MechaCon

SuperCon 2k Series at MechaCon!

Pac — Fri, 04 May 2012 04:05:17 +0000

The SuperCon 2K Series is the place to be for all gamers to explore all the aspects of the video gaming industry and beyond. For all gamers, the SuperCon 2K Series can be seen at variety of conventions and events that have some tie-in or cross-over into the video game industry. Don’t miss the opportunity, fun, memories, networking, prizes, education, bragging rights, and/or the chance to be named the most proven player in the nation!

For additional information, please visit www.supercon2k.com

New Guest and Facebook Contest!

Pac — Tue, 01 May 2012 22:33:04 +0000

Team MechaCon is excited to welcome Jason David Frank to New Orleans as a guest for MechaCon 2012!

Best known for his role as Tommy Oliver in the long-running TV show POWER RANGERS, Jason morphed into a series of different rangers over the years: Mighty Morphin’ Green and White, Red Zeo, Red Turbo, and then returned in 2004 as the Black Dino Thunder Ranger. All in all, ‘Tommy’ appeared in more episodes than any other character, 225 in total, and appeared in both full-length movies, MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS: THE MOVIE (1995) and TURBO: A POWER RANGERS MOVIE (1997).

MECHACON FACEBOOK FRIENDS CHALLENGE!

Our Facebook Friends Challenge is still going strong!
7,500+ AND COUNTING! KEEP IT UP

If we can reach 10,000 “likes” by May 31, 2012, we will randomly draw a single SilverPass or BasicPass pre-registrant and upgrade that lucky person to the coveted, limited and sold-out GoldPass status!

What does this mean for you? It means that if you help us spread the word and get people to come to our page, then you may be the lucky person to get upgraded to GoldPass status!

Of course, to qualify to win the upgrade you must already be registered for MechaCon by May 31st! The upgrade winner will be randomly drawn from folks ALREADY REGISTERED for MechaCon 2012.

Don’t wait! Register today, then get everyone you know to “like” our Facebook page. As stated before, if we reach 10,000 likes by May 31, 2012, YOU could be the lucky recipient of a rare GoldPass upgrade!

Don’t miss your chance!

Another Round of Guest Announcements!

Space Cowboy — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:19:54 +0000

We are excited to welcome the following honored guests to MechaCon 2012 in New Orleans!

MARY ELIZABETH McGLYNN is a voice over actress, writer, singer and director. As an actress, she portrayed Major Motoko Kusanagi in GHOST IN THE SHELL INNOCENCE, SOLID STATE SOCIETY and GHOST IN THE SHELL: STAND ALONE COMPLEX for which she won the American Anime Award for Best Actress. You can also hear her as Sei in ALPHA PROTOCOL and Nora in FINAL FANTASY XIII. Some of her other popular roles are Cornelia in CODE GEAS.Kurenai from NARUTO, Julia from COWBOY BEBOP, Helba and Bordeau from .HACK, Jagura from WOLF’S RAIN and Caroline from VAMPIRE HUNTER D.

DARAN NORRIS has voiced hundreds of cartoon episodes, most notably providing the voices of Cosmo, Dad, and Jorgen (and more!) on the Nickelodeon series FAIRLY ODD PARENTS. Currently, Daran is voicing the Decepticon Knock Out on The Hub’s hit show TRANSFORMERS: PRIME, as well as Chief, Chameleon, and Francisco on Nick’s animated series T.U.F.F. PUPPY. Feature film roles include Spottswoode in TEAM AMERICA, and Louie the pigeon in BOLT. In 2003, he voiced Even Piell, Ki-Adi-Mundi, Master Barrek & Durge in Genndy Tartakovsky’s STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS.

JONATHAN KLEIN is the Vice-President and co-owner of New Generation Pictures, Inc., based in Beverly Hills. In addition to Jonathan’s work in Anime & Video Games he is the co-founder of Anime Charity Auctions, an organization dedicated to help raise money for worthwhile charitable causes. This year, Jonathan will once again host MechaCon’s Charity Auction benefitting NOLA Japan Quake Fund..

Vic Mignogna returns for MechaCon 2012!

Pac — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:15:07 +0000

We are excited to welcome back Vic Mignogna as an honored guest for MechaCon 2012 in New Orleans!

Vic Mignogna has been acting for stage and screen since he was 8 years old.He started his career in anime a little over ten years ago as Vega in Streetfighter II. Since then, Vic has been in more than a hundred and fifty shows and video games. He is most well known for such roles as Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist and Tamaki Suou in Ouran High School Host Club. His credits also include performances as Fai in Tsubasa Chronicle, Dark in DN Angel, Kurz in Full Metal Panic, Broly in Dragonball Z, Kougaijji in Saiyuki, Ikkaku in Bleach, Yukito in Air, Takanaga in Wallflower, Tatsu in Peacemaker, Luciano in Code Geass, Virgil Walsh in Trinity Blood, Hikaru in Macross and many more.

More Guest Announcements!

Pac — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:25:02 +0000

It’s time to announce a couple more guests who will be joining us in New Orleans for MechaCon VIII.

