Basic Information
Fanime is Northern California's largest Japanese Anime convention. Fanime is held Memorial Day weekend, this year falling on Friday, May 23rd to Monday, May 26th, 2008.
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Location
Fanime Con 2008 is held in San Jose at the San José McEnery Convention Center and in the surrounding hotels, The Hilton and The Marriott.
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Facility
The San Jose McEnery Convention Center is located in the heart of downtown San Jose.
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Events
In any Anime Convention, the star of the weekend it it's events. Fanime's events have always been a crowd favorite. Each year includes crowd favorites such as Dealers Rooms, Guests of Honor, Cosplay Events, and Anime screening rooms, but also include new and inventive events such as Game Show and The Maid Cafe.
Arcade Gaming -
All your favorite arcade games, all in one place! DDR all night long!
Art Gallery -
A showing of unique art pieces - some for viewing, others for bidding!
Artist Alley -
An army of talented artists are here, selling their work. Come in to buy, or just meet and chat with the artists!
Black and White Ball -
Come to this formal ball in your best dress, tux, or cosplay!
Dance -
Whip out those glowsticks and bounce to JPop all night long!
Dealers Room -
Buy all that anime and japanese stuff you've been wanting all here.
E-Gaming -
Play your favorite console and PC games right here all night long.
Fanime Music Video -
Fanime's famous Anime Music Videos.
Game Show -
Test your knowledge of the japanese culture and win prizes.
Guests of Honor -
Meet and greet your favorite stars from the Anime world.
Karaoke -
Sing your heart out!
Live Demonstrations -
Cultural demos, interactive events and more!
Maid Café -
Welcome home, master! Please, sit and have some tea!
Masquerade -
All the cosplayers come out in full force to put on a show!
MusicFest -
Rock out to our japanese, video game inspired or even anime themed bands!
Panels -
Learn to make cosplay boots or learn about how to talk to fan girls!
Stage Zero -
Live and on stage. It takes the programming out of live programming.
Swap Meet -
The garage sale.
Table Top Gaming -
Card games to board games to role playing games. We have them all.
Video Programming -
Anime, Asian Films, and Movies galore. Running all night for your viewing pleasure.
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Contact
Have a question for fanime? Or maybe you want to get in contact with one of their departments? Maybe you wish to send fan mail to the website staff? What ever it is you're looking for, here is their list of how to get in contact with them.
Mailing Address
If you would like to snail-mail them, please use the address below:
FanimeCon 2008 Inquiries
798 Auzerais Avenue
San Jose, CA 95126
If you require a reply, please include a self-addressed stamped envelope.
Phone
They willl soon be installing phone system so you can also call in with questions and comments about Fanime.
Email
If you have an question, please email the department that has most to do with your request.
Department Email
Arcade arcade@fanime.com
Art Show artshow@fanime.com
Artist Alley artistalley@fanime.com
Artist Pool art@fanime.com
Asian Films asianfilms@fanime.com
Black and White Ball bwball@fanime.com
Charity Auction charityauction@fanime.com
Conops conops@fanime.com
Cosplay cosplay@fanime.com
Dance dance@fanime.com
Dealers dealers@fanime.com
Demonstrations demonstrations@fanime.com
e-Gaming egaming@fanime.com
Extravaganzas extravaganzas@fanime.com
Facilities facilities@fanime.com
Fan Services fanservices@fanime.com
Fanime Music Video fmv@fanime.com
Forums forums@fanime.com
Game Show gameshow@fanime.com
General Programming gp@fanime.com
Hotels hotel@fanime.com
Info Desk info@fanime.com
Karaoke karaoke@fanime.com
Live Programming live-programming@fanime.com
Logistics logistics@fanime.com
Maid Café maidcafe@fanime.com
Marketing marketing@fanime.com
MusicFest musicfest@fanime.com
Newsletter newsletter-staff@fanime.com
Operations operations@fanime.com
Panels panels@fanime.com
Press press@fanime.com
Publications publications@fanime.com
Registration registration@fanime.com
Rovers rovers@fanime.com
Scheduling scheduling@fanime.com
Stage Zero stagezero@fanime.com
Tabletop Gaming tabletop@fanime.com
Tech tech@fanime.com
Video Programming video@fanime.com
Vols volunteers@fanime.com
Web webmaster@fanime.com
Help Help@fanime.com
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