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Durarara!! Voice Actor Darrel Guilbeau Coming to SaikouCon 2016

All You Dollars Get Ready! Mikado Ryugamine Coming to SaikouCon 2016

Darrel Guilbeau returns as Guest of Honor! SaikouCon also holding it's first AMV Contest, facilitated & judged by Special Guest Cloudsofsand Cosplay

4/27/16 Lake Harmony, PA – SaikouCon, which means "best convention", is the large scale, annual anime convention of the Pocono Mountains. Boasting a dedicated staff of longtime Japanese anime and manga fans, SaikouCon is excited to be the only large scale annual convention dedicated exclusively to anime, manga, and Japanese culture and pop culture in this area of Northeast Pennsylvania. The convention grew out of web magazine Anime Ate My Brain Magazine; the sibling to music focused web magazine, Tastes Like Rock! Music Magazine. Both journalistic endeavors fall under the publishing wing of Nerdy Rock 'n Roller Productions.

The convention promises to remain very hands on and attendee friendly every year, while also maintaining a safe atmosphere for attendees to enjoy the convention to their carefree fullest. As always, Cosplay =/= Consent is a very important issue to the staff of SaikouCon, and the same rules and regulations that made SaikouCon 2013, 2014, and 2015 safe havens for cosplayers will be enforced just as strictly at SaikouCon 2016. SaikouCon 2016 will feature many diverse and entertaining panels, workshops, activities, events, screenings, gaming tournaments, and much more!

All you Dollars out there, get ready, Mikado Ryugamine is coming back to SaikouCon! SaikouCon 2016 is happy to welcome Voice Actor Darrel Guilbeau as a Guest of Honor! Darrel was one of the convention's first Guests back at SaikouCon I in 2013, his return is great timing as DuRaRaRa x2 is still in the midst of being released on Crunchyroll, both dub and sub, and the BD/DVD sets are being released for sale. Darrel has an impressive list of anime dub credits and the convention is glad to have him back at SaikouCon again for year four! Other recent roles for Darrel include Hakuryu in Magi-The Labyrinth of Magic and The Kingdom of Magic, Amaimom in Blue Exorcist, Rikuo in Nura: Rise of The Yokai Clan and Mikado in Durarara!!. He has voiced the lead roles of Gainer Sanga in Overman King Gainer and Ichitaka Seto in I"s and I"s Pure. Other popular roles include Souske Kawara in Samurai Champloo, Osamu in Paranoia Agent, Satoshi Hojo in When they Cry, Hikari in The Melody of Oblivion, Kouji in Buso Renkin, Tandor in Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit, Shinya Yanagasawa in The Prince of Tennis, and as Sejuro in the upcoming release of Zoids Genesis. Darrel has many more credits to his name in anime, video game voice over, and live action film and television. SaikouCon is looking forward to having Darrel back as he was one of the most popular voice actors to be part of SaikouCon 2013 and hopes there is just as much excitement among fans and attendees this time around!

SaikouCon is holding it's first AMV Contest at SaikouCon 2016! The contest will be run and judged by SaikouCon 2016 Special Guest Cloudsofsand. Entry form will open on May 2 at 12 PM ET on the Events page of SaikouCon.com. Winning entries will be screened at SaikouCon 2016 (exact time will be announced after the finalization of SaikouCon 2016's overall schedule between July 15 and August 1, 2016), winners must be present at screening event to claim prizes and awards, winners must also be registered badge holders for SaikouCon 2016. Cloudsofsand is a talented and accomplished AMV artist. Having made AMVs in the hundreds, she have over 1500 subscribers on YouTube and nearly 1 million views. Cloudsofsand has also won several AMV contests up and down the East Coast, and has been a finalist at some of the biggest conventions on the coast including Otakon and Katsucon. SaikouCon is excited to have her judge their first AMV Contest, for Cloudsofsand's rules for the contest visit www.saikoucon.com/events.html.


SaikouCon had it's one and only pre-registration price jump on April 8, 2016 on General Admission badges only; VIP badges are price locked until VIP pre-reg closes, VIP badges will not be available for at door registrations. SaikouCon 2016's Artist Alley is now sold out as of April 2, 2016, Vendor spaces in the Merchant Hall are still open but moving fast. Spaces for both merchants will be 8 X 5, include a table, two chairs, waste basket, and Wi-Fi access. Merchant registrations opened on January 11, 2016 and will remain open until July 1, 2016 or until both the Merchant Hall and Artist Alley are both sold out; whichever comes first. Spaces are primed to sell as fast as the record sale times set for the convention in 2015, so don't wait too long if you wish to sell at SaikouCon 2016! To review SaikouCon's Rules and Regulations for merchants as well as register Artists visit www.saikoucon.com/artist-alley.html and Vendors visit www.saikoucon.com/vendors.html.

SaikouCon 2016's Guest List to date:

Guests of Honor:
RuffleButt Cosplay
Robert Axelrod Voice Actor
Darrel Guilbeau Voice Actor
More To Be Announced!

Musical Guests:
The Adarna
REAKT
Damien
More To Be Announced!

Featured Guests:
Koralene Cosplay
The Gamer's Edge Comics & Gaming
Cosplay Burlesque
Avocado Games
More To Be Announced!

Special Guests:
Cloudsofsand Cosplay
celsius Cosplay

To Pre-Register for SaikouCon 2016 badges visit www.saikoucon.com/guest-registration.html and make sure to note the returning designations for Teen and Adult badges to attend the convention, the new designations do away with the need for parental consent forms for SaikouCon guests age 13-17, attendees 12 and under still need to be accompanied by a chaperone age 18 or older at all times and children 10 and under enter free of charge! While family friendly, SaikouCon is largely PG-13 so tweens and little ones need accompaniment. Don't forget to look into SaikouCon's Group Rates. To book a room for SaikouCon 2016, visit Split Rock Resort's special booking webpage for the convention's block of rooms, SaikouCon's new home located at 100 Moseywood Road, Lake Harmony, PA 18624, at https://splitrockresort.reztrip.com/classic/en/special_offer?rate_code=Sak&offer_code=SAIKOUCON2016&vr=3 and book a room in the SaikouCon block of rooms for the discounted rate! Split Rock is offering SaikouCon attendees a block of 50 rooms (to start, if we sell out before the discount deadline, the resort will open more rooms to SaikouCon attendees at the discounted rate) available until July 1, 2016 or until the block is booked solid beyond expansion. Once the July 1 deadline hits, rooms will only be available at Split Rock on an as available basis and will not be discounted; discount extension is at the discretion of Split Rock Resort and not SaikouCon or its organizers.

The convention will always feature some of the best live entertainment themed to Japanese culture and pop culture, as well as the best in J-Rock, J-Pop, and nerd/geek culture musical acts from all over the US and beyond.

All of this plus top creators, writers, artists, distributors, industry insiders, English dub and original Japanese voice talent, some of the best cosplay talent, shows, masquerades; and so much more!

To get the latest up-to-the-minute updates follow SaikouCon on http://www.saikoucon.com, http://facebook.com/SaikouCon, http://twitter.com/SaikouCon, http://saikoucon.tumblr.com, http://instagram.com/officialsaikoucon and SaikouCon's listing on animecons.com: http://animecons.com/events/info.shtml/6709/SaikouCon_2016news

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