Ninja Olympics @ MegaCon 2011!

Do you and your buddies want to become supreme ninja masters? Of course you do! The first step in your path of the ninja is to compete in the Ninja Olympics and tests your abilities in events of stealth, cunning, strength, and endurance against other ninja teams! Can your team of three ninjas bring the golden shuriken home?

This is one of the many events Propeller Anime Club will be hosting at MegaCon 2011. This epic event will be from 4PM to 5PM on Sunday, March 27th in W224 F, G, & H at the Orange County Convention Center!

Sign-ups will be at the Propeller Anime Club table outside of W224B from 11AM to 3:30PM on Sunday, March 27th. Teams will be composed of three (3) aspiring ninja warriors and the competition will be capped at twelve (12) teams.

Below is everything else you need to know about this year's Ninja Olympics!

Rules

• All teams must be signed up by 3:30PM on Sunday, March 27th and arrive to W224 F, G, & H at 4PM that day for the start of the Ninja Olympics.
• Each team will be composed of exactly three (3) members.
• Each team will represent a ninja village that they will register a name for.
• No participant in the Ninja Olympics will physically attack another participant, staff member, or member of the audience.
• Each event of the Ninja Olympics will test some combination of speed, stealth, strength, and hand-eye coordination.
• Some events may test a team's ability to work together in harmony.
• Each event will have a first, second, and third place team and will be awarded points as such:
• First place: 3 points
• Second place: 2 points
• Third place: 1 point
• After all events in the Ninja Olympics have ended. All points for each team will be calculated and the top three teams will be announced and rewarded for their heroics.
• Propeller Anime Club, Anime Sushi, MegaCon, and the Orange County Convention Center will not be responsible for any injuries participants may gain in connection to the Ninja Olympics, or during it.
• The Ninja Masters of the Propeller Anime Club reserve the right to disqualify any teams from competition for any unruly or dishonorable behavior, and will do so without sympathy. Please be courteous and civil.

Tips

• Since there is physical activity required for the events, you MUST have some basic physical fitness to compete.
• Can you do a push up or sit up? Can you walk at a faster pace for multiple city blocks? If not, then you probably shouldn’t enter the Ninja Olympics.
• Make sure you stretch out before competing to prevent pulling any of your muscles or any other injury.
• It is a great idea to be properly hydrated for the event.
• Make sure that you and your teammates show up on time.
• There is no dress code for the event but it is recommended you wear attire you can move around in.
• It’s totally cool and encouraged to come to the event dressed as a ninja. However, real ninjas do not wear orange.



Guide to MegaCon 2010: Anime Main Events

MegaCon - Florida's largest comic book, sci-fi, anime, and gaming convention - will take place in beautiful Orlando, Florida from Friday, March 12th to Sunday, March 14th in the Orange County County Convention Center. MegaCon hosts a large dealers hall, guest from all over the entertainment industry, and a wide variety of contests, panels, and other fun for fans to participate in! More details about the convention can be found at www.megaconvention.com!

Once again, Anime Sushi brings you: the biggest anime costume contest in Florida, the legendary Cyberia Dance "big anime themed dance party", AMV and Ninja Olympics; with discussion panels for cosplay, anime, art, gaming, Japanese culture and more. We will also be bringing you guests from the anime industry and show hours of the newest anime in Japan on our 10’ x 14’ screens.

Look what’s going on in all three anime event rooms. Plus a forth room with the newest anime videos from Japan

Main Events in rooms W224 F, G, & H

Friday, March 12th

Pocky Photo Patrol <3 Contest Sponsored by Glico
1:00pm – 2:00pm in W224 F, G, & H
Hosted by Anime Sushi
www.animesushi.com

The Pocky-lypse is upon us. Your mission: to take as many pictures as possible of people having fun with Pocky. You must be present, signed in, and have a digital camera of some sort. Pictures must be submitted no later than 1PM Sunday for judging. Prizes will be awarded Sunday afternoon in the Main Event Lobby.

Voice Actor Neil Kaplin
2:00pm – 3:00pm in W224 F, G, & H

Most famous for Starcraft, Digimon and character: Optimus Prime in Transformers: Robots in Disguise.

Voice Acting with Cherami Leigh
3:00pm – 4:00pm in W224 F, G, & H

FUNimation voice actress Cherami Leigh will introduce you to what it is like to be a voice actress for anime such as Soul Eater, Peach Girl, and Sgt. Frog.

