A first for AmeCon this year, we are delighted to announce two ShuttleBus services, exclusive and free to AmeCon attendees over the course of the AmeCon weekend, provided by Keele University Students Union (KUSU).
External Service
The external service is a 16 seater MiniBus running between Keele University and Stoke-on-Trent Railway Station during the day on Friday to collect attendees and their luggage and bring them directly to the AmeCon Registrations building. This service will also run vice versa on Monday to take attendees and their luggage back to Stoke-on-Trent Railway Station. Operating times: TBC.
Internal Service
There will also be a seperate MiniBus running internally on campus, transporting attendees between Registrations and on-site accomodation blocks on Friday and Monday. While the on-site accommodation is only a short walk away, attendees with heavy luggage and bulky cosplay items may wish to take advantage of the internal service after collecting their room keys during Registration. This service will repeat in reverse on Monday to collect attendees and their luggage from the accommodation blocks and drop them off outside the Registrations area, where attendees can connect to the external ShuttleBus (as above) back to Stoke-on-Trent Station.
KUSU have also offered to run a late-night MiniBus service, transporting attendees from the Student Union building to the accomodation blocks.
Please note that all ShuttleBus services operate on a first-come first-served basis and there may be a high demand during peak times.
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Grab your Full Metal Alchemist DVDs, posters and plushies and jam them into your suitcase, we're proud to announce that Wendy Powell of FMA fame will be attending AmeCon as one of our honoured guests.
Wendy is the English voice actor for everyone's favourite Full Metal Alchemist Homunculus, the infamous Envy. Of course Envy isn't her only voice acting role, she's played Ilena in Claymore and Miss Merry Christmas in One Piece. Along with several other parts from a range of Anime series. Be sure to check the guests page and her fansite for more information.
Guidelines and sales form for the AmeCon 2010 Bring & Buy are now available on the AmeCon website.
The Bring & Buy allows you to bring your unwanted items and artwork and sell them to the public at a price you decide. Items can be brought in during Friday and early Saturday morning, with items and artwork available to purchase from Saturday until Sunday afternoon. Visiting early is recommended, as most of our sales occur Saturday morning and early afternoon.
Submission forms for the Cosplay Masquerade and Competition are now available via the the Cosplay Events Submission Forms page. Cosplayers can take part in the competition to take part in EuroCosplay 2010, however if you wish to take part then please make sure to fully complete both the competition and masquerade forms.
For further information on our cosplay events at AmeCon 2010, please visit our Cosplay Events page on the website.
Sunday is Omake time, our very own variety show. Do you have a skit you've been preparing for a masquerade? Are you dying to show off your singing abilities somewhere more formal than a karaoke? Is your demonstration of an art just a tad too theatrical to be confined to a panel? In that case, this variety show event is tailor-made for you!
If you wish to submit your perform for AmeCon 2010, then please visit the Cosplay Events Submission Forms page.
We don't usually announce forum updates, but today we're making an exception.
Today we've upgraded to the latest version of the forum software and one of the new features includes a new method of viewing the forum for devices using the iPhone OS software.
Official AmeCon 2010 T-Shirts are now available to order from the T-Shirt page. For the first time in AmeCon history, we are pleased to announce a choice of 2 different designs available to our attendees through the AmeCon Shop ^_^
T-Shirts are £12 each, and will be available for pre-order until 19th July 2010. Please note that T-Shirts can only be collected on the day by registered members of AmeCon 2010.
The submission form for events and gophers are now available on the website.
If you're interested in running an event, please visit the main website and click on Events under the Apply section of the menu. From there, fill in details of the event you're interested in running and any requirements necessary for it to run. Your submission will be reviewed by our events organiser, who will reply with his decision.
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AmeCon is proud to announce our guest line up for AmeCon 2010. This year we will be graced with the presence of Brad "I'm not Kira - honest" Swaile and resident Japanese culture expert Akemi Solloway. Here's a little information about our guests:
Brad Swaile
In central Vancouver, born and raised. Brad began acting in Elementary school and would be for the rest of his days - Okay we'll stop with that. But yes, Vancouver born Brad started his voice acting career at a young age with his first major role in a children's TV series. He later landed several anime roles as Mousse from Ranma 1/2 and several characters from various Gundam series (Amuro, Quatre, Dearka and Auel). He has also played Adult Gohan in Dragon Ball Z (Uk & Canada dubs) and more recently played the devious mastermind Yagami Light in both the DeathNote anime and live action movie. You can read up more about Brad and his work on his Wikipedia Page.
Akemi Solloway
No stranger to AmeCon, Akemi Solloway will be returning in 2010 for more amazing Japanese culture panels. For those who have never met Akemi before, she's the daughter of an old Japanese samurai family and grew up with strong traditional values. Since then, she has studied several oriental tradition and etiquete subjects and is a lecturer and consultant in this area. She is also the organiser of the Japanese Art Festival and founder of AJAMCA, the Anglo-Japanese Anime and Manga Cultural Association.
Hi everyone! Word reaches us from Chrissie and our other pals at the Donna Louise Trust that they’ve just kicked off a pretty big week of goings-on. They’re involved in a partnership with other such organisations across the country, Children’s Hospices UK.
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