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AnimeNEXT Electronic Update February 15, 2007
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[AT-A-GLANCE]

* ANIMENEXT ANNOUNCES SECOND ROUND OF GUESTS
* ANIMENEXT 2007 PRE REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN
* ANIMENEXT 2007 OFFICIAL HOTEL SOLD OUT! TWO MORE HOTELS ANNOUNCED
* ANIMENEXT ARTIST ALLEY REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN
* ANIMENEXT PANELS/WORKSHOP APPLICATION NOW AVAILABLE
* ANIMENEXT MANGA LIBRARY US TOUR STOPS AT NY COMIC CON
* L.A.R.P IS BACK IN 2007!

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* ANIMENEXT ANNOUNCES SECOND ROUND OF GUESTS

AnimeNEXT is pleased to announce its second round of guests for 2007.
We are excited to announce that Michele Knotz, Tom Wayland and Bill
Rogers will be attending AnimeNEXT 2007!

Michele Knotz majored in theatre at Allentown College in Center
Valley, Pennsylvania for two years, transferring then to Marywood
University in Scranton, Pennsylvania where she studied radio and
television broadcasting. Michele was cast in her first animated
voice-acting role as Hajime Yagi in The World of Narue in 2003. Since
then she has also voiced Takako Kawashima in Shootfighter Tekken, and
Matsumoto in To Heart. In 2006, Michele landed the lead roles,
Jessie, May and Misty in the Pokémon 10th Anniversary Special. Michele
continued to voice these characters throughout Season 9 of Pokémon,
Pokémon Movie 9, and the Pokémon Special, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon.
Along with human-speaking characters, Michele has voiced various
Pokémon in the series such as Squirtle, Bulbasaur, Chimecho,
Beautifly, Masquerain, Dustox, Cacnea, Mudkip and many others.

Tom Wayland is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the
Arts with a degree in Acting. In his 4+ years at CPM, Tom produced
over 200 different anime programs before moving on to voice directing
working on such titles as Alien Nine, The World of Narue,
Shootfighter Tekken, and Ichi the Killer to name a few. In 2004 Tom
founded TripWire Productions and has gone on to direct numerous dubs
for home video and TV broadcast ncluding Mew Mew Power and Magical Do
Re Mi seen nationally Saturday mornings on Fox. Tom has also become
much more active as an actor landing recurring roles in Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles (Jammerhead), GI Joe (Stormshadow), Yugi-oh GX
(Chumley, Abidos), Magical Do Re Mi (Oliver, Marvin, Reanne's Dad),
Mew Mew Power (Minimew), One Piece (Fullbody, Kappa, Chew, Lake),
Chaotic, Viva Pinata, and several straight to video releases
including Knight Hunters (Sena), Gokusen, and Shura no Toki.

In 2001, Bill Rogers began his voice acting career supplying voices to
a variety of characters in a little known video titled Assemble Insert.
In the years that followed, Bill has lent his vocal stylings to many
other titles, including Boogiepop Phantom, KO Beast, Madara, His and
Her Circumstances, Gokudo, Comic Party and To Heart. Also included in
his repertoire of notable characters is his work as Touma Seguchi in
Gravitation, Tanaka Souichiro in Genshiken, and Kanata Mouken in
Shingu. In 2006 Bill's career moved in many directions. He was given
the opportunity to bring a new voice to the character of Brock on TV's
Pokemon. As well as landing the role of Brock, he now voices multiple
human characters and creatures on the show.

All the guests featured at AnimeNEXT 2007 can be found here, 
http://www.animenext.org/guests

* ANIMENEXT 2007 PRE REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

Pre registration for AnimeNEXT 2007 is now open. Register as soon as
possible to take advantage of our lowest registration rates of the
year! Registration is simple, and can be completed online at
http://www.animenext.org/registration for Paypal payments or by printing 
out and completing a registration form from our website at
http://www.animenext.org/docs/2007-regform.pdf and mailing it in with
your check or money order.

Prices will be as follows:

Membership Type Adult Child (7-12)

3-day (before Apr 1) $35 $25
3-day (before June 1) $40 $30

Group discounts are only available to those who pre-register via the
paper form. If you have 8 or more people in your group, there is a $5
discount per membership. To qualify for the group discount, all forms
must be submitted together. Children under the age of 7 do not count
towards the 8-person group requirement.

