Tekkoshocon 2007 Pittsburgh, PA April 13-15, 2007 Guests update

[thebaron]

Who: Tekkoshocon
What: Pittsburgh anime and asian culture convention.
When: April 13-15, 2007
Where: Expo Mart and Radisson Hotel.
Website: http://www.tekkoshocon.com

Tekkoshocon is happy to announce that we will be returning to the Radisson Hotel and Monroeville ExpoMart in 2007!

This year, Tekkoshocon will expand to fill the entirety of the ExpoMart offering more programming, videos, and fun! Hotel Room block as been expanded.

We ARE expanding Dealers (almost double space and booths now), Video offering (2 to 4), Children's Programming, Panels/Workshop (almost double), Industry Section, and more! We now have the wing which was taken up by another event before

Come join us April 13-15 2007 to celebrate Tekkoshocon's fifth anniversary!

We will be updating the website in the next few weeks with more information about next year, so stay tuned for more exciting announcements! We have GROUP RATES now!

Pre-reg deadlines are approaching, so save yoursefl some cash for the dealer's room or at least a meal...

Guest Announcements (3-2-07)
Brett Weaver
Caffeine Angel Studios
Carrie Savage
Random Battle Group (RBG)
Vic Mignogna
Greggo!
Greg Ayres
Kyle Hebert
Robert and Emily DeJesus

http://www.tekkoshocon.com/
http://www.pghexpomart.com/

[Shsway]

All of that sounds quite cool - I'm looking forward to seeing who gets invited for next year. The event was quite awesome this time around, and the minions a lot more friendly and helpful then in years past.

[thebaron]

Well check out the website and check out the Tekko 1/2 event to tide you over until next year /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[thebaron]

Tekkoshocon is looking for enthusiastic fans to run their own panel! Do you consider yourself an expert in any aspect of Japanese anime, manga, or culture? Why not share your knowledge in a panel? Lead panelists get one hour of time to talk about their favorite subject, and their registration costs are fully refunded! And for those who want to share "how-to's" of hands-on activities, workshops are still available. Share your fandom today!

Email lindsey.wagner@tekkoshocon.com or chris.dalton@tekkoshocon.com with your completed panel form, found here: http://www.tekkoshocon.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7036

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Tekkoshocon V is drawing ever closer, and the Publications department still needs fanart to use on badges, program books, and other printed media. Again, our theme is giant robots, and pictures of our mascots Hagane and Miyako in theme-appropriate settings would be greatly appreciated.

The deadline for submissions is Feburary 28th. Submissions should be at least 300dpi, though we prefer it if it was higher. Send all submissions to publications@tekkoshocon.com, and we will sort it and use it as we see fit. Furthermore, make sure that your name is included, as you will be given credit in the program book for any submissions. Thank you very much in advance!
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An Extra Credit:

Well this event was initially started by someone else on animemusicvideos.org and he was unable to complete it so now its a part of the amv department.

Basic jist.... you guys have seen AMV Hell right? It basically is a bunch of generally strange and or amusing amv clips that are typically somewhat short. Average ballpark is 15-30 seconds with some being longer and others shorter. Probably the longest entry so far is near a minute.

So anybody who has a vid idea that would not work as a 3 min song, go ahead and do it.

Submission requirements and submission are going to be the same as that listed on the amv rules page.

No restriction on how many you may enter in this case. Go nuts if you want.

[thebaron]

Our pre-reg is closing at April 1, 2007. We need minions and any art's alley person possible! We have lots of space!!!