Animazement

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Animazement
Status Active
Venue Sheraton Imperial Hotel
Location Durham, North Carolina
Country Flag of the United States United States
First held 1998
Attendance 4,500 in 2007
Official website

Animazement is an anime convention held every Memorial Day weekend since 1998 in the Research Triangle Park Area in North Carolina (started in Raleigh and moved to Durham.) Its current home is the Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center in Durham.

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[edit] Programming

Animazement regularly features events includes a musical, a dance (or two), Karaoke, Anime Hell, and a Music Video contest. In addition, there are several panels and workshops throughout the convention, covering typical anime convention panel-material, such as voice acting, learning Japanese, and costume construction. Many of these panels and workshops feature convention guests.

[edit] Cosplay

Every convention, a Cosplay contest is held on Saturday night, often taking up most of the evening. Prizes are awarded to the best participants in each division, with winners determined by a panel of judges. Each guest also gives an individual prize.

[edit] Anime Hell

Anime Hell, a panel held late on Friday night, shows bizarre video clips from a variety of sources that, contrary to the name, are not necessarily anime or even Japanese. Past clips included videos of Heino, Yatta, Rejected, and the clip from Minky Momo wherein Momo is run over by a truck. The selection of clips rotates and changes every year.

[edit] History

[edit] Event history

Dates Location Atten. Guests
March 20–22, 1998 North Raleigh Hilton Hotel
Raleigh, North Carolina		 540 Steve Bennett, Michael Brady, Juliet Cesario, Rurika Fuyuki, Scott Houle, Yasuhiro Imagawa, Yuu Kamijyou, Masakazu Katsura, Lanelle Markgraf, Fred Perry, Scott Simpson, Apollo Smile, Doug Smith, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Dave Underwood, Pamela Weidner, and Amanda Winn Lee.[1]
March 19–21, 1999 Hilton North Raleigh
Raleigh, North Carolina		 1,232 Juliet Cesario, Rurika Fuyuki, Tiffany Grant[2], Scott Houle, Yasuhiro Imagawa (via teleconference), Shin Kurokawa, Yukako Midori, Scott Simpson, Nozomi Suzuki, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Dave Underwood, Yuu Watase, Pamela Weidner, Toshifumi Yoshida[3]
March 10–12, 2000 Hilton North Raleigh
Raleigh, North Carolina		 1,640 Kia Asamiya, Scott Houle, Amy Howard-Wilson, Kunihiko Ikuhara, Toshifumi Inagawa, Akira Kamiya, Hiroyuki Kitakubo, Rachael Lillis, Kazuto Nakazawa, Lisa Ortiz, Chiho Saito, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Koichi Tsunoda, Yuu Watase, Brett Weaver, and Pamela Weidner.[4]
March 25–27, 2001 Sheraton Imperial Hotel and
Convention Center
Durham, North Carolina		 1,900 Scott Houle, Akira Kamiya, Tsukasa Kotobuki, Amy Tipton, Koichi Tsunoda, Yuu Watase, Pamela Weidner, and Yasuo Yamaguchi.[5]
May 24–26, 2002 Durham, North Carolina 2,000 Jason Hatfield, Scott Houle, Hiroyuki Kitakubo, Hiroaki Sakurai, Amy Tipton, Koichi Tsunoda, Pamela Weidner, and Yasuo Yamaguchi.[6]
May 23–25, 2003 Sheraton Imperial Hotel and
Convention Center
Durham, North Carolina		 2,300 Tiffany Grant, Scott Houle, Akira Kamiya, Hiroyuki Kitakubo, Hikami Kyoko, Kazuto Nakazawa, Hiroaki Sakurai, Asami Sanada, Koichi Tsunoda, Brett Weaver, Pamela Weidner, Yasuo Yamaguchi, and Yoshinobu Yamakawa.[7]
May 28–30, 2004 Sheraton Imperial Hotel and
Convention Center
Durham, North Carolina		 2,700 Mary Evans, Nicole B. Gibson, Scott Houle, Akira Kamiya, Charles Dee Rice, Chika Sakamoto, Koichi Tsunoda, Yuu Watase, Crystal Waters, and Yasuo Yamaguchi.[8]
May 27–29, 2005 Sheraton Imperial Hotel and
Convention Center
Durham, North Carolina		 2,800 Keiko Han, Kyle Hebert, Kyoko Hikami, Aya Hisakawa, Scott Houle, Keiko Ichihara, Akira Kamiya, Chika Sakamoto, Michihiko Suwa, Koichi Tsunoda, Pamela Weidner, and Yasuo Yamaguchi.[9]
May 26–28, 2006 Sheraton Imperial Hotel and
Convention Center
Durham, North Carolina		 3,275 Chris Cason, Bruce Elliott, Caitlin Glass, Keiko Han, Kyle Hebert, Pamela Weidner Houle, Scott Houle, Yuki Ito, Akira Kamiya, Yoshinori Kanemori, Trish Ledoux, Rica Matsumoto, Ryuusei Nakao, Michihiko Suwa, Nobuhiro Suzumura, Koichi Tsunoda, Toshifumi Yoshida, and Yasuo Yamaguchi.[10][11]
May 25–27, 2007 Sheraton Imperial Hotel and
Convention Center
Durham, North Carolina		 4,500 Juliet Cesario, Kara Edwards, Caitlin Glass, Keiko Han, Kyle Hebert, Kyoko Hikami, Scott Houle, Kikuko Inoue, Akira Kamiya, Takeshi Kusao, Trish Ledoux, Masao Maruyama, Chika Sakamoto, Michihiko Suwa, Koichi Tsunoda, Kari Wahlgren, Pamela Weidner, Yasuo Yamaguchi, Toshifumi Yoshida, and Satsuki Yukino.[12]
May 23–25, 2008 Sheraton Imperial Hotel and
Convention Center
Durham, North Carolina		 5,100+[13] Kara Edwards, Mitsuo Fukuda[14], Takako Furukawa, Caitlin Glass, Keiko Han, Kyle Hebert, Scott Houle, Akira Kamiya, Takeshi Kusao, Vic Mignogna, Kotono Mitsuishi, Ryuusei Nakao, Jouji Nakata, Michihiko Suwa, Koichi Tsunoda, Kumiko Watanabe, Yasuo Yamaguchi, Maya Yamao.[15]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Animazement 1998 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
  2. ^ Animazement 1999 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
  3. ^ Animazement 1999. FansView.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
  4. ^ Animazement 2000 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
  5. ^ Animazement 2001 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
  6. ^ Animazement 2002 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
  7. ^ Animazement 2003 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
  8. ^ Animazement 2004 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
  9. ^ Animazement 2005 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
  10. ^ Animazement 2006 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
  11. ^ Guest of Honor (2006). Animazement.org. Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
  12. ^ Animazement 2007 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
  13. ^ Gronberg, Ray (2008), “Fans really animated”, Herald Sun (Durham, NC), 2008-05-06, <http://www.heraldsun.com/durham/4-953700.cfm> 
  14. ^ Guest of Honor (2008). Animazement.org. Retrieved on 2008-05-27.
  15. ^ Animazement 2008 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-09.

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