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April 19, 2002

News for Anime Boston 2003:

Anime Boston Welcomes Dealers

From New England Anime Society

Anime Boston, New England's very own anime convention is proud to announce that the following dealers have confirmed their attendance for Anime Boston 2003.

  1. Anime Musketeer
  2. Anime Pavilion
  3. Asylum Anime
  4. House of Anime
  5. Wizzywig Collectibles
More dealers will be announced as they confirm. A floor plan of the dealers' room layout can be found at http://www.animeboston.com/dealers/dealersmap.html

Anime Boston is a three-day celebration of Japanese animation and culture that will be held in Boston, Massachusetts from April 18-20, 2003. The convention's diverse programming schedule includes a masquerade contest, game shows, modeling contest, music video contest, art show, role-playing, karaoke and more. Panel programming consists of fan panels as well as panels hosted by our guests of honor and special one of a kind panels found nowhere else. The video game program brings to attendees the Game Dungeon - over 5,000 square feet of dedicated gaming space. The video-programming track has three giant video rooms open until the early morning hours showing videos from the past, present and future. Moreover, there is a dedicated anime dealers' room selling anime related merchandise.

The official convention hotel is the historic Boston Park Plaza Hotel, located right in the heart of beautiful downtown Boston. The New England Anime Society has negotiated a special room rate for the convention at $119.00 per night. This rate applies for either a single or a double room. Reservations can be made by calling the Boston Park Plaza central reservations office toll free (1-800-225-2008) or directly through The Boston Park Plaza reservation line (1-617-426-2600). You must mention Anime Boston to get the discount. A three-day pass for Anime Boston is $25.00 with registration before July 28, 2002. Registration forms are available at the official convention web site: www.animeboston.com