Anime Detour Announcement
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April 21st 2016, 20:45 UTC
Hey Everybody! Each year we try and make updates and changes to bring you a better convention. Here are some of our new features this year!
Gaming
- Earlier opening time of noon on Friday
- Twitch gaming streaming in Cabana room 103
- Pathfinder Society RPG (Sat and Sun, Tabletop Gaming)
- Officially sanctioned Magic: the Gathering and Pokemon collectible card games (Tabletop Gaming)
- Crunchyroll streaming in both Tabletop Gaming and Video Gaming
- Sony representatives in Video Gaming
- Leap Motion demo in Video Gaming
- Virtual Worlds (Fri 11 PM - midnight, Plaza 3): This Is Geek hosts a panel of virtual reality and augmented reality demos, including Oculus Rift
- Anime Fighter Breakfast Battle (Sat 10 AM - noon, Video Gaming) and Bullet Hell Breakfast (Sun 10 AM - noon, Video Gaming): theme events revolving around fighting games with anime-type characters and shoot-‘em-ups, respectively
- Play Tekken with Nina Williams (Sat 11 AM - noon, Video Gaming): Gaming welcomes Lisle Wilkerson, the voice of Nina Williams in Tekken
Guest Services
New Guests of Honor:
- Aya ‘Dancing Fighter’
- Briana ‘Tactical Pinup’ Falb-Joslin
- Tomoko Taniguchi
- Lisle Wilkerson
- Amanda Winn Lee
New Featured Artists:
- Briana Lawrence and Jessica Walsh
- Dave Wheeler
- Adam Whitlatch
Video
- Gonna be the Twin Tail!! (Sat 12:15 PM) - English dub premiere
- Black Butler Book of Murder OVA (Sat 2:00 PM) - English dub premiere
Operations
- New ways of notifying Ops about refilling water stations, emptying trash, and/or damage in programming rooms: via texting to number or taking a smartphone pic of QR code, posted on signs that are near water stations
Artists
- Ten tables added to Artists Alley!
We hope you're excited and like your new options!