From: 72736.433@compuserve.com (Chris Swett)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: AnAm update Jan 8th
Date: 8 Jan 93 05:08:30 GMT
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Info file updated as of 8 Jan 1993:

*** NOTE: 7 days left to preregister at $25 ***

    This update makes the following changes:

      - Removes Toshifumi Yoshida from guest list

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*The first annual Anime America convention is dedicated to
the memory of animation pioneer Osamu Tezuka. Dr. Tezuka's
work has been an inspiration to thousands of artists and
millions of fans. Such was his influence that he is commonly
remembered as the "Anime no Kamisama", or "God of
Animation".*

Anime America is coming to the Westin Hotel/Santa
Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA from June 25-27,
1993. This not-to-be-missed event for all fans of anime and
manga will feature a large dealers' room, a 16mm and 35mm
film room, three 24-hour anime video channels, artists'
autographs, artists' panels and much, much more!


Guests of Honor (by category):

  Writer Guest of Honor:

    Haruka Takachiho - Creator of Crusher Joe and Dirty Pair,
     author of more than 30 science fiction novels in Japan

  Character Designer Guest of Honor:

    Monkey Punch - Creator of Lupin the 3rd and Character
     Designer for ACC Production, Ltd.

  Manga Artist Guest of Honor:

    Johji Manabe - Creator of Outlanders, Capricorn and
     Caravan Kidd

  Comic Artist Guest of Honor:

    Adam Warren - Writer and Artist for the American Dirty
     Pair comic

  Japanese Fan Guest of Honor:

    Yoshihiro Yonezawa - President of Comic Market, Japan
     and Chairman and CEO of Comiket, Ltd.

  American Fan Guest of Honor:

    Fred Patten - Co-founder of Los Angeles Cartoon/Fantasy
     Organization

Special Industry Guest:

    Nobuyuki Sugaya - President of ACC Production, Tokyo

Confirmed Guests (In Alphabetical Order):

L. Lois Buhalis
Letterer and Artist for Studio Proteus

Robert DeJesus
Artist for Antarctic Press

Doug Dlin
Editor for Antarctic Press

Colleen Doran
Creator of A Distant Soil
Artist for Sandman and Hellraiser

Jo Duffy
Writer for Batman, Akira, Punisher, Catwoman, Nestrobber
and Katsuhiro Otomo's Memories, translator of Akira movie

Ben Dunn
Creator of Ninja High School, Mangazine, Doujinshi
Founder of Antarctic Press

Lea Hernandez
Colorer and letterer for Gunhed, Silent Mobius, Lum;
GEnie Japan Roundtable Anime Sysop

Tom Orzechowski
Letterer for Marvel Comics

Tomoko Saito
Contributing artist to True North II

Fred Schodt
Author of Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics
Freelance writer and contributor to Mangajin

Rick Sternbach
Senior Illustrator for Star Trek TNG


Accommodations and Room Rates

Anime America will be held at the lovely Westin Hotel in
Santa Clara, CA, located off Highways 101 and 237. The Westin
is connected to the Santa Clara Convention Center and next to
Great America theme park, Santa Clara Golf Course and Tennis
Courts, and the Santa Clara Light Rail System, which has
access to the San Jose International Airport and downtown San
Jose. AnAm room rates per night are:

Single/Double/Triple and Quad Occupancy  $69.00

All reservations must be made by May 27, 1993. Please write
or call:

       The Westin Hotel Santa Clara
       5101 Great America Parkway
       Santa Clara, CA 95054
       (408) 986-0700

Fans attending from Japan should contact the following
travel agent:

       Mr. Yukio Yanadori
       Deputy General Manager
       Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., Ltd.
       19-2 Kanda Matsunaga-cho
       Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101
       phone (03) 3255-7077

Please mention Anime America for the special AnAm convention
rates.

Membership rates:

------$25.00 till 1-15-93
------$30.00 till 3-15-93
------$35.00 till 6-1-93
------$45.00 at the door
------$20.00 for a "one day"
------$15.00 supporting member
mail-in memberships must be postmarked by 6-1-93


Dealers' Room

Anime America will feature a 9900 sq. ft. dealers' room
devoted primarily to anime and manga. Tables are $120 apiece
and come with 2 memberships each. Limit of 5 tables per
dealer.


