We have received many brilliant works from so many talented artists. We are in the grading process and results will be announced here on our website as soon as we have the results, and top three winners will be notified. Good luck to everyone, and Thanks for participating!
Due to recent malware attacks towards our server, our blog is temporarily down and server disruptions are making it difficult for emails to come in. The /GOOD/ news is, while we try to fix this problem, you guys get an extra two weeks or so to send in the entries.
Your new deadline is....JULY 16th, FRIDAY MIDNIGHT~SATURDAY 1AM. There's a time interval just in case there are any delays. Best luck to you all!
It was AWESOME! :DDD
Thank you all that came to the party! It was a big success with tones of fun.
Live band performances by Rokujuu-Kyuu rocked the hotel and kick started the event with incredible excitement and energy; informative cosplay photoshoot panel you’ll wish they had taught that in school; interactive activities/games that got everyone off their feet...[ more ]
Illustration Contest 2 Teaser Poster - April 02, 10
For Anzu's birthday she gets a brand new costume! Kaze-Hime will be there to tell you more about the costume and announce the popular Illustration Contest #2 there!
ACG NA's very own Anzu Chigusa is having a birthday party on April 24th and everyone is invited! If you love Anime, Comics, or Gaming and wish to make some friends with the same interest or just want to relax and have a good time, don't miss out on this ACG NA's largest event so far!
Due to low online ticket sales, we have decided to postpone the Random Pairs Party originally scheduled on March 13, 2010. The event is likely to return in the summer.
On the other hand, ACG NA fans can look forward to Anzu’s Birthday Party, which takes place in late April. More information will be released soon.
Our apologies to any inconveniences this may have caused.
ACG NA VIP Membership Cards on sale now - Feb 11, 10
Limited ACG NA VIP Membership Cards (currently being designed by renowned artist Draa) are now avaliable via paypal for $35 each including good old tax. The cards are good through year 2010 and 2011. Members will get discounted tickets, dedicated sign in lines at events, gifts, and many other benefits. So get yours early! Membership cards available for purchase online and can be picked up at local ACG NA events.
( ^ NOT the actual card)
Figure Photo Shoot Contest Winner Announced! - Jan 07, 10
Finally, after hours and hours of debating and deciding on who will be the winner of our first figure photo shoot contest, we have come to a decision. The winner will win a Max Factory Limited Edition Summer Wonder Festival 09 Miku Hatsune Figma.
The winner of ACG NA’s first figure photo shoot contest is *Drum roll*
Happy New Year everyone!
We have awesome good news for you at the beginning of the year. Our buddies at Amit.dabydeen.com, Alexlexus and Anomaly teamed up and brought you a game that’s gonna blow your mind. DC vs Capcom vs Marvel MUGEN Game. It’s a fighting game that combines the signature characters from the three giants in the comic industry. Anyways check out the video blow and you know exactly where to get the game, visit amit.dabydeen.com folks!
All of us at ACG N.A. wish you and your families and friends a very happy, healthy, and safe Holiday Season!!
Thanks for all your support and year 2010 is going to be an amazing year!
*The result of our Figure photo shoot contest will be announced shortly on our blog.
Documentary regarding cosplay based in the Greater Toronto Area, by Jiro Okada.
Show your support for cosplay and the documentary by viewing the videos or visit Jiro's website.
"An excerpt from "Leaving Mundania", a documentary exploring the lives of Japanese anime fans who participate in cosplay ("costume-play"). This film follows several cosplayers based in the Greater Toronto Area as they prepare for their annual pilgrimage to Anime North 2009"
ACG NA BLOG Icon Contest Result Announced - November 09, 09
The ACG NA Blog Launch Icon Contest results are in. The winners won a Nendoroid and ACG VIP Tickets.
See the blog for more details and more exciting contest. ACG North America - acgnorthamerica.com
ACG NA BLOG IS LIVE!- November 02, 09
We are excited to announce that ACG NA’s Blog is now LIVE!
