Liberty City Anime Con - White Plains, NY

http://libertycityanimecon.com/

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-August 28-30, White Plains

-Over 100 Events and Panels

-A Dozen Guests and Entertainers

-Three Days of Cosplay

-Game Tournaments and Anime Screenings

-Concerts, Balls, and Dances

-Super cheap admission prices

Convention Location

Our anime convention will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in White Plains, NY. This venue is easily accessible by both car and public transportation, just a short one hour train ride from Grand Central downtown in the heart of NYC. This venue is easily reachable from all over the New England area. Hotel rooms for the convention are available for attendees who want to stay overnight and enjoy convention events that last into the evening.

How to Attend

Everyone attending is expected to register on our website. Tickets will sell out in advance if we reach 3,000 attendees this first year, so we highly encourage you to get yours (http://libertycityanimecon.com/register) early.

What to Expect

We are planning a 3-day convention that includes panels, vendors, cosplay, and guests. You can browse our dealer room and artist alley for anime merchandise and buy and take home armfuls of swag. You can dress up like your favorite anime character and cosplay with friends. You can attend any of dozens of panels and events all weekend.

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Reni Mimura

Reni specializes in Moe style performances, a genre that emphasizes the cute look of Japanese pop-culture. Through her singing and dancing she creates an adorable, peaceful, yet exciting mood. She released her first Japanese CD in 2006, relocated to NY in 2008. Reni has been invited as a guest performer to Japan Society, Otakon, NY Anime Festival and Anime Boston, and is quickly winning over the hearts of many new local fans, thanks to her pretty stage costumes, upbeat personality, and her outstanding singing talent. She released CD album "Sakura" and "Hybrid Girl" in the US and published her first photo book "Maid in NY." They will be on sale at Liberty City Anime Con, and she would love to autograph a copy for you!

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Starberry

ST☆RBERRY (スター☆ベリー) is an all-girls J-pop idol-group founded by lead-singer Sneko. A multi-national and diverse group, they started out as a group of bright-eyed girls who sung and danced to their favorite anime and Jpop songs. Now, at Liberty Anime Con, they will be debuting their first Japanese single and unveiling their newest member who has come all the way from Japan to help ST☆RBERRY on their mission to spread Idol culture to the States! Come on by to experience your favorite Japanese-pop songs remastered with a little touch of ST☆RBERRY-sweetness! ​In addition to their performance, ​ST☆RBERRY will be selling and signing Polaroids taken with fans, so come on down and get your 1-of-a-kind picture with your favorite members!​ ST☆RBERRY currently consists of 7 members: Sneko (lead vocals/dance), Mochi (vocals/dance), Uno (vocals/dance), Fuyu (dance), Sora (dance), Kanon (dance), and Zeru (dance).

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Moshi Moshi

Mōshi Mōshi (申し申し) is an Anime, Video Game, and J-pop cover band. Based in Fort Lee, New Jersey, Mōshi Mōshi has been a hit sensation in the surrounding anime club and convention scene, and has been a part of events, large and small, for over a year. Mōshi Mōshi is on a mission to spread the appreciation of video game and anime music in ways that are nostalgic for fans, yet accessible to new audiences. If uniquely arranged music and highly talented performances sounds like your cup of tea, you're in for a treat. Whether you're in the mood for a latin jazz inspired Sailor Moon opening, or for a Kingdom Hearts power ballad, Mōshi Mōshi offers something for every fan! For more information check out their Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/MoshiMoshiBand). Mōshi Mōshi will also be conducting an exclusive panel discussion at Liberty City Anime Con, so don't miss this special chance to get to know the members and learn more about Mōshi Mōshi's approaches to arranging, performing, and carrying out the band's mission!

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Heather Walker

Heather Walker loves the freaks, the geeks, and the oddballs. From birds and giant rats, to tortured mystical children, to sexy nurses, she has played a wide variety of roles in her relatively brief time as a voice actress. Whether she is screaming her head off for an entire scene or being innocently naughty, Heather loves extreme characters. Some of her roles include Hiruko from Shangri-La, Aki from Maken-Ki, the misunderstood villain Mary Hughes in Fairy Tail, and most recently the role of Zoe, the revolutionary girl, in the audio play Chimpanzee. She studied creative writing at the University of North Texas and besides voice acting, Heather is a stylist, poet, birdwatcher, and environmentalist, and is currently being certified as a Texas Master Naturalist. So not only does she love voicing animals, she loves protecting them too.

