[CON][Canada] Anime North 2000: June 16-18, in Toronto
F. Pelayo
send e-mail to in...@animenorth.com
or visit our Web site at www.animenorth.org
June 16 Though 18, 2000
Ramada Airport East Hotel
1678 Wilson Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
(At Hwy. 400 and 401)
Call 1-800-267-0997 to reserve your room. ($105 CND per night)
Guests:
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Tsukasa Kotobuki: Illustrator and Character Designer for "Saber
Marionette J", Character Designer for "Toshinden" games and
"Cyber Team In Akihabara" manga
Chihiro Hattori: Manga Artist and Assistant Illustrator;
Chief Assistant on "Cyber Team In Akihabara" manga
Maki Terashima: Operations Manager, Production IG, USA
Ben Dunn: Creator and Artist, "Ninja High School"
Stephen R. Bennett IV: Studio Ironcat
Colleen Doran: Creator of "A Distant Soil" and Robotech artist
Madman: Creator, Madman Cafe Video Game Site, Speaker on Contemporary
Japanese Pop Culture
Fanboy Entertainment: J. Torres, Takeshi Miyazawa, & C.B. Cebulski
(respectively, the writer, artist, and publisher for "Sidekicks")
Also: Derwin Mak, Sailor Mac, David Pulver, Mark MacKinnon... and more!
Wait, there's more...
Video Rooms
Large Dealers' Room
Panels & Workshops
Masquerade
Giant Late-Night Dance Party
Contests and Tournaments
Anime Name That Tune
Gaming Tournaments
G-North: Godzilla & Kaiju event
Charity Art Auction & Charity Raffle
Anime Art and Model Display
Stephen Bennett's Cel-Painting Workshop
Please visit our website for complete details at: AnimeNorth.org
Membership:
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$30 CND ( $21 US ) Before May 1, 2000
$35 CND ( $25 US ) at the door
Things to do, places to go...
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Panels and Workshops:
Anime North is committed to encouraging creativity among anime fans
with workshops in art, costuming, writing and more. New this year,
a bring and show workshop for anime music video beginners. In panels,
look for everything from deep philosophical debates about the
meaning if Shojo Kakumei Utena to the Sexiest Guy & girl in Anime.
NEW: The Steve Bennett Cell Painting Workshop. Come out and learn how
to create and paint your very own animation cells. Steve Bennett of
Studio Ironcat will be holding this wildly popular workshop for the
first time in Canada. Space is limited, so book early!! The cost for
this special event is $10.00(Cdn) to cover materials, with all proceeds
to go to charity. To reserve your space at this special workshop,
please send e-mail to: progr...@animenorth.com
On Saturday and Sunday afternoon, come meet our guests in a special
studio setting; chat, get autographs, watch as they sketch and talk,
maybe even pick up a trade secret or two.
Video Programming:
We will have three video rooms, showing new releases and old
favourites throughout the day. For those who want to see live people
on the screen, we'll have a room showcasing action movies from
Hong Kong.
Contests and Special Events:
Anime North will have its usual array of lively contests and
special events, including Anime Name That Tune, Trivia Challenge,
The Late Night Giant Room Party, The Pokemon Pinata, Charity Raffle,
Charity Art Auction and more
Aspiring directors will have the opportunity to demonstrate their
creative genius at our annual Music Video Contest. Up to 30 entries
will be accepted for judging, one competition entry per person.
Send all entries to:
Anime North Music Video Contest
c/o 180 Columbia Drive
Hamilton, Ontario
L9C 3Y6
Canada
For complete rules, see our website. Submissions will be accepted by
mail only and must be postmarked no later than May 16, 2000. Sorry,
submissions for either competition or exhibition will not be accepted
at the convention. PLEASE DO NOT SEND ORIGINALS, send copies only.
Anime North is proud to introduce the return of our Fan Fiction
Writing Contest. Prizes will be awarded in a number of categories,
plus a Grand Prize, with winners to be announced at the convention.
Entries will be accepted by both regular post and e-mail, posted
entries having priority. The contest is limited to the first 35
entries received before the deadline, one entry per person.
Submissions should be send to:
Anime North Fanfic Coordinator
1637 Woodbine Heights Blvd.,
Toronto, Ontario
M4B 3A5
Canada
or e-mail da...@animenorth.org. For full rules, consult our website or
contact da...@utarpa.org. Submissions must be postmarked by no later
than April 24, 2000.
Members of Anime North staff and volunteers will be hosting a Giant
Saturday Late-Night Dance Party in the main ballroom, featuring music
(mostly anime music, of course :)), games, food, and at-the-door
prizes. Admission is free with convention membership.
G-North:
In honour of the year of the dragon, Anime North is proud to host G-
North, Canada's first-ever Godzilla, Gamera and Kaiju event.
Activites include videos, panels, a special collectibles display, a
trivia contest, homemade monster movie & kaiju call contests, the Big
Green Brunch and much more. See website for details.
Art Show and Model Show:
Come and see original works created by anime fans for anime fans,
and marvel at what people can create with only talent and hundreds
of hours of practice. Awards will be awarded based on fan voting.