Many of the ACG NA staffs worked tirelessly day in and day out determined to bring you a more content rich, more user interaction, more feedbacks, more intuitive, and more frequently updated web site for fans to stay connected and informed.
The URL to our blog is simply blog.acgnorthamerica.com
And to celebrate the launch of ACG NA’s sister site, the blog, we have two fun contests happening on there and we are giving away great prizes!
First one is the Blog Launch Icon Contest; second one is the ACG Figure Photo Shoot Contest
Visit the blog for more details!
Also, the Toronto Otaku/Blogger Meet Plus! was a success! Lots of food, lots of laughter and lots of prizes gave away! Find out what you’ve missed in the blog post!
We are hosting an Otaku Meet on November 1st, Sunday night. The party is a fun chance to meet other otakus or fans of anime, comics and games or people who share the same interest as you. It's also a great chance to make new friends and learn new stuff of the anime culture and the Japan culture. The meet is to bring together people with similar interest and just have fun and talk about anime, comics, and gaming.
* ACG-North-America is holding yet another small but fun contest for your delight. Since it is the month of October that means Halloween is right around the corner. Show off your ACG spirit this year by carving a pumpkin unique to you! Those of you who have never carved pumpkins before, well, now is a great time to start. What are you waiting for, let's show off your creativity!
*This is an ACG DeviantArt exclusive contest! Go there for details!
ACG North America is putting together a fighting game featuring our very own mascot, Anzu Chigusa, and various A, C, G characters. We are in need of several artists with moderate knowledge in pixel-art and animation to create our in-game sprites and motions. Your role will be to draw Anzu in various forms, poses, actions, and flashy moves. No programming necessary.
Otakuthon 2009 images are now up!-Sept 03, 09 Images and a short review on Otakuthon 2009 are up. Click on the image below. ACG North America - acgnorthamerica.com
THE ULTIMATE "FAN" FANEXPO 2009 VIDEO- Sept 03, 09
This past weekend was Fan Expo 2009 in Toronto. Ackson Lee put together a nice video covering a part of the cosplay side of things in the event. Take a look. More Fan Expo coverage to come. ACG North America - acgnorthamerica.com
Anzu Nendoroid and ACG cakes?- July 13, 09
A fan-made Anzu Nendoroid by ItchyStitchy . Impressive sculptey work and attention to details!
Click below to see the full image.
Also, this week we feature some delicious ACG related artwork. Click on the thumbnails in the featured artist section.
ACG NA's First video game review is now UP! - July 08, 09
Everyone please welcome our first GM/Game Journalist: Steve Loung.
In less than a week's time he's already made marvelous acheivements. Today we kick things off with ACG NA's first full game review on BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger!
GM Position interview date set- June 15, 09
The GM position interview will be held on June 26th 09. If you haven't sent in your application you better do it quick. For complete recruiting information visit our recruit page
AN09 Photographer Award - June 05, 09
We had a great time going through all 83 pages of AN09 photos! Some captured the fun and joy of the convention and others captured the energy and spirit of ACG fans. We sincerely thank everyone that uploaded the photos. It was a pleasure going through every single one of the images and with great pleasure, we proudly announce two winners:
The first winner is:
Amanda Baker
First prize awarded is:
A ACG NA VIP Pass!
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The second winner is:
Kayla Somers
Second prize awarded is:
A Gorillapod!
Congratulations!
*Stay tuned for FanExpo Photographer/Videographer Award
Photographer/Videographer Award for Anime North 2009 - May 11, 09
Photographer/Videographer Award for AN09
We encourage fans to post Photos taken at Anime North up in our Facebook group. We will give away a special “Photographer Award” to one that contributes good quality (non-blurred) and good amount of images. On top of that, out standing ones might be recruited to become the next photographer for ACG North America.
This year we will give away bonus points for person posting in our group AND in other groups as well (to do that, create a photo album and then upload to multiple groups).
The same thing goes with posting Videos. outstanding one that posts good videos will receive a “Videographer Award” and might be recruited as a staff for ACG North America.
