Japanese girl rock band Puffy AmiYumi will be performing at the Far East To East Showcase (FETES) during New York Comic Con. The performance is happening Sunday, October 10, 2010, and the convention runs October 8-10, 2010 at the Jacob K. Javits Center in Manhattan. The band became famous in the US when Cartoon Network created an original cartoon staring them, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, which ran for three seasons. It eventually became one of the most watched cartoons in the world, and has been broadcast in 110 different countries.

Librari-Con is an annual anime mini convention that features anime viewing, panels, forums, an artist alley, a “Chibi Corner”, a manga lounge, cosplay runway, gaming, and more. Librari-Con 2010 is being held at the Headquarters Library in Fayetteville, North Carolina on September 4.

Looking for something to do this weekend? Believe it or not, almost every weekend there are dozens of fandom conventions occurring all over the world. Some are large corporate-run “official” conventions that may be hard to get into on short notice, and some are tiny fan-run conventions that would probably love to have a few more people show up. Below is a list of just some of the conventions happening this weekend in the United States and Canada, between June 11 – 13, 2010. (Special thanks to The Convention Finder …

New York, NY –May 7-, 2010 – Aspire Communications, Inc. is pleased to announce Reni Mimura, a Japanese Cosplay Singer in NY, is invited as a featured musical guest and perform in Anime and Japanese cultural Convention in NY, PJ ”mini” Pop on May 23rd.
What: PJ ”mini” Pop / Premiere Japanese POP Culture/ one day Anime and Japanese Convention in NYC
When: 5/23 12PM-6PM
Where: 258 Saint Nicolas Avenue (@123rd Street) New York, NY
Charge: $15 at the door; to RSVP e-mail rsvp@dwyercc.org or call Dwyer Cultural Center at 212-222-3060
For more: http://www.renireni.com/
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Otakon is an annual celebration of Japanese and East Asian popular culture, and one of the largest anime conventions in the United States. This fan-run convention keep growing, and attracted over 25,000 attendees in 2009. Because it is one of the bigger cons, if you want to attend you really should plan ahead. Otakon 2010 is taking place July 30 – August 1, 2010 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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