Pacific Media Expo will be taking place from November 11th to the 13th at the LAX Hilton at Los Angeles, California. For more information visit pacificmediaexpo.com.
Kawaii Kon announced two more guests for this year’s convention. The list now includes martial artist, voice actor, Johnny Yong Bosch, and the group Eyeshine. Kawaii Kon will be taking place at the Hawaii Convention Center from March 16th to 18th. For more information please visit: kawaii-kon.org.
Florida Anime Experience announced this week that Terri Hawkes will be appearing at their convention next year. If you don’t know her name, you’ll know her by the phrase “In the name of the moon, I’ll punish you” – it’s all coming back to you ain’t it? Florida Anime Experience will be taking place May 27th to the 29th at the nternational Palms Resort and Convention Center in Orlando, Florida with registration opening tomorrow. For more information visit floridaanime.com.
Attendees at the upcoming London Comic con will be getting an opportunity to demo Soulcalibur V, Dark Souls.
Sentai Films announced that they have acquired the distribution rights to the anime series “And Yet the Town Moves”. The series revolves around a girl named Hotori Arashiyama, who has started a job at a Maid Cafe. The series will be available digitally this winter and the DVD release is set for next year.
During October, it was announced that Comic Con renewed their contract with the San Diego Convention Center up to 2015 with the acknowledgement that the hosted site will be expanding. Honestly though, could you imagine it anywhere else? Comic Con International and San Diego have been joined to the hip since the beginning which dates back to more than 40 years. It has grown from being a small gathering of Marvel and DC fans to an all-out show featuring Hollywood stars, comic industry legends, the E3 bandwagon and a weekend party scene around the area that can rival Mardi Gras. Well maybe not rival, but it’s definitely a fun scene. Beyond the gathering of 100,000 plus and being THE con of comic conventions, Comic Con has become the main event of pop culture and they take pride in that.