The registration pricing and information is now available on the registration page.

Bad News. We have just been informed that due to unforeseen issues with the venue which will not be resolved until July, we will not be able to host a Summer Matsuri on the original date.

The good news is that a Summer Matsuri has not been canceled. A Summer Matsuri has been rescheduled to August 30. This date was chosen to avoid conflicting with the upcoming and very busy schedule of summer anime conventions on the east cost.

With the change in date, we would also like to announce that we will be able to have additional events on the evening of Friday, August 29. Stay tuned for information about this and what we expect will be a big (and good) announcement over the next week.

Finally, we would like to offer a sincere apology to everyone who had adjusted their schedules to attend a Summer Matsuri. We realize that some have been changing work schedules, canceling plans, reserving hotel rooms, and preparing costumes for this event, and we are deeply sorry to have this wrench thrown into the works so close to show time.

ICenter in Salem, NH along with staff from Another Anime Convention are proud to announce a new joint venture, called a Summer Matsuri. This one day "mini" convention on June 21, 2008 in the ICenter facility.

The day will be filled with events such as cosplay chess, a masquerade and a Smash Brothers Tournament. There will also be panels and a video game room, and at night it will end with a concert by Echostream and then a dance.

For more information, visit the event website at http://www.summermatsuri.com

On May 26th, 2008 Another Anime Convention will be marching in the Tewksbury, MA Memorial Day Parade. We are looking for 25 lucky cosplayers to join us! It is a great opportunity to strut your cosplay abilities in front of hundreds of people.

Rules:
*All cosplays must be PG
*For the safety of participants and parade goers no realistic weapons are allowed (metal, water guns, etc)
*Cosplay must be based on anime, video game or traditional Japanese clothing.
*Winners will be picked by 3 criteria- quality, visual appearance and easily recognizable cosplays.
Note: May 26th will probably be a warm day so please choose your cosplay accordingly.

Please send all entries to jess@anotheranimecon.com with your full name, age, cosplay character name and what they are from. Subject: Parade contest

Next month we will be hosting another Yomise at The Game Castle in Londonderry NH. For anyone that hasn't attended yet, we run a "night festival" from 8pm to 2am. We offer some video games, some panels, a cosplay contest and then a dance. More information will be forthcoming in the next weeks and we hope to see you there!

Congratulations to Shauna Leva, who drew this year's AAC mascot! We had seven awesome entries, and the voting was VERY close. All the entries can be seen here for your enjoyment. If you are one of these talented artists and you haven't contacted us with your information, please email Aka-Chan with your name and website/portfolio link so you can get your due credit!

We should have some nice content updates soon as well. If you want to run a panel at AAC 2008, please take a peek at our events page for registration forms.

Come join us Dec 29th for a night of fun and excitement including contests, cosplay and dancing! For more information click on the Yomise button below!