The deadline for Submissions is May 31st, 2009 midnight and winners will be announced in early June.
School club contest winner announced!- May 04, 09
It’s been a long and tough process going through all the paper work and supporting materials submitted by all the lovely clubs but we enjoyed every second of it! All the clubs did a good job in terms of promoting anime, comic, and video game in their region and beyond. It’s a shame that there can only be one winner because there are so many awesome clubs that entered this contest! Our dear sponsor who made this contest possible: KC TOYS SHOP will do us the honor in announcing the winner! ( Click on the banner below)
Supporting a Canadian Visual-Novel production company - Apr 17, 09
Have you played any translated Japanese dating-sims lately? Yah we didn't think so. If you don't read Japanese then you're out of luck on those kinds of games… Just kidding!
Sakura River Interactive is owned and operated by Canadians targeted towards English-speaking anime fans around the world. It is a company that creates Visual Novels filled with meaningful interactivity. For too long video games plotlines have meaningless or exceedingly simplistic interaction, but at Sakura River Interactive, they strive to bring everyone interactive, accessible, complex, and meaningful stories.
Visit their website for more information and don't forget to show your support for them by voting for them at Dragons Den for a chance to pitch to the Dragons!
Do you feed on game news? Think you were born to play games? Think you know a lot about video games and the industry? Feel you never spend enough time playing video games? Dying to write your review on games or even dreamed of yourself in video games? Or know someone who has an undying passion for gaming? ACG NA has just the right position for you.
My School's Club Contest submission ended - Apr 1, 09
If you are reading this and you haven’t submitted your entry, it’s late! However, due to slow delivery time of the large attachments we’ll give a generous 24 hours grace period.
We have received a lot of wonderful entries. There are funny videos and images plus tons of paper work and documents. The winning club will be announced as soon as we go through all the documents followed by the verification process. So check back often on our website, DeviantArt page, and Facebook group!
Our sincere thanks to those that participated in the contest and ones that helped spreading the word about the contest and ACG NA, and last but not least our event sponsor KC's Toy Shop for the generous sponsor of such wonderful prizes!
ACG Guess that Anime Character game - Mar 24 , 09
Think you know your anime characters? Prove your skills by entering the ACG Guess that Anime Character game! Correctly guessing the characters shown in the images and you could win awsome prizes!
For more details and rules go to the event page or visit us on Facebook! *The game is only available on facebook.
Now Featuring Cosplayers! - Mar 04 , 09
As you all know, ACG NA adores and supports cosplaying anyway we can. And today we are proud to announce we will start featuring cosplayers on our main page in addition to CGs and drawings *hurray! So we start off by featuring a popular cosplayer behindinfinity , also known as Jin.
Quoting her quoting her friend Ysabel:
"Something everyone in the cosplay community ought to remember.
At the tender age of 12, Ysabel seems to have a greater understanding of this hobby and a bigger heart than some people who are far older than she is.
"" Cosplay is for fun . It's a misunderstood hobby with a good and bad side. If everything is going good in your cosplay, keep it up just don't lose your head in its fictional world. Keep priorities like family and school in order. If things aren't great, do not be disheartened from doing what you love. As long as you are having fun, keep going!
It's a different kind of happy-high when you are among fellow cosplayers but at the end of the day, it only matters if you enjoyed yourself or not . It's not about popularity or pageviews, having fans or not, being better than others... no. It's about expressing yourself through a character you love and sharing it with others.
Hopefully, you ' ll make friendships that will last even when the costumes are faded, wigs worn out and cameras stop flashing.""
Source: our dearest Ysabel's Cosplay Star interview: [link] "
Toronto Otaku/Blogger Meet Up Feb 2009! - Feb 16, 09
ACG NA's Otaku Representative Ronald Sin (Rin) is hosting an Otaku Meet on Feb 20th. The party is a fun chance to meet other otakus or fans of anime, comics and games or people who share the same interest as you. It's also a great chance to make new friends and learn new stuff of the anime culture and the Japan culture. The meet is to bring together people with similar interest and just have fun and talk about anime, comics, and gaming.