Acting 101 with Chuck Huber
4:00pm – 5:00pm in W224 F, G, & H

Learn the three key skills for any type of acting and have a blast doing it. Encompassing games and exercises designed to loosen you up and free your imagination and culled from his time studying at the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago this will be a productive hour. First twelve people in line get to participate while all are invited to listen and watch from the audience.

Anime Directing & Auditing with Sonny Strait
5:00pm – 6:00pm in W224 F, G, & H
sonnystrait.biz

Sonny Strait, director of such shows as Dragonball, Dragonball Z, Case Closed, Lupin III (and many more) goes over the processes of directing as well as what directors look for in casting. Learn what it takes to make it in the business and how not to tick a director off. Learn tips for giving a good read to your director as well as getting good reads when directing

Voice Acting with Darrel Guilbeau
6:00pm – 7:00pm in W224 F, G, & H

Darrel Guilbeau has been active in voice acting since 2004, working on Dynasty Warriors 6, Samurai Champloo, Overman King Gainer, as well as many other anime and videogames.

Rebirth of Evangelion
7:00pm – 8:00pm in W224 F, G, & H
Hosted by Corey “Waldo” Waldusky and Emilio Lopez-Centellas
propelleranimeclub.blogspot.com

Neon Genesis Evangelion: A mile-stone in anime history, and still one of the greatest anime of all time. Want to know more about it, or maybe you’ve never even heard of it? Whatever your depth into the world of Eva may be, come in and learn all about the original series all the way to the rebuilds.

FUNimation presents Rebuild of Evangelion 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone
8:00 pm – 10:00 pm in W224 F, G, & H
Hosted by FUNimation
www.funimation.com/evangelion

A special showing of the English dub of Evangelion 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone! It’s the first of four movies that retells the story of the classic Neon Genesis Evangelion with a bold new direction!

Saturday, March 13th

Cosplay: Above and Beyond
10:00am – 11:00am in W224 F, G, & H
Hosted by Team Awesome

Alright, you can sew, you can paint, you can hem….now what? For cosplayers looking to go above and beyond with their next project, join Team Awesome as they share with you tips and tricks on bringing your costume to the next level. There will be special emphasis on how to make an impact on the competitive level, how to present your work to judges and just what goes into making an award-winning costume. Tutorials, resources and community info will also be made available for those looking to become more involved with local costume enthusiasts.

Voice Actor: Chuck Heber
11:00am – 11:30am in W224 F, G, & H

The voice of Hiei in Yu Yu Hakusho and Franken Stein in Soul Eater talks!

Voice Actor: Sonny Strait
11:30am – 12:00pm in W224 F, G, & H
The voice of memorable characters such as Maes Hughes, Krillin, and Arsene Lupin III!

Voice Actor: Darrel Guilbeau
12:00pm – 12:30pm in W224 F, G, & H

Anime and videogame voice actor Darrel Guilbeau discusses his past 6 years in voice acting!

Voice Actress: Cherami Leigh
12:30pm – 1:00pm in W224 F, G, & H

Appearing Peach Girl, Soul Eater, and School Rumble has much to share about her experiences as a voice actress.

FUNimation presents Soul Eater
1:00pm – 2:00pm in W224 F, G, & H
Hosted by FUNimation
www.funimation.com/souleater

A special English language showing of Soul Eater! From the studio that worked on Full Metal Alchemist comes a series about kids who train to become weapon meisters by collecting the souls of 99 evil humans and 1 witch! If you like Naruto and Bleach, then this will be the next big thing in anime for you!

Voice Actor Neil Kaplin
2:00pm – 3:00pm in W224 F, G, & H

Most famous for Starcraft, Digimon and character: Optimus Prime in Transformers: Robots in Disguise.

Anime Costume Contest
4:30pm – 6:30pm in W224 B, C, D, F, G, & H
Hosted by Anime Sushi
www.animesushi.com

This is MegaCon’s 11th annual anime costume contest! Whether you are a competing or not, you will not want to miss over 200 cosplayers compete for prizes!

CYBERIA Dance Party
8:00pm – 11:00pm in W224 A-H
Hosted by Anime Sushi
www.animesushi.com

CYBERIA is a high-energy Anime themed techno dance with the freshest music from Japan and Europe. As always, the dance is FREE to convention attendees! Convention pass is required for entry.

Sunday, March 14th

[b]FUNimation presents Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood[/u]
10:00am – 11:00am in W224 F, G, & H
Hosted by FUNimation
www.fullmetalalchemist.com

It’s the retelling of the Full Metal Alchemist story that’s darker and more grown up than before! The Elric Brothers are still again on their quest to recover their bodies lost in an alchemy experiment gone wrong, but now there will be new characters, locations, and story arcs not seen in any other FMA anime!

