Convention Operations and Answers

General Rules Weapon and Large Prop Rules Our convention has a number of rules, policies, and regulations All weapons and large props must be inspected and approved by our that help make the convention run smoothly and be as fun as operations or security staff at the convention. We will then “peace mark” possible for everyone. We encourage you to read our rules to un- them, by affixing a ribbon or mark that indicates we have checked them, and, if necessary “peace bond” them by using ribbon or ties to keep derstand what is expected to help make the best, most success- your weapon from being drawn or used (for example, by someone who ful, and most fun weekend possible. In addition to these general doesn’t know the rules and sneaks up behind you and grabs it). Attend- conduct policies, we also have rules and guidelines for cosplay, ees must realize that it is a privilege to bring large props and weapons press, exhibitors, and others. Violations of these rules and respon- to the convention, and everyone must take great care to be careful not sibilities can result in loss of privileges, up to and including ejec- to damage things, whack people, or otherwise do anything that seems tion without refund, legal action, or involvement of the authorities. dangerous. We allow certain specific prop weapons and large prop items, but anything not listed below is not allowed. Please understand that due Rule Number One: Do not do anything that could make the to crowding, space, or safety issues, we may have to change the rules mid-convention at any time. convention less fun for other attendees, the hotel, the staff, or for yourself. If it’s dangerous, obnoxious, uncomfortable, or other- Guns: Semi-realistic looking guns are only allowed if they have a very wise, do not do it. It is all of our responsibility to let everyone have bright, obvious orange tip that shows they are non-working and can be a safe, respectful, and fun weekend. obviously seen from a distance. Guns that actually work, or have the po- tential to work, or might be mistaken by the public as real, are not allowed. If it is illegal outside of the convention, it is illegal here. Exces- Toy or fantasy guns that are “obviously fake” are allowed. sive or underage alcohol use, drug use, harassment, carrying firearms, and many other things are illegal, and will result in your Swords: Swords are allowed if they can be tied shut in their sheath, or if they are made of wood or plastic. Swords must never be waved around or loss of the privilege to attend our convention. If you have a safety wielded, but they can be used for still posing for photographs. or security concern, bring it to the convention’s operations center immediately. In emergencies, dial 911. Bows: Toy, or otherwise wooden or plastic bows can sometimes be okay, but professional or compound bows are not. Equipping an arrow to a bow If you are hosting a party where alcohol is being served, it is your is absolutely never acceptable, even for photos. responsibility as host to ensure that the age of anyone drinking alcohol is checked. You should also designate someone not to Large Props: Large props are generally okay, if you are extremely mindful drink, so that there is a fully competent person present to deal of them. However if we find that we have large crowds, or if they become a problem, we may ask you to return them to your hotel room or car at any with any emergencies that might arise. time. We will not store them for you.

All attendees must wear their badge at all times throughout the Pretend Weapons: Anything that is entirely obviously a play/pretend convention, and it must be presented to convention staff on weapon that can not be mistaken for something that is actually a real request at any time. Selling anything of any kind at the conven- weapon. tion is prohibited unless you are a registered exhibitor with the convention. Pets and animals are not allowed in the convention Any weapons or props may be disallowed at any space or hotel, unless they are working animals (such as see- time at the discretion of management. Please ing eye dogs). Smoking is not allowed in our hotel. Photography and video recording of any kind are strictly prohibited during any understand that during times of peak attendance AMV contest or show screening. These rules apply to all types of attendees, including exhibitors, press, and other congoers. We may also establish additional policies covering press, exhibitors, and others.

By attending the convention you understand that convention staff may take video footage and photographs throughout the conven- tion which may be used in highlights, marketing endeavors, or other media. You consent to be filmed or photographed by staff, IF YOU NEED HELP approved industry, or media during the entire convention with- out compensation to you. Your attendance constitutes a grant of Con Operations is in the rights to the convention to reproduce, display, distribute, per- Minnehaha Room form, creative derivative works of, or otherwise use any video or pictures that it obtains and in any manner throughout the world in Open All Convention Hours perpetuity, including online, for broadcast, or other transmissions.

The convention’s code of conduct and other rules are subject to change at any time, and without notice, at the discretion of the convention. Violation of the rules is grounds for immediate loss of your convention badge and suspension from the convention.

Any form of harassment, bullying, or stalking will not be tolerated at our family-friendly event. Staff have final say in all matters at the convention, and reserve the right to remove anyone from our event for any reason. How can I contact convention staff? Can I host a party in my room?

Find us in the “Con Ops” operations office on the second floor Room parties are up to you, but we have several reminders. If you of the Hyatt near the escalators. Should you need help, have an receive repeated noise complaints, the hotel may and will evict emergency, or anything else, Con Ops is a great resource. For you from your room. If you serve alcohol to minors, the police will general questions, you can ask any staff member you see. give you a court date. If serving drinks or showing adult material, check the government-issued IDs of every last person, and don’t even let anyone underage in your room. Violations of these rules What do I do in an emergency? can result in removal from the convention, revocation of your con- vention badge, and possibly involvement of the proper authorities. Our operations center should be your first stop if you need imme- diate and urgent assistance. In especially dangerous or life- threatening emergency situations, you should call 911 immedi- Can I join staff or volunteer? ately. If you are unable to safely and quickly make it to Con Ops, please inform the nearest available staff member immediately. If We would love your help! Stop by our Con Operations room and you witness an emergency or need help, please go to Con Ops inquire about volunteering. Volunteer perks range from getting and ensure the situation is resolved. food with staff to free admission for next year. Staff members must sign up in advance on our website, and we encourage you to think about it for next year if you would like to help out. It’s a great Who do I talk to about special needs? experience, filled with awesome people to meet. Individuals with special needs who need accommodations are encouraged to attend our programs. If you are an individual with special needs in need of an accommodation, please see us in Con Ops. For hotel related special accommodations, please see the hotel front desk staff. Please remember these attendee tips! Where do I submit feedback/suggestions? Eat Two Meals Each Day Your feedback is extremely important and valuable to We have a ConSweet filled with free pop and free us, and we encourage you to share both your nega- rice, but even Kirby can’t live off this stuff alone. tive and positive experiences with us, so that we can Getting regular meals, complete with protein, use your feedback to make a better convention every vitamin-C, and real nutrients, is important to keep year. We collect your email address when you reg- your body from getting worn out. Eat at least two ister so that we can email you our feedback survey, real meals per day. Consider ordering delivery, which is why it’s important that we get a good email or getting some friends together to go out some- address. The feedback from these submissions are reviewed multiple times every year, so your com- where. ments will be noticed. Sleep Each Night Do you have tips for parents? You need to get at least six hours of sleep each night to fully enjoy the convention. While stay- We encourage you to plan ahead with your children about where ing up is fun and exciting, most events end by you might meet up if you are seperated in the massive crowds. Write your phone number on the back of the child’s badge if pos- 2am, and you won’t have as much fun if you stay sible, and keep a description of what they are wearing. Children awake all night. Get some sleep and enjoy the 13 and under must be attending the convention with a parent or next day rested! guardian, and children under 7 must have a guardian with them at all times. Please read all event descriptions, as some events may not be suitable for children. Shower Daily Whenever you are having a ton of fun, sometimes What should I do after the con? it can be hard to remember to stop and think about others. Please, as a courtesy to other at- Post con blues? Check out: AniMinneapolis (May tendees who may be standing behind you in the 8-10, 2015) right here, or if you can travel consider autograph line, shower every day! coming to Chicago for Con+Alt+Delete (December 19-21, 2014 in Rosemon, IL). Also join us on Face- book in the “Find Meta Con Friends” group to find long lost new friends after the convention is over!

3 Special Guests

Billy West Olivia Olson David Kaye

Jason Faunt Lauren Tom Brandy Green

Blake Foster John Swasey Hilary Shepard

Chuck Huber Chris Rager Sonny Strait Chlifford Chapin Jacob Grady Marble Hornets

Anthony Hary John Bivens Gordon McAlpin

Otis Frampton StarF YTCracker

Autographs from guests in the gray area cost between $10 and $20.

There may be a limit on number of autographs per person. We recommend lining up early for autographs that you really want early.

