Auchinawa
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Auchinawa | |
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Location | Glasgow, United Kingdom |
Years in existence | 2006 |
Attendance | Maximum of 450 |
List of events | Cosplay ball, discos, games room, masquerade, screening room, artists alley, panels, cosplay, omake, pub quiz, EGL Tea Party |
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Auchinawa is a four day anime convention in Glasgow, Scotland first held in 2006. It is the only one of its kind in Scotland and is not associated with any anime group. A winter date means it does not overlap with other UK conventions.
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[edit] Auchinawa '06
The Auchinawa '06 convention was run between the 30th November and 3rd December 2006, at The Quality Hotel (known to some as the Central Hotel), which is located in the very heart of Glasgow's town centre and is partially inside Glasgow Central train station. The number of available spaces was decreased to 450 (totalling 600 people including guests and ancillaries) from over a thousand.
[edit] Guests
- Jan Scott Frazier
- Scott Ramsoomair of webcomic VG Cats
- Dave Cheung and Jamal Joseph Jnr of webcomic Chugworth Academy
- Paul Gravett
- Mugenkyo
[edit] Events
The following events were confirmed at Auchinawa 2006:
- Webcomics Panel (Dave Cheung, Jamal Joseph Jnr and Scott Ramsoomair)
- Guest Panel (Jan Scott Frazier)
- Parties (Cosplay Ball, AMV Disco, Anime Disco)
- Elegant Gothic Lolita Tea Party (run by Ouran High School Host Club cosplayers)
- Mugenkyo Concert
- Pub Quiz
- Games Room (Including Para Para and DDR machines run by DDRUK.com )
- Other Panels (Cosplay, AMV)
Additionally, standard Anime Convention events such as a Masquerade, dealers' rooms, video rooms, artists' alley, and CCG rooms were part of the convention.