Festival Info

Calling all Animania Fans!! Are you ready for biggest Animania Festival Festival yet?!

August 2008 will see Animania Festival's mega weekend event take place at its new location of Australia Technology Park!

Sydney-siders (as well as people from all over!) can expect HEAPS of features from staple favourites such as Karaoke, Screenings and video games in the Games Zone, to a whole host of new events and competitions to entertain one and all, including the Cosplay Expo & Auction, martial arts demonstrations, new things-to-do in the Activities Area, the Asian Ball Jointed Dolls feature and a revamped and even whackier Animania Olympia!

There will also be an awesome double-hit of Cosplay with:

• the Animania Festival Cosplay Competition AND
• the Australian mega first - the World Cosplay Summit Preliminary Competition, proudly hosted by Animania Festival.

LOCATION:
Australian Technology Park
Locomotive Workshop Exhibition Hall
Locomotive St
Eveleigh NSW 1430

DATE: Sat - Sun, 23rd - 24th August 2008
Opening hours for the festival will be from 10am - 6pm.

For more information on how to get to the Festival, head to the Plan Your Trip page.

REGISTRATION

Registration for the event will be opening on 1st of July 2008. Further details can be found here.

Animania Festival Sydney August Guide

The guide for this event is available here. It contains a map of the venue, event schedule and screening information. Copies will also be available on the day. Schedule and Map is also available for viewing.

THIS FESTIVAL'S FEATURES

Browse through the links below to find out more about what's on at this Animania Festival.

• Action Studio - Interactive games for all ages including Giant Twister and dance lessons!
• Animania Classroom - Intro and educational seminars on anime and manga!
• Animania Insight - Discussion panels and forums exploring genres and mediums in 2008
• Asian Ball Jointed Dolls - A feature just for dolls and doll owners!
• Art Area & Workshops - an area where art (and magic) happens!
• Art Demonstrations - Seminars specifically for artists and affiliates
• Band Performance - Rockin's your socks!
• Competitions - Play, Draw, Dance...
• Cosplay - an event for all ages!
• Dance Demonstrations - Watch the crews break, pop and sizzle on the dancefloor.
• Duel Artists - watch some of Sydney's most awesome manga artists go head to head with the average joe!
• Games Zone - arcades, consoles and more!
• Great Debate - Ninjas won the debate last year - who will it be this year?
• Food Fair - Eat, Drink and Be Merry!
• Martial Arts Demonstrations - Be awed by the discipline and technique of Japanese martial arts.
• Karaoke - belt out your favourite anime tunes!
• Olympia - Animania's very own game show!
• Screenings - Watch Anime!!
• Speed AMVs - AMVs meet Fandub!!
• Stallholders - Buy DVDs, plushies, manga artworks, knick-knacks and heaps more!
• Workshops - The Yukata making workshops will be back, limited spaces available!!