* ANIMENEXT OFFICIAL HOTEL SOLD OUT! TWO MORE HOTELS ANNOUNCED

AnimeNEXT 2007 is rolling along, and attendees have sold out the
official hotel already. We thought it would be a good idea to keep
things moving for you, the anime fans, by arranging a special rate at
two more hotels. AnimeNEXT has negotiated special rates at two more
hotels, the Embassy Suites Secaucus Meadowlands and the Secaucus La
Quinta. These two hotels join the Amerisuites and the Courtyard by
Marriott with plenty of rooms available right now, so make sure you
book early.

Here are the details:

Embassy Suites
455 Plaza Drive
Secaucus, NJ 07094
Phone: 1-800- EMBASSY(ask for Group Code AN5)
$189 per night King Suite/$229 per night Executive Suite

La Quinta Inn (This Hotel is one mile from the convention center)
350 Route 3 West @ Mill Creek Drive
Secaucus, NJ 07094
Phone: 201-863-8700
Fax: 201-271-0467
$129 per night

Amerisuites
575 Park Plaza Drive
Secaucus, NJ 07094
Phone: 201-422-9480 (Ask for Elicia)
Fax: 201-422-9443
$129 per night

Courtyard Marriott
455 Harmon Meadow Boulevard
Secaucus, NJ 07094
Phone: 201-617-8888
Fax: 201-866-7116
$139 per night

All the details on the various hotels available can be found here, 
http://www.animenext.org/location 

Please remember the Secaucus La Quinta is one mile away from the
convention center.

* ANIMENEXT ARTIST ALLEY REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

AnimeNEXT 2007 Artists' Alley Registration is now open. 2007 will be 
bigger than ever before. There will be more artists and more room for 
those that just like to enjoy the art! The Artist Alley and the Art Show 
will be in the Meadowlands Exposition Center once again.

A table in our Artist Alley is $50 on top of your registration to the 
convention. Please fill out our Artist Alley application to apply for a 
space in the 2007 Artist Alley. The Artist Alley application can be 
found here, http://www.animenext.org/artist-alley-application

If you have already registered for the convention and would like a 
table in our Artist Alley, please notify us through the online Artist 
Alley Application.  We will check your registration and get back to 
you with a link just for the price of your artist Alley table. All you will 
have to pay is the difference.

* ANIMENEXT PANELS/WORKSHOP APPLICATION AVAILABLE

The AnimeNEXT 2007 Panels/Workshop application is now available for
you would-be panel or workshop hosts out there. AnimeNEXT is always
looking for new and exciting panels to bring to the AnimeNEXT
attendees. Have you thought, "I would love to do a panel about my new
favorite anime" or "I know how to do a skill that I would like to
teach others in a workshop"? Now is your chance, please follow this
link to apply to host a panel for AnimeNEXT 2007,
http://animenext.org/panel-workshop-application

AnimeNEXT has a strict and thorough application process and applying
to host a panel at AnimeNEXT 2007 in no way guarantees acceptance of
such panel by AnimeNEXT.

* ANIMENEXT MANGA LIBRARY US TOUR STOPS AT NY COMIC CON

AnimeNEXT is proud to be bringing its world famous Manga Library to
the NY Comic Con for the second year in a row. Last year was a great
success and we had many visitors to the library. It was great to
bring the art of Japanese Manga to the crowd; some attendees knew and
loved Manga already, other comic book fans were introduced to the
medium for the first time.

NY Comic Con is in New York, NY at the Jacob Javits Convention Center
from February 23 through February 25. Stop on by and check out all
the Manga in the library, InuYasha, Initial D, Fruits Basket,
Dragonball Z, Fullmetal Alchemist, Gundam, and much more. We try to
have all your favorite Manga there. Take a seat and relax, away from
the rush and hubbub of the convention in our quiet and calm Manga library.

We were the first anime convention to bring you a Manga Library, and
we are honored to be bringing it to you at NY Comic Con for the second
year in a row. You can register for NY Comic Con at
http://www.nycomiccon.com

* L.A.R.P.IS BACK IN 2007!

L.A.R.P. or Live Action Role-Playing is back at AnimeNEXT this year.
Just pick your favorite anime, manga or video game character and join
in on the crazy fun throughout the weekend. You can play as much or as
little as you like. Think Naruto could help Card Captor Sakura capture
a few clow cards? Why not? Want to know what would happen if Abel
Nightroad faced off against Alucard? So do we! In a L.A.R.P. you can
hunt for the philosopher's stone, put the bad guys in jail or teach
those meddling do-gooders a lesson. Either way, it promises to be one
weird, wild weekend. Sign up early or at the door. Please check the
L.A.R.P. forum on the AnimeNEXT forums for more details,
http://www.animenext.org/forum/

Shelly Berghold, Publicity Director
AnimeNEXT 2007
C/o Universal Animation
publicity@animenext.org
www.animenext.org

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