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Tyler Walker

Tyler Walker is an ADR director, script writer and voice actor for FUNimation Entertainment. A native of East Texas, he grew up spending equal time playing in the woods, playing Atari, and watching cartoons like Scooby Doo, Superfriends, Star Blazers, and Battle of the Planets. After graduating from the University of North Texas with a BA in Radio, Television, and Film, he spent time playing in bands and eventually started working as an ADR engineer and production assistant at FUNimation in 2002. A bit of trivia: His former band, The Pointy Shoe Factory, had three songs featured in Dragon Ball Z Movie Eight: Broly, The Legendary Super Saiyan.
Since then, he has worked as ADR director on around six hundred episodes of such series as Baccano!, Toriko, Dragon Ball Z, Ghost Hunt, Basilisk, Black Cat, Blassreiter, Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom, Hell Girl, Is This a Zombie, Negima, TO, Ragnarok the Animation, and 175 episodes of Fairy Tail. In addition to directing and producing, he has also written numerous scripts for titles such as Fairy Tail, One Piece, Bamboo Blade, Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom, Hero Tales, Shangri-La, and both seasons of Is This A Zombie. When he’s not at the FUNimation studios, Tyler plays drums and produces music for his current band, Wirewings. Somehow he still finds time to go out into the woods, play video games, and watch cartoons.

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Mario Bueno

Mario is an actor/vocalist/producer and cosplayer from New York City whose performances have reached out across the world thanks to the power of the internet. His recent highlights include numerous collaborations with fellow web video producer "DPiddy," as well as voiceover roles in the web animation "Astro-Cons", "Primordia" by indie game producer WadjetEye Games, and minor roles in "Tenchi Muyo: War On Geminar" for FUNimation Entertainment. Past credits include his 2005 fan film "Final Fantasy vs Kaiju Big Battel," his 2009-2010 web series "Doujinopolis," co-hosting Anime News Network's 2007-2008 news webisodes, as well as numerous promotional spots for FUNimation and Aniplex of America. In 2010, he became the first male AX Idol Singing Winner at Anime Expo, and in 2013 both released his first original album "(A)rise" and represented the United States at the inaugural World Karaoke Grand Prix COSPLAY, placing in the Top 3. Mario invites you to check out his website (www.mariobueno.com) where you can keep up to date on his latest projects and find links to archives of past performances!

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Brittany Lauda

Brittany Lauda is a voice actress, casting director and director as well as one half of ‘MB VoiceWorks’. A recent graduate from SUNY Geneseo with a thesis on Japanese Film & Animation, Brittany has been hard at work creating a name for herself within the world of voice over. Her voices can also be heard in anime (Queen’s Blade Rebellion, Prince Adventures, Holy Knight, Pokemon), Video Games (Huniepop, Strife, Norse Noir, Heroes of Newerth, Lovely Little Thieves, But I Love You, Y2K), and even education apps by Hasbro like My Little Pony and Transformers. A fan favorite role of hers is the iconic mean girl of Huniepop- Audrey Belrose. Additionally, Brittany was the voice director for the JRPG inspired title ‘YIIK’, and one of the ADR directors for Media Blaster’s first in house title ‘Holy Knight’. Brittany has plenty of exciting news on the way this year, and she is excited to share with everyone her experiences from how she managed a voice over career while in college to what she looks for in her casting process. Outside of voice over & MB VoiceWorks, Brittany enjoys playing with her Shiba Inu puppy named Raven, collecting Pinny Arcade pins, playing video games, reading comics, losing in League of Legends, squeeing at how cute Gon & Killua are in HUNTERxHUNTER and rewatching Katekyo Hitman Reborn.

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Dokudel

Cosplaying since 1998 Dokudel has made herself over 200 costumes ranging from anime, manga, comics, cartoons and more. She has attended well over 100 conventions. She has staffed at about 50 conventions since 2003. Making sure attendees have just as much joy attending these shows as she does working at them. She has won numerous awards at conventions for performance and craftsmanship which has landed herself title of Masters. This hobby has lead her with a seamstress career sewing bridal wear.

