Hecate breaks down some highlights from Spring 2008.

http://forums.eirtaku.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2542

Viole2xta, official photographer for EirtaKon 2007 MkII has posted up the collection of photographs she took over the weekend of the convention.

To check out the photos, go here.

To see photos from other attendees, you can check out the Con Photos thread in the EirtaKon forum or just browse gallery.eirtaku.com.

Looks like Eeeper has finally posted up the audio from the fansubbing panel hosted by myself, Pazuzu (of SD/Inane) and Hybridchild (of Shin-Getter) at EirtaKon 2007 MkII. Bear in mind that I only host the XDCC bot for Studio ADTRW, but we needed an extra body to fill the panel

Discuss this in the forums.

As is the norm after every EirtaKon, we get an influx of new members who want to keep in touch with friends made at the convention, as well as keep up on the details for the next convention!

So welcome to you, new visitors, we hope you stick around and become a part of the community!

Best place to start is the forums, particularily the official EirtaKon forums (you can register by going here).

We’ve recently moved our pages and stuff so that everything will be super fast, but some things might be broken that haven’t been spotted yet, so if you notice anything, don’t hesitate to drop me a mail (cult@eirtaku.com) or just PM “CuLT” on the forums (you need to be registered on the forums for that).

Time for a new post to give everyone the basic and current details!

EirtaKon is an anime convention based in Dublin City University, Dublin. It started in 2005 and as you might imagine, this is the third such EirtaKon.

There’s anime showings, panels, competitions, cosplay, traders, games - all the things you’d expect from an anime convention.

There’s a lot more information available at www.eirtakon.com, but the basic vitals are:

EirtaKon 2007 Mk.II
November 23rd - 25th
Dublin City University
Dublin

One Day Pass: €10
Weekend Pass: €15 + Free T-shirt (while stocks last)
Friday

• Pub Quiz starting @ 8pm w/ prizes - always a lot of fun, don’t miss this if you’re over 18!
• there’ll also be anime showing on in another room for people not interested in the quiz;

Saturday / Sunday

• Traders - people selling all sorts of merchandise;
• Panels - discussions on a variety of subjects, from me trying to talk about fan culture, fansubbers talking about fansubbing, to a special Japanese guest!
• Showings - the backbone of anime cons, I am personally constructing the showings list for this years convention, along with scheduling. You can expect more than just anime showings, there’ll of course be AMVs, we’ll be showing AMV Hell in its entirity (except zero!), other special fanmade videos, plus panel footage from Otakon!
• Cosplay - Theres going to be a lot of cosplaying this year from what I can gather, so whether you’re going to gear up yourself or be a photographer, you’ll be sorted. There’s also going to be a cosplay competition on Saturday, I’d say keep your eyes peeled but this was a resounding success last year and it’ll be hard to miss this year too!
• Gaming - there’s a slew of games lined up, plus competitions to boot, Japanese games are the focus!

Also there is huge demand for the EirtaKon T-shirts every year, and some people are always disappointed because we don’t have an infinite supply (costs us quite a bit of cashola upfront to get those things ) so this year, if you pre-register you’re guaranteed your T-shirt, so pre-register! Other than that, make sure you turn up Friday or very early on the Saturday to purchase your weekend ticket.

Convention Discussion Forum

There will be some downtime on our Nirvash server starting tomorrow (and hopefully not extending beyond that).

This means that Umai, the tracker and the radio will be offline for several hours.

So after after the travesty of Gundam Seed Destiny, can anything rescue the franchise? Mabye Seiji Mizushima (Full Metal Alchemist) can..

Some more information has been trickling out about the latest (11th) Gundam series as it gets closer to its 6th of October airdate. As far as episode count goes it’s likely to be 50 episodes split between two seasons in the same manner as Code Geass. Some new trailers and TV spots have popped up in recent days:

• 30 second TV spot (subbed)

• Full trailer

• Voice actors

Set in 2307AD (no funny calendars this time), the plot revolves around the not-for-profit (!!) organisation “Celestial Being” that intends to use four mobile suits to eliminate all war and conflict. Not as crazy as it may sound, their mobile suits apparently have the ability to take out entire armies.

Of course, such powerful technology should only be entrusted to mentally stable, rational individuals. And who better than traumatised 16 year olds? Our main character, Setsuna F. Seiei, had a pretty bad childhood spent in a warzone. Obviously the prime candidate to pilot the heavily armed Gundam Exia.

More information

Jim (HangFire) has organised convention reports by forums user I_forget into the EirtakuWiki. The originals are in this thread.

The contributions can be viewed here:

http://wiki.eirtaku.com/Eirtakon_Con_Reports

http://wiki.eirtaku.com/Tomo-Dachi_Con_Reports

If you attended either of these conventions (if you were staff you must make this explicit in your report) and wish to add to the entry, please feel free.

Details here.

With the spring and summer shows lineup coming to a close or at their midpoint (some firm favourites already cementing their place in the hearts of anime fans) it’s time to focus on what’s going to be starting up this autumn. As with last season, I’ll just cover the highlights; a more complete list is linked in the sources section.

Note: all airdates are generally subject to being moved (usually back) and should be treated as guides.

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