FanimeCon 2012 Report and Pictures
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In 2012, FanimeCon
had anime themed events in and around the San Jose
Convention Center, spread out as far as the Fairmont hotel. Also, new
for this year, there
were Steampunk events at the DoubleTree Hotel near the San Jose
Airport. In total, nine official convention hotels housed attendees.
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This year's theme was "sports" and this was reflected in the
Opening Ceremonies
where GAINAX's Hiroyuki Yamaga threw the ceremonial first pitch.
In addition to Hiroyuki Yamaga and Shigeto Koyama from anime studio
GAINAX, the other guests from Japan were
character designer, producer and director Mamoru Yokota, mangaka and
illustrator Kia Asamiya, voice actress and singer Mai Aizawa and
singer Igaguri Chiba.
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At Stage Zero in the center of the Convention Center, there was singing and
dancing at Fanimaid Live on Saturday and Sunday,
followed by more dancing by Angel Hearts on Monday.
One of our staff even joined the Yukie Squad to support singer/lyricist Yukie Dong.
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We saw many, many cosplayers but we've given up
trying to photograph more than a few of them. FanimeCon always has
multiple things going on, so it's certain that we've missed covering
many things. For more information about FanimeCon, see
www.fanime.com.
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