MechaCon Anime Convention

MechaCon began as an anime convention that brings together anime, Transformers, and Japanese culture. Since, MechaCon evolved to include fandoms such as Sci-Fi, Comics and Domestic Animation, making it a complete fan experience. MechaCon's first five...

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MechaCon Proudly Welcomes Anime Voice Actor Ambassador Steve Blum

MechaCon Proudly Welcomes Anime Voice Actor Ambassador Steve Blum

Veteran Voice Monkey Steve Blum is best known as the voice of “Spike Spiegel” from Cowboy Bebop, “Wolverine” from several incarnations of X-Men (animated movies, games, the Wolverine and the X-Men TV Series, The Super Hero Squad Show, X-Men Anime and more), “Zeb Orrelios” and dozens of other characters from Star Wars: Rebels,  “Orochimaru,” “Zabuza,” and others from Naruto, “Green Goblin” from…

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MECHACON OMEGA: REDUX | July 23 - 25, 2021

The staff and crew of MechaCon cordially invite you to join us for MechaCon's Rescheduled Grand Finale on July 23-25, 2021!

The staff and crew of MechaCon cordially invite you to join us for MechaCon’s Rescheduled Grand Finale on July 23-25, 2021!

REGISTRATION: We are in the process of revising our registration system to facilitate a straight automatic transfer of everyone’s existing 2020 registrations to these new dates. Please be on the lookout for an e-mail within the next few days (sent to the e-mail address you…

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Reminder: MechaCon OMEGA has been postponed to 2021

Reminder: MechaCon OMEGA has been postponed to 2021

Hello again, everyone.

This post is being made primarily as a means by which to REMIND everyone that MECHACON OMEGA, originally planned for this upcoming weekend (July 24-26, 2020), HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL 2021.

As stated previously, due to the current global pandemic situation (and because we certainly never intended to ask a single person to put themselves in harm’s way) we determined it…

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MechaCon Proudly Welcomes Ambassador Mary Elizabeth McGlynn

#MechaCon Proudly Welcomes Ambassador Mary Elizabeth McGlynn! #MechaConOmega #MechaGuests

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn is a voice over director and actor of original animation and foreign dubbing. She is also the singer for the Silent Hill game series and movies.

Mary Elizabeth started as a Voice Director of Anime dubs with Cowboy Bebop, Digimon Tamers, Wolf’s Rain, Naruto and Naruto Shippuden, Stitch! and Glitter Force. She then moved on to dialogue directing for original animation and is…

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MechaCon Proudly Welcomes Ambassador Vince DiCola

MechaCon Proudly Welcomes Ambassador Vince DiCola! #MechaConOmega #MechaGuests

Composer Vince DiCola has signed with Bohemia Group for representation.

Vince DiCola is an Italian American platinum selling artist. He co-composed eight songs for the John Travolta starring and Sylvester Stallone directed film, STAYING ALIVE in 1983. DiCola and co-composer Frank Stallone received a Grammy nomination for their work on STAYING ALIVE in the category of Best Album of Original Score…

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MechaCon Proudly Welcomes Ambassador Wendy Powell

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Texas-based actor Wendy Powell absolutely loves what she does, performing in all forms of media: film, television, radio, narration, and video games. But where her character-creating skills truly come to life is in anime! Mirroring the shape-shifting abilities of her iconic Fullmetal Alchemist role Envy, she changes her voice into anything and everything imaginable, including quirky robots,…

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A MESSAGE FROM MECHACON'S C.E.O.:

Hello, everyone. These days it seems as though every other word we hear is “Coronavirus” or “COVID-19”. While undoubtedly something to be aware of and certainly something to take precautions against, it would seem much of the media (both at home and abroad) is using this outbreak to sow fear into most of the planetary population. And, in many cases, it appears to be working. While many of these…

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Allison of AllieCat Cosplay is a Georgia based Cosplayer who started her journey in 2010, creating over 75 Cosplay Costumes, and earning Best in Show awards in several competitions for craftsmanship. She is best known for her wig styling, armor builds, passion for makeup, love for fashion design and adorning animal ears whenever possible. AllieCat uses cosplay to promote general positivity for the cosplay community solidifying the fun that can be found all over in this hobby.

