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Workshops

From the screen to your hands, learn the skills of anime from the experts! We can teach you everything from how to paint a cel to how to assemble a good music video, or just sit down and be dazzled by the instructors' skills.

Note: Panel and Workshop Submission Guidelines (updated: 08-22-2009) are now online. Click here to read them all!

Video Gaming

You may know the game, but you don't know your enemy. Aside from a variety of console games, we have a DDR Extreme arcade game this year, with time for beginners as well as master dancers. Join our tournaments and find out how good you really are!

SugoiCon's Rock Band 2: Battle of the Bands

(Final tournament Saturday, 3pm)

Are you a Jukebox Hero? Do you want to Rock and Roll All Night? Do you in fact, have the Eye of the Tiger? If so, grab a couple of friends and enter the first ever SugoiCon Rock Band 2 Battle of the Bands!!! Eight bands of four members each will compete in front of a live audience for fame, glory, and best of all prizes! Strut your stuff on stage! Mingle with other band members in the “backstage” VIP area. Gain adoration and praise from your fellow con-goers* Don’t delay, sign up today!
* Disclaimer: Adoration and praise not guaranteed.

Now onto a more serious matter: The Rules.

Tabletop Gaming

The Tabletop Gaming Room is back this year and even better than ever!
No matter what type of game you prefer or how good you are there will be something fun for you to do!

Panels

Anime has given us some wild plots, but some stories can only be drawn from life. Come on in and listen to our guests tell you how they came to be anime professionals, have discussions with other fans of your favorite shows, or learn more about aspects of Japanese culture!

Note: Panel and Workshop Submission Guidelines (updated: 08-22-2009) are now online. Click here to read them all!

Karaoke

Here is a chance to use those times of singing in your car or the shower a chance to shine to fellow fans! As you walk by the Upper Terrace during Friday and Saturday evenings, rest at the tables and listen to the brave fans singing their favorite Jpop and anime songs. Or better yet, try a few tunes yourself! Be entertained as our Hosts conduct the evening with music, singing from the fans, and even the Third Annual Air Guitar Contest on Saturday night. On Sunday, still wandering the con and have no idea what else to do? Join our newly added Sunday afternoon Karaoke session to while away the time!

Video Room

Sometimes, you remember a show you'd like to share with a friend, but can't find it. Or, you want to try out a show before buying it. We have the solution! The best of the past, present, and future of anime will be on display full-time. Settle in with a few dozen friends and get to the point of our hobby - the shows!

Music Video Contest

Like great songs, anime can be exciting, sad, romantic, and funny. If you're a fan who likes to combine the two, we want to see your work! Join our contest and give your artistry a live audience!

Note: Contest rules (updated: 08-22-2009) are now available.
Click here to read them all!

Anime Hell: An Infernal Celebration of Bad Film!
with Ryan Gavigan

Take a mind-bending trip down a Friday night time-tunnel plastered with brain-defying audio-visual...stuff. From around the world and out in the backyard, our experts have collected and selected only the choicest short subjects, fake ads, weird commercials, unintended stupidity, out-of-context humor and pop-cultural insanity, chock-full-o-nutty goodness. You never know what we'll show next. Warning: Contains Heino.

Additional Programming and Event Information will be posted as it becomes available