Autographs are in the Exhibit Hall. Schaffer the Darklord V is for Villains EVENTS AT META CON Friday Main Panel 1 Panel 2 Panel 3 Panel 4 Panel 5 Video Tabletop VideoGame Meetups Autographs 1pm Meet Open Open Clifford Web Com- Chapin ics with 1pm-2pm THE Sonny Strait Chris Rag- 2pm 1:30pm- er, John Anime Social Evange- Power 2:30pm Swasey, Q&A with Dancing I lion, Trinity Rangers Marble Chuck Ghostly Ballroom Blood, D. Q&A Hornets, Huber Experienc- Dance A Gray Man 2pm-3pm Clifford 2pm-3pm es: Brandy 2pm-3pm Certain 2pm-3pm Green Q&A Magical Chapin 2pm 2:30pm- Index 3pm 3:30pm J-Indie: 2pm Opening Music Billy West, Ceremonies Bad Anime Outside of Nightmares Jacob 3pm-4pm the Anime BlazBlu CP 3:30pm- Grady, 3pm- 3pm 4:30pm Blake Fos- 4pm Marble 4:30pm Soul Eater, ter, Michael conSAFE Hornets Attack on Copon, 4pm-5pm Animerica: Q&A Cover By Free Titan Hilary Rental Shepard Date Auc- We Cover Pokemon Magica 4:30pm- tion Set-up Meet the Shadows Meet Chris LIVE! League Vampire 5pm 4pm 5:30pm Villains by Sonny Rager 4:30pm- 4pm-6pm Ultimate Knight

5pm-6pm Strait 5pm-6pm 5:30pm Marvel VS 5pm-6pm 5pm-6pm Do you like Capcom 3 Dante’s Questions? 5pm-6pm Fabulous 5:30pm- 6pm Film- Making Berri~ Date Auc- 6:30pm Magic Y.Hakusho, YT Cracker, Meet Billy making Comics Team!’s tion (15+) FNM-Stan- Katekyo Starf, V is West with Chuck w/ Manga Voca- TeyaBerri 5pm- Rose of dard $5 H.R. For Villains 6pm-7pm Huber Studio loid Power solo event! 6:30pm Ver- 6:30pm- 6pm-7pm 6pm-7pm 6pm-7pm 6pm-7pm Hour! 6pm- sailles 10pm 6:30pm- 7:30pm 6pm Super CosFluff: 7pm Meet John 7:30pm Smash Chuck Plus Size Formal Ask Marce- Swasey Bros. 3DS Huber Cosplay Dragon Dance Les- line! Olivia 7pm-8pm 7pm-8pm 7pm-8pm 7pm-8pm Ball sons Olsen Q&A 7pm-8pm Webfiction- Magic- 8pm 7:30pm- 7:30pm- 8:30pm 8:30pm Hercule: Writing BIG DUMB Conspiracy Your Hero Stories Draft Geeking Hetalia ACTION All Hallows 8pm-9pm Online Ris- 8pm- Out with Truth-or- PANEL Ball 8pm-9pm torante 11:30pm Cliff Dare! 8pm- 8:30pm- Para- 8:30pm- 8:30pm- 9:30pm 9pm 10pm We Are The Rkade diso 9:30pm Not Gamer 9:30pm (18+) 8pm Girls How to dj 9pm- 9pm-10pm with Dj 0s0 10:30pm 9:30pm- 10pm How To Ecchi for 10:30pm Make A You and Rave Are You a Webseries Me (18+) Toys Part Werewolf Setup 10pm- 10pm- Panty 9pm-12am The Bad 1-Light 11pm 11pm and Fanfiction String Stock- Panel (Poi) ing Visual 11pm Werewolf 10:30pm- 10:30pm- 10pm Novels Games 12pm 11:30pm and Eroge 11pm- (18+) Friday’s An- 12:30am 11pm- ime Dance 12am 12:30am Party (18+) WTF 11pm-3am is Hentai 2: Resurrec- Video Gaming, Tabletop Gaming, and ConSweet close at 2am. 1am tion of the E**ction 12:30am+ Friday Main Panel 1 Panel 2 Panel 3 Panel 4 Panel 5 Video Tabletop VideoGame Meetups Autographs Sat. Main Panel 1 Panel 2 Panel 3 Panel 4 Panel 5 Video Tabletop VideoGame Meetups Autographs 1pm Meet Open Open 10am Dr. Stein’s Open Clifford Web Com- Infamous Grand Chapin ics with Luminos- Pokemon Black CosPlus Sympo- 1pm-2pm THE Sonny ity @Meta- League Butler Setup 10am- sium on Strait Chris Rag- Con 10am- 10am- 11am Time Travel 2pm 1:30pm- er, John 10am- 12pm 11am Anime Social Evange- 10am- Power 2:30pm Swasey, 11am Q&A with Dancing I lion, Trinity 11am Oh! Edo Rangers Ghostly Marble Rocket Chuck Ballroom Blood, D. 11am Yu-Gi-Oh Q&A Experienc- A Hornets, 10am Huber Dance Gray Man Beyond Crafting Breaking Sneak 2pm-3pm es: Brandy Certain Clifford Sooper- Fairy Tail, 2pm-3pm 2pm-3pm 2pm-3pm Way of the Marvel & with the into Pod- Peak-The Green Q&A Magical Chapin natural Japanese Hellsing Sword DC everday casting New Chal- 2:30pm- Index 2pm 11am- Music: Live 11am- 11am-12pm 11am- 11am- 11am- lengers 3pm 3:30pm 2pm 12pm on Flute 12pm J-Indie: 12pm 12pm 12pm $20 Opening 11:30am- Music Billy West, 11am-1pm Ceremonies Bad Anime Outside of 12:30pm Nightmares Jacob 12pm Setup 3pm-4pm the Anime BlazBlu CP Asian Ball Manic Ex- Cardfight Sailor 3:30pm- Grady, Meet the Evan- 3pm- 3pm Joint Doll pression: Vanguard Moon, 4:30pm Blake Fos- Power gelion Chuck 4pm 4:30pm Panel and Creative Tourna- Fullmetal Marble Soul Eater, ter, Michael Billy West: Rangers 1.11 Huber conSAFE Whose Line Meet Up Chaos ment $5 Alchemist Hornets Animerica: Attack on Copon, The Man 12pm-1pm YANA 12pm-1pm 4pm-5pm is it Anime? 12pm-1pm 12pm-1pm 12pm-3pm 12pm-1pm Q&A Cover By Free Titan Hilary of Many 12pm Rental Shepard 1pm (13+) Magic Date Auc- We Cover Pokemon Voices Indie Com- Magica 4:30pm- 12:30pm- Persona -Com- tion Set-up Meet the Shadows Meet Chris LIVE! League Vampire 12:30pm- FMA: ics and Self Pokemon 5pm 4pm 5:30pm 2pm Panel mander Super Villains by Sonny Rager 4:30pm- 4pm-6pm Ultimate Knight 1:30pm Through Publishing 1pm-2pm 1pm-2pm MOSH $5 Smash 5pm-6pm Strait 5pm-6pm 5:30pm Marvel VS 5pm-6pm the eyes 1pm-2pm gamer0.15 1pm-4pm Bros. 5pm-6pm Do you like Capcom 3 of Maes 1:30pm- Melee Dante’s Questions? 5pm-6pm Hughes Beyond 2:30pm 1pm-2pm Fabulous 5:30pm- 2pm 1:30pm- The 6pm Film- Making Berri~ Soul Eater Date Auc- 6:30pm Magic Y.Hakusho, YT Cracker, 2:30pm SHIELD: Meet Billy making Comics Team!’s time! With Meet the Marble tion (15+) FNM-Stan- Katekyo Starf, V is SHIELD’s King of West with Chuck w/ Manga Voca- TeyaBerri Concert Dr.Stein Iwatobi Hetalia Hornets, 5pm- Rose of dard $5 H.R. For Villains Role In Tokyo-Free 6pm-7pm Huber Studio loid Power solo event! Setup and Lord Swim Team 2pm-3pm Billy West 6:30pm Ver- 6:30pm- 6pm-7pm 6pm-7pm Meet David The Marvel 2pm-4pm 6pm-7pm 6pm-7pm Hour! 6pm- 2pm- Death 2pm-3pm 2pm-3pm sailles 10pm Kaye Cinematic 6:30pm- 7:30pm 3:30pm 2pm-3pm 6pm Super 2:30pm- Universe 7pm CosFluff: 7:30pm Meet John Smash Chuck 3:30pm 2pm-3pm Hetalia Plus Size Bros. 3DS 2pm Formal Ask Marce- Swasey Dragon Huber Cosplay 7pm-8pm 3pm Clifford Dance Les- line! Olivia 7pm-8pm Ball 7pm-8pm 7pm-8pm Vampire Chapin, sons Olsen Q&A 7pm-8pm Weis Webfiction- Magic- Queen and Chris Rag- 7:30pm- 7:30pm- Masquer- Developing Head Plot Hole... Schwarz 8pm Hercule: Writing Conspiracy a Doofen- Lauren Bleach er, John 8:30pm 8:30pm BIG DUMB ade Run a Horror Canon or Not? Tourna- Your Hero Stories Draft shmirtz: Tom Q&A 3pm-4pm Swasey, Geeking Hetalia ACTION Through Comic! 3pm-4pm 3pm-4pm ment $5 All Hallows 8pm-9pm Online Ris- 8pm- Meet Oliva 3:30pm- Sonny Out with Truth-or- PANEL 3:30pm- 3:30pm- 3pm-4pm Ball 8pm-9pm torante 11:30pm Olsen! 4:30pm Strait Cliff Dare! 8pm- 5pm 4:30pm 8:30pm- Para- 3:30pm- 3pm-4pm 8:30pm- 8:30pm- 9:30pm 9pm 10pm We Are The Rkade diso 4pm 4:30pm Homestuck Cosplay YTCracker, 9:30pm Not Gamer 9:30pm (18+) 8pm One Meet Shipping Chess for Yu-Gi-Oh StarF, V is Girls How to dj 9pm- Mark Piece Chuck Panel! Charity 4pm-5pm for Villains 9pm-10pm with Dj 0s0 10:30pm Starks’ 4pm Huber 4pm-5pm (Children’s 4pm-5pm 9:30pm- Martian 4:30pm- Truth or 10pm How To Ecchi for 10:30pm 5pm 2 Motion 5:30pm Women Dare with Aria the CLAMP, Make A You and Are You a David Kaye Comic Magic Rave in Geek the Survey Anima- Ouran Jacob Webseries Me (18+) Werewolf Q&A We Are Book Draft-$15 Toys Part The Mas- Culture Corps tion High Grady, Setup 10pm- 10pm- Panty 9pm-12am 5pm-6pm Spartans: A 4:30pm- 6pm-8pm The Bad 1-Light querade School Blake Fos- 11pm 11pm and Halo Panel 5pm-6pm 5pm- 5pm String 5pm-7pm 5:30pm Host Club ter, Michael Fanfiction Stock- (13+) 6:30pm (Poi) 5pm-6pm Copon, Panel ing 5:30pm- 11pm Visual 10:30pm- 6pm The People Adventure Hilary Werewolf 10:30pm- 10pm 6:30pm Novels Games 12pm 11:30pm Vs. Zack Maximux- Shepard, Back to the Power Dean and and Eroge 11pm- Sound Snyder El- Free Mario Jason (18+) Futurama: Ask John Rangers: Cas’s Un- 6pm-7pm 6pm-8pm Faunt, Lau- Friday’s An- 12:30am Checks hazard Kart 8 11pm- with Fry Swasey! Ultra Turbo natural Fan ren Tom 12am ime Dance 6pm 6pm-7pm 12:30am and Amy 6:30pm- Zeo Time Time. 5pm-6pm Party Settlers of (18+) WTF 7pm 6:30pm- 7:30pm Force 6:30pm- 11pm-3am Catan 7-9p is Hentai 2: 7:30pm 6pm-7pm 7:30pm Resurrec- Video Gaming, Tabletop Gaming, and ConSweet close at 2am. 1am tion of the E**ction 12:30am+ EVENTS AT META CON Sat. Main Panel 1 Panel 2 Panel 3 Panel 4 Panel 5 Video Tabletop VideoGame Meetups Autographs

