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Alcon Anime Convention

Globe-trotting actor Spike Spencer to appear at next month's event in Leicester, UK.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LOS ANGELES, CA - AUG. 3 - It has been announced that Spike Spencer will be appearing as a guest at the Alcon Anime Convention in Leicester England September 9th-12th 2010.

Alcon is a fun and friendly 700-person anime convention running from Thursday 9th - Sunday 12th September 2010 at De Montfort University in Leicester. We have everything from an anime night-club, companies to buy anime goodies from, screenings of the latest anime, a bar, artists alley, cosplay cafe, DDRing, a J-Culture room, Cosplay Hangout, roleplaying, Card Gaming and much much more. It's a four day event and all for just £29. On site accommodation at £30 a night is also available. You can go check it out and register for the event at http://www.alcon.org.uk/ (18+ only) Voice-actor Spike Spencer and Abridged Star LittleKuriboh shall attend amongst a fantastic guest lineup.

EVENTS

We have over FIFTY events planned over the four-days. To name a few -

- A Party every night

- Japanese Cooking workshops

- BJD workshops, cosplay talks

- Cosplay masquerade

- Pub Quiz (£50 prize to the winning team!)

- Cosplay Showdown (£50 prize to the winning team!)

- AMV Night

- Abridged Screenings

- Iron Artist

- Over a dozen Video Gaming tournaments with prizes (including Street Fighter IV)

- Yaoi/Yuri/Hentai panels

- Cosplay and BJD Picnics with free food and drink

- Live Music & Bands to attend

VAMPIRES v NINJA v MECHA v PIRATES

Four almighty clans line up. Only ONE will win that ellusive Alcon trophy (rumored to contain the convention's soul)! Will it be those sneaky ninjas, those wicked vamps, those manic mecha, or those pesky pirates? YOU, the member, shall decide! When you register you pick your clan! You are then in that clan, and can earn points for them over the convention to help them toward victory! Points are calculated by who wins events, who helps out, and so forth! Your conbadge will reflect which clan you are in.

DETAILS

Website: http://www.alcon.org.uk/

Forums: http://www.animeleague.net/forums/viewforum.php?f=20

Email: info@alcon.org.uk

Location: De Montfort University, Leicester

Dates: 9th-12th September 2010

Price: Just £25 in total for the four days.

Guarantee Your Place And Go Register Now!

ABOUT SPIKE SPENCER:

An accomplished actor, Spike Spencer has worked onscreen with such notable stars as Tommy Lee Jones, Sandra Bullock, Frank Langella, Tia Carrere, and Scott Glenn.

In the realm of voice acting he has voiced hundreds of episodes of Anime including Evangelion, Vampire Knight, Bleach, Spriggan, Nadesico, Mar, Pre Tear, Code Geass 2, and Buso Renkin as well as numerous video games including World of Warcraft-The Burning Crusades, Tales of Vesperia, BlazBlue, Trauma Center, Steambot Chronicles, and Star Ocean 2. Spike has lent his voice to many radio and television commercials and campaigns.

Spike is also an author/screenwriter and is in pre-production on his first feature film that he scripted, "Dwindle Down." Learn more about Spike at:

www.worldospike.com

www.spikespencer.com

www.almostevilminions.com

www.twitter.com/spikespencer

For more information, photos or to request an interview contact Spike Spencer at spike@worldospike.com

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