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Animania Festival 2010

Filed under: Anime,Events — Tags: — Mistress Fen @ 2:21 am September 5, 2010
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Event Animania Festival 2010
Description Animania Festival is Australia’s largest anime and manga event
Type Anime
Dates Remaining 2010 dates are
September 11-12, Sydney
October 2, Adelaide
October 30, Brisbane
Location Various, check each city link for venue.
Website Animania.net.au
Remarks Guest of Honour, Rika Matsumoto, voice of Satoshi from Pokémon
Animania’s first Maid Café-Cafe Luciole
Super Smash Bros Brawl Royal Rumble competition in the Game Zone
Speed AMV competition, Karaoke Competition, Cosplay Calendar competition

“Animania Festival is Australia’s largest anime and manga event…a celebration and exploration of the spectacular world of Japanese pop culture! Once again fans of all ages can enjoy screenings, karaoke, art workshops, video games, panels and crazy stage shows at our 2010 Animania Festival Weekend. There will be plenty of interactive mini-games, cosplay games, dance classes, and stallholders to tempt you with plushies, figurines and more! Plus, the yummy Food Fair will be back too. Fans can also expect to see some fantastic costumes as part of the Animania Festival Cosplay Competition and the 2010/2011 World Cosplay Summit (WCS) Australian Preliminary. The winners of the WCS Preliminary will head to Japan in 2011 to compete in the WCS in Nagoya, Japan!”

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Stargate SG1 Hub Productions

Filed under: Events,Science Fiction — Tags: — Advania @ 5:40 pm May 10, 2010
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Event Stargate SG1 Hub Productions
Theme Stargate SG1
Type Science Fiction
Dates August 28-29, 2010
Location Adelaide and Perth, to be advised
Website Stargate SG1 Australia
Remarks Guests Christopher Judge and Corin Nemec

Schedule TO BE ANNOUNCED;

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Trio Con 2010

Filed under: Events,Science Fiction — Tags: — Mistress Fen @ 11:17 am February 23, 2010
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Event Trio Con – 2010
Theme It’s Two Conventions in One!
Type Science Fiction, Media
Date March 20, 2010
Location State Library of Victoria
Village Roadshow Theatre
Entrance 3, Latrobe St
Melbourne, VIC
State Library of Victoria
Website Triocon 2010
Remarks Guests Paul McGann and Dominic Keating
Different ticket tiers
Lucky Seat Prizes
General Chaos & Mayhem

“Come and spend the day with a trio of fan bases as we sit and talk about Star Trek, Doctor Who and much more… A day full of Q&A sessions, a photo session, an autograph session, quizzes, competitions and lots of fun.”

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Hub Productions presents Stargate 2010

Filed under: Events,Science Fiction — Tags: — Mistress Fen @ 6:09 pm February 22, 2010
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Event Hub Productions presents Stargate 2010
Theme Stargate SG-1
Type Science Fiction
Dates March 6, 2010 in Sydney
March 7, 2010 in Melbourne
Location In Sydney:
Sir John Clancy Auditorium
UNSW Campus
High St
Kensington, New South Wales
University of NSW
In Melbourne:
Storey Hall
RMIT Building 16
342 Swanston Street
Melbourne, Victoria
RMIT University
Website Hub Productions-Stargate 2010
Remarks Guests include Richard Dean Anderson,
Claudia Black, Gigi Edgley (Sydney Only)

“The Hub Productions is a small company out of Sydney, Australia that strives to provide opportunities for fans to meet the actors, artists and behind the scenes stars that contribute to the tv shows, movies and comics that we all so love and adore.
We work in association with our affiliates to provide these opportunites in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, as well as across the ditch in Auckland and Wellington (New Zealand too).”

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Wai-Con (2010)

Filed under: Anime,Costume,Events — Tags: — Mistress Fen @ 12:28 am January 17, 2010
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Event Wai-Con 2010
Theme Angles and Demons
Type Anime
Dates January 23-24, 2010
Location Perth Convention Exhibition Centre
21 Mounts Bay Road
Perth Western Australia 6000
Phone +61 8 9338 0300
PCEC.com.au
Website Wai-Con.org
Remarks Cosplay on Saturday and Sunday
Martial Arts demonstrations

“Wai-Con is Perth’s premier anime convention! Wai-Con promotes Japanese animation and culture, manga and gaming to a captive audience over two fun-filled days in the final weeks of January.”

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Aussie Con 4 (World Sci Fi Con #68) 2010

Filed under: Events,Fantasy,Literature,Science Fiction — Tags: , — Advania @ 5:34 pm September 24, 2009
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Event Aussie Con 4 (World Sci Fi Con #68)
Theme Science Fiction
Type Science Fiction, Fantasy, Literature
Dates September 2nd – 6th, 2010
Location Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC), located in the central business district of Melbourne, Australia
1 Convention Centre Place
South Wharf, Victoria 3006 Australia
Phone: (61 3) 9235 8000
Website Aussiecon4
Remarks Author Kim Stanley Robinson
2010 Hugo Awards will be presented

“The Worldcon annual convention brings together people, both professionals and fans, from all over the world who have an interest in the science fiction and fantasy genres. Although the emphasis of the convention is on the literary side, all other forms, such as film, television, and comics, are included.”

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