FAKKU Singing Berri~ Q&A (18+) Shipping So, You and How to Team!’s 8pm 7:30pm- and Gender Think Saturday Rock at it: Halloween Urusei 9pm Swap You Can Concert with Olivia Concert! Yatsura (18+) K-Pop? 8:30pm- Olsen 7:30pm 8pm- 8pm-9pm 8pm-9pm 11pm 8pm-9pm 9:30pm StarF: 8pm- 9pm Super High 8:40pm Q&A with Homestuck School YTCracker: Marble Chris In the T or D Trial of Johaness 8:50pm- Hornets Rager Galaxy-K- 9pm- Despair Sebastian 9:35pm Live Com- 9pm-10pm pop at its 10:30pm 9pm-10pm Joust STD: mentary finest! 9pm-10pm 9:30pm- 9:30pm- Vam- 10pm 9:45pm- The Are You a 10:30pm 10:30pm Dantes’ 10:30pm Awesome pire Werewolf Prin- Villains: Dating Glow, LED Bad Fanfic- 9pm-12am cess 10:45pm- Advice and Rave tion II: Miyu 11:45pm (18+) Toy Tricks Immortal 10pm 10pm- 10pm- Boogaloo 11pm Hentai 11:30pm 11pm Rocky 10:30pm- Ashura Worth Setup Horror vs 12am 12am Watching WTF is Repo! (18+) Ecchi 2: Have you 10:30pm- ever tried 12am Saturday’s 11pm- Shimapan- 12am to Voice Meta Dance 12:30am dering Video Gaming, Tabletop Gaming, and ConSweet close at 2am. a Hentai? 12am-3am 11:30pm- 1:30am 11pm-12 (18+)