Happy Lunar New Year- Year of the Ox! - Jan 26, 09
Today is the beginning of the year of the Ox on the lunar calendar. We wish everyone a healthy year and strong like an ox! The above illustration made by Mimi-Moon, introduction to a series of chibi Anzus in the12 Chinese zodiac forms.
More in 2009 - Jan 14, 09
The staffs of ACG NA are working real hard planning fun events for 2009. The first one will be announced shortly this month. Stay tuned!
We would like to thank all the fans, supporters, and sponsors for all your love and support in 2008. It was a great year for us and we hope you have a healthy and fun 2009. Please continue to support us and we promise to deliver more excitement in 2009!
1,000 Members Milestone on FB - Dec 11, 08
We've just reached 1,000 members on our Facebook group this week!
We would like to Thank everyone for the love and support and faith in ACG NA for all this time. Please continue to support us and have faith in us, stay tuned for more to come in the near future, and enjoy your stay in the group that LOVES YOU BACK! :)
The 1,000 milestone prize winner is: Katya Whitlock-Hale
The prize is:
A brand new Nintendo DS Lite!
The next milestone prize is at 1,500 members Join Today and the secret prize might be yours!
Toronto Otaku / Blogger Meet - Dec 8, 08
ACG NA's Otaku Representative Ronald Sin (Ron) is hosting an Otaku Meet on Dec 19th.
"The goal of this is to get otakus, bloggers, gamers, anime fans etc together and talk about similar interests like anime, manga, games and blogging. It’s also a chance to make new friends and learning stuff that you might not know about in the Japan culture and the otaku culutre."
December Toronto AnimeCon - Dec 1, 08
Will be the last anime related convention in Toronto. It's a one day anime convention with $9 CAD admission.
For more information visit their website [here]
What are the conventions in your area like? Tell us about it [here].
Commission for a great cause - Nov 24, 08
A young artist, a kind-hearted girl, and an ACG NA supporter, is in need for some financial support for her overwhelming medication cost in order to stay healthy. Herself and friends are teaming up to take art commissions to help pay for the medical bills. To read more, please visit their pages:
DotCon this weekend - Nov 11, 08
DotCon is taking place at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Toronto-Markham this weekend (Nov 15~16) ACG NA staffs and artists will be there to have some fun.
Happy Halloween! Oct 31. 08
Happy Halloween everyone! Are you trick-or-treating tonight or giving away candies? Whatever it is that you're doing we wish you a fun and safe Halloween!
It's this Friday! Halloween party Anime North Style.
Some of the ACG NA staffs are attending. We will see you there!
"It's a Halloween Festival, Anime North style! J-Pop Dance, Cafe Nocturne, Japanese festival food, scary movies, game booths, cosplay, and raffles with a chance to win an Anime North 2009 Golden Ticket!
When: October 31, 2008
Where: JAPANESE CANADIAN CULTURAL CENTRE
8 Garamond Court , Toronto, ON M3C 1Z5
Time: 7 PM - 11 PM
Admission: $10 at the door, no pre-registration required.
DotCon 2008 is a cultural convention, focusing on promoting arts, media and popular culture from East Asia. Since anime is a big part of popular culture from Japan, it is one of the aspects that we are focusing on at Dotcon 2008, but it isn't the only one! We also want to promote literature, visual arts, movies, music, fashion, etc. - and not just from Japan, but also from China and Korea.
This is their first time having a convention so YOUR presence matters a lot to them and if you would like to see them around for the next year you should definitely go to this con.
ACG North America Anzu Illustration Contest Results - Oct 10, 08
We are Pleased to announce the winners for the ACG NA Anzu Illustration contest1:
We sincerely thank each and every single one of you that participated in the contest. Thank you for your support for ACG North America and the love for Anzu Chigusa. We hope Anzu's passion and enthiusiasm for anime,comic, and gaming stays with you forever.
