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Conventions
  • Project: A-Kon, presented each June in Dallas, Texas by Phoenix Entertainment, is the premier anime convention in Texas, and is in fact the largest anime convention in the Southwest (and among the oldest anime-related conventions in the nation). While totally unverifiable, it is estimated that as many as 80% of the Club members attend A-Kon each year.

  • AnimeFest, also held each year in Dallas (but at the end of the burning hot Texas summer, rather than at its beginning), is increasingly becoming a popular convention destination for discerning members of the Anime Club (and a fair number of other fine fans, for that matter).

  • Many Anime Club members make a pilgrimage to Anime Expo in Long Beach, California each year. (If it were closer and cheaper, the number would no doubt be even higher.) This is widely considered to be the anime convention in the U.S., and every otaku is required to go there at least once in his or her lifetime.

  • UshiCon is a relatively new convention that has miraculously sprung up right here in Austin. (It’s close enough to walk there!) 2002 was their first year. It disappeared for a while, but appears to be back, in a somewhat new form.

  • Oni-Con is an even newer convention, organized in Houston (not quite close enough to walk there, but still not too far). The first Oni-Con was held in 2004.

  • KamikazeCon was another new convention based in Houston, having first begun in 2005. They seem to have vanished for a few years, but might once again exist....

Web Resources
Vendor Links
  • CD Japan is an excellent source for CDs and DVDs from Japan.

  • Right Stuf is both a domestic anime producer (the official licenseholder of titles ranging from Boogiepop Phantom to Gravitation) and a general vendor of anime and related merchendise.

  • AnimeNation is a good source for a wide variety of anime- and manga-related goods (art books, T-shirts, etc.), as well as domestic anime releases.

  • Sasuga Books is a good source for manga and Japanese magazines. They also offer subscriptions to many of the top Japanese manga serials and magazines (and their shipping arrangements are so good that you often get your copy on the same day it goes on sale in Japan!).

  • BK1 is an excellent source for Japanese books, magazines, manga, and other goods. Note, though, that their site is in Japanese only (but they do ship to the U.S.).

  • Amazon Japan is another good site for obtaining anime- and manga-related goods; they now offer at least some of their site in English.

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