Friday Events stuff. April Choi Meet Clifford Chapin Friday: 1:00pm - 2:00pm Panel Room 2 Ghostly Experiences: Q+A with Brandy Green He’s been in the hit series Attack on Titan as Conny Springer, and Friday: 2:30pm - 3:30pm Panel Room 3 here to meet you and talk about his experiences and roles in the She’s been seen on hit shows like Ghost Hunters International, and voice acting industry! now she’s here at Meta Con to share her experiences not just in the Clifford Chapin paranormal investigation world, but in her new comic book adven- tures as well! Web Comics with THE Sonny Strait Brandy Green Friday: 1:30pm - 2:30pm Panel Room 3 You WILL believe that a voice actor CAN draw! Sonny Strait is here Opening Ceremonies to tell you how its done and how to have fun doing it. Friday: 3:00pm - 4:00pm Main Events Sonny Strait Come one, come all, to the opening ceremonies of Meta Con 2014. Meet the guests. Discover the events. Learn the rules. Official Event, Jason Faunt, Michael Copon, Hilary Shepard, Erin Cahill, Blake Power Rangers Q&A Foster, Billy West, Olivia Olson, David Kaye Friday: 2:00pm - 3:00pm Panel Room 1 Wanna know what it’s like to be one of the most iconic child hood J-Indie: Music Outside of the Anime Sphere heroes? Come on in and ask the Power Rangers just that! Friday: 3:00pm - 4:30pm Panel Room 4 Michael Copon, Hilary Shepard, Erin Cahill, Blake Foster Japanese music isn’t just idols and anime openings. Come join us to learn about the thriving Japanese indie scene! Anime Q&A with Chuck Huber Ayakano Friday: 2:00pm - 3:00pm Panel Room 2 Ask all! Hetalia, DBZ, Yu Yu, Soul Eater, Shin Chan, Sgt. Frog, etc... Bad Anime Nightmares Chuck Huber Friday: 3:30pm - 4:30pm Panel Room 3 We’ve all been there: you couldn’t be more excited to watch a show, Social Dancing Part 1 - Ballroom Dance only to find out it’s the worst thing since rotten meat. Come to hear Friday: 2:00pm - 3:00pm Panel Room 4 Will and JT’s worst picks and share your own horror stories! Would you like to learn more about dance than just what you got Animericashow.com out of the basic lessons for the ball? We have a professional dance instructor teach you the more advanced dance styles and moves. Most of this panel will focus on ballroom dancing and older classy Marble Hornets Q&A Sat. Main Panel 1 Panel 2 Panel 3 Panel 4 Panel 5 Video Tabletop VideoGame Meetups Autographs Sun. Main Panel 1 Panel 2 Panel 3 Panel 4 Panel 5 Video Tabletop VideoGame Meetups Autographs 10am Morning FAKKU Decepticons Hetalia Naruto Singing Berri~ to Dog De- Truth-or- After Panel Sekirei Q&A (18+) Shipping So, You 10am- and How to Team!’s mons with Dare 10am- 10am Clifford 8pm 7:30pm- and Gender Think 11am Saturday Rock at it: Halloween Urusei David Kaye 10am- 11am Chapin, 9pm Swap You Can Concert with Olivia Concert! Yatsura 11am 10am-11am 11am Pokemon Billy West, (18+) K-Pop? Cosplay Fannon 8:30pm- Olsen 7:30pm 8pm- Intro to Pre- One Piece, Lauren 8pm-9pm 8pm-9pm For Begin- and Ship- 11pm 8pm-9pm 9:30pm Tokusatsu Release-XY Loveless Tom ners ping (13+) StarF: 8pm- 11am- Phantom 11am- 10:30am- 9pm Super High Power 11am- 11am- 8:40pm Q&A with Homestuck Training 12pm Forces $30 12pm 11:30am School Clifford Rangers 12:30pm 12pm YTCracker: Marble Chris In the T or D that makes 11am-2pm Trial of Johaness Chapin Sunday 8:50pm- Hornets Rager Galaxy-K- 9pm- a Sword Despair Sebastian 12pm Q&A Q&A David 9:35pm Live Com- 9pm-10pm pop at its 10:30pm Master Gather- Before Line 9pm-10pm Joust 11:30am- 11am- Free: Iwa- Kaye, John STD: mentary finest! 11:30am- ing of the Create Page One- Barrels Pokemon 9pm-10pm 12:30pm 12pm Magic tobi Swim Swasey, 9:45pm- 9:30pm- The 9:30pm- Vam- Are You a 12:30pm Planes- Your Attack Creating a of Iron Meetup 10pm on Titan Draft - $15 Club Olivia 10:30pm 10:30pm Dantes’ 10:30pm Awesome pire Werewolf walkers Character 12pm- 12pm-1pm Character 12pm-3pm 12pm-1pm Olson Villains: Dating Glow, LED Prin- 9pm-12am 12pm-1pm 12pm-1pm 1:30pm Bad Fanfic- 12:30pm- 12pm-1pm 10:45pm- Advice and Rave cess tion II: 1pm Acting 1:30pm 11:45pm (18+) Toy Tricks Miyu Immortal Workshop Meet Lau- Star Trek: Anime Modoka Jason 10pm- 10pm- 10pm Social Boogaloo with Chuck ren Tom Intolerance Trivia Magica Faunt, 11pm Hentai 11:30pm 11pm Dancing II Rocky 10:30pm- Ashura Huber 1pm-2pm 1pm-2pm 1pm-2pm 1pm-2pm Michael Worth Swing Setup Horror vs 12am 12am 1pm-2pm Copon, Watching WTF is Dance Blake Fos- Repo! Have you (18+) Ecchi 2: So You 1:30pm- ter, Hilary 10:30pm- ever tried 2 PM Fanfiction 12am Saturday’s 11pm- Shimapan- Want to Be How Does 2:30pm Gundam Shepard 12am to Voice & OCs Meta Dance 12:30am dering Video Gaming, Tabletop Gaming, and ConSweet close at 2am. an Artist? You were Sunday’s So Much Rave 2pm-3pm 12pm-1pm a Hentai? 2pm-3pm Strike 12am-3am 11:30pm- 2pm-3pm told there Anime VA Great SF Toys Part 11pm-12 Witches 1:30am would be Guest Q&A Come Out 2-Light (18+) 2pm- cookies: A Session of Min- Sticks Crossplay 3:30pm 3 PM Dark side 2pm-3pm nesota? (Staff) Pokemon goes both Death Note Introduc- 2pm-3pm 2:30pm- Shipping ways. 3pm-4pm tion 3:30pm 3pm-4pm 3pm-4pm 2:30pm- Monster 3:30pm Hunter The Ninja Panel Panel 4 PM 3:30pm- 3:30pm- Inuyasha 4:30pm 5pm 4pm-5pm

5 PM Closing Ceremonies Video Gaming, Tabletop Gaming, and ConSweet close at 5pm. 5pm-6pm

Friday: 4:00pm - 5:00pm Panel Room 2 We Shadows by Sonny Strait Come ask the creators of Marble Hornets any and all questions Friday: 5:00pm - 6:00pm Panel Room 2 related to the series! Finally! The long awaited Sequel to A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Marble Hornets Sorry Shakespeare, we could wait no longer. Come listen to Sonny talk about his Journey in writing this comic that blends elements conSAFE from The Ugly Duckling, Arthurian legend and A Midsummer Night’s Dream into a modern day, wackes out tale of its own with snappy Friday: 4:00pm - 5:00pm Panel Room 1 This is a brief introduction to awareness and personal protection dialogue, dead-on comic timing and trippy visuals. for convention attendees. It will highlight a few points to consider as Sonny Strait you plan your convention activities. It will include some “hands on” participation! Meet Chris Rager White Tiger Martial Arts Friday: 5:00pm - 6:00pm Panel Room 3 Chris Rager, beloved voice of Hercule and King Yemma on DBZ, Animerica Presents: Cover By Cover LIVE! hosts a panel all about his work in anime. Friday: 4:30pm - 5:30pm Panel Room 4 Chris Rager Will Ryan and JT Kamp bring their popular review show to the stage for a live anime review right in your face! It’s raucous, it’s informa- Meet the Villains tive, it’s potentially unfair: It’s Cover By Cover LIVE! Friday: 5:00pm - 6:00pm Panel Room 1 Animericashow.com These villains have banded together to fight against a corrupt sys- tem and also to play some serious ASS KICKING ROCK MUSIC! Learn about this new breed of entertainment in this Q&A panel. Lord Death from Soul Eater and many, MANY more! V is for Villains John Swasey

