News Wai-Con launches 2007 website and date
posted on 2007-05-09 12:24 EDT
Wai-Con, Perth's annual anime convention, has launched the new website for 2007 at http://wai-con.org/. The theme for this year is "Spies". The convention will be held on the 15th to the 16th of December at the Perth Convention Exhibition Center.
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