Occasionally we will place up news and events coming up here in this section. And if it is an event in the Chicago area, you can bet you will find us there.

May 18th 2006…
Anime Central 2006 - Bigger and Bigger Every Year!
Well, what can we here at AGW can say about Anime Central this year? Only that it was great! Everyone who was all there who was in cosplay definitely brought their “A” game this time around. The masquerade this year was the best by far. There were people who did walk-on parts that pretty much awed the folks there, even yours truly. One person I thought was probably the best cosplay there was a person who came as Shishi Gami, The spirit god of Princess Mononoke. (photo curtcy of Cassie D.) Not to mention the skits that were all preformed. I would have almost mistaken this masquerade for almost a night at the theater. Yes the skits were that great, and not to mention that the intermission part (1.4MB MPG) was also a blast to see too. Lets just say that this time you just had to be there to see the events.

Also this year we didn’t do too much talking with people. We got to sit down with a few voice actors such as Chris Patton from ADV who did the voice of Greed from Full Metal Alchemist. Also I think the whole highlight of the interviews is that we got to sit down with Fred (Piro) Gallagher from Megatokyo. Fred was actually an inspirational person that we talked to but knowing what he says on his rants you might see, I think he would deny this claim. =)

Overall, Anime Central was a great con and you can definitely count us there again when ACEN comes back for 2007!

May 21st 2005…
Anime Central 2005 - 8 Years and Counting...
The Anime Gone Wild crew have just gotten back from Anime Central just located at the Hyatt in Rosemont just outside of Chicago. We have full coverage of the event. To read all about what we have discovered, just read on from here.

Also don't forget to check out all the new Cosplay pictures we came back with as well. They are most impressive this year! =)

Nov 6th 2004…
Anime Reactor 2 Atomic Boogaloo
The Anime Gone Wild crew and I have just got back from this year's Anime Reactor and once again we found ourselves having a good time. This year we got a chance to talk with guests like Toshihiro Kawamoto (Character designer for Cowboy Bebop and Wolf's Rain.), Tensai Okamura (Director of Wolf's Rain), Ryo Mizuno (creator of "Record of Lodoss Wars"), Steve Benett (Co-founder and Art Director of Studio Iron Cat), and finally Bob and Emily Dejesus (Studio Capsule). We also got a great deal of cosplay pictures from this year’s event so be sure to keep checking the site for future updates.

I'd also like to take time to give a special thanks to James Alsup, Chanda Rowan and the rest of the Anime reactor staff for having us again this year. I'd also like to thank all of this year's guests for taking the time to talk with us as well.

Humble Regards
Scott Linkenheld the Blue Dragon

Oct 27th 2004…
Anime Reactor is now over for this year and we have some great photos for you to see. We now have some photos in the Cosplay section of the site. We should have some interviews and reviews of the con in the next update later this week or so.

Sept 30th 2004…
Anime Reactor is coming to Chicago in October 22-24th. We will be there to cover the events and interview some of the guests. A couple of the bigger guests will be Toshihiro Kawamoto, who helped animate the Mobile Suit Gundam series and Ryo Mizuno, the creator and writer of the Record of Lodoss Wars.

May 22nd 2004…
We got back from Anime Central (ACEN) and we had a blast. We have cosplay pictures up in our cosplay section. And we will have some interviews when they become available to view at a later date.