PRESS RELEASE

Contact: Kristyn Souder
Communications Director
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (267)536-9566
PRESS RELEASE
Zenkaikon Convention to Bring Anime and Science Fiction Fans to
Lancaster in March
Hatboro, PA – January 21, 2013: On March 22-24, 2013, Zenkaikon will hold its seventh annual convention in a new
location at the Lancaster County Convention Center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The convention expects to
welcome over two thousand fans of Japanese animation (anime), comics (manga), gaming, and science fiction
to downtown Lancaster for the weekend-long event.
Zenkaikon had typically been held in the Valley Forge area of Pennsylvania. However, with the conversion of the
Valley Forge Convention Center to a casino and the continued growth of the event, Zenkaikon moved its
convention to Lancaster.
Many convention attendees don costumes of their favorite characters to attend the annual convention. Planned
convention events include a variety of educational panels and workshops hosted by volunteers and guests;
anime and live action screenings; a costume and skit competition (the "Masquerade"); a hall costume contest;
performances by musical guests; a live action role play ("LARP") event; video game tournaments and tabletop
gaming; a formal ball and informal dances; and an exhibit hall of anime-themed merchandise and handmade
creations from artists.
A number of Guests of Honor have already been announced for Zenkaikon 2013. John de Lancie, best known for
his roles on Star Trek and Stargate SG-1, and more recently known for his role as Discord on My Little Pony:
Friendship is Magic, will be hosting panels and meeting attendees. Prolific voice and live action actor Richard
Epcar (Ghost in the Shell, The Legend of Korra, Kingdom Hearts) and actress Ellyn Stern (Robotech, Gundam
Unicorn, Bleach) will also be participating in a variety of programming. Asian synth-pop band The Slants from
Portland, Oregon will be performing two concerts, and relating their experiences about being Asian in America.
The full list of guests is available at the convention's website.
Zenkaikon memberships are $50 through February 18, 2013, and include entrance to the convention on all three
days. More information regarding registration, guests, programming, and events is available at
www.zenkaikon.com.
ABOUT ZENKAIKON ENTERTAINMENT, INC: Zenkaikon (www.zenkaikon.com) is run by Zenkaikon Entertainment Inc.
Zenkaikon Entertainment Inc. is a 501(c)3 non- profit organization dedicated to promoting knowledge and
enjoyment of Japanese art, animation, and culture as well as science fiction and fantasy literature and films of all
origins. The organization is run completely by volunteers, and the Zenkaikon convention is the organization's
primary annual event.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ZENKAIKON 2013 ANNOUNCED GUESTS
John de Lancie [Actor]
Originally from Philadelphia, Mr. de Lancie is best known to science
fiction fans as Q on the various Star Trek series, and Frank Simmons on
Stargate SG-1. He is best known to animation and gaming fans as
Discord on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, and William Miles in
Assassin's Creed: Revelations. He voiced Dark Agent Booty on Invader
Zim, Trias in PlaneScape: Torment, Dr. Death in Outlaws, and Professor
Quadwrangle in Quantum Conundrum. He is currently producing a
documentary on the wonderful phenomenon of Bronies.
Mr. de Lancie has appeared in numerous television shows including
Torchwood, Breaking Bad, The Unit, Hill Street Blues, West Wing, Shark,
Without a Trace, Sports Night, Judging Amy, The Closer, Star Trek,
Legend, LA Law, Picket Fences, Civil Wars, The Practice, and Touched
by an Angel.
His film credits include The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, The Fisher King, Bad Influence, The Onion Field,
Taking Care of Business, Fearless, Multiplicity, Women on Top, Nicholas, Good Advise, Patient 14, The Big
Time, Reign on Me, Pathology, Games, Teenius, Crank2 and The Marriage Counselor.
Mr. de Lancie was co-owner, with Leonard Nimoy, of Alien Voices: a production company devoted to the
dramatization of classic science fiction. Mr. de Lancie produced, co-wrote and directed dramatizations of
The Time Machine, Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Lost World, The Invisible Man, and First Men in the
Moon; as well as three television specials for the Sci-Fi Channel.
