Kent Ward will make Mini-Megacon MANLY on August 22nd

I’m not getting much of a break from AFO as I have to gear up for Mini-Megacon on August 22nd and August 23rd at the Orange County Convention Center in -hopefully- sunny Orlando, Florida! This will be in smaller scope than the spring Megacon show; however, my posse are poised to help out Anime Sushi and we are all coming out swingin’ to bring you some very fun events!

At AFO, I was too busy making sure Swords of Orlandia III dominated every major event throughout the anime convention circuit in Florida to have time to do any panels or other events that celebrate some of the fandoms I engage in during my daily life. (Though, I do share a huge deal of success with many of the AFO staff members, my game team, and most importantly – the players.) I believe this will be the case for future AFOs, so I will use Megacon as my platform to promote awesome anime and videogames to the people! I have cleared this with the heads of Anime Festival Orlando so those super amazing bloggers that nitpick about what happens at local anime conventions(despite the possibility that they are not even into anime in the first place) can cool their engines for just a bit.

Not only will I be rocking Mini-Megacon, but I have brought some good friends along to help me out! Here is everything you need to check out at Mini-Megacon in a couple weeks:

Saturday, August 22nd

The Real Saturday Morning Cartoons – Before the World’s Greatest Game Show Host, Wheldon Smiley, heads off for Atlanta, he is going to make a pit stop at Mini-Megacon to show you some of the best cartoons from all eras. If you’ve seen it at AFO, then you have an idea of what to expect. Everyone who goes to this event tells me that it is fun so I will check it out myself before it is too late!

It’s MANIME! The Manly Anime Panel – Oh shit, you know who’s hosting this one. Only the two manliest anime fans in all of Florida! Brotha Kyo and myself will be talking about what makes a manly anime manly, using examples from essentials such as Fist of the North Star, Berserk, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Baki the Grappler, and more! BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I have some man laws I will unveil that makes your presence at Mini-Megacon important. The males of Orlando have forgotten what it means to be a man, and because of that, we will unveil the Twelve Laws of True Man to help guide you all on the path of greatness! You will be blown away!

A showing of Fist of the North Star 0: Legend of Kenshiro – The manliest anime/manga series ever gets its latest movie shown at Mini-Megacon, right after the MANIME panel. The movie is a prequel to the original series and chronicles the origin of Kenshiro accepting his role as the savior in his post-apocalyptic world. People will explode and manly tears will be shed! If you are a true man, you will watch this with Brotha Kyo and I… or else YOU ARE ALREADY DEAD! By attending this event, your manliness is guaranteed to increase by 10%! Women may get pregnant by going so be careful ladies!

Anime Madlibs – This is a cute event being put on by my dear friend GLORIANTES. The idea is that will take anime scenes and quotes and take out verbs and nouns and replaces them with what you have to input. You won’t know the madlib yet; instead, you’ll just give us the necessary parts of speech to complete it. We’ll fill it in and have a good laugh together!

Year of the Fighting Game: Round 2 – This event is going to get its own post on my website. but I will lay out the badassery now. Remember that super packed panel about fighting games the first time around? Well half that panel was a preview of what was to come. Now that Street Fight IV, BlazBlue, and The King of Fighters XII are out, the hype is over and now it’s time to discuss where each game succeeds and fails. Forget the “professional” game reviewers; they are far too incompetent to properly review fighting games. Smoot, Brotha Kyo, and I will set you all straight. Plus, we’ll actually talk about Tekken 6 for real this time!

Tales from the Con – If you’ve been to a Florida convention, then you have probably had the pleasure to meet local hero Fuzzy. Fuzzy has traveled more conventions than I care to hear him talk about during our lunches together and now he is going to share his best stories with you! After this, you won’t look at a cooler the same way again.

Anime it’s an Anime Event because Anime is in the Title - This will be for the LULZ. Every stupid thing we can think of can be an anime event if we put anime in the title! Nothing will spared and everything will be parodied and mocked, including ourselves. There will be a new so-called anime event every five or so minutes! Can you handle the INSANITY!?

Robotech: The Legacy Continues: Fuzzy is back to tell you protoculture addicts about what he has learned about the franchise from his trip to California. A lot of great things will come that will feature these super cool transforming robot things! Plus, we all know Fuzzy is the expert on Robotech.

State of the Anime Community – Smoot and I have much to rant and debate about what the hell is going on in our local anime community. I won’t pull any punches in this one and the event is not for the feint at heart. Some people will be offended and can choose to walk out or debate their side. I’m fair game to pick apart as well. I am not representing anyone other than myself when I speak my mind during this event and the same goes for Smoot.

BIG DAMN GAME SHOW - Wheldon Smiley has one more to give before he goes! It’s the super interactive anime and sci-fi game show where EVERYONE wins! It’s a good way to end Saturday night before the rave!

Cyberia Dance Party! - Anime Sushi is throwing on the craziest light-rave-dance show that they are famous for. Get ready to bust out your glowsticks to the craziest electronic music you’ve heard since the last Cyberia!

Sunday, August 23nd

Ninja Olympics – I wanted to call this the Special Ninja Olympics but was forbade from doing so. I am casting a resurrection jutsu on this classic and breaking all you poser ninjas up into teams of three to participate in tests of physical skill and stealth. Can you bring the gold shuriken home to your hidden village? That’s up to you to decide. By the way, this is not Ninja Warrior; you nerds would seriously get you asses kicked by that so we are creating something that meets your actual level of skill.

Rebuild of Evangelion - One of the most classic giant robot series is making a comeback on the big screen in Japan, and you are going to get a nice, big dose on all things Eva. Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance just came out in Japan, and that will be discussed along with theories about the story. One of my anime club students is handling the panel so it should be pretty awesome.

Quickdraw! Contest – There will be three 20 minute sessions to draw something quickly based on themes presented by the judges. This event did very well last time and we hope for it to do well again. We will break up artists into categories of novice and advanced and judge them as such. Prizes will then be given out at the end. We supply the pencils and paper, you bring the talent!

Wrap-up Karaoke - There is nothing like finishing up Mini-Megacon than by singing songs with some new and old friends. This event is the final hurrah for The Consortium and we look forward to spending it with you!

Okay, that’s a lot of events! I am sure that there will be more at Mini-Megacon. But hell, I think this does quite a job of getting you all to come. The next couple weeks is going to involves some hard work, but it will be worth it because times will be had! Make sure that you check out this website and Anime Sushi for more updates!