Dante’s Fabulous Date Auction (15+) Formal Dance Lessons Friday: 5:00pm - 6:30pm Main Events Friday: 7:30pm - 8:30pm Main Events Want the world’s greatest matchmaker to sell you to the highest bid- Don’t know how to dance? It’s not too hard, and our professional der? Well that’s what you’ll find here! This is a fun interactive event instructor will make sure you’ve got everything you need to know for and your guaranteed to walk away with a date to the dance or rave! the Fantasy Ball. The waltz is just four steps - how hard can it be? Buying or Selling this is THE event to attend! Official Event Dante Kaiba Ask Marceline! Olivia Olsen Q&A Do you like Questions? Friday: 7:30pm - 8:30pm Panel Room 1 Friday: 5:30pm - 6:30pm Panel Room 4 She’s a talented actress, singer and much more! Come in and ask Based on the popular Who’s Line is it Anyway Question game. Test Olivia Olson the questions you’ve always had! your wits against one another. Open to anyone brave enough. Olivia Olson The Chaotic Ants Hercule: Your Hero Meet Billy West Friday: 8:00pm - 9:00pm Panel Room 2 Friday: 6:00pm - 7:00pm Panel Room 1 Join Chris Rager as he answers all your questions about DBZ (or Are you a fan of his neumerous voices on Futurama? Or perhaps anything else you might want to ask...) in awe at his amazing voice career? Come on in and meet the one Chris Rager and only, Billy West! Billy West Webfiction - Writing Stories Online Friday: 8:00pm - 9:00pm Panel Room 4 Film-making with Chuck Huber Some people make webcomics, others create novels and short Friday: 6:00pm - 7:00pm Panel Room 2 stories. One chapter at a time, these writer share their works as they Afraid to make a movie? Don’t be after this panel. Q & A with some write them. demonstration of basic film making Fes Works Chuck Huber BIG DUMB ACTION PANEL Making Comic Page with Manga Studio Friday: 8:00pm - 9:30pm Panel Room 5 Friday: 6:00pm - 7:00pm Panel Room 3 DO YOU LIKE EXPLOSIONS AND GUNS? WANNA SEE SOME Have you ever wanted to tackle the program “Manga Studio” to cre- BUTTS BEING KICKED? Come join us for the best of action mov- ate your own comics? Well this is the place to start! Come in and ies, comics, video games, and TV shows. join comic artist guest John Bivens in this amazing workshop. Adurna Nagra John Bivens, Sonny Strait All Hallows Ball Berri~Team!’s TeyaBerri solo event! Friday: 8:30pm - 10:00pm Main Events Friday: 6:00pm - 7:30pm Panel Room 5 You are hereby cordially invited to Meta Con’s Fantasy Masked Ball. Hi everybody! TeyaBerri here! While you celebrated your pre- The Fantasy Ball is your chance to experience a delightful formal halloween with Berri~Team at Anime Fusion, let’s have another fun dance in a social setting. Dress nicely and come to meet people, celebration with me, TeyaBerri! This will be a solo event with fun dance, and socialize. games, trivia, and of course singing and dancing from the ace of Official Event Berri~Team! Happy Halloween! It’s time for a trick and treat! TeyaBerri Geeking Out with Cliff Friday: 8:30pm - 9:30pm Panel Room 1 Vocaloid Power Hour! Come in and talk about things like comic books and video games Friday: 6:30pm - 7:30pm Panel Room 4 with Clifford Chapin. It’s just a open forum panel that let’s him get to Join the Crypton crew as we dance to your favorite vocaloid songs know the fans, and lets them get to know him as well! in a concert-like performance! Get ready to watch, cheer, and dance Clifford Chapin along with us as we all enjoy our love of vocaloids! The Crypton Crew Hetalia Truth-or-Dare! Friday: 8:30pm - 9:30pm Panel Room 3 CosFluff: Plus Size Cosplay Got a burning question or juicy dare for your favorite nation personi- Friday: 7:00pm - 8:00pm Panel Room 3 fication? Drop by and we will answer your question or do your dare! Fabulous Costumes come in all shapes and sizes. Nervous about Join the Hetalia countries for a panel of worldy proportions! how to start a cosplay? This panel is teaches you all about that and Francypants III how to be an amazing cosplayer who just happens to have curves. Emily Harms We Are Not Gamer Girls Friday: 9:00pm - 10:00pm Panel Room 2 Meet John Swasey Are you sick of “stereotypes” about female gamers? So are we! Friday: 7:00pm - 8:00pm Panel Room 2 Come talk to a host of real female game fans and help break the Come meet John Swasey the voice of Black Butler’s Undertaker, stereotype of us chewing on a controller in our underwear. Emily Harms, Amanda Atkins Join us for Meta Con’s Anime Dance party! With epic music, epic sound, epic lights. The Rkade (18+) Official Event Friday: 9:00pm - 10:30pm Panel Room 4 We are a general all gaming podcast, that touch on all things gam- WTF is Hentai 2: Resurrection of the Erection ing, news on upcoming games and consoles to what we’ve been Friday: 12:30am - 2:00am Panel Room 2 playing all the way to table top, we do what we love and love what Shibari, tentacles, monster girls, oh my. We have so much in store we do!!! for you in the world of hentai. Are you feeling brave tonight? Sean Rose Adurna Nagra