In theater, he has been a member of The American Shakespeare Festival, The Seattle Repertory Company,
The South Coast Repertory, The Mark Taper Forum and the Old Globe where he recently performed Arthur
Miller's Resurrection Blues. His favorite performances include Man and Superman, The Common Pursuit,
Childe Byron, Art, the world premiere of Richard Greenburg's The Naked Lady on the Appian Way, and the
world premiere of Alan Alda's Radiance.
In the world of music, Mr. de Lancie has performed with Kurt Masur, Sir Colin Davis and the New York
Philharmonic; Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Cleveland Orchestra and National Orchestra; Esa Pekka Salonen
and the Los Angeles Philharmonic; Charles Dutoit and the Philadelphia Orchestra and The Montreal
Symphony. His repertoire includes Peer Gynt, King David, The Bourgeois Gentleman, The Lincoln Portrait, St.
Joan, Midsummer Night's Dream, Oedipus Rex, Young People's Guide to the Orchestra, The Nightingale,
Egmont and, of course, Peter and the Wolf. Currently, he narrated the world premier of Dr. Seuss', The
Sneetches.
Mr. de Lancie was the host of the L.A. Philharmonic Symphonies for Youth for four years. In addition, he's
written and directed ten Symphonic Plays. These ninety-minute programs are fully staged productions with
orchestra. Titles include Romeo and Juliet, Midsummer Night's Dream (Korngold score), Bourgeois
Gentleman, The Abduction from the Seraglio, and a vaudeville production – Carnival of the Animals. They
were produced with the Milwaukee, St. Paul Chamber, Ravinia, LA, and Pasadena Orchestras.
Mr. de Lancie was also the writer, director, and host of First Nights, an adult concert series at Disney Hall
with the LA Philharmonic that explored the life and music of Stravinsky, Beethoven, Mahler, Schumann, and
Prokofiev. These were fully integrated, fully staged productions with orchestra.
For Star Trek fans, Mr. de Lancie and Robert Picardo have created a Trek Concert Experience that has
been performed with the Dallas, Toronto, Cincinnati, Denver and Calgary orchestras.
Mr. de Lancie has performed or directed numerous plays for L.A. Theater Works, the producing arm of
KCRW, KPCC and National Public Radio where the series, The Plays the Thing originates. He recently
returned from a national tour of the Scopes Monkey Trial with Ed Asner where he played Clarence Darrow.
He also wrote and directed an adaption of The Lost World, which toured the country.
Mr. de Lancie has directed Tosca and Cold Sassy Tree in Atlanta and Madame Butterfly in San Antonio.
Mr. de Lancie is a graduate of Kent State University and The Juilliard School.
Website: http://www.delancie.com/
Richard Epcar [Actor]
Richard Epcar is known as one of the hardest working men in
show business, having voiced over 300 characters. He is well
known to animation, game, and anime fans beginning with
Robotech, where he voiced Ben Dixon, Lunk, Grel, and Captain
Grant. He is Batou in Ghost in the Shell and Captain Saikhan in
the new series from Nickelodeon Avatar: The Legend of Korra.
Some of you know him from Bleach (Zangetsu), Bobobo-bo Bobobo (Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo), Lupin the Third (Daisuke Jigen),
Fushigi Yuugi (Mistukake), Noein (Kyouji Kooriyama, Noein), X-Men
(Gladiator), Naruto (Manda, Hanzo), Lucky Star (Tadao Hiiragi),
Monster, Outlaw Star, Macross Plus, Rurouni Kenshin, Samurai
Champloo, Digimon, Great Teacher Onizuka, Cyber Soldier 009,
and Ninja Scroll to name a few. He also performed numerous voices in the Power Rangers.
Just some of the games you’ve heard him in include Kingdom Hearts (Ansem/Terra-Xehanort), Transformers
(Skywarp), Skyrim: Elder Scrolls V, Star Wars, Mortal Kombat (Raiden-Fighting), Catherine, Modnation Racers,
Mortal Kombat vs. D.C. Universe (Raiden, The Joker), Call of Duty-Black Ops, Dead Space 2, Star Craft 2,
Red Faction Guerilla, Command & Conquer 4, Xenosaga (Ziggy), Guilty Gears 2, Ghost Recon 3, .Hack,
Dynasty Warriors (Dong Zhuo), and World of Warcraft.