Ninja Olympics
11:00am – 1:00pm in W224 F, G, & H
Hosted by Propeller Anime Club
propelleranimeclub.blogspot.com

Do you and your buddies want to become supreme ninja masters? Of course you do! Being a ninja means you get to stand on a mountain top, play guitar, and make people’s heads explode with the sheer power of your awesomeness! The first step in your way of the ninja is to compete in the Ninja Olympics and test your physical and mental abilities in against other ninja teams! The team with best harmony will be the supreme ninja masters who take the golden shuriken home to their ninja village! Not only that, the top ninja teams will win prizes provided the ninja elite of MegaCon!

Anime Sushi AMV Contest
2:00pm – 3:30pm in W224 F, G, & H
Hosted by Anime Sushi
www.animesushi.com

It’s Anime Sushi’s 4th Annual Anime Music Video Contest! Don’t miss the many great entries competing for prizes and the chance to cheer on your favorites!

Pretentious Internet Theatre
3:30pm – 5:00pm in W224 F, G, & H
Hosted by DJ Megaplay
www.animesushi.com

The podcast that brings you the finest in fan-fiction comes to MegaCon. We'll be reading a classic and recording an episode live. You could be part of the show!


There's a lot to do at MegaCon this year and be sure to check out the Anime Special Events as well as the Workshops and Panels!

Guide to Megacon 2010: Ninja Olympics

Do you and your buddies want to become supreme ninja masters? Of course you do! Being a ninja means you get to stand on a mountain top, play guitar, and make people’s heads explode with the sheer power of your awesomeness! The first step in the way of the ninja is to compete in the Ninja Olympics. Test your abilities in events of stealth, cunning, strength, and endurance against other ninja teams!

There will be many challenging events in the Ninja Olympics that your team of three ninjas will participate in, and some even require teamwork to win. Choose your fellow ninjas wisely! The team with best harmony will be the supreme ninja masters who take the golden shuriken home to their ninja village! Not only that, the top ninja teams will win prizes provided the ninja elite of MegaCon!

Basic Rules:

• Sign-ups will begin on Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m. and end at 10:50 a.m. and will be held at the Anime Sushi table by room W224.

• Sign-ups are first come, first serve, and only a max of twelve teams can enter. There will be four slots for alternates in the event that a registered team fails to show up to the Ninja Olympics at the event start time.

• Each team will be composed of exactly three members

• Each team will represent a ninja village that they will register a name for

• No participant in the Ninja Olympics shall physically attack another participant or staff member

• Each event in the Ninja Olympics will test some combination of stealth, cunning, strength, endurance, and hand-eye coordination

• Some events will test a ninja team’s ability to work together in harmony

• Each event will have a first, second, and third place team. Overall points will be distributed to winning teams:

• First place – 3 points
• Second place – 2 points
• Third place – 1 point

• After all events in the Ninja Olympics have ended, points for each team will be calculated and then there will be an awards ceremony for the top three teams who be presented with rewards for their victory.

• Propeller Anime Club, Anime Sushi, MegaCon, and the Orange County Convention Center are NOT responsible for any injury in connection to the Ninja Olympics, or during it.

• The Ninjas of the Propeller Anime Club reserve the right to disqualify any unruly or disruptive contestants and will do so without sympathy. Please be courteous and civil.

Tips:

• Since there is physical activity required for the events, you MUST have some basic physical fitness to compete. Can you do a push-up or sit-up? Can you walk at a faster pace for multiple city blocks? If not, then you probably shouldn’t enter the Ninja Olympics.

• Make sure you stretch out before competing to prevent pulling any of your muscles or any other injury.

• Make sure you are properly hydrated for the event.

• Please wear proper footwear for the event. Don't wear sandals, high-heels, or go bare foot.

• The event starts at 11:00 a.m. Make sure that you and your teammates are on time.

• Propeller Anime Club, Anime Sushi, MegaCon, and the Orange County Convention Center will not be responsible for any lost or stolen items. Leave them at your own risk.

• It’s totally cool and encouraged to come to the event dressed as a ninja. However, real ninjas do not wear orange!

The Ninja Olympics will be held at MegaCon 2010 on Sunday, March 14th at 11:00 a.m. in W224 F, G, & H! Event time and location is subject to change. For more information about the Propeller Anime Club and their events at MegaCon, visit their website at http://propelleranimeclub.blogspot.com/. For more information about MegaCon 2010, visit http://www.megaconvention.com/.