Session Title Description Every day is full of fun. But something is missing. "My life would be amazing if only I had a little sister. Why don’t I have a little sister...?" These are the musings of little sister-lover and novelist Itsuki Hashima, who only writes works featuring little sisters. Around him gather a number of unique people: A Sister's All You Need genius author/pervert Nayuta, female college student Miyako, illustrator Puriketsu, and the brutish tax accountant Ashley. Each of them hold their own worries, but live their peaceful daily lives while writing novels, playing video games, drinking alcohol, and filing their tax returns. Ace Attorney English Dub Premiere WHO WOULD WIN?! It's a question that's plagued the American vs. Japanese Entertainment internet for years, but you've never seen it handled like this! The Ikkicon AMV League Contest! Come see some amazing AMV Contest videos, and find out which AMVs will be going on to compete for Best AMV of the Year What character would win in a fight? What's the best Shounen anime? Subbed or Dubbed? These questions burn Ani-battles: The Anime Debate Game to be answered and debated against your peers! Come play the ultimate anime debating game! Clannad, and its follow-up Clannad: After Story are some of the most emotional and beautifully produced examples of the medium, but there's a lot that happens in the story that makes Anime Ambush: What the Clannad?! it difficult to understand for the casual observer. In this panel, we'll be taking a look at the Key (heh, get it?) points in the storyline and discussing the various possibilities for the town of Hikarizaka. Here you can select your favorite character board. There are over 100 characters to choose from each bingo board will Anime Bingo! have a different character theme. For every winner there is always a prize. Remember the 80's Nickelodeon game show Double Dare with Marc Summers? Well, this is the same show, with an Anime Double Dare anime twist. Get ready for wacky stunts, audience games, prizes, and surprises! America has been importing Those Weird Asian Cartoons for longer than most of us have been alive, and the journey from animation cel to your television or computer has been longer Anime in America and more storied than you might think. Join Vitamin H as we explore the history of anime as seen from this side of the Pacific, from black-and-white television shows of the 1960s through the rise of Toonami and the fall of Geneon and ADV. What were the BEST titles of 2017? In this panel, we'll explore that question, and determine which one deserves to be named Anime of the Year. We'll discuss the animation quality, Anime of the Year stories, characters and music to show which titles deserve the title more than any others. We'll also be hosting an audience award, so be sure to bring your thinking caps! Session Title Description Join us for everyone's favorite drawing game, now with a convention twist! Draw your favorite anime/gamer/Japanese Anime Pictionary words and help the audience guess what it could be. Now with prizes for best and funniest artwork! Art Auction, come buy art at this auction come buy art, auction Art Auction style, what did you think this was? In the year 2003, Professor Tenma is distraught when his son Tobio is killed in a car accident. He loses himself in his latest project, creating Atom, a robot boy programmed to be forever good. Upset that his Tobio-substitute can never grow up, Astro Boy Tenma sells Atom to Ham Egg, the cruel ringmaster of a robot circus. Atom meets the kindly Professor Ochanomizu, who adopts him, inspires him to become a crusader against evil, and eventually builds him a robot "sister," Uran. Eren Yeager and others of the 104th Training Corps have just begun to become full members of the Survey Corps. As they ready themselves to face the Titans once again, their preparations are interrupted by the invasion of Wall Rose— Attack On Titan S2 but all is not as it seems as more mysteries are unraveled. As the Survey Corps races to save the wall, they uncover more about the invading Titans and the dark secrets of their own members. Autographs Bryce, Darrel, Lauren Autographs Bryce, Darrel, Lauren, Kevin Autographs Greg, Luci, Blake Autographs Greg, Luci, Blake, Kevin, Jeff Autographs: Bryce Lauren, Darrel Autographs: Greg, Kevin, Jeff, Luci, Blake Avatar: The Last Airbender is a cartoon that aired on Nickelodeon. We will be playing a quiz bowl based on the original 3 seasons. We will be using a lockout buzzer system. Avatar: The Last Airbender Quiz Bowl Audience contestants