RICHARD EPCAR is one of the hardest working men in show business and has voiced over 300 characters. He is well known to Animation, Video Game and Anime fans. Starting with ROBOTECH (as Ben Dixon, Lunk, Grel and Capt. Grant), his career has led him into roles such as Batou in GHOST IN THE SHELL and into a new series from Nickelodeon, AVATAR: THE LEGEND OF KORRA.

ELLYN STERN is a classically trained actress, whose career spans from film to television to stage. Ellyn is also widely known for her voice work and the wide range of characters she has played, numbering in the hundreds. She started in anime with the original ROBOTECH series, in which she played numerous characters. Most recently, she can be heard as Dorothy in TRUE CRIMES, HONG KONG and is a series regular on MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM UNICORN, playing Martha.Ellyn can also be heard as Yu’s Mom on NOEIN and Jack’s Mom in MAR.

First Round of Guests for MechaCon 2012!

Pac — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:38:55 +0000

Team MechaCon is ringing in the new year with our first round of Guest Announcements for 2012!

TODD HABERKORN is currently a proud member of the Anime community and continues to be its humble servant by way of English dubbing. Todd received his BFA in acting from Southern Methodist Universityand continues to work primarily in Texas and Los Angeles as an actor, director, producer, and writer.As far as shows go, catch Todd’s voice in lead roles such as Ling Yao in FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: BROTHERHOOD, Keroro in SGT. FROG, Yamato in SUZUKA, Naru in GHOST HUNT, Raki in CLAYMORE, Wataknuki in xxxHOLIC, Allen Walker in D. GRAY MAN, Kyrie in SANDS OF DESTRUCTION, Death the Kid in SOUL EATER, and some others he can’t say right now. Todd is also the lead role Natsu, the fire eating, fire wielding wizard from FAIRY TAIL.

SAMANTHA INOUE-HARTE has been working in the film industry since 1997 as a producer, animator, director, makeup FX artist, and actress.

She has worked as an actor in SIN CITY, OFFICE SPACE, PLANET TERROR, BEATDOWN, MACHETE, IDIOCRACY, NATIONAL LAMPOON’S THE STONED AGE, TRUE GRIT, TEETH, and several others. Her FX makeup work can be seen in TEETH.

WENDY POWELL is so excited to be returning to MechaCon to see all of you again… so let’s start this CON out with a bang!

Wendy has been a professional voice actress for Funimation Entertainment and Okratron 5000 for over 8 years. She is probably most well known for a little villain named Envy on FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST and FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: BROTHERHOOD. She was most recently in a new role in CLAYMORE where she plays the character Ilene. One of her most challenging role’s was the role of Iku in SHIRGURI… you need to watch it to understand why!

Registration for MechaCon VIII is now open! UPDATE

Pac — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 06:00:41 +0000

Registration for MechaCon VIII is now open!

GoldPasses are limited to 100 registrants. The first 50 GoldPasses are sold out and the second 50 will go on sale on January 15th at midnight (the night of the 14th). GoldPasses go fast, so don’t miss your chance to get one!

SilverPasses will be available for a limited time at an early bird rate of $50. They will go back to the regular $60 rate on March 1st. Get yours early and save money!

MechaCon VIII Registration opens January 1st!

Pac — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:07:39 +0000

Registration for MechaCon VIII will open at midnight on January 1st (the night of December 31st). GoldPasses are limited to 100 registrants. Since they tend to sell quickly, in an effort to give everyone a second chance at getting one, 50 GoldPasses will go on sale on January 1st and the second 50 will go on sale on January 15th at midnight (the night of the 14th). GoldPasses go fast, so don’t miss your chance to get one!

SilverPasses will be available for a limited time at an early bird rate of $50. They will go back to the regular $60 rate on March 1st. Get yours early and save money!

Spread the word!

Pac — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:07:39 +0000

Make sure all your friends know that MechaCon is coming up and will be the weekend of September 7th-9th, 2012 at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside.

Place a MechaCon banner on your website or in your message board signature. Please right-click on the image and save it to your computer and upload the banner to your own server (we need our bandwidth). Banners should be linked to www.mechacon.com.

Here are some banners that are available for use:

Hotel Reservation Link is now available!

Pac — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:52:46 +0000

The link is now available for attendees to make hotel reservations in the MechaCon Room Block.

Important: If you decide to call-in your reservation at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside, please be sure to tell them that you want the “MechaCon Room Block” to receive the MechaCon room rate. If you do not mention the “MechaCon Room Block”, the registration desk may not give you the MechaCon Room Rate and/or may tell you that there are no rooms available for the dates you selected.

1. MechaCon Rate Rooms are $109 per night for a room with two double-size beds, two queen-sized beds or one king-sized bed. The MechaCon room rates are available for Thursday night through Sunday night.

2. The room limit is strictly up to 4 people per double double room, no exceptions. The room limit for single king rooms is 3, no exceptions, as this is fire code.

3. MechaCon Room Rates are available for online reservations by clicking here. You must mention “MechaCon Room Block”or group code “MEC” if you call-in your reservation.

4. You must place your reservation before August 7, 2012 to get the MechaCon Room Block rates. MechaCon Room Block may sell out before August 7th, so be sure to make your reservation early!

ATTENTION!
There is a per-room deposit of 1 night required to make a reservation in the MechaCon room block. This deposit will be charged to your card immediately.

For more information, please visit the Accomodations page