Hi everyone!

Holy cow where has all the time gone?? The holiday season is just around the corner!

Just a quick update from your resident Panda to keep an eye out for the launch of the new 2009 website coming in the next few weeks. The Animania Factory is kicking off and we hope to bring you some big surprises next year, so keep an eye out on the website for announcements!

Cosplayers can also expect the World Cosplay Summit Preliminary Competition to be on again next year to qualify winners into the 2010 World Cosplay Summit in Japan. Rules will be up with the new website!

In the meantime, more profiles and photos from the WCS Preliminary Final in August have been uploaded, so check them out here.

Oh, and if you haven't booked Animania Festival's 2009 dates into your diary, then here they are:

Sydney - March 28th - Citigate Central Hotel
Melbourne - April 18th - Rydges Melbourne
Brisbane - May 9th - Holiday Inn, Brisbane
Sydney - September 5-6 - Australia Technology Park
Brisbane - September 19th - Holiday Inn, Brisbane

That's it for now - stay cool!!

Amandapanda