sign in sign up
<<
Home , Ninja High School, Soul Eater (manga)

Friday, June 11 3 - 9 p.m. Manchaca RD. Branch Austin Public Library 5500 Manchaca Road • Cosplay Contest AND Cosplay Chess! • Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street [PG-13] on the big screen! • Viewing Areas! • HUGE selection of anime and to check out! • Artist Alley/Contest – Drop off your art at the Manchaca Road Branch OR email it to [email protected] by June 10! • Video Gaming Area! • Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament! • Final Fantasy Fan Panel! • Free Food! • Free Stuff! • Ongoing panels and MUCH, MUCH MORE! • Use our YomiYen vouchers to get food and goodies at YomiCon! • Donate 2 cans to the Capital Area Food Bank at the event to earn more YomiYen! PARENTS WELCOME. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

For more information www.connectedyouth.com This program was supported in part by resources and funding from the Dell Foundation and the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation. Mascot artist: Honney Khang Thank you to our supporters!

Special Thanks To: Jess Boettger Caroline Gaipo Honney Khang Alan M. Rogers Glen Sanger Rebeca Torres APL staff and especially the Manchaca Rd. Branch All of our wonderful volunteers!

(512) 974-9820 | www.cityofaustin.org/library

8 YOMICON REGULATIONS 1. Unless otherwise noted, all Austin Public Library rules still apply. 2. Costumes should be appropriate for a teen audience. MAIN STAGE 3. No real weapons allowed; prop or handmade fake weapons are the 3:00-3:50 p.m. Karaoke responsibility of the cosplayer at all times. 4:00-4:50 p.m Anime Games—please sign up in advance. 4. You and you alone are responsible for your belongings while at Yomi- 5:00-6:00 p.m. Cosplay Contest—please sign up in advance. Con. Please watch your bags and do not leave them unattended. 6:00–6:20 p.m. Prizes Awarded 5. Please be respectful of the library and other attendees and staff at all 6:20-6:40 p.m. Chess Piece Rehearsal times. 6:40-7:50 p.m. Cosplay Chess—please sign up in advance. 6. If you would like your artwork or your costume highlighted on the con- 8:00-9:00 p.m. Charlie Belle Band nected youth site, have your parent fill out the media release form and PANELS turn it in at Yomicon. Panel space is limited and admittance will be on a first come, first YOMIYEN served basis. In order to promote a more equitable distribution of food, this year you will 3:00-3:50 p.m. Vampire Anime and Manga Discussion: Join us in a need YomiYen to “buy” food from the Yomi Café and items from the Yomi manga discussion panel pitting (shonen) against Gift Shop, while supplies last! Vampire Knight (shoujo). Ways to earn YomiYen: 4:00–4:50 p.m. Fan Fiction 101: For beginning 1. Walk in the door. 500¥ writers just getting started and curi- 2. Sign up for the Summer Reading Pro- ous parents. gram. 500¥ 5:00–5:50 p.m. Steampunkery: How to turn ordi- 3. Head to the Information Table to do- nary objects into anachronistic nate 2 cans to the Capital Area Food pieces of art to wear and dis- Bank at Yomicon. 200¥ More cans play will not get you more yen, but will be 6:00–6:50 p.m. Webcomics 101 a welcome donation for the food 7:00–7:50 p.m. Writing, Illustrating , and Publishing Comics with bank. Author Alan Porter and Author/Illustrator Ben 4. Get 200 ¥ for a signed media release. Dunn 5. Enter Contests to win Prizes! ¥ varies. 8:00–9:00 p.m. Final Fantasy Fan Panel 6. YomiYen is only valid at YomiCon 2010, and does not have real mone- ANIME VIEWING tary value. Anime Viewing Room #1 (Inside) BAG CHECK 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Soul Eater [TV-14] This year we are having a complimentary bag check at the front desk. This 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. FMA: Brotherhood [TV-14] is a service to help you protect your belongings; however, the library is not 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Shippuden [TV-16] responsible for any lost or missing items. Please leave expensive and/or 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Ouran High School Host Club irreplaceable belongings at home or with your parents. You will be given a [TV-16] clothespin and a matching clothespin will be placed on your bag. This ser- 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street vice will be offered as space allows. [PG-13] Anime Viewing Room #2 (Outside) YOMICON AGE POLICIES 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Ponyo [G] Adults 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Gundam 00 [PG-13] We are happy to have adults attend our event, but would like to reserve 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Sailor Moon [PG] the contests and prizes at the store for the youth at the event. So all 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Ghost Hunt [TV-14] adults (adult being defined as someone who is no longer in high school 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Lupin III [PG-13] (this year’s graduates are still considered youth)) will be given 800 adult 8:00 - 9:00 p.m. X [TV-14] yomi yen to spend at the Yomi Café on food and drink only.

