Thursday Masquerade & Retro Ball!

Photos from the Masquerade and Retro Ball are up! Held in the Student Union Buildings ballroom, attendees were dressed their best and danced till the next day.

From AE 2010 Thursday Masquerade Ball & Retro Ball

Anime Evolution 2010 Pre Convention Coverage!

Another day till Anime Evolution 2010 begins officially!

This years edition is being held at the University of British Columbia. Staff were busily setting up the convetion grounds for another weekend of shows, panels, demonstrations, gaming and a lot more.

Attendees were also present on convetion grounds to pick up their passes and take a look at some of the available convention spaces.

Keep a look out for photos from the Masquerade and Retro and the Auditions for this years Anime Idol!

From AE 2010 Pre Convention Photos

Richmond Public Night Market - AE Booth

Anime Evolution made an appearance at the Richmond Public Night Market this year during this past weekend. August 6th to 8th.

The first AE cosplay calendar made it's debut at the booth and is being sold to the public for 12 dollars. It will also be available at the convention until supplies last! Get one now!

On the night of August 8th, AE got the chance to take the stage and present the hype that everyone is setting up for.
This weekend is Anime Evolution 2010!

Behold some photos and gear up for Anime Evolution!

Geeks in the Park at Central Park

Fan Fair Fest, Vancouver's own pop culture convention, and Anime Evolution got together last weekend at Central Park in Burnaby to host Geeks in the Park, a summer cosplay meet up! Cosplayers from the Vancouver area came down for a potluck on a lovely sunny day. Even the owner of GottaCon made it down for some potluck food. Some games were played and good time was had by all who made it. AE's own staff photographers, Austin and Simon bring you photos from last weekends event.

Thanks to all who came out!

AE at Burnaby Heights Hats Off Day Parade

Anime Evolution was once again present at the 2010 Burnaby Heights Hats Off Day. Hats Off Day is where "Heights merchants 'take their hats off' to their community and their customers and the entire Heights community celebrates together". A small group of cosplayers came out early in the morning to participate in the parade itself while other staff members and volunteers prepared the booth for people to visit throughout the day. Pamphlets were handed out to promote AE 2010. There was even an impromptu performance of "Hari Hari Yukai" for everyone to see and enjoy.

Thanks to all the volunteers who showed up to help out and we hope to see you again next year!

We Love The Con Day!

This year, the local community supporting Anime Evolution held "We Love The Con Day" to hype up the community for the 2010 convention year. It was held at Stanley Park miniature train picnic area on a gorgeous sunny day. Many local con-goers and supporters were in attendance with over 80 people present. Activities included Whose Line Is It Anyway? Anime Edition, half litre football, sneaky statues, an abbreviated cos-play contest and Pip's Improv, along with the usual meet-up happenings. Anime Evolution's Lord Dolphin was present to give away a gold pass by means of a pop quiz contest. Kirby Kandy was the lucky winner of an Anime Evolution 2010 Gold Pass. Congratulations!

Anime Evolution visits GottaCon 2010!

Anime Evolution took a trip to Vancouver Island this weekend to take part in Victoria's premier gaming convention: GottaCon. Now in its' second year, GottaCon featured a large assortment of tabletop, console and LAN based gaming, along with like-minded dealers and sponsors, and over 800 attendees! We did our part to join in the fun too, hosting their first costume contest, along with giving away free T-Shirts and other items. We look forward to being there again in 2011 for their third year running, February 4th to 6th!