AnimeNEXT December Updates

12/22/2009 // AnimeNEXT

* First AnimeNEXT Pre-Registration Deadline

The first pre-registration deadline for the 2010 convention is fast approaching. The first deadline is January 1, 2010. After that date the price to register for AnimeNEXT 2010 goes up. So now is the time to take advantage of the lowest price available to attend AnimeNEXT. The price right now is $37.50 for adults and $27.50 for children ages 7 to 12. The price goes up to $42.50 for adults and $32.50 for children after January 1, 2010.

Remember to take advantage of the lowest price available while you can. Please follow this link, http://www.animenext.org/registration to register now.

* Web Comics Guest announced

Chris Malone will be joining us at AnimeNEXT 2010. Chris is the creator of the wildly popular web comic Blue and Blond.

Chris "Kilika" Malone is a humble surfer from the east coast. He's been cartooning ever since he was a wee little grommit, and started focusing on drawing surfing comics back in 2002, eventually starting Blue and Blond in 2003. Unlike the characters in his comic, Kilika grew up in northern Virginia, but he's been surfing on the Jersey Shore long before he started cartooning. One of the few comics about surfing, Kilika wants to share the surfing lifestyle and experience with everyone, especially those who couldn't tell a surfboard from a kickboard. He prefers long boards to short ones and hates jellyfish.

Chris will be sitting in on several panels at the 2010 convention, and who knows maybe you will see him and some other guests in the Artist Alley? You can check out Blue and Blond for yourself at http://www.blueandblond.com/

Keep your eyes peeled to http://www.animenext.org/guests for more guest announcements through out the year.

* Official Hotels for AnimeNEXT 2010 Announced

AnimeNEXT has announced the first Official Hotels for the 2010 convention. The Official Hotels for AnimeNEXT are the Doubletree Somerset Hotel & Executive Meeting Center and the Holiday Inn Somerset. You can book a room for the convention right now at these two hotels. These two hotels are offering rooms first and are also the hotels that are the closest to all the action at the convention.

The Doubletree is offering over night rooms for $139 a night and the Holiday Inn is providing rooms at $119 a night. You can book hotel rooms at the phone numbers below or by following the links provided and booking online.

Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center Somerset
200 Atrium Drive
Somerset, NJ 08873-4197
Phone: (732) 469-2600
Fax: (732) 469-4617
http://www.doubletreesomerset.com
$139.00 plus tax
Group Code: ANI

Holiday Inn Somerset
195 Davidson Avenue
Somerset, NJ 08873
Phone: (732) 356-1700
Fax: (732) 356-0939
http://www.somersetholidayinn.com
$119.00 plus tax
Group Code: NEX

Please check out all the information you need to book a room online or over the
phone for the 2010 convention on the Hotel and Locations web page,
http://www.animenext.org/location

* Connect with AnimeNEXT on Twitter, MySpace, and Flickr

The AnimeNEXT Twitter account is one of the best sources for the latest information from the convention. It will be updating throughout the year with AnimeNEXT 2010 information.

Sign up to follow the AnimeNEXT Twitter account at http://twitter.com/animenext

MySpace:
Check out the Official AnimeNEXT MySpace group to talk to and interact with
fellow AnimeNEXT fans. You can join the AnimeNEXT MySpace Group at
http://www.myspace.com/animenextonline

Flickr:
Do you have photos from previous AnimeNEXT conventions? Do you have pictures of
your upcoming 2010 Cosplay you want to show off before the convention? Do you
have a Flickr account? Great! Join the AnimeNEXT Flickr Pool and post some of
your photos, or just check out photos from other attendees from 2009.

You can check out all the great photos at
http://www.flickr.com/groups/animenext/

AnimeNEXT Newsletter December 22, 2009
AnimeNEXT 2009, June 18 – 20, 2010

Contact at:
Gregg Turek
Publicity Director
Mailto: publicity@animenext.org
http://www.animenext.org
AnimeNEXT 2010
June 18 – 20, 2010