How to dj with Dj 0s0 Saturday Events Friday: 9:30pm - 10:30pm Panel Room 3 DJ Oso will teach people how to dj. CosPlus Marcos Ramos Saturday: 10:00am - 11:00am Panel Room 1 Join two of the Daikon girls for an hour of cosplay tips, tricks, and How To Make A Webseries ideas by plus sized cosplayers: for plus sized cosplayers. Discuss Friday: 10:00pm - 11:00pm Panel Room 1 things such as finding/modifying patterns, design modification, and The creators of Marble Hornets talk about what they’ve learned over competing in cosplay contests. We welcome people of all shapes, the last five years of making a hit YouTube series sizes, races, and genders to come hang out with us and discuss the Marble Hornets many considerations of cosplaying plus sized. Bryar and Rioso of Daikon Cosplay Ecchi for You and Me (18+) Friday: 10:00pm - 11:00pm Panel Room 2 Infamous Luminosity @Meta-Con Our panel of experts discuss the genre of ecchi and show their Saturday: 10:00am - 11:00am Panel Room 5 favorite clips from the best ecchi around. Come one and come all! Come witness the panel of an upcoming Shirtless Man Brigade Youtaite duo, Infamous Luminosity!! We’ll be singing English and Japanese songs from Vocaloid!! Hopefully we’ll switch it into maxi- Rave Toys Part 1 - Light String (Poi) mum OGREdrive~ Friday: 10:30pm - 11:30pm Panel Room 5 Thoma We love to see spinning light things at our dances, but what are they? Come learn about and how to use some cool light up toys you Dr. Stein’s Grand Symposium on Time Travel might see. Each of these panels has something of a focus, but we Saturday: 10:00am - 11:00am Panel Room 2 can cover everything including poi, staffs, hoops, many others, or Interested in what the future has to hold? Let me, Dr. Franken Stein feel free to bring your own. Our instructor will be glad to show you guide you on your quest to understand just what Spacetime has in some cool things to do in the rave and on the dance floor to impress store for us, whether you’re a novice or know loads, this panel will your friends. The goal is to learn new things while keeping everyone be highly enjoyable. We’ll cover means of Time Travel, effects, Para- safe and to have fun while dancing with lights. doxes, Time Loops, Alternate Histories and Alternate Realities. We’ll April Choi also be pointing out instances of Time Travel in pop culture, Anime, Sci-Fi and Videogames. All you’ve got to worry about is the risk of The Bad Fanfiction Panel me dissecting you. Friday: 10:30pm - 12:00pm Panel Room 4 Dr. Stein Animerica hosts Will Ryan and JT Kamp bring their fan fiction spec- tacular back to Minnesota after rocking the house at Animinneapolis Soopernatural just a few short months ago. Prepare to laugh until you cry! Saturday: 11:00am - 12:00pm Panel Room 2 Animericashow.com Hello I am Castiel an angel of the Lord. I have brought my two hu- man companions the Winchesters to answer your questions. I hope Visual Novels and Eroge (18+) they come alone. Friday: 11:00pm - 12:30am Panel Room 1 Castiel Join the moderators of FAKKU as they discuss the culture of visual novels and eroge that emerged in Japan, and how it spawned an Breaking into Podcasting entire industry of anime, manga, and more. The panelists share their Saturday: 11:00am - 12:00pm Panel Room 4 favorite titles and some frequently overlooked ones. Learn how to start your own internet radio show! Get info on tools Jacob Grady and software to use, and how and where to publish it online! Fes Works Werewolf Games Friday: 11:00pm - 12:30am Panel Room 3 Crafting with the everday Come play the game of Werewolf, don’t worry about not knowing Saturday: 11:00am - 12:00pm Panel Room 3 the rules as they are explained for new comers at the start of each Crafting steampunk projects with unlikely yet easy to obtain materi- round. als such as craft and EVA foam and other materials you can find Ben Victim lying around Redbelle Mage Friday’s Anime Dance Party Friday: 11:00pm - 3:00am Main Events Way of the Sword 11 Saturday: 11:00am - 12:00pm Main Events Come join us for a short informational discussion about BJDs fol- A demonstration with Q&A based on the proper use of a the sword lowed by a meet up where doll owners and enthusiasts can meet based on the Korean sword of Haidong Gumdo and features forms, one and other, show off their dolls and take lots of pictures. No food fighting drills & cutting. The focus is upon battlefield application or drinks please! Children must be supervised. of sword techniques and cutting. It is not for sport as many other Kassy martial arts are. White Tiger Haidong Gumdo Manic Expression: Creative Chaos Saturday: 12:00pm - 1:00pm Panel Room 4 Beyond Marvel & DC Manic-Expression.com ia a collaborative community of bloggers, Saturday: 11:00am - 12:00pm Panel Room 1 video producers and podcasters. Founded in 2012, the site has Join our panel for a expansive journey through the comic book grown to over 400 members and produced a feature length docu- universes that AREN’T Marvel and DC, as well as lively discussion mentary, Creative Chaos. Learn how you can become a part of this on why the so-called, third-party characters and titles don’t get more thriving community of friends and artists. attention from the public at-large. James Walsh Taylor Cisco Billy West: The Man of Many Voices Japanese Music: Live on Flute Saturday: 12:30pm - 1:30pm Panel Room 1 Saturday: 11:30am - 12:30pm Panel Room 5 Dr. Zoidberg all the way to Elmer Fudd, Billy West is a man of many Anime, video game, and background music live on flute. Ranges talents! Come in and see just how he does it in this amazing panel! from obsecure sounds to notable sounds. Wanna take a break and Billy West listen to some live music, come in and sit down. Suitable for every- one for wanting to relax or even sing-a-long. Come one come all too Whose Line is it Anime? (13+) hear music they might even recognize. Saturday: 12:30pm - 2:00pm Main Events Angel Don’t you love that wacky show “Whose line?” well come meet our expert actors. They’ll make you roll on the floor, holding your sides in Indie Comics and Self Publishing this silly improv panel. Saturday: 1:00pm - 2:00pm Panel Room 3 Emily Harms, Dante Kaiba Have you ever thought when looking at a comic “I would like to do this!”? Join this panel discussion and bring your questions as we Soul Eater time! With Dr.Stein and Lord Death cover Creator Owned Independent Comic Book topics such as: Saturday: 2:00pm - 3:00pm Panel Room 1 Process, Printing, Professionalism, and anything else you may want Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of Soul to know to help you get your own project off the ground! Eater? Or had a question for Lord Death, Dr. Stein and Asuna? Anthony Hary Then this is the place to be! Voice actors Chuck Huber, John Swasey and Chris Patton will be hosting this pannel all about the hit Persona Panel show, Soul Eater. Saturday: 1:00pm - 2:00pm Panel Room 4 John Swasey, Chuck Huber Drop by to discuss Atlus’ renowned Persona series. Be careful, though, you better have been paying attention in class! Meet the Iwatobi Swim Team Shirtless Man Brigade Saturday: 2:00pm - 3:00pm Panel Room 3 The boys from the Iwatobi Swim Team are dropping by Meta Con! FMA: Through the eyes of Maes Hughes Join them for the opportunity to get to know your favorite characters. Saturday: 1:30pm - 2:30pm Panel Room 2 Shirtless Man Brigade Its never easy being backup to an unstable boss. Especially when he plays with fire. Oh! have you seen the latest pics of my daughter! Beyond The SHIELD: A Conversation About SHIELD’s Isn’t she adorable?! I will show you those later. I have a story tell. It Role In The Marvel Cinematic Universe deals with the factual truth of what really happens in Central Com- Saturday: 2:00pm - 3:00pm Panel Room 4 mand. Adam Wells and Mitra Nelson lead a conversation about Agents of Sonny Strait SHIELD role in the grand scheme of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as well as theorize about things coming up in season 2. There will gamer0.15 be audience participation as well as Marvel and SHIELD trivia for Saturday: 1:30pm - 2:30pm Panel Room 5 prizes. This is about a manga gamer o.15 that I have made giving out cop- Adam Wells ies of fan art from my manga with my facebook page and what its about Meet David Kaye maku Saturday: 2:30pm - 3:30pm Panel Room 2 He’s voiced the decepticon, Megatron and many more! David Kaye Meet the Power Rangers is here and ready to meet his fans and share his stories! Saturday: 12:00pm - 1:00pm Panel Room 2 David Kaye Shift into Turbo! Time for Time Force! Come in and meet the Power Rangers from the Turbo and Time force sagas! Plot Hole... or Not? Jason Faunt, Michael Copon, Hilary Shepard, Erin Cahill, Blake Foster Saturday: 3:00pm - 4:00pm Panel Room 5 Plot holes. Our favorite movies are FULL of them! … or are they? Asian Ball Joint Doll Panel and Meet Up What if it can be explained, but never was? Saturday: 12:00pm - 1:00pm Panel Room 3 Fes Works Truth or Dare with the Survey Corps Head Canon Saturday: 5:00pm - 6:30pm Panel Room 4 Saturday: 3:00pm - 4:00pm Panel Room 4 A simple truth or dare panel! Audience asked someone up at the This ain’t no slash-fic! We’re talking Fan theories that elevate and desk truth or dare.... And etc. enhance the canonical stories, characters and properties and why Connie Springer the digital age- particularly with mainstream outlets like Amazon Worlds- is the best time to be a superfan. The Masquerade Taylor Cisco Saturday: 5:00pm - 7:00pm Main Events The Masquerade is our mainstage costume and cosplay competi- Lauren Tom Q&A tion, featuring some of the most spectacular costumes. Complete Saturday: 3:30pm - 4:30pm Panel Room 3 rules and signup information are on another page in this book. Join Lauren and ask her the questions you’ve been dying to find Anyone can watch (and everyone should!), but participants must out! Want to know what her favorite role to play was? Or which me- sign up in advance. Have an amazing cosplay? Think it’s worthy of dium she prefers to preform in? Come on in and ask! a prize or medal? Come and show it off in the Masqurade! Best of Lauren Tom luck to all that enter! Official Event Vampire Queen and a Doofenshmirtz: Meet Oliva Olsen! Saturday: 3:30pm - 4:30pm Panel Room 1 We Are Spartans: A Halo Panel (13+) You’ve heard her as the vampire queen marceline! Join us and meet Saturday: 5:30pm - 6:30pm Panel Room 2 Olivia Olson the taltented actress behind the microphone. Anything and Everything Halo! From gameplay, to story, to Fan videos and cosplay. Both a long term Halo fanboy and a newbie, Olivia Olson are here to answer your questions about everything from the game Developing a Horror Comic! structure, to how you can make your own Spartan Armor. Dante Ishtar, Zion Burger Saturday: 3:30pm - 4:30pm Panel Room 2 Does the spooky and scary thrill you? Especially in comic form? Well then come on in and learn how to create your own thrilling hor- Power Rangers: Ultra Turbo Zeo Time Force ror comic with renowned artist John Bivens. Saturday: 6:00pm - 7:00pm Panel Room 3 It’s Power Rangers time! Come in and meet some of your favorite John Bivens Power Rangers from Turbo and Time force! Homestuck Shipping Panel! Jason Faunt, Michael Copon, Hilary Shepard, Erin Cahill, Blake Foster Saturday: 4:00pm - 5:00pm Panel Room 4 Join your adorable hostess Nepeta, as we explore the world of The People Vs. Zack Snyder ships! We’ll play games, answer questions, and go over your favou- Saturday: 6:00pm - 7:00pm Panel Room 5 rite ships! Less a panel than a mock trial/hearing, panelist accuse and defend the comic book/genre films of Zack Snyder-Man of Steel, Watch- Bea men, 300, Sucker Punch-as well as other abhorred fandom films (such as Star Trek-Into Darkness, Prometheus, Amazing Spiderman Meet Chuck Huber 2, Ghost Rider:Spirit of Vengeance and X-Men:The Last Stand)with Saturday: 4:30pm - 5:30pm Panel Room 2 the audience as jury. Meet Chuck Huber - voice of Garlic Jr, Android 17, Hiei, Stein, Shou Taylor Cisco Tucker, and many more. Chuck Huber Back to the Futurama: with Fry and Amy Saturday: 6:30pm - 7:30pm Panel Room 1 Mark Starks’ Martian 2 Motion Comic Book Come on in and listen to tales from behind the scenes of Futurama Saturday: 4:30pm - 5:30pm Panel Room 5 with your two favorite voice actors, Billy West and Lauren Tom! Mark Starks, creator of the “Martian” Motion Comic Book series, Billy West, Lauren Tom hosts a special screening of “Martian 2” and invites aspiring voice actors to read for a role in “Martian 3!” Ask John Swasey! Mark Starks Saturday: 6:30pm - 7:30pm Panel Room 2 Do you have questions you need to have answered? Then come David Kaye Q&A on in and ask John Swasey! He’s here to share with you his favorite Saturday: 5:00pm - 6:00pm Panel Room 1 roles, stories and much more! Have a question for the dog demon, Sesshomaru from Inyasha? Or John Swasey perhaps just for the actor, David Kaye behind the mic? This is the place to do it! Dean and Cas’s Unnatural Fan Time. David Kaye Saturday: 6:30pm - 7:30pm Panel Room 4 Come chill with Castiel (Kevin) and Dean (Anastasia) as they dive Women in Geek Culture into the fandom known as Supernatural and do random activities Saturday: 5:00pm - 6:00pm Panel Room 3 during the panel for all of you fans! Some of the activities may be The portrayal of women in media, bringing awareness of how differ- Q&A about the show (To the best of their knowledge), games like ent tropes and memes continue to stigmatize women’s presence in truth and dare, shipping, and other fun stuff! geek culture, and how we can move forward and make a difference. Maleficent Castiel Aurora Bubbaloo 13 FAKKU Q&A (18+) Shirtless Man Brigade Saturday: 7:30pm - 9:00pm Panel Room 2 General question and answer session with the creator and modera- Homestuck T or D tors of FAKKU, the largest English speaking hentai website in the Saturday: 9:00pm - 10:30pm Panel Room 5 world. Truth or dare ran by The Disciple and Nepeta. Where you can dare Jacob Grady homestuck characters to do stuff :33 The Disciple Berri~Team!’s Halloween Concert! Saturday: 7:30pm - 9:00pm Panel Room 5 Marble Hornets Live Commentary Ready for tricks, treats, and.. idols?Berri~Team will fill your heart Saturday: 9:30pm - 10:30pm Panel Room 1 with excitement this Halloween through anime-pop, J-pop, and Join the creators of Marble Hornets as they do a live commentary K-pop songs! Be ready to learn the art of wotagei and to have fun over their series, giving unique insight into the creation of the series. singing and dancing along to your favorite songs with the Minneso- Marble Hornets ta-based idol group “Berri~Team!” And we won’t forget the Hallow- een treats! In the Galaxy - K-pop at its finest! TeyaBerri Saturday: 9:30pm - 10:30pm Panel Room 3 Come and express your knowledge and talent for K-pop, and for the Live - StarF curious ones, keokjeongmaseyo! (Don’t worry!) Just sit back, relax Saturday: 8:00pm - 8:40pm Main Events and watch us Hallyu fans show you what we’re mostly all about! StarF performs Nerdcore rap like you’ve never heard before! With music videos, dancing, and even singing! StarF Ricky Yin

