Otakon! The Convention of Otaku Generation

<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 200%;"><strong>O T A K O N * 2012 July 27th - 29th 2012 Sakura Matsuri and Pre-Registration: July 26th</strong><!--size--></span> <img src="http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w91/lauren6984/op_color_sample1.gif" /> <!--center--></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> ==================== PRE-REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN: <a href="https://www.otakon.com/registration.asp" target="_blank">https://www.otakon.com/registration.asp</a> FIND YOUR HOTEL HERE: <a href="https://www.otakon.com/hotels.asp" target="_blank">https://www.otakon.com/hotels.asp</a> ==================== <!--center--></div> Otakon is the convention of the otaku generation: by fans, for fans. Join thousands of your fellow fans as we descend on Baltimore to celebrate all anime, manga, and all facets of Asian pop culture! Ever since 1999, we've taken over a sizable chunk of Baltimore's Inner Harbor for a 3-day festival celebrating the pop culture that's brought us everything from Astroboy to Yu-Gi-Oh, from the Seven Samurai to Spirited Away. <a href="http://www.otakon.com" target="_blank">http://www.otakon.com</a> [main website] <a href="http://board.otakon.com" target="_blank">http://board.otakon.com</a> [otakon fourms] <a href="http://otakon.com/allroads.asp" target="_blank">http://otakon.com/allroads.asp</a> [All Roads Lead to Otakon] - Directions ++ OTAKON IN THE NEWS ++ <a href="http://wjz.com/local/Japanese.Anime.Otakon.2.428694.html" target="_blank">http://wjz.com/local/Japanese.Anime.Otakon.2.428694.html</a> [Baltimore News 2007] <a href="http://wjz.com/video/?id=10280@wjz.dayport.com" target="_blank">http://wjz.com/video/?id=10280@wjz.dayport.com</a> [Baltimore News 2006] <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLriZPkwlvA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLriZPkwlvA</a> [Al Jazeera 2007 report] ======================================