Anime Detour: A Decade of Construction

Community Outreach Update - Carrie Savage

John Koniges — May 13th 2013, 22:13 CDT

We are at $4,965 of our $6,000 goal. Thank you everyone that has donated so far. We're getting much closer to achiveing our goal and just need that last little push to cross the finish line. Please check out our community fund page for details.

http://www.animetwincities.org/community

ATC & PacSet Tours: Anime De-Tour 2!

John Koniges — May 3rd 2013, 18:38 CDT

Did you miss out on your chance to head to Japan with us last year? Well we're going back! In May 2014 PacSet Tours and Anime Detour are heading back to Japan. Come join us for the chance of a lifetime.

This opportunity is open to everyone! You do not need to be registered for Anime Detour or be a member of ATC to attend. For more information, see the link below.

http://pacsettours.com/portfolios/anime-de-tour/

Lost And Found

John Koniges — April 22nd 2013, 20:32 CDT

If you lost an item during the convention please fill out the form below. We will do our best to re-unite you with your items. http://www.animedetour.com/form_lostfound

We appreciate your feedback!

John Koniges — April 21st 2013, 17:26 CDT

Our Feed form is open at http://www.animedetour.com/form_feedback, please take some time and tell us about your time at Detour. We want to make every year better than the last.

More Charity Auction Items!

John Koniges — April 18th 2013, 09:47 CDT

We've just gotten word that we have even more suprises for everyone at the Chairty Auction. How does a Neon Genesis Evangelion Box (new/uncirculated) that was a prototype created for a tenth anniversary set that ended up not being released sound to you? And even more. All Items will be on display on the first floor of the Hotel in what used to be the Chapel (around the corner from the Video rooms and next to the North Tower Elevators).

All proceeds from the Charity Auction will go the American Red Cross Japan Relief Fund.

Take a Peek at http://www.animedetour.com/charityauction#Evangelion

More rooms still available at the DoubleTree

Josh S — April 17th 2013, 12:53 CDT

Its inevitable that every year we have a sizeable number of room cancellations just before the convention. Which is good luck for any of you who are still looking for a room to stay in.

So to that end we've just finished speaking to the DoubleTree and they have asked for us to have anyone interested in a reservation please call the front desk to set that up at this time. If, when you call, you are told that reservations need to go through Anime Detour, please ask them to check with Stephanie Bennett (head of room revenue at the DoubleTree Bloomington) as she and Anime Detour have authorized for reservations to be made at the front desk for available rooms. If you are still unable to make a reservation please email us and we will work to resolve the issue. You can also attempt to call again at a later time, as sometimes the front desk will ring over to the national reservations network and they are not always as up to date as the front desk staff are.

You can make a reservation by calling: 1-952-835-7800

If it rings more than three times and than appears to pause and start ringing again it is likely going to the national desk. We recommend that you hang-up and call back in 5-10 minutes to try again.

We know for a fact that at the time of this post there will be 6 kings, 3 suites ($374/night), and one cabana ($139/night) room being made available shortly (after 1pm CST). Please note that the cabana room will be near all of the parties and will not have any noise restrictions.

Anime Detour 2013: Essays Of Construction

John Koniges — April 16th 2013, 09:14 CDT

We here at Anime Detour were looking for your favorite memories of Anime Detour from the last ten years! Our Decade of Construction Short Essay Contest asked for 250-500 word essays that describe your favorite memories of Anime Detour, or a brief destription of what Detour has meant to you. Check out our Contest Winners: http://www.animedetour.com/essay

Tadao Tomomatsu

John Koniges — April 15th 2013, 07:26 CDT

Due to professional committments, Tadao Tomomatsu will not be appearing at Anime Detour this year. He has already confirmed he will return to Anime Detour in 2014 and we can't wait to see him then.

Anime Detour 2013 Schedule & Android App

John Koniges — April 14th 2013, 21:24 CDT

This is our final Schedule for 2013! You can download the entire program book as a PDF as well as see what panels are scheduled. http://www.animedetour.com/sched

If you would like to Install our ConPanion App to your Android Phone, you can go to Anime Detour ConPanion or scan the QR Code Below.

We will unfortunately not have an iOS Application this year. To view the scedule on your iPhone / Blackberry you can go to http://animedetour2013.sched.org/mobile

Food Drive At Anime Detour

John Koniges — April 14th 2013, 15:31 CDT

This year, there will be a food drive event called “The Can Town Project”. We will be collecting food donations and building a town out of them! Go check it out in the Garden Court on Saturday, from 1:30pm – 3:30pm.

Note: If you bring your food donations to the new room for Charity Auction items, the Lobby Conference Room, on Friday (12pm – 8pm), or Saturday (10am – 1pm), you could enter our raffle for a chance win prizes, one of which is a free Anime Detour membership for 2014! Every donation will be given to the Second Harvest Food Shelf.

Feel free to contact Val Campion (val.campion@gmail.com) with any questions.