Kansas City’s Premier Anime Convention
Naka-Kon 2010 Fact Sheet
For Immediate Release
Jan. 19, 2010
For More Information:
Erica Binns
Director of PR and Marketing
(913) 522-9795
press at naka-kon dot com
Halloween in February: Convention Attendees May Spook Crown Center
What:
Naka-Kon Anime Convention will host its sixth annual anime convention for approximately 4,000 attendees. Many attendees don anime-related costumes for the event. Convention features include anime and Japanese-themed panels, game shows, contests, showings rooms, an upbeat dance party, a formal ball, a live concert, a vendor room, a video game room and a Lolita tea party. Full weekend badges cost $45.
Who:
Voice actor guests include Chris Ayres, Greg Ayres, Kyle Hebert, Wendy Powell and Eric Vale. Industry guests include Shion Francois and Yumi Kawaguchi of Cure Media USA and Tommy Yune of the Robotech Convention Tour. Other guests include manga writer and artist M. Alice LeGrow, Web comic artist Amelie Belcher, balloon artist Dustin Reudelhuber and his wife Angela, the Kansas State University Yosakoi Dance Group, the Kojokan Shinbutai sword demonstration group and the band Peelander-Z. Convention Committee members anticipate between 3,400 and 3,800 paid attendees.
Where:
Hyatt Regency Crown Center in Kansas City, Mo.
When:
4 p.m. Feb. 19, 2010, to 5 p.m. Feb. 21, 2010.
Why:
To entertain and educate anime fans from across the country about anime and Japanese culture, and to provide an informal setting where anime fans can gather and socialize.