The Silent Art Auction and the Artist's Alley. return for another
year. Interested Participants should contact:
Artwork/Paintings/Cels/Artist's Alley:
Jason Wesley at Tama...@tvo.org or (416) 443-9326
Models/Static Displays: Tom Wright at aq...@freenet.carlton.ca
Costuming and Masquerade:
Dress up as your favorite anime, fantasy or SF character for the
weekend. The stage competition is back for 2000 so you'll get a
chance to show off your costume in a musical presentation or a short
skit. Prizes will be awarded based on workmanship and presentation.
Contestants will compete against each other based on their costuming
experience, using the WorldCon standard four division system. For
details, contact Caroline Julian at cgju...@compuserve.com
Gaming:
Anime North will be running gaming rooms open 24 hours a day for the
entire convention.
Dealer's Room:
Once again, we'll have a dealer's room for this year, filled with
those gotta-have icons of anime fandom. If you want to book a table
or two call Keith Dawe at (416) 924-8076 or e-mail om...@torfree.net -
but book 'em early, they go fast!
A Place to Hang Your Hat
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The Ramada Airport East Hotel will host the convention again this
year. It's easy to get to by car or public transit, close to
restaurants and a couple of large shopping centers, with plenty of
free parking available. The hotel is offering $105 CND a night for a
single, double, triple or quad.
UPDATE: The Ramada Airport East is almost out of rooms for the
convention. We are currently in negotiations with another nearby hotel
to take the overflow. For the moment, you can still make reservations
at the Ramada Airport East by calling 1-800-267-0997, or visit:
http://www.ramada.ca/torconf.html
Remember to tell them you're with Anime North to get the special rate!
The Few, The Proud...
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We need volunteers for Gophering, Security and a few other areas.
Without fan participation, Anime North would grind to a halt. Do you
hear the call of honour and glory?
Gophers contact Irwin Tan: it...@idirect.com
Security contact Todd Spencley: ta...@animenorth.com
Gaming contact Geoff Gard: ggg...@interlog.com
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Before you buy.
Dave
> Anime North is proud to introduce the return of our Fan Fiction
> Writing Contest. Prizes will be awarded in a number of categories,
> plus a Grand Prize, with winners to be announced at the convention.
<snips excess>
> Submissions must be postmarked by no later
> than April 24, 2000.
>
Oops, I should have told him to just remind people of the reading - my
mistake.
However, the reading is still a go. As well, look here and other places
about an announcment regarding our 3rd annual fanfic contest - yes, I'm
still a bit of a masochist to to want to run it - a couple of weeks after
the con, I hope.
Trust me folks, it'll be bigger, with more entry slots.
Ja,
Dave
Sarah McMacken
know the hours of it, so I a can plan stuff with my friends... O_O I
already know the schedule for the Con Suite.. but that's not the WHOLE
con.. also.. erm.. do you people know what animes are going to be shown
in the vid rooms? like.. umm.. is there going to be a list of showings
and times? I'm looking forward SOOO much to June 16th!! YAY!
ja ne!
~Sarah ^.^ V
Dave
Sarah McMacken <smcm...@home.com> wrote in message
news:39348D55...@home.com...
> I have a QUESTION! What TIME is the con open on FRIDAY?! I NEED to
> know the hours of it, so I a can plan stuff with my friends...
don't quote me on that. Steve Bennet is running his cel painting workshop
starting at 3:00PM on Friday, so we'll, hopefully, have more events
happenning a little earlier that day. Again, don't quote me as scripture as
I'm not directly involved in programming. The schedual is currently being
fine tuned and should be ready shortly.
O_O I
> already know the schedule for the Con Suite.. but that's not the WHOLE
> con.. also.. erm.. do you people know what animes are going to be shown
> in the vid rooms? like.. umm.. is there going to be a list of showings
> and times?
The video shedual is not locked down until very close to the weekend, so we
won't be able to let you know well in advance. Trust me, I really wish it
was possible. We will have a comprehensive pocket program schedual ready to
let you know what is going on when.
I'm looking forward SOOO much to June 16th!! YAY!
>
And we are looking forward to pulling off the best possible convention for
you, our fans.
> ja ne!
>
> ~Sarah ^.^ V
>
Dave
Shameless promoter of Anime North.
Sarah McMacken
starting in the afternoon, I can figure out when me and my friends are
going to leave.. ^o^!! OoO.. if I get a kick outta THIS year.. I think I
may volunteer next year.. ^_~ then I can make some connections.. etc.. ^o^!!
JA NE!! ^o^!!
~Sarah ^.^ V
Dave
> may volunteer next year.. ^_~ then I can make some connections.. etc..
^o^!!
>
> JA NE!! ^o^!!
>
> ~Sarah ^.^ V
>
Volunteer?? For next year??? By all means, please do! We are always
looking for vict.. er, I mean, volunteers (^_^) to help us out, not just at
the convention, but throughout the year as well with planning.
Dave
Sarah McMacken
FUN! wai!! ^_~! I'm gonna ask my friends to do it with me.. ^_^ maybe
we can all help out for the plannin of next year.. or something.. ne?
^_^ SUGOI! ^_~!!
Dave
direct you to the con office. And while you're there and wish to help in
planning AN2001 as well, please let them know.
Dave
Sarah McMacken <smcm...@home.com> wrote in message
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