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Adam Tilford

Adam “Christopher” Tilford is a New York based author and animator. His published books include his sci-fi novel series, Shattered Heaven: Sins of the Soul (2012) & Shattered Heaven: Shadows of Existence (2014), as well as Adobe Story Starter (2013). In 2013 Adam debuted the animated web series adaptation of his series on Youtube. He is also currently working with Kira Buckland and Chris Niosi on the upcoming animated web series, Dragon Star. Find out more about Adam at http://www.adamtilford.com (http://www.adamtilford.com/) and more about Shattered Heaven athttp://www.shatteredheaven.com (http://www.shatteredheaven.com/).

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Austin Tindle

Austin Tindle is a writer and actor living in Dallas, Texas. He was born in Orlando, Florida, raised in Austin, Texas and attended the University of Texas at Dallas on an academic scholarship, where he almost became an electrical engineer. At 19, he was cast as Romeo and changed majors the same day. You may have seen him around Dallas at Kitchen Dog Theatre, Water Tower Theatre, Theatre Three, Stage West, Shakespeare Dallas, Project X, Second Thought Theatre, Nouveau 47, Upstart Theatre, and many others. Or maybe you saw the awesome film “Inventors and Vendors”. But he’s probably most well-known for his work with Funimation Studios, where he has voiced many characters including Ayumu Aikawa in “Is this a Zombie?”, Accelerator in “A Certain Magical Index”, Kunihito Kusanagi in “Shangri-La”, Shu Ouma in “Guilty Crown”, Marco Bodt in "Attack on Titan", Karma in "Assassination Classroom", and Kaneki in Tokyo Ghoul. Austin has been a proud member of the Couchsurfing community since 2011. He really loves couches.

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Marcus Stimac

Marcus Stimac is a voice, theater and film actor currently living in Dallas, Texas. Originally from Milwaukee, Marcus moved to Dallas to study theater at Southern Methodist University, and after graduating stayed in Dallas to pursue other acting opportunities. He is very thankful to have had the chance to work on many great and memorable Animes. Marcus is mostly known for his voice work at Funimation Studios where he has played Dr.Hogback in One Piece, Saito in Ghost in the Shell: Arise, Terasaka in Assassination Classroom, Kazama "Dragon" Ryiuchi in Ping Pong the Animation, Amata Kihara in A Certain Magical Index, Warcry in Fairy Tail, and Cornet in Space Dandy!. If you don't see him in an Anime you can always find him acting on a local Dallas stage , performing Shakespeare in a bar playing, or playing the accordion under a bridge. Marcus is starring in the first feature length virtual reality film "Manslaughter: VR" for the Oculus Rift entertainment system. He is a fan of many different shows, some his favorite animes include Cowboy Bebop, Yu Yu Hakusho, and One Piece.

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Michael "1KidsEntertainment" Hecht (Elite3)

Michael "1KidsEntertainment" Hecht is a founding member of the group Elite3 (creators of "Pokémon 'Bridged," "Dark Swamp," Elite3 animations, and other works). He is editor/co-writer of "Pokémon 'Bridged" and provides the voices of Ash, James, Pikachu, and many others. He is the current editor of Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged by LittleKuriboh, and works for the YouTube channel JacksFilms on the side. He can also be heard as Benny in "Dark Swamp," Kakuja in TeamFourStar's "Lord Slug Abridged", the bully in "Naruto: The Abridged Comedy Fandub Spoof Series Show" by LittleKuriboh, and Elescope in "TOME" by Kirbopher. He also plays dying extras in various episodes of TeamFourStar's Dragon Ball Z Abridged and Hellsing Ultimate Abridged. And if all of that wasn't enough, he's one of the millions of YouTubers out there making Let's Plays, on Elite3's gaming channel "Controller Rollers". In his spare time, Mike enjoys yelling at microphones, eating his weight in ice cream, and making Nowacking write his bio for him.

