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ANIMERoom 205Second LevelFriday, Mar. 16: 12:30PM - 10:00PM Saturday, Mar. 17: 10:30AM - 11:00PM Sunday, Mar. 18: 11:30AM - 5:00PM Special ThanksWonderCon thanks the following companies and individuals for providing anime for this year's schedule:Bandai Entertainment: Robert Napton Funimation: Sarah Sullivan Media Blasters: Carl Morana The Right Stuf: Christy Sholes Section23Films: Mike Bailiff VIZ Media: Jane Lui Here's a complete rundown of the titles WonderCon is screening in its 2012 Anime track. This schedule is subject to change. Check the room sign for updated information.
Anime Synopses(in alphabetical order)A-ChannelLearning she's accepted into the same high school as her best friend Run, Toru hurries to tell her, only to find Run with another girl, Yuko, in a compromising position. School starts off awkwardly as Toru fends off guys interested in Run, while Yuko and their other friend Nagi have to deal with Run's carefree attitude. As the school year progresses, the four girls find time to have fun together and ways to handle the unexpected problems life throws at them.Ah My BuddhaFor Ikkou it's difficult to control his spiritual power while helping the pretty priestesses in training at his grandmother's Buddhist Temple, especially with Chitose. Also Kazuki, a different Buddhist Temple trainee, for unknown reasons is constantly trying to invoke this power by any possible means. Despite these problems, the relationship between Ikkou and Chitose becomes closer.Aria The NaturalOn Aqua, Akari and her best friends Aika and Alice continue training together and with their mentors toward their shared goal and dream of becoming Neo-Venezia's top female gondolier, a Prima Undine. But as their skills improve they find themselves facing new challenges to overcome. However they are still able to share and enjoy fun together and discover new things about Neo-Venezia.Aira the OriginationAs winter melts into spring, Akari, Aika, and Alice continue to work hard to become Neo-Venezia's top female gondoliers, Prima Undines, including taking on even more responsibilities. For Akari, Aika, and Alice there still seems so much to learn. However their dream to become a Prima might not be so far off for them.Akikan!When Kakeru Daichi, a rare juice can collector, drinks a melon soda, a fascinating girl materializes. Naming her Melon, Kakeru learns that she's an Akikan, a pretty girl who's also a special can created to fight other Aikans in a strange experiment to determine if a steel or aluminum can is better. This ridiculous research project will soon complicate Kakeru's life.And Yet The Town MovesFor Hotori Arashiyama the solution to one problem seems to lead to another. Working at the Seaside Maid Cafe to pay off a debt, she is advised on how to run a Maid Cafe by her friend Toshiko, who is not interested in working there until learning Hotori's childhood friend Hiroyuki is a regular. While Toshiko likes Hiroyuki, he secretly likes Hotori, who is unaware of it. Despite this and other problems Hotori experiences, somehow her life keeps going hilariously forward.Angel Beats!After awaking, Otonoshi, who has amnesia, meets Yuri and learns that they are already dead and in a surreal afterlife high school, where they can die again, but later awaken with no injuries. Also Yuri heads an organization fighting against a violent female Angel who is trying to send people from there to somewhere else. After joining the organization, Otonoshi wonders if there's a reason why everyone is trapped in this afterlife limbo land instead of going to heaven after they died.Baka and TestWhen a fight occurs at the Fumizuki Academy, no punches are ever thrown. Instead the students utilize the school's technology to summon Avatars, pint-sized stand-ins with battle powers based on academic ability. Yoshii, who is an idiot, is stuck in lowly Class F with all the other slackers. If these misfits want to escape their classroom dump, they'll have to fight their way up the class ranks and eventually take on Class A, the academy's brightest students. It's going to be tough, but once these underachievers of Class F get motivated they don't give up.BakumanTop student Akito will do anything to become a hit writer in the Japanese comics industry, including manipulating his unsure classmate Mashiro into becoming an illustrator. Before long the pair have their backs against the wall fighting for a chance to get noticed in the intense world of manga publishing. But then an unlikely series of events makes them realize what real Comic-Fest artists possibly have to give up: love, their health, and maybe even their future.BleachAfter their battle with Kumoi's assassins, Ichigo and Rukia follow Rurichiyo back to the