2 7 Manchaca Rd. Branch Austin Public Library l Pane

#1

nge t Lou Adul #2

Notes

• Please sign up for contests at the information table • Food Bank Collection is in the Exhibitor’s Area • Please use the glass door in the back for all entrances and exits.

4 5 DROP-IN ACTIVITIES Children Children under 12 are allowed at the event, but we would like to remind every- Crafts one that some viewings and panels may not be appropriate for all ages (although 3:00-4:45 p.m. Sew What? Quickie Costumes and Fixes many will be) so you may want to keep that in mind as you are choosing activi- 5:00-5:50 p.m. Kimono Dolls ties. Children may participate in our contests and will be eligible for yomi 6:00-6:50 p.m. Recycled Crafts yen. We will be adhering to the library’s policy that no child under 8 is allowed in 7:00-9:00 p.m. Buttons!! the library without supervision. Connected Youth 3:30-5:20 p.m. Cosplay Photos SPECIAL GUESTS: 5:30-7:20 p.m. Avatar creation 7:30-8:30 p.m. Viewing Anime Online 101 Charlie Belle is a local teen band formed Gaming after attending Girls Rock Camp. Their ages 3:00-9:00 p.m. Video games range from 9 to 16 years old. You may have seen them perform last year during SXSW or in the documentary Strange Powers: Stephin OTHER STUFF TO DO (WHILE SUPPLIES LAST) Merritt and the Magnet Fields. Proving that • Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament @ 5 p.m you’re never too young to have a music career, • Check out the exhibitor area (formerly known as the Dealer’s Room) with their website notes: “Yeah we're kids, but we free stuff rock. We are Charlie Belle.” • Artist Alley • Get a mini-meal at the Yomi Café starting at 3:30 p.m. Jendayi Bonds - lead singer, principal songwriter, • “Buy” cool stuff at the Yomi Gift Shop starting a 3:00 p.m. rhythm guitar • Check out the gigantic collection of anime and manga we have brought Gyasi Bonds - backup singer, drums in from the other branches! Until 8:15 p.m. Michelle Deaver - backup singer, bass guitar Maya Haws-Shaddock - backup singer, keyboard ANIME JEOPARDY RULES 1. All contestants must be teens. 2. You must sign up for either Novice or Expert, not both. A pioneer in the American manga genre, Ben Dunn co-founded in 3. You can sign up as a team, but each member must sign up. There will be early 1985. His work has appeared in titles from Marvel and Image, as well as three teams for each level, so six teams total. numerous books for ABDO Publishing's Magic Wagon imprint. He is best known 4. Each contestant must sign up before the contest. for his landmark series High School and Warrior Nun Areala. Ben currently 5. Contestants must raise their sign to answer. Moderators have final say lives in the Dallas area with his wife and two children. in who raised their “buzzer” first. Alan J. Porter COSPLAY CONTEST RULES Alan J. Porter has been a regular writer on various aspects of 1. All contestants must be teens. popular culture and technology for over fifteen years. With 2. Costumes must be at least 50% handmade. magazine articles published in Europe, Australia, Canada and 3. No skits. Teams are allowable (for example, Team Rocket), but the prize the US. He is the author of ": The Unofficial Collectors will be split between the team members. Guide," (Schiffer Books), "BEFORE THEY WERE BEATLES: The 4. Costumes must be appropriate for a teen audience. Early Years 1956-1960," (Xlibris), JAMES BOND: the history of 5. Each contestant must sign up before the contest and fill out the regis- the illustrated 007," and "STAR TREK: A comics history." (both tration form. for Hermes Press.) He has also contributed to over 10 other book titles. His credits include GOD SHOP (Tokyopop), and Disney*Pixar's The World of CARSseries for BOOM! Studios, plus several corpo- rate comics projects.

6 3