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MechaCon Proudly Welcomes Ambassador @AllieCatCosplay! #MechaConOmega #MechaGuests Allison of AllieCat Cosplay is a Georgia based Cosplayer who started her journey in 2010, creating over 75 Cosplay Costumes, and earning…

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MechaCon Omega Artisan's Market - Wave 2 of Tickets!

The second wave of Artisans Market tables will go on sale TOMORROW (Saturday, January 18th) at noon CST. #MechaConOmega #MechaCon2320 #MechaCon #MechaConArtisansMarket

Calling all ARTISTS! The second wave of Artisans Market tables will go on sale TOMORROW (Saturday, January 18th) at noon CST. The last wave goes on sale in March. Here is the info for both remaining waves:

Set 2 (next 1/3 of tables will go on sale): Saturday, January 18th at noon (CST) – Price $135.

Set 3 (last 1/3 of tables will go on sale): Sunday, March 15th at 3:00 p.m. (CST) – Price $145.

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MikoMiko Cosplay is an award-winning cosplayer from North Texas. She began her cosplay journey in 2010, and ultimately learned the intricacies of sewing in 2016. In 2017, Miko quickly began entering competitions, and has now won several major awards across the state. Miko is mainly known for constructing large full body costumes of varying characters and creatures, and she loves tackling new challenges! Some of Miko’s latest award-winning works include Revali from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and the Dober Mail Hunter set from Monster Hunter World. Along with fine attention to craftsmanship detail, Miko aims to be approachable while helping others break through barriers towards more intricate designs and details. On a normal day, you can find her elbow deep in fabric for the next wild idea she will bust out next!

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#MechaCon Omega Proudly Welcomes Ambassador @CosplayMikomiko! #MechaConOmega #MechaGuests MikoMiko Cosplay is an award-winning cosplayer from North Texas. She began her cosplay journey in 2010, and ultimately learned the intricacies of sewing in 2016.

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MechaCon Omega Proudly Welcomes Ambassador Maile Flanagan!

#MechaCon Omega Proudly Welcomes Ambassador @maileflanagan! #MechaConOmega #MechaGuests

Maile Flanagan has been the voice of Naruto for Naruto, Naruto Shippuden and Boruto: Naruto Next Generations for the long-running series as well as acting in 43 video games and 6 movies for the title character. She won an Emmy for voiceover for the title character in “Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks” in 2006 (also nominated 2007). She played Principal Perry on Disney XD’s LAB RATSand all…

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#MechaCon Omega Proudly Welcomes Ambassador @YuriLowenthal! #MechaConOmega #MechaGuests Yuri Lowenthal is a writer & actor known primarily for games and animation, including games such as…

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#MechaCon Omega Proudly Welcomes Ambassador @YuriLowenthal! #MechaConOmega #MechaGuests Yuri Lowenthal is a writer & actor known primarily for games and animation, including games such as…

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MechaCon Omega Proudly Welcomes Ambassador @taraplatt! #MechaConOmega #MechaGuests Actress/author/producer/entrepreneur, Tara has performed internationally in film, TV, animation and theatre. VO credits include: Marvel’s recent award-winning…

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MechaCon Omega Artisans Market

The first wave of artist tables will go on sale this evening!

We will be opening MechaCon’s Artisan’s Market Registration in 3 different waves again this year. This makes the process fair for all our potential artists and provides more opportunities to get a table since they sell very quickly. The three registration windows are as follows:

Set 1 (first 1/3 of tables will go on sale): Friday,…

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MechaCon Black Friday / Cyber Monday Sale is now Live! MechaCon's Black Friday-Cyber Monday Sale is now LIVE! Beginning at 6 a.m. on Friday, November 29th, and ending at 11:59 p.m.

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Charity Auction

Our Charity Auction will be back again in 2020!!

We would, once again, like to thank everyone for their support of MechaCon’s Charity Auction. We’ve supported numerous organizations over the last 15 years and have looked for ways to make a difference in our community. Last year, with the help of Auctioneer Jonathan Klein and through your generosity, we raised over $7,000 for the Stephen…

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