AnAmTV

AnAmTV will feature three 24-hour anime TV channels. Tracks 1
and 2 will feature all of your favorite anime, movies, OAV's
and TV shows. In addition to anime, Track 3 will periodically
provide con scheduling information and broadcasts of panels
and special events. We are hiring a technician from the
video company that installed this brand new system, so
we will have a crystal clear signal throughout the hotel.
We have received permission from USMC, U.S. Renditions and
Streamline to air their videos on the closed circuit system,
but we encourage you to go down to the video theaters to
to take advantage of the big screens and surround sound. We
will be publishing a full schedule of our video program as we
assemble it. Comments and requests are most welcome. Please
note that copying of video from the closed circuit system
will not be permitted. Disconnecting the cable from the
television set causes the central computer to stop cable
service to the affected room.


Film Track

Anime America will feature a 16mm and 35mm film room. For
anime on the big screen in an air conditioned, acoustically
designed theater, this is the place to be! We have been given
access to Tezuka Productions and Streamline's entire film
libraries and have a special series of three 3-D anime shorts
from ACC Production. The 3-D films will be premiered for the
first time in the United States at Anime America! The 3-D
technology used in these films is the right angle
polarization which can be seen in the 3-D presentations at
Disney's Epcot Center and other high-tech theaters. Anime
America has received access to so many films that it will
lease both the Westin Hotel's 100 seat theater and the Santa
Clara Convention Center's 350 seat theater. The 3-D
presentations will be held in the 100 seat theater due to the
viewing angle and projection limitations of 3-D. Multiple
showings will be scheduled so that as many people as possible
are able to see these films.


Art Show

A 4 ft by 4 ft half panel is $12.50.  More than 6 half
panels, please send inquiries to the Art Show Coordinator.
Table space is 4 ft by 16 in.; panel rate is $10.00. For
further info, please write to the AnAm address c/o Art Show
Coordinator.


Additional Events

Doujinshi exhibit and sale:

     Members of Japan's largest fan publishing convention,
Comic Market, will provide quantities of some of the most
sought after fan publications available. Were you
to attend Comic Market you might have to wait in
line for hours to have the opportunity to buy just one of
these books. Comic Market will man a table in the dealers
room and will have an ample supply of doujinshi for sale,
having solicited from all the top doujinshi circles in Japan.
Additionally, Comic Market staff will be available to discuss
convention registration with interested American would-be
publishers. They will have English versions of rules and
registration forms.

Cel painting workshop:

     Anime America will host four cell painting workshops.
Experienced fan cel painters, whom you've seen in the artists
ghetto in previous Cons, will instruct interested attendees
in cel painting technique. Materials will be provided by
Anime America with a minimal workshop fee.


Urusei Yatsura/Maison Ikkoku Cel Auction:

     A long-time fan of Kitty Animation, Kasumi Sawatari,
will be auctioning off his Urusei Yatsura and Maison Ikkoku
cel collections through arrangements with Anime America.
Members of Anime America staff viewed the collection in Tokyo
on December 28th. The collection consists of 56 cels, including two rare Lum
closeups, closeups of Ran and Ben-ten,
a close up of Kyoko from Maison Ikkoku and an impossible-to-
find harem scene from one of Moroboshi Ataru's dreams!


Devilman Cel Auction:

     Go Nagai, creator of Devilman, Mazinger Z and Cutey
Honey, could not attend Anime America this year but instead
donated 16 rare cels from Devilman 2. The cels include two
setups with backgrounds! There are two shots of Shirane
getting one of her wings blown off and three close shots
of Devilman. Don't miss this auction as these cels came
straight from Dynamic Productions' archives. Proceeds will
go to the Foundation for Animation and Comic Education's
Scholarship Fund.

Anime America will also have banquets with our guests, arcade
and RPG games, and much more!

Anime America invites fans from around the world. For further
information, write or call:

Anime America
298 4th Avenue, Suite 472
San Francisco, CA 94118
Voice Mail: (415) 241-8823
Fax: (408) 748-9620
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