With three consecutive anime events coming up, not everyone can go to all of these events. Therefore, to help people that have to budget their time, I’ve created this handy chart to compare the three upcoming cons.
| A Taste of Animethon | Japanese Anime Festival | SobaBowl | ||
| Website: | www.animethon.org | www.anime-alberta.org/jaf | www.anime-alberta.org/sobabowl | |
| Event Date: | Date: Feb 27th, 2010.
Time: 10am- 5pm |
Date: Mar 6-7, 2010
Day 1: 10am -6pm Events for 18+ attendees continue till 10pm Day 2: 10am-8pm |
Date: Mar 13, 2010
Time: 10am – 6pm |
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| Location: | Edmonton, MacEwan University Downtown Campus. | Camrose, University of Alberta Augustana Campus | Edmonton, Harry Ainlay Composite High School (4350 111 St) | |
| Admission: | $5.00. Kids under the age of 10 are admitted for free with a paying guardian. | One Day – $6.00 All Weekend – $10.00 |
$3.00. Children under 10 and Seniors (65+) are admitted for free. | |
| Guests: | Synaptic Chaos Theatre | Debbie Munro Synaptic Chaos Theatre |
The 404s | |
| Contests: | Cosplay Contest Animethon Pre-Reg Draw |
AMV Contest Cosplay Contest Ramen Eating Contest |
Games Tournaments Cosplay Contest Scavenger Hunt |
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| Artist Info: | $10.00 a table | $10.00 a table for 2 days. | $10.00 a table | |
| Vendors | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Schedule | A Taste of Animethon Schedule | JAF Schedule | TBA | |
| Video Programming | 19 hours of video programming |
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TBA |
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Victor Vargas is the manager and editor of Anime-Alberta. He's the former chair of Animethon 16 & Animethon 15 as well as a former president of BAKA (The Banzai Anime Klub of Alberta)