He is also a sought-after game, animation, and ADR director, and has directed such games as Star Ocean,
Blue Dragon, Unreal Tournament, Smackdown vs. Raw, and Jackass. He’s directed such live action films as
Oldboy, Azumi, Fearless, and Iron Monkey. Some animations he’s directed include Lupin the Third, Ghost in
the Shell 2, Noein, Fighting Spirit, and Robotech: Shadow Chronicles.
On camera, Richard has appeared in many films and television shows including John Carpenter’s Memoirs
of an Invisible Man, Columbo, Diagnosis Murder, Guns of Paradise, Beverly Hills 90210, Matlock, Cheers,
Days of our Lives, and General Hospital. You will soon see him as the lead in the feature film Broken Spirits,
and you can hear him as Buck the big gorilla in Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
He’s very excited about his new audio book – White Eyes – a Doc Savage Novel – in which he plays 40
characters and is the narrator for this fantastic pulp fiction book.
Website: http://www.richardepcar.com/
Ellyn Stern [Actress]
Ellyn began acting at the age of 12, and is a classically trained
actress known for both her dramatic and comedic roles. Her
career spans from film to television to stage, with her voice
acting career beginning 30 years ago. She is also a director.
Her career in anime began with the original Robotech series, in
which she played several characters. Most recently she can be
heard in True Crimes: Hong Kong, Gundam Unicorn (Martha),
Noein (Miyuki Goto), Mar (Jack’s Mom), and Bleach (Masaki
Kurosaki). She voiced Haraway in Ghost in the Shell 2:
Innocence, Rosalind in Armitage III, Himeno in Fight: Spirit of the
Sword, Sayaka in Mental Fighter Miku, Moru in Vampire Princess
Miyu, Parome in Genma Wars, Hiroshi’s Mom in Zenki, all the
female characters in The Little Punk, Aunt Polly in Tom Sawyer,
and the cunning frog in Captain Schnauzer. She has also done voices in Zentrix, Mini Pato, Digimon,
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, Samurai X, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Movie Trilogy, Bushido Blade 2, Lupin the Third,
Patlabor 3, Fighting Spirit, Abby, Macross I/II/III, Honey Bee Hutch, Wisdom of Gnomes, Gigi, Wings of
Honneamise, and Inherit the Wind, to name just a few. You’ve also heard her as Veronica Vera in Shadow
Hearts II.
Animated projects she has directed include Samurai X, Jade Cocoon, Super Magnetic Neo, Aerowings
1&2, and Galerians.
She has voiced lead characters in many live action feature films that have been adapted into English
including Academy Award winners Cinema Paradiso, Belle Epoque, Eat Drink Man Woman, Kika, Mostly
Martha, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Fencing Master, Widow of St. Pierre, Amores Perros,
Mission Kashmir, Iron Monkey, The Emperor and the Assassin, Onmyoji-Ying-Yang Masters, Le Femme Nikita,
Tae Guk Gi, Babette’s Feast, and Shiri, to name a few. Other past films include Jessie’s Girls (co-starred),
Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (co-starred), Fatal Charm (co-starred), and Prisoner in the Middle aka
Warhead (co-starred). A few of her television shows include American Carrot, Charlie’s Angels, and
recurring characters on General Hospital, Santa Barbara, and Days of our Lives.
Currently on camera, she is a series regular with Debbie Allen and Idris Elba on Milk and Honey. She is a
lead in Blood on Canvas coming out later this year, and the lead in a Disney pilot and feature that is soon
to be shot.
Ellyn recently starred in the award-winning play Apple at Theatre 40 in Beverly Hills, where she received
rave reviews. Immediately following Apple, Ellyn starred in Mrs. Warren’s Profession, playing the role of Mrs.
Warren at the famed Bistro Gardens to much acclaim.
Ellyn is married to Richard Epcar, and they have two children who are also performers. Jon Epcar is a
drummer. His band Carney is with Interscope Records. They are currently on Broadway doing Spiderman,
Turn Off The Dark. Jacqueline Epcar is a jazz/blues singer who recently opened at The House Of Blues.
Website: http://www.ellynstern.com/
The Slants [Musical Guest]
What originated as a side project for Simon Young (of
The Stivs) in 2007 proved to be one of the most
energetic and contagious movements of music in our
time. In case you haven’t heard, The Slants are the
first and only all Asian synth-pop band in the North
America and they have been melting faces off all
over the globe.
