Middle Tennessee Anime Convention

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The Middle Tennessee Anime Convention (MTAC) is the first anime convention in Tennessee, and the only anime convention in Middle Tennessee. Founded in 1999, MTAC set forth to deliver rich anime and Japanese related content to fans in Tennessee and the southeast US on an annual basis. A small event was held with great success and an attempt was made a second event the following year. However, difficulties forced the convention into a temporary stasis that was relieved in 2001 when "MTAC 2.5" was held. 2002 saw MTAC continue its course with "MTAC Pi" (drawing from the mathematical statement of Pi being equal to 3.14159265).

2004 saw a rebirth of the convention after a year long hiatus in 2003. With record setting attendance, the 2004 event dubbed "MTAC 4.01beta" was a celebration not only of anime fandom, but of MTAC's establishment in the anime community and development of its own identity. In 2005 the convention returned dubbing itself "MTAC GO" (references being drawn from the Japanese term for the number 5 as well as the board game originating in China also known as Go). This event again saw record highs in attendance as well as business success.

April 21 - 23, 2006: MTAC 6th Period Estimated Attendance: 2,500 Place: Franklin Embassy Suites MTAC 6th Period featured a large Game room, 4 video rooms (operating 24/7), a convention suite where snacks and drinks were available for free, as well as many events such as a Cosplay contest, Ramen eating contest, Rave Prom, Dodgeball, and the "Goldenboy Extreme Elimination Khallange".

April 13-15, 2007: MTAC Prime Place: Cool Springs Conference Center The theme of the convention will be "mecha", honoring the Transformers movie set to come out in 2007.^[1]

[edit] About the name

The original full name of the event, "Middle Tennessee Anime Convention", was shifted for use purely as a business identity in 2004. Since that time the convention has officially been referred to simply as "MTAC" (pronounced em-tack).

[edit] Upcoming Convention: MTAC PRIME, April 13-15, 2007

This article or section contains information about scheduled or expected future events. It may contain information of a tentative nature and the content may change dramatically as the event approaches and more information becomes available.

Location: Cool Springs Marriott in Franklin, TN ^[2]

Guests: As of March 3, 2007, the guest list included: Lisa Furukawa, the Robotech Tour, Ananth Panagariya and Mohammad "Hawk" Haque of AppleGeeks, Peelander-Z, The Protomen, Doug Smith, Tiffany Grant, and Matt Greenfield, Neil Kaplan, Imbrium Studios.

Featured Events^[3]: Events are scheduled to include: Drawing Basics panel, How-To Draw Chibis panel, Introduction to Photoshop panel, MTAC Prime Art Show, Cosplay Contest, EGL Teaparty, Iron Lolita, Japanese Street Fashion panel, J-fashion Runway Show, Makeup for Cosplay Workshop, Victorian Manners panel, Wig Styling and Care panel, Bleach panel, Adult Origami panel, J-Rock Sleepover, Ouran Host Club Lounge, Rendezvous a la Atelier, Brazillian Jujitsu class, Capoeira Demonstration, Kendo 101, Kung Fu performance, Lion Dance performance, Ninjutsu demonstration, Anime for Parents panel, Convention Ettiquette panel, Final Fantasy Fandom panel, Golden Boy Extreme Challenge, Ramen Eating Contest, Who Wants to be an Anime Character?, History of Parapara and Eurobeat panel, National Parapara Battle 2007, Parapara for Beginners panel, Para²Mahou Special Performance, Parapara for All Ages panel, and MTAC International AMV Contest.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• MTAC official site
• Middle Tennessee Anime Convention 2007 on AnimeCons.com