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Jessi "Nowacking" Nowack (Elite3)

Jessi "Nowacking" Nowack is a voice actress, writer, and founding member of Elite3. An actress since age six, Jessi has lent her voice to video games, anime, animations, over 100 internet parodies, and more. She is the writer and editor of "Dark Swamp" and co-writer of "Pokémon 'Bridged," in which she lends her voice to Revy, Misty, Jenny, Joy, and lots more. She also voices Seras (Police Girl) in "Hellsing Ultimate Abridged" by TeamFourStar, Sasha in "Attack on Titan Abridged" by TeamFourStar, and Hyprelynx in "TOME" by Kirbopher. Jessi is known in the brony community for voicing Vinyl Scratch in various animations and songs such as "Epic Wub Time," "Pony Rock Anthem," and "I Am Octavia." She can be heard as Izumi in the English dub of "Queens Blade Rebellion." She can also be seen being terrible at video games on the series Controller Rollers. Legend tells that when she was a child, she drank some liquid out of a glow stick when her mom wasn't paying attention. As she is alive today, we can only assume she is indestructible.

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Events

We are excited to present you with one of the most complete events lists of any anime convention in the area. We are proud to plan to host over 100 panels and events covering as many series and fandoms as we can support. We are happy to present our mainstage events as an opportunity to show off costumes, meet guests, socialize, and have fun. All events are included with the cost of your registration.

Cosplay Contests

Our costume contest, judged by top costumers from around the country, is your chance to show off your costumes and compete for the prizes ranging from Best Performance and Best Craftsmanship to the coveted Best in Show.

Musical Events

We have several fantastic of musical events, including several concerts, dances, balls, and events. We are proud to present events like a Nerdy Hip-Hop rap concert and an elegant Formal Ball, complete with formal dance lessons.

Fan Panels and Events

We have tons of fan panels and events submitted by fans and our own staff alike. These events make up the backbone of our convention, supporting any fandom that would like to join us. Examples range from "Fanfiction 101" and "Dante's guide on how to pick up women" to "Who's Line is it Anime?" and "Learn the Hare Hare Yukai". These are just a few example of fan panels, and we welcome you to submit yours when we open submissions.

Video Gaming

We will have an epic area filled with arcade games like Dance Dance Revolution and multiple large-format LCD screens for everything from first-person-shooters to Japanese fighters - with tournaments scheduled all weekend long.

Artists Alley

Our artists alley is the chance for you to come see some cool handmade artwork and special crafts. Artists come from around the world to show off their work, meet their fans, and make new fans.

Dealers Room

The Liberty City Con Dealers Room features almost a dozen vendors selling everything a fan could want to see or buy. This is your opportunity to stock up on all kinds of anime swag to fill your bedroom with. Buy plushies, posters, DVDs, manga, and more in our dealers room.

Tons of Guest Events

We have numerous Q&A sessions, workshops, and autograph signings with our many guests of honor.

Nightly Dances

We have an electronic dance every night of the convention. Bring your glowsticks and come party.

Generate: Cosplay Magazine Photography

Generate will be the official convention photographers of Liberty City Anime Con. Generate will also feature several of their awesome cosplayers during the convention.

Much More

A full list of events will be published closer to the convention. In the meantime, please check out the rest of our website and our Facebook page for more information.

Location

The beautiful Crowne Plaza White Plains will play host to the first ever Liberty City Anime Con event. Join us and book a hotel room for just $119 a night.

Click here to book a hotel room. (https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=13783565)

We encourage you to book your hotel room for the convention as early as possible, to ensure you have a room before we run out of hotel rooms.

Crowne Plaza White Plains
66 Hale Ave
White Plains, NY 10601

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Exhibitors

Information for participating in and selling at our convention is below. We will have both an exhibit hall and artist alley. All space is first-come first-served. We have a zero tolerance policy on bootleg items, so if you try to sell bootleg products we will kick you out and keep your booth fee.

Artist spaces sold out.

Dealer & Artist Registration Prices

$200.00 10x10 Dealer Booth and 2 Badges $390.00 20x10 Dealer Booth and 4 Badges $580.00 30x10 Dealer Booth and 4 Badges $770.00 40x10 Dealer Booth and 4 Badges

Setup Hours

Thursday: 4pm to 8:30pmFriday: 9am - 9pmSaturday: 9am - 7pmSunday: 9am - 9pm

Public Hours

Thursday: NoneFriday: 12pm - 8pmSaturday: 10am - 6pmSunday: 10am - 5pm