Anime Weekend Atlanta®
September 27th-29th, 2013 | Atlanta, Georgia
Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel + Cobb Galleria Centre
+ Sheraton Suites Galleria

For Beautiful Convention Life

Anime Weekend Atlanta (AWA) is a three-day Japanese Animation
and comics convention held annually in Atlanta, Georgia.
Events, Panels, and Workshops

What's going on at AWA 2013?

Good news, everyone... we've completed our first round of approvals for the proposals received so far! It's early yet, so you can expect lots of additions and changes to this list as we get closer to the convention.

Check all the awesomeness you can look forward to this year:

All-Time Favorites

  • Anime Hell
  • AMV Awards
  • Costume Contest
  • AWA Formal Ball
  • Maid Cafe
  • Bebop Lounge
  • Otaku Fusion Bellydancing
  • Ballroom Dance School

Industry

  • Funimation
  • Sentai Filmworks
  • Viz Media
  • Gaia Online

Anime

  • Anime Blinded Me with Science
  • Pretty Cure? Alright!
  • SD Gundam: Back with a Vengeance
  • Yoshihiko Umakoshi: Who the Heck is That?
  • Pokemon vs Digimon
  • Get the Knack
  • Old School Classroom (Thursday event)
  • Astro Boy!
  • 25 Years of Jojo
  • Kuroshitsuji
  • Soul Eater
  • The Yaoi Slumber Party
  • An Examination of Slayers: Things You Didn't Know
  • APH: It's a Beautiful World
  • The Mega 80s Panel!!!!!!
  • Ouran Murder Mystery
  • YAMATO 2199: Great Remake or the Greatest Remake?

Touhou

Cosplay, Fashion and Photography

  • Unconventional Materials
  • How to Taobao 101
  • How to Wear Skimpy Costumes
  • Shut Up and Cosplay
  • Cosplay 101
  • Cosplay Made Art
  • Running a Business and Staying in Love
  • Cosfluff 101: Plus Size Cosplay

 

Art

  • Inking Workshop
  • Life Drawing Workshop
  • Turning Tricks in Photoshop for Fun and Profit

Japanese Culture and Food

  • Sweet, Sweet History ver2.0

Hobbies

  • Collection DX: Tiny Plastic Robots and the Men who Love Them

Related(ish) Fandoms

  • What the #$%@ is Homestuck?
  • Story of Evil: Mothy Fan Panel
  • Homestuck Characters: Speak Up!

Want to see your panel on this list?

If you've got something related to anime or Japanese culture that you're burning to share with the world, we've opened our panel proposal submission process. Read up on the process and complete the form!