News Hawaii's Own Anime Con
posted on 2004-03-31 11:12 EST by Christopher Macdonald
Kawaii Kon, Hawaii's own anime convention and conference is coming to Honolulu, Hawaii on April 22-24, 2005. More information can be found on their website at kawaii-kon.org and representatives from the show will be present at Anime Boston, Metrocon, Anime Festival Orlando, DragonCon and AWA.
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