Soul Society to face the royal Kasumiohji Clan and stop Rurichiyo's sham wedding. They succeed in winning over the new captain of Squad Three, Shusuke Amagi, to their side, but it will be no easy task in finding Rurichiyo with all 13 Guard Squads now after them.Broken BladeOn the continent of Cruzon most people are magic users who use magic quartz crystals to do many everyday things. Regular humans without this ability are known as un-sorcerers. When the Kingdom of Krishan is invaded, only a regular human Lygattoo Arrow can pilot a powerful ancient mecha to defend it from the Athens Commonwealth's mecha forces.Chaos;HeadWhen Takumi, an anime-obsessed recluse and gamer, has a chat room encounter with the mysterious Shogun, he's shown a gruesome murder scene. As someone seems to be watching him and the world around him unravels, Takumi soon becomes a paranoid murder suspect caught up in something called the New Generation Madness. As he tries to discern what is reality and a delusion, Takumi even suspects his classmate and good female friend Rimi is somehow involved in it as well.Dirty PairAs top operatives of the for-profit World Welfare Works, Kei and Yuri are dispatched to resolve crises throughout the universe. Their codename is "Lovey Angels." However their job effectiveness is also rivaled by the chaos and destruction they always seem to leave behind (whether it's their fault or not), earning them the well known and unwanted nickname the "Dirty Pair."Dojin WorkAfter Hoshi informs Najimi that she may be hired to do the manga artwork for a popular magazine, she has to decide if she wants to be a professional artist, as it will mean is giving up the fun and freedom of doing a dojinshi, attending Comic-Fest, and maybe even giving up her friendships with Hoshi, Tsuyuri, Justice, Sarah, and Kaneru.Fairy TailIn the Fiore Kingdom, popular wizards make a living by joining magical guilds and contracting out their services as wizards for hire. Harnessing the forces of Dragon Fire, Ice, Weaponry, and the Zodiac, four young wizards of the infamous guild Fairy Tail team up seeking their fortunes. While traveling the countryside they help out people and battle rival guilds, growing stronger with every mission. But with personalities as different as their skills, they may end up doing more harm than good.Gakuen AliceDetermined to enhance her Alice Star Ranking and respect with the students and facility at the prestigious Alice Academy, Mikan works on improving her Alice ability of Nullification, which can nullify any hostile Alice power. With this ability, she can help and protect her best friend Hotaru and her other friends and classmates.Galaxy Angel XDuring their assignments, including searching for more Lost Technology, the Angel Bridge members, (Milfeulle, Ranpha, Mint, Vanilla, and Forte), recruit Chitose as a new member. However due to some misunderstandings between them, their actions and rivalry cause them to get into one hilarious situation after another.Gin TamaFor Gintoki and his two assistants, Shinpachi and Kagura, at his Odd Job Agency, no job is too strange or bizarre, because it means they're employed. As their reputation grows, the jobs become stranger and sometimes more dangerous, especially when it involves aliens in some way (which is most of the time), including a Yakuza and aliens confrontation. Gintoki and his two assistants are constantly risking their lives and limbs for jobs that mostly pay them very little.GokusenAlthough Kimiko is the heir of the Oedo Yakuza family, her dream is to teach the youth of Japan. Putting aside her cunning nature she gets a teaching job. Now Kumiko is determined to understand the teenage mind, teach higher math, and carry on a little romance, while keeping her loyal army of brutal hitmen from murdering any of her misbehaving students..hack//QuantumTotally into the world, Tobias, Mary, and Sakuya form an inseparable group, running dungeons in search of adventure. But when they become lost in this virtual labyrinth, a chance encounter with the mysterious entity known only as the Hermit changes their lives forever. There's an eerie darkness spreading across the world, and anyone who stumbles in may never make it out.Hayate the Combat ButlerAfter Hayate wins the Butler Battle Tournament, the school superintendent wants him to join her Butler Corp of Darkness. In an effort to convince him she sends her mysterious butlers to defeat him. During the Academy Culture Fair, Nagi gets caught in the crossfire of a battle and is hypnotized by one of these butlers, causing her to no longer recognize Hayate, who has to find a way to break this spell and save Nagi.Heaven's Lost PropertyFor Tomoki his normal life ends when he becomes the master of a naïve, wish-granting, angelic android