From: 7514P%NAVPGS.BITNET@CORNELLC.cit.cornell.edu (Chris Swett)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Anime America 19 Dec update
Date: 20 Dec 92 02:36:59 GMT
To: Anime-L <ANIME-L@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU>


Info file updated as of 19 Dec 1992:

   - This update adds the following info:

     - Haruka Takachiho, creator of Crusher Joe, Dirty
      Pair and author of more than 30 SF novels, confirmed
      as a Guest of Honor.

      - Trish Ledoux and Matthew Anacleto removed
      from the guest list.

      - Corrects info on Jo Duffy, who is a writer for
      a whole bunch of comics, not the artist. (my dumb mistake)

   More info will follow in early January when the guest liaison staff
returns from its trip to Tokyo. The staff is visiting several top anime
studios and editorial offices. We'll give a full report as soon as possible.

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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 (In Alphabetical Order):

Johji Manabe
Creator of Outlanders, Capricorn and Caravan Kidd

Fred Patten
Founder, Los Angeles C/FO

Haruka Takachiho
Creator of Crusher Joe and Dirty Pair

Adam Warren
Artist for the Dirty Pair Comics

Yoshihiro Yonezawa
President of Comic Market, Japan


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
Creator of Nestrobber
Writer for Batman and Katsuhiro Otomo's Memories

Ben Dunn
Creator of Ninja High School
Founder of Antarctic Press

Lea Hernandez
Colorer and letterer for Gunhed, Silent Mobius, Lum

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

Toshifumi Yoshida
Translator/Co-editor of Animag magazine


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/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

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 large 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,
AnimEigo permissions are pending licensor review. Just the same,
we encourage you to go down to the video theaters
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.


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 Streamline's entire film library, and will be
receiving additional films from other sources (more on this
when we return from Japan in January).


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 Cel Auction:

     A long-time fan of Kitty Animation will be auctioning
off his Urusei Yatsura cel collection through arrangements
with Anime America. Members of Anime America staff will
view the collection in Tokyo the week of December 26th and
will have full details upon their return from Tokyo the first
week of January. Preliminary review by our staff in Japan
indicate that the collection contains a number of Lum close-
ups and other near-impossible-to-find scenes.

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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