RealmsCon

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RealmsCon
Status	Active
Venue	Omni Corpus Christi Hotel Marina Tower
Location	Corpus Christi, Texas
Country	United States
Years in existence	2005 to present
Attendance	1,148 paid attendees
List of events	Music Video Competition, Karaoke Contest, Cosplay contests, Scavenger Hunt, various game tournaments, anime viewing rooms, workshops, panels, and concerts
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RealmsCon is an annual anime fan convention created in 2005 by Daniel Velasquez. It is a three-day event (Friday through Sunday) held during the fall in Corpus Christi, Texas. In 2007 RealmsCon will be held August 24-26 at the Omni Corpus Christi Hotel Marina Tower.

[edit] 2006 Events

Throughout the weekend there were many workshops, panels, events, and activities for guests to participate in including:

• Two 24-hour anime viewing rooms

• Anime by the pool from 7PM-2AM Friday and Saturday

• Horror (American and Japanese) from 10AM-10PM Friday and Saturday, also when not showing horror this room will be airing Anime, Live Action and a Musical or two.

• Tabletop Gaming

• LARP (Vampire)

• Cosplay Contest

• Swimsuit Cosplay Contest

• Anime Music Video (AMV) Contest

• AMV Premieres

• Anime Karaoke

• The Premiere of Dead Texas

• Scavenger Hunt

• Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre

• Dance

• RAVE

• Lisa Furukawa Ray Concert

[edit] 2006 Guests

Schedualed Guests included:

• Tiffany Grant (Anime Voice Actor)

• George Manley (Anime Voice Actor)

• Vic Mignogna (Anime Voice Actor)

• Samantha Inou-Hart (Anime Voice Actor)

• Mike McFarland (Anime Voice Actor)

• Lisa Furukawa Ray (Musical Guest)

• James O’Barr (Artist)

• Rivkah Greulich (Artist)

• Stephanie Château (Artist)

• Jeff Easley (Artist)

• Antarctic Press (comic company)

• Elektra (Model)

• Apharoh (Comedian)