Jim (HangFire) has organised convention reports by forums user I_forget into the EirtakuWiki. The originals are in this thread.

The contributions can be viewed here:

http://wiki.eirtaku.com/Eirtakon_Con_Reports

http://wiki.eirtaku.com/Tomo-Dachi_Con_Reports

If you attended either of these conventions (if you were staff you must make this explicit in your report) and wish to add to the entry, please feel free.

Details here.

With the spring and summer shows lineup coming to a close or at their midpoint (some firm favourites already cementing their place in the hearts of anime fans) it’s time to focus on what’s going to be starting up this autumn. As with last season, I’ll just cover the highlights; a more complete list is linked in the sources section.

Note: all airdates are generally subject to being moved (usually back) and should be treated as guides.

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Anime Convention held in Derry, Northern Ireland.

http://dama.truth.posiweb.net/

Time for a jpop update >< and quite a lot going on atm (so BIG POST coming up)!!!
So much so it’s hard to know where to start… But I guess you can’t go wrong starting with this.

New PV from Tamaki Nami - ‘Brightdown’
HQ stage6 divx version here
Those of you watching D.Gray-Man will be familiar with this since it’s the second opening theme

I really dig the direction Tamaki is taking with this new release, it’s more jrock than jpop tbh, I really love the early trance infused stuff too from Tamaki like Heroine, Believe etc, but this is exaclty what I was looking for now, it’s got power and good energy >< Read more »

Studio Ghibli’s Tales from Earthsea is currently showing in Cineworld, Dublin!

It’s playing every day at 10:10, 12:40, 15:20, 18:00, 20:40.

Depsite reports that this is not a great effort on the part of the famous studio, I think everyone who watches anime should go see this and show that there is an anime community in this country
I’ll be organising an eirtakumeet trip to this shortly, so if you’re interested, check the forums!