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This is some of the expected events at San Japan: Mach 5
Cosplay
The Gear Project will be putting together a Hall Cosplay and on Saturday evening will be the Cosplay Show. Rules of the cosplay show have been posted on the website and if you have any questions, please go the San Japan forums in the cosplay discussion thread. On-line sign-up is now available.
Hetalia Olympics
Created for San Japan 1.5 as Otaku-lympics, this event was proven to be a huge success and has remained a San Japan Exclusive since. After SJ2.X Axis Powers Hetalia took major fame and the concept was put to stone to incorporate Hetalia to this panel. Since then, the panel is now focused mostly on Hetalia and still has slots for normal con goers to compete in. Panel events include: Pose Off Contest, Eating Contest, Iron Cosplay Contest, and returning to this panel is the Wii Sports.
Ani-Idol & Karaoke
If you can belt those tunes from your favorite anime or video game, we want to hear you! Rules for Ani-Idol have now been posted. And if you don’t feel like getting on stage but still want to sing, Karaoke will be setup during the convention (Karaoke-dedicated room setup in 2012 at a To Be Determined Time). We will also have a showcase where the best of the best will sing to the crowd.
Formal Dance Masquerade
By popular request, in cooperation with MEK, a Formal Dance Masquerade will be held this year at San Japan. Bring your best attire to dance into the moonlight. For rules & information, go to the official page.
Game Shows
For Randy Entertainment will be bringing popular and original game shows with an anime theme twist to them. You could be one of the contestants and walk away with lots of free prizes to be given away. Certain game will be hosted by Greg “Greggo” Wicker. Other panelists will be holding Jeopardy! and various other themed events.
Cosplay Chess
Reenact a large game of chess with your favorite characters. Maybe you’ll finally see what a dual of Naruto vs Sakura would really look like in real life. Sign-up will be at the convention.
Poke-Battle Live!
Each trainer paired up with a Pokemon and have a really fun time play-fighting the opposing team. The moves of your Pokemon are to be acted out after you call them. Sign-up is now open on our forums!
Concerts
We are bringing in multiple music guests to play throughout the weekend so you can rock out to some great music.
Charity Auction
With the cooperation of guests from Funimation, we will be putting on a charity auction on Sunday afternoon. Bid on one-of-a-kind autographs, anime memorabilia & collectables. Proceeds will go to two selected charities: Chromosome 18 Registry & Research Society + Architecture For Humanity, to help the rebuild efforts in Japan.
Swap Meet
Have a shelf full of anime you’d like trade for something else? Meet other people who wants to swap & trade you anime and manga for something else. Maybe you’ll get something unexpected.
Panels & Workshops
We will be having panels & discussions going all through out the weekend. We will have interactive panels that you can talk with guests, interactive panels on wide range of topics including Cosplay and animation or just fun fan panels talking about their passion.
Dance
San Japan plans to have at least 2 informal electronic dances, one on Friday night @ 12AM and one on Saturday night starting at 12AM.
Art Show
Calling all artists, and those who think that they may be artists! Would you like to make some money selling a piece or two of your artwork? Please submit pieces of art for our Silent Art Auction. We will accept anything from drawings to paintings, to photographs, to any type of cosplay item or even those cute little dolls. 10% of all proceeds will go to charity, and the rest is all yours. Please contact Krystina Scott at artshow@san-japan.org for further details or if you would like to submit anything to the auction. We would like to get all of the artwork in by Friday evening at 10 pm, if possible. Rules about the Art Show have been posted on the website.
AMV Contest
We will be holding an AMV Contest at San Japan. AMV’s are Anime Music Videos, where popular songs are mixed with popular anime. This is a very popular contest with attendees.
Autograph Sessions
You will get your chance to have your items personalized by all of the guests at San Japan. There will be multiple autograph sessions with all of the guests as we want everyone to get a chance to get their items signed.
Interactive Screenings
Voice Actors will be screening episodes of your favorite anime series with live commentary during the convention.
Anime Murder Mystery
Oh no! A crime has happened! Figure out the mystery on which anime character was slain. Be the detective. Figure out the clues. Be part of this interactive mystery.
Other parts of the convention
- J-Pop & Anime Music Video Room
- Multiple 24-Hour Video Rooms
- Large Console and Arcade Games Room + Tournaments
- Tabletop and Card Gaming Dedicated Section
- Cosplay Photoshoots
- Manga Reading Section – Presented by the San Antonio Library
- Anime Dating Game
- Multiple Fan Panels (Hetalia/Durarara! + More)
- Iron Artist
- NinjaHELL!
- ‘Unleashed’ Panels
- Anime Jeopardy
- Ball-Joint Doll Demonstration
- Saturday Morning Cartoon Block
This is just a small sampling of what will be at San Japan. A lot will be posted later on in the year.
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