Project: To produce an intro film to the Q&A session with Kentaro Miura at the awa 2015 showing his career history and influence on Manga and Anime with a particular emphasis on Berserk. Contacts

Mary Steadman: Technical Production Manager marysteadmantech@awa-con.com

Atlanta, GA 30309

United States
Telephone Number: +1 404-870-6700
Background:

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  Anime Weekend Atlanta is a 4 day convention held annually at the Cobb Galleria, Renaissance Waverly Hotel and Sheraton Suites Galleria. The event is a family-friendly celebration of Japanese anime (animation), manga (comics) and cosplay (costume-play) and is held annually during the last weekend of September.
  
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  AWA was first organized in 1994, with the first convention held in 1995. Since then, AWA has been recognized as one of the most popular Japanese Animation conventions in the United States, and one of the top ten attended anime conventions in North America. In 2014, over 20,000 people attended the event.
  
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  We are currently developing our program of Events that promote the history and authenticity of both Manga and Anime. A key feature of this is to promote the academic study of these disciplines and our links with Universities and Post-Graduate Researchers is growing.
  

Our Company/Organisation Mission Statement is as follows:

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  Provide a venue for fans of Japanese Animation and Manga to come together in a festive environment
  
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Educate people about the history and culture surrounding Anime and Manga by hosting guests from the industry
  
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Learn about Japanese culture through animation and comics
  

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  Fans. We’re all fans and we value the community that we are a part of. Every dollar spent by attendees goes back into making the show bigger and better for subsequent years. We do this for the love of anime, caffeine, and the smiles on peoples faces when they’ve met their idol or made a new friend. We value those with a like-minded approach.
  

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  a wide variety of fan panels, guests from all over the world, concerts, activities, video games, table top games and cosplay galleries. Not only that, but we have an expansive dealer’s room, and incredible artist alley, and the cutest maid cafe you ever will see.
  
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  Not only do we offer 24 hour programming, but AWA is a fun place to meet people and make new friends- and not to mention snap a few pictures of some amazing cosplays.
  

The Top Ten Anime Cons in USA:

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   Anime Expo - approximately 86,000 warm bodies
   
2. 
   Otakon - 33,929 paid attendees
   
3. 
   Anime Central - 29,675 warm bodies
   
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   Anime North - 28,509 paid attendees
   
5. 
   A-Kon - 26,377 warm bodies
   
6. 
   Anime Boston - 25,493 warm bodies with 24,798 paid attendees
   
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   Sakura-Con - approximately 22,000 paid attendees
   
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   Anime Weekend Atlanta - 20,311 paid attendees
   
9. 
   Anime Matsuri - 19,412 warm bodies
   
10. 
    Otakuthon - 17,661 warm bodies
    

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  Fans are the core of our organization.
  

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  The aim of the introductory video is to celebrate and praise the achievements of Miura in an exciting visual feast that demands attention from the audience. They know who he is but they want to celebrate him.
  
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  With over 20,000 attenders at the conference this celebration of one of the founders of Manga is a hugely communal event.
  
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  The video should highlight the history of Miura’s work – the struggles and the highs of his creativity. This should include his work in both Anime and Manga. The man and the myth should be explored – visually.
  

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  Manga is aimed mostly at teenagers, it is an important part of the Japanese publishing industry. Pulling in over 3.6 billion dollars for the economy. It has a large world wide audience.
  
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  Berserk is one of the most popular manga, it is one of the longest running manga and as won the Award for excellence
  
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  Any media of berserk and Kentaro Miura other works are all available to use without constrain however the music will have to non-copyright and must fit the tone of the video.
  
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  Because we are involved in a visual discipline the video content should play with the Miura’s work in an exciting way. Voiceovers, captioins and language should acknowledge Japanese language and culture but be kept to a minimum. This is a ‘Blast!’ not a sombre doc.