Kicking off the band’s career at a tiny dive bar in
Portland, OR, The Slants soon found themselves on tour and in demand worldwide performing at music
halls, colleges, and anime conventions. Within months, they released their debut album "Slanted Eyes,
Slanted Hearts" winning multiple awards from the likes of Willamette Week, Rockwired, AsiaXpress, and the
Portland Music Awards. Since that first iconic show in 2007, The Slants have been cited as the "Hardest
Working Asian American Band" (slanteyefortheroundeye.com), toured North America ten times, rejected a
million dollar recording contract, were the first and only Asian band to be a Fender Music artist, and
according to U.S Congress, the first rock band to play inside a state library.
The Willamette Week, summarizes The Slants' history perfectly: "It's a great story: All-Asian synthcore troupe
lands anime festival, achieves instantaneous notoriety from overpacked fireball-laden maelstrom, inspires
John Woo and Dragon Ball Z fans toward aggro electro and—just months after its first practice—books gigs
across the globe. As shadow-warriory as the Slants' rise has been, it's still all about the tunes, and the band's
debut—floor-filling synth pop bristling with all the menace and grandeur of its oft name-checked cultural
icons—is propulsive, cinematic and impossible to ignore."
By the end of 2008, the band had been featured in over 1,200 magazines, radio stations, websites, and
television shows for their self-proclaimed "Chinatown Dance Rock," including a feature on NPR's "All Things
Considered" that blasted across 700 FM stations across the country for months.
The following year, The Slants headlined a SXSW showcase (other acts at the festival included Katy Perry,
Metallica, and Devo), launched several more tours spanning North America, and released a dance remix
album entitled "Slants! Slants! Revolution," while donating 100% of the proceeds to benefit cancer research
affecting Asian American women.
2010 saw the release of The Slants' third album, "Pageantry." Pageantry featured a number of local icons
including Cory Gray (The Decemberists), Krista Herring, Mic Crenshaw, and Gabe Kniffin (Silversafe). The
harder hitting, guitar driven songs still featured The Slants' signature dance rock flavor and again, massive
touring throughout the country continued.
The Slants have shared the stage with acts such as Apl.de.Ap (Black Eyed Peas), Vampire Weekend, Girl
Talk, Girugamesh, M.O.V.E and Boom Boom Satellites.
Website: http://www.theslants.com/
Eien Strife [Musical Guest]
Eien Strife is a cosplay "adventure-rock" concert that
brings to life the story of Terina, a dense forest world that is
unknowingly facing its extinction. The four characters of
the party – Cheydra, Raien, Lyren and Kale will join
together and perform an intense high energy concert that
is a truly unique experience both musically and visually.
They have been traveling from convention to convention,
setting out on new adventures and making new friends,
while putting on a show that is full of excitement and
surprises. The members of Eien Strife have traveled all over
North America and parts of Japan, and now are planning
to share their story while delivering a performance that the
audience at Zenkaikon will never forget.
You can learn more about Eien Strife's quest from their
website and hear their music from their album "Full Speed Ahead" which is available on iTunes as well as the
group's online Item Shop.
Website: http://www.eien-strife.com/
Karl “Uncle Yo” Custer [Comedian]
Fewer man-children have their feet so firmly planted
in the anime convention scene as geek-specific
comedian, Karl "Uncle Yo" Custer. The Pennsylvaniaborn New Yorker has performed for anime clubs,
conventions and Japanese cultural events all over
the country. Yo's current roster of projects includes
the weekly released podcast, "We are the Geek," the
sole voice cast for Google Play's video game "Top
Dog: Lucky's Charm," and his newest album, "EctoKitt-Lorean" released on iTunes and Amazon this past
February. Zenkaikon is Yo's first con, his home con,
and his private playground. Whether hosting a panel, a Masquerade, or subjecting innocent civilians to his
rants, he celebrates that, just as foretold, the Geek have inherited the Earth.
Website: http://www.uncleyo.com/
Kuniko Kanawa [Cultural Presenter]
Kuniko Kanawa is a certified Kimono consultant,
Kimono model, Edo Tsumami Kanzashi artisan, and a
founder of the Washington D.C. Kimono Club.
