Another Anime Convention: Wikis

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Another Anime Convention is a fan convention focusing on the art of anime and manga, East Asian culture, and gaming. We feature a number of events which include a masquerade, an anime music video contest, video programming rooms, an artist alley, game shows, and video games. AAC is held on a Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in early fall at the Radisson hotel in Manchester, NH.

History

Initial Planning

The first plans for Another Anime Convention was in 2005. Most of the staff of OGC (Open Gaming Convention) a convention ran in the fall by Lisa Sussenberger, had been planning this for over a year before deciding to actually do it.

Chris Davis and Lisa Sussenberger went into a partnership using staff from OGC that were interested by the idea and bringing on new recruits to round about the ragtag team. It was a learn as you go process. Not everyone on staff had a particular interest for anime, some were more into video games, role playing, and card games, but what we did have in common was the desire to make AAC the best convention it could be.

The name came about when we were trying out ideas. Different suggestions had been tossed about and It was thrown out as more or less a joke. But, as it is what it is, the name stuck

As the Radisson hotel was already being used to host OGC (and it is the biggest area in NH) we decided the Radisson would be a perfect place for the fans and cosplayers to run about.

One of our first sponsors had been NeoTokyo, a cosplay and comic store located in Manchester, NH. We also received sponsorship from ADV and Bandai.

The buzz for AAC started off slow. Ads were arranged in the Anime Boston program guide and flyer's were passed out at other nearby conventions such as Otakon. Word of mouth also helped to spread the news of our convention and when the time came for us to open our doors for the first time in October 2006 we were over our estimated number of attendees.

Another Anime Convention 2006

Another Anime Convention 2006 ran from October 06-08, 2006 at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester, NH. 534 attendees took over the hotel to show there support and love of anime.

There were 5 vendors at the convention, 25 panels and workshops, 3 game shows a masquerade and dance, 1 belly dancer, and 200 hours of video programming. The anime music video contest had 26 finalists.

The guests of honor at Another Anime Convention 2006 were:

Cam Clarke (voice actor)

Greg Finley (voice actor)

Howard Tayler (web comic)

Shawn Handyside (web comic)

Brian Wilson (web comic)

Sean Callahan (web comic)