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The Holiday Anime Faire is a one-day celebration for Holidays, Anime, and Arts and Crafts! Join us for our fourth year of family fun!

NEW for this year is a Bay Area-wide Art Contest! Details on the Holiday Anime Faire website: http://www.holidayanimefaire.com/art-show-contest/

Activities include:

* Manga Artist Demonstrations
* The Finest in Bay Area Anime Shopping
* Arts and Crafts
* Gift-making – Cards, Plushies, and Ornaments
* Anime & Holiday Music

Pre-register online for only $5!

Website: http://www.holidayanimefaire.com

Location: Lake Elizabeth, Fremont Central Park

Organized by: BAAU

More information: http://baau.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1844

The fifth annual Expo for Teens will return on Saturday April 25th between 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Teen Center in Fremont (Lake Elizabeth).

Co-hosted by the City of Fremont and P.M.B.Q. Studios., the Expo offers a collection of Japanese style comic art and Anime, comic books and graphic novel illustration, ‘zines and mixed media art, anime screenings, demos by professional artists, and a junior high and high school student art show.

http://www.fremontanime.com/

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The City of Fremont will be hosting its annual Holiday Anime Faire on Saturday December 6, 2008 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the Teen Center, located at 39770 Paseo Padre Parkway. The entrance fee is $5.00 per person.

This event is filled with fun for the whole family. Meet with guest artists, PMBQ of Tea Club, Ian Sy, Alfred Twu, Karen Luk or participate in a MangaSTART class (additional fee applies). Shop for that special holiday gift, vendors include PMBQ Studios, Anime 101, Anime Palace, Sakura of America, Anime V and more to be added.

The entrance fee will include two activity tickets which can be used to make special crafts, create art or buy snacks. (Additional activity tickets will be sold at the event.) Activities offered will be Origami, Button making, Ornament making, handmade cards and more. This is a great Holiday event for the entire family to enjoy!

For further information check out www.holidayanimefaire.com
Information is being updated to the website frequently.

If you have any questions about the event please call Rena Dein at 510-494-4344 or email at rdein@ci.fremont.ca.us

Fremont-based multimedia startup Okashi Studios is developing an anime-themed ren’ai / dating simulation game in English called Shira Oka: Second Chances. Release date TBA, but we hear it might be sooner rather than later!

For more information visit: www.shira-oka.com