In 2007, Kuniko officially became a certified Kimono
consultant of the All Japan Kimono Consultant
Association after graduating from Sodo Reihou
Kimono College. Since attaining her certification, she
has been offering her Kimono dressing service,
teaching Kimono classes and workshops, and
producing informative and entertaining Kimono
Shows which feature Kimono dressing
demonstrations. She also works as a Kimono model,
utilizing the six treasured years of classical Japanese
dance training in Hanayagi style under the
exceptional tutelage of Hanayagi Wakana sensei.
In the same year, through intensive training by Kazuyo Hozumi, one of the few Edo Tsumami designated
masters in Japan, she became a professional Edo Tsumami Kanzashi artisan. As a classically trained
successor of this disappearing traditional handicraft, she creates both traditional and modern designed
Tsumami Kanzashi, including custom orders. Her beautiful creations can be purchased on her website.
Kuniko occasionally participates in craft shows and currently offers beginner's workshops at the JapanAmerica Society of Washington D.C.
In early 2013, she founded the Washington D.C. Kimono Club. The Club welcomes anyone who loves
Kimono and Japanese seasonal cultural events. Members can participate in Japanese seasonal cultural
events in Kimono, attend Washington D.C. Kimono Club workshops at a discounted price, participate in
Kimono shows and dressing demonstrations as a model, and participate in the Ms./Mrs./Mr. Kimono of the
year contest. For more information about the club, please visit her website.
Website: http://www.atelierkanawa.com/
CJ Henderson [Author]
CJ Henderson is the creator of the Piers Knight supernatural investigator series,
the Teddy London supernatural detective series, and many more. He has
written some 70 books and/or novels, hundreds of short stories and comics,
and thousands of non-fiction pieces. He is beloved around the world for his
intriguing prose, his precocious wit, and his ability to go to YouTube every single
day to watch Batman Dog and laugh just as hard as he did the first time he
saw it. CJ will have a number of new things to show of this year (as always), but
the one he is most proud of is the book created with his daughter, Erica, The
World Bestiary. Hardback, in color, it lists 100 of the world's most intriguing
monsters. He tells us he cannot wait to show it off to everyone. He is very
excited and eager to meet the attendees of Zenkaikon 2013, both old and new.
Website: http://www.cjhenderson.com/
T Campbell [Comics Writer]
An ex-stage actor and failed Internet shut-in, T Campbell has written
eighteen gazillion pages of comics, including Guilded Age, Penny and
Aggie, Fans!, Cool Cat Studio, Search Engine Funnies, Rip and Teri,
Divalicious! (from Tokyopop) and just a little Avengers. He's a winner of
the Web Cartoonist Choice Awards and the author of The History of
Webcomics. He spends his "spare time" designing crosswords, drafting
health care bills and seeking the Anti-Life Equation.
T Campbell will be at Zenkaikon representing Guilded Age.
Website: http://tcampbell.net/
Phil Kahn [Comics Writer]
A Temple University graduate and longtime Professional Neckbeard,
Phil Kahn has spent a few years writing for various webcomic,
webcomic criticism, and webcomic enthusiast sites, and is now trying
to take his accumulated knowledge and put it all to good use on
Guilded Age. While building a daytime career as an IT Support
Specialist and Pokémon Trainer, he also spends a great deal of time
practicing silly voices/faces in front of a mirror for the inevitable day
where the only thing that can save the whole of humanity from
certain doom is his impression of Henchman #24. Out of the three creators, he is also totally that Gnome
Warlock who "just won't DIE ALREADY." He was nominated for Comic Book Writer of the Year in the 2012
Philly Geek Awards.
Phil Kahn will be at Zenkaikon representing Guilded Age.
Website: http://philkahn.com/
Saber Guild – Keystone Temple [Performing Arts]
After the fall of the Jedi Order a small band of Jedi
are sent on a special mission by Master Yoda. They
must rebuild the Jedi Order and find new padawans.
The Jedi are chased and hunted by Darth Sidious
and his followers to earth. Will the Jedi rebuild the
Jedi Order or will Darth Sidious finally control the
universe and oppression of the Sith continue?