named Ikaros. But if Tomoki doesn't learn to control his impulses around her and be more careful of his wishes, even one simple wish can complicate things and cause a lot of chaos. Luckily his heart is in the right place for those he cares about, especially with his female childhood friend and classmate Sohara, who secretly loves him.KekkaishiAlthough Masamori gives his younger brother Yoshimori helpful advice about being a Kekkaishi, whether he remembers remains to be seen. Then a mysterious Kekkaishi named Gen arrives at the Karasumori site to help out against the Ayakashi. Tokine soon has her hands full trying to keep Yoshimori and Gen focused on fighting the Ayakashi instead of each other.K-ON!Rehearsing for their school festival performance the Light Music Club, realizing they're not a official registered club, get faculty advisor Miss Yamanaka to be their club advisor. She coaches Yui to be the band's frontman, but when she loses her voice, Mio becomes the lead vocalist and has to overcome her stage fright. Later the Light Music Club celebrates Christmas with a party and gift exchange.Lucky StarAlthough Konata, Kagami, Tsukasa, and Miyuki are busy with schoolwork, they still find time to have fun together. Usually it's Konata, Kagami, and Tsukasa getting together to enjoy fun activities. Konata's younger cousin Yutaka, who attends their school, is experiencing high school life, but still finds time to have fun with her classmates and friends Minami, Hiyori, and Patricia.MM!Realizing he actually likes being physically and mentally abused by girls, Sado is desperate to cure his problem. So he joins a special club hoping to resolve his issues only to discover that the other members have equally complex issues to deal with. The hyper-aggressive club president Isurugi believes herself to be a god, Sado's classmate Yuno is terrified of men, and Hayama, Sado's best friend, is a compulsive crossdresser.Maid SamaAt Seika High School, the student council's first female president Misaki Ayuzawa is determined to make the guys more respectable, especially toward the girls. After school she secretly works as a maid cafe waitress to help her family financially. When cool, aloof, and handsome Usui Takumi discovers Misaki's secret, she fears being blackmailed but is surprised when he helps her out instead. It becomes interesting as they soon become close friends and possibly something more.The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 2As fall approaches with the upcoming School Art Festival, Haruhi, not content with her class's project choice, decides to produce her own movies with the SOS Brigade members. Kyon is concerned about what type of movie Haruhi wants to produce and the roles she has planned out for him and everyone else involved in it, plus how it might affect them and their surroundings.The Melancholy of Haruhi-Chan SuzumiyaAnime shorts showing the SOS Brigade and other characters as cute little SD versions of themselves. Focusing on their unique quirks, it shows Haruhi, Kyon, and the others in various hilarious situations.Mobile Suit Zeta GundamHaving defeated the Zeon menace, the Earth Federation has become authoritative toward many space colonies. Its elite military force, the Titans, are using methods deemed suitable to control these colonies and punish any suspected enemy. A growing rebellion led by AEGU fights against this oppressive force. Kamille Biden, a young civilian, joins AEGU and pilots a new version of Gundam, which was stolen from the Titans, to fight for freedom, never suspecting how tragic war really is.Modern Magic Made SimpleLife for Koyomi Morishita isn't fair. She's a high school student but so short she gets mistaken for being in grade school, and she's not graceful. To improve herself, she decides to learn magic and gets master mage Misa Anehara to teach her a new style of magic that breaks all enchantments down into code sequences. It seems Koyomi can only make washbasins fall from the sky, but she has the hidden talent to rearrange or change any enchantment code sequence.My Bride Is a MermaidAlthough Nagasumi and Sun have happily adjusted to their new life together, they must keep their engagement a secret from their classmates to protect them from Sun's father, who is still trying to end it (which Sun's mother is preventing). Sun's childhood rival Luna develops feelings for Nagasumi, and some rival suitors for Sun suddenly appear. Despite these problems and various other situations that Nagasumi and Sun will face and experience, their mutual love grows closer and stronger.Nyan KoiJunpei Kosaka is allergic to cats. He accidentally damages a cat deity statue. To avoid the curse of becoming a cat, he must fulfill one hundred favors for cats he can now understand. For his first