Singing and How to Rock at it: with Olivia Olsen Live - Schaffer the Darklord Saturday: 8:00pm - 9:00pm Panel Room 1 Saturday: 9:45pm - 10:30pm Main Events Singing on various stages through the country, Olivia Olson isn’t just Schaffer the Darklord is the Rappist and he will perform an epic an amazing voice actress, but an amazing singer as well! Come in concert here. and hear some of her tips on how she sings so amazingly! Schaffer the Darklord Olivia Olson Awesome Glow, LED and Rave Toy Tricks Shipping and Gender Swap (18+) Saturday: 10:00pm - 11:00pm Panel Room 4 Saturday: 8:00pm - 9:00pm Panel Room 3 We love to see spinning light things at our dances, but what are Sometimes we REALLY don’t get what we want, or feel we are not they? Come learn about and how to use some cool light up toys you represented enough in a popular media. So we create our our ver- might see. Each of these panels has something of a focus, but we sions. can cover everything including poi, staffs, hoops, many others, or Fes Works feel free to bring your own. Our instructor will be glad to show you some cool things to do in the rave and on the dance floor to impress So, You Think You Can K-Pop? your friends. The goal is to learn new things while keeping everyone Saturday: 8:00pm - 9:00pm Panel Room 4 safe and to have fun while dancing with lights. Have you ever watched a show like, “So You Think You Can Dance” April Choi or “Dancing With the Stars”? This event is exactly like that: K-pop edition! We’re going to show you step-by-step numbers from your The Dantes’ Dating Advice (18+) favorite K-pop artists, and soon enough, you’ll be rocking that stage Saturday: 10:00pm - 11:30pm Panel Room 2 with your favorite idol! (We can dream, right?) Do you find yourself faltering with the ladies? Do you just not know Marisa Smith how to whoo that special person? Our experts will show you how it’s done! Dante will answer all your dating questions and many more! Live - YTCracker Dante Kaiba, Dante Ishtar Saturday: 8:50pm - 9:35pm Main Events Join YTCracker rapping about some of the most old school nerdy Rocky Horror vs Repo! stuff you’ve heard of. SURGE, NES, HACKING, and SPACE. Saturday: 10:30pm - 12:00am Panel Room 3 YTCracker Come all creatures of the night to defend your musical. Will Rocky Horror Time Warp it’s way to victory over Repo! The Genetic Opera Q&A with Chris Rager or will it require some surgery Saturday: 9:00pm - 10:00pm Panel Room 2 CodyLikesYoshis and Vantas Whats the difference between voicing shows and Video games? Well come on and find out with some of our professional voice ac- Bad Fanfiction II: Immortal Boogaloo tors like Chris Rager to share stories about their experiences and Saturday: 10:30pm - 12:00am Panel Room 5 possibly answer your questions. One night is never enough. More hilarious antics, ridiculous stories, Chris Rager and even worse writing! It’s Bad Fanfiction II, and it couldn’t get bet- ter! Super High School Trial of Despair Animericashow.com Saturday: 9:00pm - 10:00pm Panel Room 4 Put your deductive reasoning skills to the test as your life is on the Live - V is for Villains line in a Danganronpa style murder trial! Saturday: 10:45pm - 11:45pm Main Events V is for Villains bring an epic metal experience to the concert stage. Sometimes we don’t get what we want, and we have to make our V is for Villains own head-cannon. Fes Works Hentai Worth Watching (18+) Saturday: 11:00pm - 12:30am Panel Room 1 Intro to Tokusatsu Join the moderators of FAKKU as they watch and provide com- Sunday: 11:00am - 12:00pm Panel Room 3 mentary on select hentai titles, often yielding hilarious results. The With Godzilla having come out recently, the tokusatsu genre is panelists share the stories of how they discovered hentai, and what back in the spotlight again. At this panel, you’ll learn exactly what kept them coming back. tokusatsu is, from the early days of Godzilla and Ultra Q to today’s Jacob Grady television programs and movies. Where’s the best place to get ahold of Super Sentai, the progenitor of Power Rangers? What exactly is a WTF is Ecchi 2: Shimapandering Kamen Rider? Does Ultraman still exist? Why should you care? Saturday: 11:30pm - 1:30am Panel Room 2 Abby Lehrke We’re back with more ecchi. And more fanservice. Wanna come see some stuff that’s risque but kids in Japan watch for comedy? Come Cosplay For Beginners join us for the laughs. Sunday: 11:00am - 12:30pm Panel Room 4 Adurna Nagra Join Daikon Cosplay as we discuss the many different aspects that go into cosplay! We will discuss subjects including how to save Have you ever tried to Voice a Hentai? (18+) money on your cosplay, how to prepare for your first competition, and how in the world you can make a cosplay with coat hangers, Saturday: 11:00pm - 12:00am Panel Room 4 In most hentai within the past something years there hasn’t been a pop tart boxes, and bed posts. great amount of quality in the dubbing of lines that aren’t just bump Daikon Cosplay sack noises. With such wonderful lines like “Would you $*@& a box?” and “P-U-S-S-Y!(Stop it mom!)”, we take lines from random Clifford Chapin Q&A hentai and have YOU, the participant, read it over a hentai scene! Sunday: 11:30am - 12:30pm Panel Room 1 SCP Foundation He has answers for all your nerdy questions! Clifford Chapin is here and ready to talk about his experiences in the voice acting industry. Saturday’s Meta Dance Clifford Chapin Sunday: 12:00am - 3:00am Main Events Join us for Meta Con’s Saturday Dance. Epic music, epic sound, Training that makes a Sword Master epic lights. Featuring DJ 0s0, YTCracker, and Ravepulse. Sunday: 11:30am - 12:30pm Main Events DJ 0s0, YTCracker, Ravepulse A demonstration with Q&A based on the proper use of a the sword as based on battlefield applications from the Haidong Gumdo, a Korean art, curriculum. Discover how much work goes into becom- Sunday Events ing a true sword Master. White Tiger Haidong Gumdo Decepticons to Dog Demons with David Kaye Sunday: 10:00am - 11:00am Main Events Before Page One - Creating a Character How does he do it? From anime icons like Sesshomaru to doing Sunday: 12:00pm - 1:00pm Panel Room 5 voice overs in live action movies, David Kaye does it all! Come in Perhaps you’ve got a great world already written… let’s populate it and listen to his stories from various shows and movies while asking with characters! … Let’s make sure they are unique enough, right? questions of your own! Fes Works David Kaye Gathering of the Planeswalkers Hetalia Truth-or-Dare Sunday: 12:00pm - 1:00pm Panel Room 3 Sunday: 10:00am - 11:00am Panel Room 1 Discuss and play Magic the Gathering with our panelists, including Ever had a question or dare for your favorite human manifestation long time players and a card buyer/judge. of a country? Now’s your chance! Stop by for an hour of devious fun Shirtless Man Brigade with the Hetalia crew! Francis Create Your Attack on Titan Character Sunday: 12:30pm - 1:30pm Panel Room 4 Morning After Panel Come join us as we embark on the journey to create some accurate Sunday: 10:00am - 11:00am Panel Room 3 Attack on Titan OCs. Audience participation will be needed most Ready to go home? No? Well come get some coffee and relax from of the time, but we assure a great time and lots of laughs over the all the partying and such. Let’s get rid of that post-con depression. outcomes. Adurna Nagra Kara Akre

