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Location: San Jose Convention Center, the San Jose Marriott, and the San Jose Hilton and Towers

FanimeCon is the Bay Area’s really huge annual gathering for anime fans.

FanimeCon Website: http://www.fanime.com

This post was submitted by EdOfNoName.

Location: Vice Presidential Suite on the 4th floor of the San Jose Marriott Hotel

Organizer: FanimeCon

More details at: http://forums.fanime.com/index.php/topic,13065.0.html

FanimeCon is an annual anime convention held Memorial Day weekend
in San Jose. It is entirely staffed by volunteers. If you’re curious about joining staff, this is chance meet the current leaders and be bribed with pizza.

This post was submitted by EdOfNoName.

Opening September 18 in San Francisco, CA
AMC Loews Metreon – 11:55am | 2:05 | 4:30 | 7:00 | 9:30

*Special cast and crew appearances:
Friday, September 18 – 7:00 and 9:30pm
Saturday, September 19 – 4:30 and 7:00pm

Opening September 18 in San Jose, CA
Camera 3 Cinemas
Friday, September 18 – 5:05 | 7:10 | 9:15pm
Sat/Sun, September 19/20 – 1:00 | 3:00 | 5:05 | 7:10 | 9:15pm
Mon-Thurs September 21-24 – 7:10 | 9:15

*Special cast and crew appearances:
Saturday, September 19 – 1:00, 3:00 and 9:15pm

Jimmy (Hiroshi Watanabe, LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA) loves dinosaurs and sleeps on the top bunk. Unfortunately, Jimmy is 40 and shares that bunk with Bob (Justin Kwong), his 10-year-old nephew. Freshly divorced, Jimmy lives with his sister Aiko (Japanese Academy Award winner Nae) and her family while boldly searching for a new wife. His brother in-law, Tak (Mio Takada, “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”) thinks he’s a disaster. And although Jimmy may lack social grace, he is convinced the best years of his life are just beginning. His plan seems like it’s all falling into place when Tak’s beautiful niece Ramona (Lynn Chen, SAVING FACE) moves in. But once Jimmy sets his sights on stealing her from his best friend Tim (James Kyson Lee, “Heroes”), he sees his intentions go hilariously awry.

Website: http://whiteonricethemovie.com

Join us at the Anime V store in San Jose on Saturday October 17th for another Anime Fan get-together! Best of all, it’s FREE!

Costume show, swap meet, art exhibit, and free food and drink (until we run out). Pocky and Ramune will still cost money (sorry)!

Location: Anime V @ Princeton Plaza / Meridian, Kooser, and Blossom Hill Roads / 1375 Blossom Hill Road Suite 25 San Jose.

For more information, visit our website http://www.AnimeV.com or http://www.facebook.com/AnimeV

This post was submitted by hugo wang.

The San Jose Obon festival is Saturday and Sunday, July 11-12, 2009 in San Jose’s Japantown (the area area near the San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin 640 North 5th Street, San Jose between Jackson and Taylor Streets).

http://www.sjbetsuin.com/ only has last year’s schedule at the moment, but should have a full schedule for this year soon. Besides the Obon Odori (Folk Dancing), expect Taiko and other traditional Japanese music, food booths and other Japanese festival activities.

This post was submitted by EdOfNoName.

Location: 8 blocks surrounding the heart of San Jose Japantown — 5th Street and Jackson Street
Website: http://www.spiritofjapantownfestival.com

Location: 615 North 6th Street, San Jose, CA 95112
Phone: (408) 971-2822
Fax: (408) 971-0856
Hours: 10:00am – 6:00pm Tuesday – Saturday, 10:00am – 4:30pm Sunday, closed Monday
Website: http://www.nikaku.com/

Nikaku Animart is one of the oldest anime goods stores in America. The store’s owner and employees have a wealth of Otaku knowledge. They are known for posters, art books, and other collectibles.

This post was submitted by EdOfNoName.

Where: San Jose State University, WSQ 207 [View Directions]

Final meeting!

7:00pm
Raffle
Extra Activities

8:00pm
Kara no Kyoukai

Organizer: Tsunami Anime Club

Website: http://studiokyuu.com/tsunami/Schedule.html

THE EVENT: On Saturday, May 16, and Sunday, May 17, the fourth annual Super-Con will bring the biggest and brightest stars of comics, sci-fi, and pop culture to the San Jose Convention Center’s South Hall.

ANIME PAVILION: Anime guests, vendors, cosplay contest, and more at the Anime Pavilion at Super-Con! Details at: www.sacanime.com/super-con/

SUPER GUESTS:
Anime Guests, voice artists for anime’s popular Full Metal Alchemist and Hellsing.
Travis Charest, cover artist; WildC.A.T.s, Metabarons, Star Wars art.
Frank Cho, Liberty Meadows, Avengers, Shanna the She-Devil.
Bruce Dern, Oscar-nominated actor, star of film and TV, including Silent Running, Great Gatsby, and Big Love. First comic book convention appearance.
Michael Golden, Doctor Strange, Micronauts, Nightwing.
Adam Hughes, cover artist; Wonder Woman, Catwoman, Tomb Raider.
Joe Jusko, painter of Tomb Raider, Tarzan, Vampirella, numerous trading cards series.
Bill Morrison, co-founder of Bongo Comics, publisher of The Simpsons comic books.
Eduardo Risso, 100 Bullets, Batman: Broken City.
John Wesley Shipp, The Flash, Emmy-winning actor.
Marina Sirtis, Star Trek’s Deanna Troi.
Arthur Suydam, Marvel Zombies, Conan, Batman, Death Dealer.
Jane Weidlin, the Go-Go’s, VH1’s The Surreal Life.
And many, many more!

HIGHLIGHTS: Super-Con 2009 features panels, Q&A discussions with special guests, displays, and presentations by icons and industry leaders. The 4th annual Super-Con Cosplay Contest allows those daring souls to roam the convention hall in costume (providing photo opportunities galore) before the formal costume contest pits hero vs. hero. The Art Auction allows conventioneers to bid on one-of-a-kind pieces of art created especially for the auction by our super guests. In all, Super-Con has over 80,000 square feet of space to play with this year, so expect more excitement than ever, plus a great array of comic book, anime, and specialty toy vendors! Full convention programming info is at www.super-con.com.

WHERE: San Jose Convention Center, South Hall, 425 S. Market St., San Jose.
I-880 and I-101 are less than a five-minute drive from the Center, which also has free weekend parking in the rear and nearby underground lots. Special rates at the San Jose Marriott are available to Super-Con guests (a limited block of rooms have been set aside for Super-Con).

ADMISSION: Tickets for Super-Con are $20 for a one-day pass or $30 for a two-day pass. Tickets may be purchased three ways: 1) at the door on event day; 2) online at www.super-con.com; and 3) in advance at your local comic book retailer. Advance tickets purchased online or from your local comic book retailer will receive a $5 discount. Additionally, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts in uniform, and other attendees in costume are eligible for a discount.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Visit www.super-con.com, or email supercon@super-con.com.

ABOUT US: The fourth annual Super-Con is brought to Bay Area fans by a group of local comics professionals and fans.

Where: San Jose State University, WSQ 109 [View Directions]

7:00pm
Rideback 11
Spice and Wolf 11

8:00pm
Spice and Wolf 12
White Album 11

9:00pm
Kannagi 11
Macross Frontier 24

Organizer: Tsunami Anime Club

Website: http://studiokyuu.com/tsunami/Schedule.html