Zenkaikon News

Carolina Manga Library at Zenkaikon 2017

We are excited to announce a manga library at Zenkaikon 2017, hosted by the Carolina Manga Library! The Library will be set up on the third floor of the Montgomery House all weekend long. Librarians will also be presenting they will also be presenting the panel "Great Graphic Novels You Should Be Reading" on Saturday of the convention.

Zenkaikon 2017 Welcomes Mary Elizabeth McGlynn

Zenkaikon 2017 is happy to welcome voice-over actress, writer, singer, and director Mary Elizabeth McGlynn! As an actress, she is perhaps most famous for being the voice of Major Motoko Kusanagi for the Ghost in the Shell series, portraying her for the films Innocence and Solid State Society, as well as the critically acclaimed TV series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. She is also the director of the Naruto anime series, which includes the original anime, six films, and Naruto: Shippuden.

Zenkaikon 2017 Welcomes Steve Blum

With literally hundreds of voiceover credits to his name, Veteran Voice Monkey Steve Blum is best known as the voice of Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop. He is also known as Zeb Orrelios in Star Wars: Rebels, Amon in The Legend of Korra, and hundreds of other roles. In 2012, Steve was inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records as Most Prolific Voice Actor in Video Games - appearing in almost 300 games (now approaching 400).

Join Us at Philcon 2016!

Philcon, the world's longest-running conference of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, is coming up quickly on November 18-20, 2016! Our friends at the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society are busily making final preparations for their 79th annual convention, and we're very happy to be working with them to help put together a jam-packed schedule of programming for the Anime & Animation track!

Zenkaikon Welcomes Ellen McLain & John Patrick Lowrie

We are happy to welcome voice actress/singer Ellen McLain (Portal, Team Fortress 2, Half-Life 2), & voice actor/musician/author John Patrick Lowrie (Half Life 2, Team Fortress 2, Halo 3) to Zenkaikon 2017.

Artist Alley Applications Open September 28!

Attention Artists! Artist Alley applications will open tomorrow (Sept 28) at 9:30pm Eastern, and remain open for 1 week. Please review the Artist Alley Registration page regarding juried allocation method and other updates for 2017.

Zenkaikon 2017 Welcomes Charles Dunbar

We are happy to welcome author, lecturer, and "Anime Anthropologist" Charles Dunbar to Zenkaikon 2017!

Zenkaikon 2017 Welcomes Karl "Uncle Yo" Custer

We're happy to welcome back geek comedian, playwright, podcaster, & puppeteer Uncle Yo to ‪Zenkaikon‬ 2017!

Zenkaikon 2017 Welcomes The Slants

We're happy to announce that as part of their US tour, Portland-based "Chinatown Dance Rock" band The Slants will be returning to ‪Zenkaikon‬ as our 1st announced guest for 2017!

Zenkaikon 2017 Membership Registration Now Open!

We’re happy to announce the opening of pre-registration for Zenkaikon 2017! Pre-register for a Zenkaikon membership to attend our 11th annual convention on April 28-30, 2017 at the Lancaster County Convention Center!

By pre-registering, you will get a discount on your membership and have faster check-in at the convention. Pre-registered members will also be able to pick up their badges beginning on Thursday evening, so they can start enjoying the convention the minute it opens on Friday!

Zenkaikon, Anime & Sci-Fi Convention, Lancaster PA

April 1-3, 2016, Lancaster County Convention Center