task he must somehow stop the female classmate he secretly loves, Kaede (and who secretly has feelings for him), from being overly affectionate toward cats without causing a bad misunderstanding between them.Pani Poni Dash!The 10th grade Class 1-C of Momotsuki Academy gets a new teacher, Becky Miyamoto, who's a 1-year-old MIT child prodigy. She's an intellectual wiz but not prepared to deal with a group of temperamental teens, such as the bitchy Heather, the angry nerd, the insecure girl, the freaky class president, the airhead, and the normal average girl. If that wasn't enough potential mayhem, add a pathetic abused bunny and idiotic aliens constantly observing her. It's no wonder Becky sometimes has crying fits and tirades.Ramen Fighter MikiWorking at her mother's ramen shop, Miki serves the customers there and also makes deliveries. She also competes and sometimes fights her restaurant rival Megumi at the nearby bakery, as well as trying to defeat her mother during their frequent arguments and fights, which draws in and entertains their customers.Rental MagicaAstral is a very unique mage for hire agency. Its president, Itsuki, possesses the Glam Sight, while Honami is a Celtic Mage, Nekkoyashi is a Onmyoudou Mystic, Mikan is a Shinto Priestess, and Manami is a Poltergeist. Combining their different powers, they dispel dark magic and supernatural monsters in their various contracted jobs. Sometimes they're helped in their most dangerous jobs by Adelicia, a Solomon Mage, who although head of a rival agency is also their friend.Rosario+VampireAlthough Tsukune Aono has bad grades, he's accepted into a private high school. Meeting a pretty girl, Moka Akashiya, he's surprised to learn she's a vampire. After learning that his new school is for Youkai disguised as humans and intolerant towards them, Tsukune decides to leave. Moka, who's lonely and knows he's human, persuades him to remain, as they both care about each other. When Tsukune removes the rosary around Moka's neck, her other personality emerges to easily defeat any delinquent Youkai threatening them. Tsukune and Moka keep his true form a secret, however the other male students are jealous of their budding relationship.Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings 2Japan's toughest warlords lead massive armies against their rivals in a quest for total domination. Wielding insane weaponry and unleashing the elements to boost their already awesome powers, these warrior generals charge into the fray, even as hordes of samurai warriors and ninja assassins fight to vanquish every adversary in their sights.Squid GirlFrom the ocean depths Squid Girl arrives to conquer humanity for its pollution of the oceans. Shortly after arriving onto the surface world, she is promptly bullied into working for the Aizawa sisters at their restaurant as a waitress. Squid Girl will never subjugate the human race if she can't even handle two pushy Japanese girls.Star DriverOn the southern edge of Japan the Southern Cross Island inhabitants lead seemingly normal lives. But far beneath the quiet island's surface lies an ancient secret that lays dormant until Takuto Tsunashi arrives. At Southern Cross Island High School, Takuto and his friends become embroiled in a conflict with a clandestine society to control giant machines, called Cyboides, sealed under the island, whose powers are bound by special shrine maidens. This struggle will threaten to tear apart the entire island.Vampire Knight GuiltyAlthough Yuki finally understands who she really is, Zero still can't accept her true self. While Ichiru watches over Rido's coffin, Kaname recalls the unforgettable events of ten years ago. After Rido is revived by Kaname's blood, chaos reigns when both Rido's servant vampires and the Hunter's Society invade the academy. Realizing her new role, Yuki now sets out to protect her friends and confront the powerful Rido himself.The World Only God KnowsDating Sim game master Keima Katsuragi isn't interested in any girls who are not 2D. After accepting an e-mail challenge, he soon discovers he's made a deal with a not very competent young female demon, Elsie de Lute Irma. She's been charged with recapturing runaway demon world spirits hiding in a girl's heart who can only be driven out by the girls falling in love with Keima. Now he must convince girls to fall in love with him within a specific time limit. If he fails, the explosive collars around his and Elsie's necks will detonate. |
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2012 DATES
12-7 PM*
Saturday, March 17:
10 AM-7 PM*
Sunday, March 18:
11 AM-5 PM
*Nighttime programs and events Fri. and Sat.
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Anaheim, CA 92802
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