2 March 2010

D-CON Anime/Art Convention

Scotland’s biggest free anime convention, March 6th-7th

Free. Fun. For Everyone. D-Con Scotland is the only free manga/anime art exhibition of its kind to be held in Scotland. Now in its second year, this accessible anime convention is attracting more attention and high profile exhibitors and sponsors. This year's hotly anticipated gathering is taking place on Sat 6th- Sun 7th March in the Dundee University Students Union. Held across four floors, the weekend long event will contain guest speakers, tutorials, stalls of artwork, anime screenings, cosplay, competitions, games tournaments, live entertainment and much, much more.

The event will also be joined by a troupe of Star Wars storm troopers who will be taking over the campus for the weekend!

D-Con is run by students within Dundee University's Anime Art Society and began as a non-profit venture to fill a gap in the ever popular manga/anime culture. The aim is to provide a free non-profit convention style event without a waiting list where students, amateurs and professionals could showcase their work alongside each other and represent the current talent available in Scotland's alternative artwork scene.

From the outset the event received overwhelming support from companies such as Dundee based "Realtime Worlds", practicing professionals and students alike and attracted over 350 visitors over the course of a day. Tried, tested and proven, this year D-Con is set to be bigger, wider reaching and filled with more activities, participants, exhibitors, sponsors and visitors. Featured in Imagine FX and on most UK Anime news pages, D-Con is attracting more people from across the entire UK, is being widely discussed on the internet and locally remains a much anticipated event for anime and manga fans. Despite its growth in size and popularity D-Con has managed to remain true to its original aims and will prove to be a fun, free and diverse excursion for anyone looking for a different way to spend an afternoon.

Event organizer Jamie Keddie said "we are very excited; this is a national event, organised by Dundee students and will provide a great platform for artists to showcase their work to a national audience."

Dundee University Students Association President Andrew Smith said "we are very much looking forward to this event, the last D-CON was a huge success and brought people from all over the country and we are proud to be hosting it. This is the exact sort of thing a students union should be hosting."

For more information, to get involved or to arrange an interview with one of the D-CON team please contact:
Jamie Keddie (president)
tel: 07935 933 293
email: mail@d-con.org.