 Anime USA (AUSA) is a fan convention for anime, manga and Japanese culture enthusiasts. It is an annual three-day event held over a weekend in Tysons Corner, Virginia, part of the Washington DC metropolitan area. AUSA is traditionally held the weekend before Thanksgiving day, with the exception being the 2004 convention, held on Halloween weekend. The event is organized by Anime USA, a non-profit organization incorporated in the state of Virginia, and operated and staffed entirely by unpaid volunteers. The official tagline of AUSA is "Of Otaku, By Otaku, For Otaku". Convention has at least two separate and very distinct meanings. ...
A scene from Cowboy Bebop (1998) Anime (アニメ) is Japanese animation, sometimes billed in the west under the portmanteau Japanimation. ...
Rurouni Kenshin manga, volume 1 (English version) Manga (漫画) is the Japanese word for comics; outside of Japan, it usually refers specifically to Japanese comics. ...
Japanese culture and language Japans isolation until the arrival of the Black Ships and the Meiji era produced a culture distinctively different from any other, and echoes of this uniqueness persist today. ...
Annual, from the Latin annuum, or year means pertaining to a year or happening every year. ...
Tysons Corner is an unincorporated place located in Fairfax County, Virginia, near Washington, DC. Recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place, the community had a total population of 18,540 as of the 2000 census. ...
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Thanksgiving is a holiday celebrated in much of North America, generally observed as an expression of gratitude, usually to God. ...
2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Halloween is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31, usually by children dressing in costumes and going door-to-door collecting candy. ...
A non-profit organization (often called non-profit org or simply non-profit or not-for-profit) is an organization whose primary objective is something other than the generation of profit. ...
State nickname: Old Dominion Other U.S. States Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Governor Mark R. Warner Official languages English Area 110,862 km² (35th) - Land 102,642 km² - Water 8,220 km² (7. ...
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A tagline is a variant of an advertising slogan typically used in movie marketing, commercials, and websites. ...
In English, an otaku (plural usually otaku, since Japanese words are not pluralized using an s) is a variety of geek (or an overly obsessed fanboy / fangirl) specializing in anime and manga. ...
The convention features Japanese creators of anime and manga, cosplay, voice actors from anime and videogames, artists, vendors and exhibits, panels, workshops, and gaming. AUSA's events focus on aspects of anime, manga, videogames and Japanese culture. With the popularity of anime and manga growing in the United States, anime conventions have seen momentous growth in their attendance, and AUSA is one of a growing number in the area. Mangaka (漫画家) is the Japanese word for a comic artist/cartoonist. ...
Cosplayer Francesca Dani as Dejiko from Digi Charat. ...
A voice actor (or voice artist) is a person who provides voices for computer and video games, puppet shows, amusement rides, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, stop motion, and animation works (including cartoons, animated feature films, animated shorts), and radio and television commercials. ...
A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ...
An artist is someone who employs creative talent to produce works of art. ...
Exhibition is a word with several meanings. ...
A panel is a thing that blocks one area from another. ...
A workshop is a room or smaller building which contains tools and/or machinery for making or repairing things. ...
Gaming is an umbrella term that includes a number of special hobby game types: Board games Collectible card games Computer and video games Tabletop wargaming (i. ...
The following is a list of some of the larger anime-related conventions in the United States and elsewhere around the world. ...
The 2005 convention is scheduled for November 18-20, 2005. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...
November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years), with 43 remaining. ...
November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...
Notable past guests
Some of these guests may be recurring from past years for one reason or another. Guests known to frequent AUSA (for a period of two years or more) are marked with a +
Personalities Monica Rial is a voice actress. ...
Creative Teams
Companies A.D. Vision is a Houston, Texas based international multimedia entertainment company, active in home video production and distribution, broadcast television, theatrical film distribution, merchandising, original productions, magazine and comic book publishing and is the largest anime company in North America. ...
Studio IronCat (formely I.C. Entertainment) is a small publishing company in the United States dedicated to publication of comics. ...
The DreamWorks Boy on the Moon Logo DreamWorks SKG is a Big Ten studio in the United States of America which develops, produces, and distributes films, music, and television programming. ...
See also The following is a list of some of the larger anime-related conventions in the United States and elsewhere around the world. ...
External links - AUSA Official Website
- AUSA Official Forums
- Unofficial AUSA LiveJournal community
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