Power Rangers Sunday Q&A Meet Lauren Tom Sunday: 11:00am - 12:00pm Panel Room 2 Sunday: 1:00pm - 2:00pm Panel Room 1 Come meet power rangers from several generations of the show! As the voices of iconic Amy Wong in futurama all the wat to Number Jason Faunt, Michael Copon, Hilary Shepard, Erin Cahill, Blake Foster 3 from Codename Kids Next Door, Lauren Tom is here in all her talented glory to talk with you! Fannon and Shipping (13+) Lauren Tom Sunday: 11:00am - 12:00pm Panel Room 5 Sunday: 2:30pm - 3:30pm Panel Room 4 Acting Workshop with Chuck Huber Part Two! Come in and continue to learn about cool light up toys Sunday: 1:00pm - 2:00pm Main Events you might see in our raves. Each of these panels has something of First twelve people in line get to participate, the rest can ask ques- a focus, but we can cover everything including poi, staffs, hoops, tions and will be the audience. Some basic improv/acting games many others, or feel free to bring your own. Our instructor will be and techniques. glad to show you some cool things to do in the rave and on the dance floor to impress your friends. The goal is to learn new things Chuck Huber while keeping everyone safe and to have fun while dancing with lights. Star Trek: Intolerance April Choi Sunday: 1:00pm - 2:00pm Panel Room 3 Star Trek is widely praised for its seemingly progressive depiction of equality and acceptance. But is that praise deserved? Join our You were told there would be cookies: A Dark side Intro- panel of diehard Trekkies, as they highlight some of the ugly truths duction about life in the 22nd-24th centuries. Sunday: 2:30pm - 3:30pm Panel Room 1 Let the hate flow through you as you realize indeed there are no Taylor Cisco cookies on the dark side. However, what we do possess is plenty of saber wielding and dark knowledge to be learned as the Empire Anime Trivia starts to grow here in the puny midwest region. Want to take on a Sunday: 1:00pm - 2:00pm Panel Room 5 sith apprentice? Or perhaps you just want to rage on how pitiful the Come and test your luck! How well do you know Sailor Moon, jedi are? This panel has it all for you. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and Hetalia? Candy prizes and Darth Trueheart , Darth Pool keychains for the anime champions! Sailor Uranus Crossplay goes both ways. Sunday: 3:00pm - 4:00pm Main Events Social Dancing Part 2 - Swing Dance Have that favorite character that your dying to cosplay but there’s Sunday: 1:30pm - 2:30pm Panel Room 4 the one issue of gender? Well we’ll show you how its done and Continue learning more advanced dance moves at this panel. We done properly. The panel also touches on basic cosplaying tips from won’t stay with just social dances like ballroom and swing, but take costumes to wigs, the differences in behaviors between men and elements from break dancing, belly dancing and hip-hop to add cool women, and the last ten minutes have a wig care tutorial which is a new moves to your own personal flair. Mostly this panel will focus on must see for long haired characters! swing and related stuff though. Dante Kaiba April Choi Pokemon Shipping So You Want to Be an Artist? Sunday: 3:00pm - 4:00pm Panel Room 5 Sunday: 2:00pm - 3:00pm Main Events Come and discuss shipping in the Pokemon universe. Are you an Do you draw or love being creative in your free time? Why not turn PokeShipper or AdvanceShipper or PearlShipper. Come and dis- your side hobby and loves into a paying career? This is a panel cuss with us about Art School and how to improve your talents and how to make CodyLikesYoshis your hobby’s pay for your future! Emily Harms Monster Hunter Panel Sunday: 3:30pm - 4:30pm Panel Room 3 Sunday’s Anime VA Guest Q&A Session Join with fellow Hunters as you discuss your favorite monsters, Sunday: 2:00pm - 3:00pm Panel Room 2 weapons, and band together to take down Big Game. Come to this Q&A on Sunday to meet our anime voice actors and Shirtless Man Brigade ask questions. John Swasey, Chuck Huber, Clifford Chapin, Sonny Strait The Ninja Panel Sunday: 3:30pm - 5:00pm Panel Room 4 Fanfiction & OCs Come test your skills in the game of ninja! A battle tournament to Sunday: 2:00pm - 3:00pm Panel Room 5 see who is best at using their ninja instincts~ Have you ever loved something… maybe a little too much? No? Gray Then you might have made your own original character or story for your favorite shows! Closing Ceremonies Fes Works Sunday: 5:00pm - 6:00pm Main Events The end has come, so please join us for closing ceremonies to say How Does So Much Great SF Come Out of Minnesota? goodbye... but with all new endings, come a new beginning, so we Sunday: 2:00pm - 3:00pm Panel Room 3 will surely see you again soon! Let’s discuss how so many great writers writers like Emma Bull, Will Official Event, Jason Faunt, Michael Copon, Hilary Shepard, Erin Cahill, Blake Shetterly, Lillian Stewart Carl, Lois McMaster Bujold, Steven Brust, Foster, Billy West, Olivia Olson, David Kaye and Kelly McCullough, to name a few, all come from Minnesota. Is it something in the water? Ley lines? Critical mass of talent? Really great writing circles? Can it be exported? And who are the other authors we should be reading who hail from the Twin Cities? Chris Paige

Rave Toys Part 2 - Light Sticks (Staff) Exhibit Hall Friday Saturday Sunday 12pm - 8pm 10am - 6pm 10am - 5pm

Buy stuff made from local artists in our artists alley. Fill your arms with comics, sci- fi, and anime swag from our exhibitors.

Video Gaming by I Play Games Friday Saturday Sunday 3pm - 2am 10am - 2am 10am - 5pm Play videogames anytime in our game room filled with game systems from all genera- tions.

Tabletop Gaming By Gnome Games Friday Saturday Sunday 3pm - 8pm 10am - 2am 10am - 5pm Play any number of tabletop and collectible card games in our tabletop gaming room. You can bring your own card games or borrow our board games to play.

Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator Friday Saturday Sunday TBD, Stop By To Find Out TBD TBD

Complete with touch screens and spaceship controls, play in this simulation of being on a real spaceship... and fight aliens with lasers and nuclear missles!

ConSweet Friday Saturday Sunday 2pm - 2am 10am - 2am 10am - 5pm

Eat your fill of free rice and ramen noodles in our ConSweet. It’s a great way to keep your energy up during a long day of cosplay and conventioneering!

Karaoke Friday Saturday Sunday 8pm - 2AM 8pm - 2AM TBD

Come sing songs from your favorite shows, musicians, and beyond or watch other congoers perform live! If you stop by before Karaoke, we will often be playing Anime Music Videos. Autographs AnimeCon.org

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