Sunday, May 31, 2015

PSA: Many upcoming events

There are a whole bunch of interesting events/conventions happening in the next two weeks! Here's the rundown:

Japan Day 2015 - June 3rd (website here)
AMAI Japan Day 2015 Event - June 3rd
Israeli Tattoo Convention -  June 6th
Game Night at the Havanah Club - June 7th
ScienceCon 2015: On Dune and Building Worlds - June 11th
Anime Chudoku booth in Jerusalem - June 15th

I'm going to be posting a bunch of conventions and reviews over the next few days! Stay tuned!

If you are aware of any convention taking place here in Israel, or some other interesting event taking place, please notify me, and I will do my best to report on it!

Thursday, May 21, 2015

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Shirofest canceled

Due to the organizers of Shirofest having been in an accident, and no replacments for them found, the convention has been canceled. May they have a speedy recovery.

If you are aware of any convention taking place here in Israel, or some other interesting event taking place, please notify me, and I will do my best to report on it!

Thursday, May 14, 2015

REPORT: Shirofest 2015 (שירופסט 2015)



Website: N/A
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1417019081944691/
Date: May 25th
Location: Blich High School, The One Hundred and One 24, Ramat Gan
Convention type: Anime
Hours: 11 AM - 9 PM
Entrance fee: 30 NIS
Registration for events: No
Pre-registration for events: No

The second convention on our Shavuot lineup is Shirofest, an anime convention, also in its second year. Lectures, showings, and merchandise galore, much more than last year!  Be sure to check it out if you have the time!

Links
Cosplay competition signup

As of this writing, the program for the event has not been posted. I'll update this post when it becomes available.

Sorry for the extremely late post (again - sigh).

If you are aware of any convention taking place here in Israel, or some other interesting event taking place, please notify me, and I will do my best to report on it!

REPORT: Anime Clash 2015 (2015 אנימה קלאש)













Website: http://animeclash.info/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1581952118726959/
Date: May 25th
Location: Ort Holon, Professor Shor 2, Holon
Convention type: Anime/Gaming
Hours: 10 AM - 7 PM
Entrance fee: 35 NIS
Registration for events: No
Pre-registration for events: No

Get your controllers ready, cause it's time to get your game on! Anime Clash is an anime gaming convention in its second year, taking place the day after Shavuot. Aside from the usual lectures/showings/cosplay competitions, there will also be gaming tournaments! Multiple consoles with different games will be set up for you to compete in, with prizes worth hundreds of shekels! So come on down, and get ready to press X to win!

Games
Xbox
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution
Injustice: Gods Among Us
Dragonball XenoVerse
Tekken Tag Tournament 2


PS3
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3
J-Stars Victory VS


Wii U
Super Smash Bros. 4

Wii
Super Smash Bros. Melee

Having been a gamer long before I was an anime fan, I'll be going to this convention. See you all there!

Links
Cosplay competition signup

As of this writing, the program for the event has not been posted. I'll update this post when it becomes available.

UPDATE: The program is now available! (Subject to change)

Sorry for the extremely late post (again - sigh).

If you are aware of any convention taking place here in Israel, or some other interesting event taking place, please notify me, and I will do my best to report on it!