The Saber Guild - Keystone Temple is the
Pennsylvania chapter of a nation-wide, Lucas Film
approved, non-profit organization, which shares its
passion for Star Wars through a variety of performances at different events. Their costumed,
choreographed lightsaber performances are appealing to fans of all ages. In addition to performances,
the Saber Guild is proud to put its resources to good use through fundraising, charity work, and
volunteerism.
Website: http://www.saberguild.com/
Cosplay Burlesque [Performing Arts]
Cosplay Burlesque is a performing arts group of burlesque
performers and cosplayers dedicated to combining the two for
your entertainment. Their mission is to take the characters fans
already enjoy and make them naughty through a humorous
and provacative stage show. They have performed as Nurse
Joy (Pokemon), Tuxedo Mask (Sailor Moon), Harley Quinn
(Batman), Ash (Evil Dead), Ichigo and Rukia (Bleach) - which is
just the tip of the iceberg. There is no fandom that they leave
untouched in their quest for great source material. They are fan fiction come to life!
Website: http://www.cosplayburlesque.com/
Greg “Greggo” Wicker [Game Show Host]
Greggo’s coming back for his second Zenkaikon! Greg Wicker (or
“Greggo” as he’s fondly known) has been producing and hosting
game shows at anime conventions since 1999, when he premiered
Anime Match Game at Project A-Kon in Dallas. Since then, Greggo
has done anime-themed versions of several classic game shows,
created a few games of his own, and even had an original project
that very nearly turned into an actual television show on Anime
Network. These days Greggo is concentrating on perfecting his craft
and making game shows available for conventions everywhere,
bringing his rapier wit and friendly personality with him wherever he
goes. You can see some of Greggo’s past game show efforts on his
YouTube page at http://www.youtube.com/gregdasgo.
Website: http://www.facebook.com/greggosgameshows
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Hickory
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Zakuro
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Black Cat
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Kenichi: The
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Persona: Trinity Soul
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Baka and Test
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Opening Ceremonies
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Obscure J-RPGS You
Should Play: Available
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One Piece Podcast
Panel
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Kowai: Yurei, Yokai and
Scary Japan
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OMG WTF Did I Just
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The Best of East
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Burst Angel
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Kekkaishi
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Vampire Knight
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[28]
Serial Experiments Lain
(1-4)
[30]
Serial Writing Workshop
[25]
Anime Stop the
Music Tryouts
[21]
Anime Stop the Music!
[21]
Hetalia Axis Powers
(1-4)
[28]
Witchblade
(1-4)
[30]
Rosario + Vampire
(1-4)
[30]
Ergo Proxy
(1-4)
[28]
Live 4
Live 5
Live 6
Heritage A
Heritage B
Heritage CDE
Joseph Campbell Sends
Out Mew: Pokemon…
[23]
Aaahh! Video Game
Cartoons
[20]
An Introduction to
Mecha Anime and
Manga [20]
Anime Farkle
[20]
Cosplay Dance Off
[22]
Iron Artist
[23]
LARP Pre-Reg Pickup/
New Character Signup
[18]
Tournament: Ultimate
Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Demo: Core Worlds
(2-5 players)
Demo: Magical Athlete
(4-5 players)
John de Lancie (Vine
Street Lobby)
[9]
LARP Startup Meeting
[18]
Pokemon World
Tournament: Veilstone
City Tournament
[18]
Chase the Clouds ...