on opposing teams will receive coaching and assistance from Colony Drop Cosplay and Khamomeal Tea participating in character cosplay. Attendees will explore ballet movement seen in Princess Tutu. Ballet with Princess Kraehe Attendees will learn basic ballet movement and positions. Attendees will learn a new ballet variation (dance). Have you ever watched Whose Line Is It Anyway and wanted to participate? Well now's your chance. Come and learn the Bardic School of Improv rules of Improv and get a chance to play some of your favorite games as well as a few you might never have seen before. Basic stage combat 101 is all about how to choreograph Basic Stage Combat 101 different types of fight scenes and how to make them look realistic. Session Title Description Funimation presents Bastard!! The characters in Bastard!! have forsaken technology and have traded it in for magic and the occult arts. The story revolves around a group of five magicians who set out to rebuild their world after a rampaging God destroys it and tips it into chaos. Driven by their leader Dark Schneider, Gara, Arshes Nei, Abigail and Kall Su set out Bastard!! to conquer kingdoms in the hope of rebuilding them into utopias, with each of the magicians having their own personal agenda in doing so. However, Dark Schneider's often reckless manner and short temper leads him to wreak havoc where ever he goes. He is trapped by a group of clerics in a baby boy, leaving the four without a leader. You've heard of it in 50 Shades, you've seen it in manga and anime. Now learn about the real world applications, BDSM 101: Anime VS Reality (18+) guidelines, and how to safely explore the world you're curious about! In a world where magic is everything, Asta and Yuno are both found abandoned at a church on the same day. While Yuno is gifted with exceptional magical powers, Asta is the only one in this world without any. At the age of fifteen, both receive grimoires, magic books that amplify their holder’s magic. Asta’ Black Clover s is a rare Grimoire of Anti-Magic that negates and repels his opponent’s spells. Being opposite but good rivals, Yuno and Asta are ready for the hardest of challenges to achieve their common dream: to be the Wizard King. Giving up is never an option! Black Jack is an "unregistered" doctor with a clouded, Black Jack mysterious past Blake Shepard Q&A Couldn't make sense of the BlazBlue story? If so, you're in luck! This panel will be exploring the many twists and turns of Blazblue: Explaining the lore the games' and the origins of the playable characters. My knowledgeable panelists and I will entertain you with stories of time loops, alternate timelines, and time ghosts. BLEACH follows the story of Ichigo Kurosaki. When Ichigo Bleach meets Rukia he finds his life is changed forever. Tsundere, Imouto (little sister type), etc. are only a few of the personas that the café waitresses play out here. And the new hire Maika, is asked by the store manager to play none other Blend S than the super sadist!? As she becomes devoted to her work, her super sadist persona blooms unexpectedly… Everything is a treat - even being stomped on - in this outrageous working comedy Assiah, the realm of humans, and Gehenna, the realm of demons. Normally, these two dimensions would never Blue Exorcist intersect, but the demons are now intruding on the material world. Session Title Description The life of the shinobi is beginning to change. Boruto Uzumaki, son of Seventh Hokage Naruto Uzumaki, has Boruto enrolled in the Ninja Academy to learn the ways of the ninja. Now, as a series of mysterious events unfolds, Boruto’s story is about to begin Bryce Papenbrook Talks Anime Ten years ago, Ryouta Murakami set out with his best friend Kuroneko to find proof of alien life. A tragic accident occurred, killing Kuroneko and injuring Ryouta. In honor of Kuroneko's memory, Ryouta now searches the night sky for alien signs, determined to prove that his friend had been right, and that aliens really do exist. Then one day, a new transfer student Brynhildr in the Darkness comes to his class and shatters everything he believes: her name is Kuroha Neko, and she looks exactly like the deceased Kuroneko. Kuroha denies being Ryouta's friend, but there’s something strange about her. She somehow aced a difficult test to transfer in, but doesn't know her multiplication tables. She possesses inhuman strength and strange abilities. And strangest of all, she predicts death. The future’s looking bleak. It’s a good thing there’s a new sheriff in town. Her name is Jo and she’s an enigma even to herself.