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***EVENT 21st - 23rd January: Akumakon - A new convention in Galway!***
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06-11-2010 4:00pm#1AkumaKon is a new upcoming anime convention in Ireland. It will be held in The National University of Ireland, Galway.
This new Con will be taking place on the 21-23 of January 2011!
Preregistration for Akumakon is now open!
Preregistration is open until 31st December (Subject to change).
What you will need:- Name
- Address
- Phone Number
- Email Address
- Con Pass Name
- 20euro from a creditcard (Yes 3v vouchers work) or paypal account.
Due to the unique nature of every pass, you cannot buy multiple tickets in one go.
What you recieve!- T-Shirt
- Customised Con Pass
- Weekend Entry to our AMAZING convention
Any problems or questions, comment or PM me!
Why should you want to come to Akumakon?
We are lining this convention as one to be remembered for years to come. Firstly we have LittleKuriboh as our special guest! He is a very well known Voice Actor/SuperAwesomeGuy who created the Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged Series.
http://www.yugiohabridged.com/
If you don't know who this guy is... you really just have to click the link and find out for yourself. You have heard some of the phrases he has created: “Screw the rules! I have money!”, “In another few hours the sun will rise.”, “Must… wash… away… the sin…”, “Oh, come on. Just one little Mind Crush, it’ll barely hurt him.”, “Whenever Kaiba smiles, a puppy dies.”.
Or the more popular "CARD GAMES ON MOTORCYCLES".
We also may have more special guests to actually blow your mind, but these must be confirmed
(WATCH THIS SPACE!)
Outside of special guests we will have a huge range of events taking place from Cosplay, Karaoke, Card Gaming, Console Gaming, LAN, Panels, a Pub Quiz, a Maid Café, an Artist Alley, Anime Showings, Workshops, A CLOAK ROOM and of course, Traders!
Getting a little bit excited now?
Well then, we can tell you that this is being held in NUI Galway's student building "Aras na Mac Leinn" which is a large, yet compact building so you won't have to walk your tired little legs far at all! Not even for drinking related shenanigans as the bar is literally 3 steps outside the building!
Now I think you might be buzzing just a little bit...
More amazing news! We are the cheapest large convention out there at the moment!
Prices: €20 - Weekend Pass, €12 - Day Pass
Prices may change in the future so use this as a reference only!
Where is the website?
Visit us here: http://www.akumakon.com/
Submit your entries in the journal comment section and you could be in with a chance to see your art in our Con book!
Post, ask questions, discuss!
Regards,
John Burke (Website/Tech Assistant)4
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This is a very basic list without much info but it should get you started on places you could stay!
Edit: I must also mention that since the University is very centralised in Galway, the max you would have to walk from the majority of these places is 20mins.
To use a reference, it takes 15-20minutes to get from the bus station in Galway to the university.
Sleepzone
www.sleepzone.ie
091 566999
Bothar na mBan
Galway, Ireland
Snoozles
www.snoozleshostelgalway.ie
091 530064
College Rd.
Galway
Nimmos Hostel
http://nimmoshostel.com/
091 586661
1 Upper Dominick Street
Salmon Weir Hostel
www.salmonweirhostel.com
091 561133
Woodquay
3 St Vincents Ave
Kinlay House Hostel
www.kinlaygalway.ie
091 565244
Merchants Road
Eyre Square
Galway City Hostel
www.galwaycityhostel.com
091 566959
Frenchville Lane
Eyre Square
Claddagh Hostel
091 533555
Queen Street
Eyre Square
Barnacles Quay Street House
www.barnacles.ie
091 568 644
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Here is a google map of all the locations of the hostels. I tried to add a walking direction to the college from the bus/train station but I don't think it worked :P
Html isn't allowed so here is the link instead.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?source=s_d&saddr=Ceant+Station+Eyre+Square+Galway+City,+Galway+City,+Galway,+Co.+Galway,+Ireland+(Bus+Eireann+-+Galway)&daddr=University+Rd&hl=en&geocode=FVLiLAMdNPF1_yHN4t_7ErUMpw%3BFdLzLAMd2sR1_w&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=15&dirflg=w&ie=UTF8&doflg=ptk&msa=0&msid=105997977430596436352.000494649961c8bda149f&z=15
Sweet, thanks for the info
. If I can get a few other anime peoples to book in with me we could have like an anime floor or something :P 0 -
If you have any contacts in a university you could organise going on the trip with them.
If you are in uni, even better, you can go with a society and potentially get subsidised
Do try to come in a group, conventions are much more fun with more people that you know Eirtakon... that hostel was hilarious :rolleyes: 0 -
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Preregistration for Akumakon is now open here!
Preregistration is open until 31st December (Subject to change).
What you will need:
Name
Address
Phone Number
Email Address
Con Pass Name
20euro from a creditcard (Yes 3v vouchers work) or paypal account.
Due to the unique nature of every pass, you cannot buy multiple tickets in one go.
What you recieve!
T-Shirt
Customised Con Pass
Weekend Entry to our AMAZING convention
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Our final guest has been announced!
Lawrence "MasakoX" Simpson is a British-based voice actor, editor and fellow member of TeamFourStar who also does his own abridged series of Naruto and Kampfer. Over the last five years, Lawrence has lent his voice to over 100 amateur productions ranging from original flash animations to PC games. With this experience of voice-overs, he put together the voice acting series "MasaVox" in which he teaches the art of online voice acting. He now heads the anime review show "Anifile" available on thatguywiththeglasses.com. He is currently working as a freelance video editor in the UK.0 -
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More information for you chaps here at Boards
We are having Karaoke at the Con! Submit your requests here: Link
We are having an AMV Tournament. Rules and information can be found here!
Video Games! The tournaments we are having are:
-Blazblue
-Goldeneye
-Pokèmon
-Mario Kart
More information here!
Preregistration is still open until 31st December! To get a free t-shirt and customised con pass, as well as weekend entry to the con for only €20, click here!0 -
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Timetables have been uploaded to the info section of our website!
Go look, plan your route through the convention and go OMFG at all the events we have up and running for your enjoyment.
If you want a direct link, look here
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