Make Your Own Teru
Teru Bouzu [21]
Eye of Argon
Reading
[22]
Nerd Standup with
+2 Comedy
[24]
After Ball Party (Rave)
[18]
Occult Academy
(1-4)
[29]
Competitive
Pokemon
[22]
Breaking into the Music
Industry
[21]
Uncle Yo's Stand-Up
Comedy
[26]
Eien Strife Concert
[13]
Adventures in Anime
Journalism
[20]
Worldbuilding 101
[26]
Eien Strife's Video
Game Challenges
[22]
LARP
[18]
Hall Cosplay
Judging/Masquerade
Check-In
[17]
Tournament: 2 vs. 2
Smash Brothers: Brawl
Tournament: Super
Street Fighter 4: AE
Demo: Chicken
Caesar (3-6 players)
Richard Epcar & Ellyn
Stern (Vine Street
Lobby)
[10,11]
The Aging Otaku:
Fandom and Getting
Older
[25]
Tournament: Gears of
War: Judgement
Dance Central 3
Demo: Formula De
(2-20 players)
John de Lancie Photo
Session (Photo Booth)
[18]
Eien Strife (outside
Main Events)
[13]
Avatar The Last Con
Panel V: BoomerAang
There and Back Again
[21]
Paradise and Faries:
Fanservice
Fiesta (18+) [24]
The Life of a Yaoi
Fangirl (18+)
[25]
Most Heinous Villains in
Anime (18+)
[24]
Cosplay Burlesque (18+)
[22]
Super Mario Super
Panel: Red Coin District
(18+)
Cosplay Dating Game
[25]
(18+)
[22]
Live 1
Live 2
Workshop
Video 1
Video 2
Tabletop
Cosplay
LARP
Video Games
Commonwealth 4
Commonwealth 2
Independence
Federal B
Commonwealth 1
Federal A
Hickory
Assembly I-IV
Ask a Homestuck
Troll
[21]
BJD 101: Those Creepy
Dolls on the Internet
[21]
YuYu Hakusho
(1-4)
[30]
Detective Conan / Case
Closed
(1-4)
[27]
Intro To Magic
the Gathering
[18]
Hall Cosplay
Judging
[17]
LARP
[18]
AMV Contest
[17]
Guilded Age: The Panel! Con Photography: How
to, and What Not to Do
[23]
[22]
Chocobos Ate My Baby:
Narrative and Aesthetic
Edo Tsumami Kanzashi
Hetalia: Axis Powers
in FF [21]
Workshop
Shenanigans!
[22]
[23]
Great Anime Openings
[23]
Eien Strife's Stories
of Adventuring
[22]
Anime Password
How Being an Asian Got
(Tryouts 12-1PM in Live
Me Into Trouble
ANImakeup: Pro
3) [20]
[23]
Saber Guild's Costumed Make-Up Techniques
Lightsaber
for Cosplay... [20]
John de Lancie Q+A
Beyond Bleeps and
Choreography [24]
[23]
Bloops: An Intro to VG
GO GO GIJINKA!: Your
Music [21]
Ghost in the Shell w.
Guide to Gijinka
Richard Epcar & Ellyn
Cosplay [23]
Q+A with
Stern [23]
the Slants
Creating Manga from
[24]
Role Playing Games:
Start to Finish
from The West to The
[22]
Cosplay
East
and
Back
Again!
Webcomics 101
Masquerade
[24]
[26]
[17]
Acting and Directing w.
Richard Epcar & Ellyn
Stern [20]
A Complete History
of Manga
[20]
The Slants Concert
[12]
Martial Arts Fight
Scenes IV: The Weird
Stuff [24]
Rave
[18]
Richard Epcar's Famous
Outtake Panel (18+)
[24]
Vampires in Anime
[26]
How to Burlesque (18+)
[23]
Abuse the Author
[20]
Full Metal Pornologists
(18+)
[23]
Live 1
Commonwealth 3
The Changing Face of
Anime Cons
[25]
The Slants Concert
[12]
Eien Strife Concert
[13]
Awesome Animation
Not from Japan!
[21]
What the Pho?
