Tamo-Dachi - Derry Anime Con

Art_Wolf

NORTHERN IRELANDS FIRST ANIME CONVENTION HAS ARRIVED. TOMO-DACHI.

On August 27th Derry/Londonderry will be the first city in Northern Ireland to host the first ever national Japanese Animation Convention (an “anime con”). Based up the monthly meeting of the Derry Anime and Manga Association (Dama).

Tomo-Dachi is what local anime fans have been missing for far too long.
Tomo-Dachi will operate as a full day convention opening its doors at 11:00am and closing at 9pm.

The Convention will offer a large amount of events and activities. For example we will be offering two anime screening rooms, console based video gaming, a manga (Japanese comics) library of over 200 books, Cosplaying, Magic: The Gathering and Yugioh Collectable Card Game tournaments, Anime/Manga themed quizzes.

All attendees are also entered free of charge into the TOMO-DACHI raffle, and could easily walk away with a brand new anime DVD courtesy of Tomo-Dachi!

Tomo-Dachi will also be encouraging cosplayers, people that dress up as their favourite anime or video game characters, by offering the people who decide to so by giving automatic discounts. This is to encourage a celebratory and almost carnival like atmosphere during the entire day’s events. Also, cosplayers automatic get entered into a competition, where the winner of best costume will receive a DVD prize!

Tomo-Dachi, being based at The Nerve Centre, will take advantage of its facilities, by showing many hours of actual Japanese animation films and television shows through out the entire day. Utilising The Nerve Centre’s cinema, and by providing a projector and screen, Tomo-Dachi will be showing anime over two screening areas, with the primary cinema additionally showing anime after the vent leading into the night, for a more mature audience.

Tomo-Dachi’s booking opens live on Saturday 9th of July, taking advanced bookings. The actual event itself opens at 11am on the 27th of August for registration, with numerous activities taking place almost immediately. Then at 5pm on August 27th, the main hall for Tomo-Dachi will close, alongside the secondary screening are set up beside it, However, the cinema will continue to showcase anime late until 9m that night.

Attendees are advised to book as early as possible as places are limited, and are certain to go fast.

Tomo-Dachi is an endorsed by many major local, nation, and international companies, such as Planet Ace, Derry anime and Manga Association, ADV Films UK, MVM Ltd, and Manga Entertainment and Anchor Bay, The Associates.co.uk, Anime-NI.co.uk, and many teams, organizations and clubs!
The following is the finalized and licensed anime schedule;

Anime Screening Room A*
11:00am – Gundam 08th MS Team (Beez)
11:30am – Gundam Movie I (Beez)
14:00pm - Voices of a Distant Star (ADV)
14:30pm – Neon Genesis Evangelion: Platinum Edition (ADV)
15:00pm – The End of Evangelion Movie (ADV)
16:30pm – Full Metal Panic (ADV)
17:00pm – RoD the TV (MVM)
17:30pm – Break (Anime Trailers/AMV’s)
18:00pm – Serial Experiment Lain (MVM)
18:30pm – Paranoia Agent (MVM)
19:30pm – Ranma ½ Movie I (MVM)

Anime Screening Room B*
11:00am – Excel Saga (ADV)
12:00pm – Dragon Half (ADV)
12:40pm - Japanese Fansubs (TBA)
14:00pm – Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (MANGA)
15:00pm – Cowboy Bebop (BEEZ)
16:00pm – Full Metal Alchemist (MVM)

Tomo-Dachi Price Range

Booking: £7 before August 20th, and £8 between August 21st and August 26th Pre-booking will be available at DAMA-CON on July 16th. Door: £10
Running a Stall (Shop): £10 - Stalls also get a free one page advertisement in the Convention Book, which is handed out free to each and all attendees
Cosplayer’s Special- Cosplayers pay a separate rate when either booking or paying at the door. Booking for cosplayers is a flat fee of £7. However due to limited number of Cosplay Competition places, you are encouraged to book early.

Tomo-Dachi Opening Schedule
Registration 11:00am – 5:00pm
Main Hall 11:00am – 5:00pm
Manga Library 11:00am – 5:00pm
Screening Room B 11:00am – 5:00pm
Screening Room A 11:00am – 9:00pm

*Events are subject to change

Hopefully that's caught your interest and look forward to seeing you up in Derry!

Art_Wolf

Also Pre-Registration is now open and I strongly recommend availing of it! Anyone intending to go we can arrange some way to travel up there - its going to involve leaving Dublin at 7am or so to get there on time. Air Coach are the cheapest and also one of the fastest ways to get to Belfast - about 2/2 and a half hours. From Belfast its a few quid for the train out to Derry - another 2 hours ._.

Art_Wolf

Right how to det to TD

Going to use Aircoach from Dublin Airport. This is just 12 euro for a return ticket. Need to be there 15mins before the bus leaves.

Leaves -> Arrives
0700 -> 0900
0800 -> 1000
0900 -> 1100

note you will need to get the 7am bus to make the con on time, actually be a little late but its the earliest possible, and so you need to be at Dublin Airport at 6:45am.

When you get to Belfast there are two options - Bus and Train to Derry.
This is about £11 for a return ticket.

Leaves -> Arrives
Bus 0924 -> 1119
Bus 1024 -> 1219
Train 1030 -> 1253

This comes to a 4 hour trip.. each way ^_^;;

Getting home is rather more annoying

Leaves -> Arrives
Train 1741 -> 1957
Bus 1741 -> 1958
Bus 1856 -> 2051

Note the last Aircoach to Dublin departs at 2080

Leaves -> Arrives
1830 -> 2030
1930 -> 2130
2030 -> 2230

So arriving latish and leaving early - but its really the only way for it to work