Super Street Fighter 2 HD Mugen Remix: World Warrior Beta Released - Sept 06, 08 Amit.dabydeen.com has just released the Beta version (normal characters only) of the Super Street Fighter 2 HD Mugen Remix.
Anzu Illustration Contest is now over! - Oct 1st, 08
The Anzu Illustration Contest is now over!
We want to Thank everyone that participated and those that dragged your friends alone with you on this!
We had A LOT of great entries. Our staffs are working real hard to determine the winners. With so many awesome entries it's going to be a tough task, so please do not bother the judges or any of the staffs while they are making their decisions. Results will be posted on our DeviantArt, on our Facebook group , and of course the ACG NA website [you're looking at it] and probably on the staffs' DA journals too, so it'll be pretty hard to miss the results. All decisions are final, winners will be notified for further procedures.
Thank you all very much! Keep up the awesome work!
We got more fun things coming up soon, so check back here often!
And since you're here already, why not check out some of our staff's awesome gallery on DeviantArt:
Anzu Illustration Contest Reminder - Sept 22, 08
One more week left, better hurry.
Email the link to your submission to contest1@acgnorthamerica.com before Sept 30th for a chance to win a brand new Nintendo DS and many other great prizes!
Anzu Chigusa Cosplay Models Wanted - Sept 15, 08
! ACG North America is Recruiting for the Cosplaying Role of Anzu Chigusa !
We are in the search for a female cosplayer, between the ages of 16 and 24, who lives in or around the Greater Toronto Area >> no experience necessary <<
Anzu Illustration Contest Deadline Extended! - Sept 15, 08
We are extending the deadline for submission to September 30th 2008 midnight Toronto time so everyone gets two more weeks to finish, or submit another one of you've already submitted yours. In addition, Qinni (One of the judges) is giving away 3 months DA subscription.
FanExpo 08 Photographer Award - Sept 09. 08
Ever since FanExpo 08 ended we had dazzling amount of images uploaded to the group and all of them were great shots! We sincerely thank everyone that uploaded the photos. We had a good time going through every single one of the images and as always and with great pleasure, we proudly announce
The winner is:
Amanda Baker
Prize awarded is:
The Original Gorillapod by Joby.
Doujinka Festival Art (sketch) Contest Result Cont. Sept 08. 08
The
1st place winner: Noreen Rana – with 12 votes has won a VIP table at ACG NA's next public event* and a Nendoroid Haruhi Suzumiya figurine.
August Prize Winner Announced- Sept 08. 08
It's the beginning of another month, and with great pleasure, ACG North America is here again to announce the prize winner for August on ACG North America's Facebook group:
*There is a slight change starting this month. Instead of giving out prizes every month we will give away 1 prize when we reach certain milestones. The next milestone is when we have 700 members in our Facebook group. The sooner we reach it, the sooner the prize will be given away!
So here are the basic rules:
Prize will be rewarded whenever the milestones are met!
More members joined the group equals a better prize.
More active in the group means higher chance of winning the prize.
Anzu ChiGusa at FanExpo 08 - Sept 01. 08 This year's FanExpo came and went. It was fun and crowded as usual.
What made this year's FanExpo special (to ACG NA anyways) was Anzu Chigusa made here first appearance to the public. She was there promoting ACG North America and made a lot of friends by doing so.
Click on image to see Anzu's adventure at FanExpo 08!
Also, you still have one week left to participate and win the "Photographer/Videographer Award"! So join us on Facebook and upload your photos and videos and tag your friends now!
Doujinka Festival Art (sketch) Contest Result - Sept 01. 08
The winners are:
1st place - Noreen Rana – 12 votes
2nd place - Joshua Lam – 8 votes
3rd place - Jason Kwong - 7 votes (Click on names to view the entries)
- 1st place gets a table at our next event and a brand new Figure/Figurine,
- 2nd place gets a table at our next event,
- 3rd place gets a one-time pass to our next public event.
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