[26]
A Second Serving of
Animation Openings
[20]
Super Hero Getter
[25]
The Pokémon
Gameshow
[25]
CJ Henderson
Reading
[22]
Broken Continent:
Preview
[21]
One Piece
(54-57)
[29]
Heat Guy J
(1-4)
[28]
Armitage III
(1-4)
[27]
House of Five
Leaves
(1-4)
[28]
Inuyasha: The
Final Act
(1-3)
[28]
Umineko: When
They Cry
(1-4)
[30]
Our Favorite AMVs
[29]
Deadman
Wonderland
(1-4)
[27]
Demo: Power Grid
(2-6 players)
Panty and Stocking with
Garterbelt
(1-4)
[29]
Demo: The
Resistance: Avalon
(5-10 players)
Commonwealth 4
Commonwealth 2
Independence
Video 1
Video 2
Cosplay: 101
[22]
Dragon Ball Z
(1-4)
[28]
xxxHolic
(1-4)
[30]
Workshop
Raien and Lyren's Guitar
Japanese Language and
Panel of Doom
Culture
[24]
[23]
Anime Press
Creating
a Realistic
Your Luck
Character
[20]
[22]
An International
Game of Telephone
[20]
Macross/Robotech:
Heroes, Myths &
Legends [24]
Zenkaikon Closing
Ceremonies & Feedback
Panel
[26]
PWT: Unova Region
Tournament (2 hours)
[18]
Demo: Magical Athlete
(4-5 players)
Clue
[27]
AMVs After Hours (18+)
[27]
Pandora Hearts
(1-4)
[29]
Richard Epcar and Ellyn
Stern
(Vine Street Lobby)
[10, 11]
John de Lancie
(Vine Street Lobby)
[9]
Masquerade
Craftsmanship Judging
[17]
Tiger and Bunny
(1-3)
[30]
AMV Salad 6:
Snack Pack
[27]
Tournament: Dance
Dance Revolution
Autographs
Tournament: Pokemon
Black & White 2
Shinto, Christianity and
Jashinism: Religion in
Anime [25]
Live 2
Magic: The Gathering
Tournament
(Standard
Constructed) (30
players)
[18]
Buso Renkin
(1-3)
[27]
AMV Awards Show
[27]
Beyond The Tentacle
with +2 Comedy (18+)
[21]
Mushi-shi
(1-4)
[29]
Natsume's Book
of Friends
(1-4)
[29]
Bleach
(1-3)
[27]
Sakura Cosplay Ball
[17]
Commonwealth 3
Saturday Morning (and
beyond) Cartoons of the
80s & 90s [25]
Kimono Show with
Kuniko Kanawa
[23]
VIP Meet and Greet (VIP
Only)
Freedom A
Masquerade
Rehearsal/Check-In
[17]
Women in Anime
(w/Ellyn Stern)
[26]
Cosplay Dating Game
[22]
Main Events
Freedom A
9
The Good, The Bad, and
The Obscure
[25]
Sci-fi at Zenkai!
[25]
Main Events
Sunday
Cosplay Smarter: Ways
to Save on Your Cosplay Edo Tsumami Kanzashi
Workshop
[22]
[22]
How to Eat Well and
Cheap at a
Convention [23]
Autographs
Federal B
Ghost Hunt
(1-4)
[28]
Kaleido Star:
Season 2
(1-4)
[28]
Mushi-shi
(1-4)
[29]
Armitage III
(1-4)
[27]
Heat Guy J
(1-4)
[28]
Masquerade Green
Room [17]
Demo: VivaJava
(3-8 players)
Tabletop
Commonwealth 1
Tournament: 4 vs. 4
Halo 4 Pro Slayer
GM Dinner -- Room
Closed!
Tournament: Retro
Revenge (Various)
LARP
[18]
Tournament: Tekken
Tag 2
John De Lancie
Photo Session
(Photo Booth)
[18]
Tournament: Sony
Playstation Allstars FFA
The Slants (outside
Main Events)
[12]
Video Games
Autographs
Cosplay Pajama Party
Cosplay
Federal A
LARP
Hickory
Assembly I-IV
LARP
[18]
Asian Board Gaming
Workshop (multiple
games - 4 hours) &
Demo: Elder Sign (2-8
players - 90 minutes)
[19]
Open Gaming with
Uncle Yo (2 hours)
[19]
PWT: Final Tournament
(2 hours)
[18]
Request a Demo:
Attendees Pick
(2-20 players)
Richard Epcar, Ellyn
Stern, John de Lancie
(Vine Street Lobby)
[9, 10, 11]
Masquerade and Hall
Costume Contest
Feedback [17]
Note:
Numbers in brackets (e.g., [27]) indicate the page number for the program’s description in the Zenkaikon 2013 Program Guide.
Numbers in parenthesis (e.g., (1-4)) are the listed program’s episode numbers shown.
LARP Finale
[18]
Tournament: Super
Smash Impossible
LARP Wrap Up Meeting
[18]
Tournament: jubeat
The Slants (Outside Main
Events)
[12]
John de Lancie Photo
Session (Photo Booth)
[18]
Eien Strife (Outside Main
Events)
[13]
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