With Dragon Con attracting more than 70,000 costumed fans of movies, television, comic books and other theatrics to downtown Atlanta over Labor Day weekend, one might think that was the final act for Atlanta’s con season. While Dragon Con is summer’s big bang when it comes to conventions, fall offers several more opportunities to dress up as your favorite anime characters and monster movie villains while interacting with actors from your favorite cartoons, films and TV shows. Here are five fall conventions Atlanta-based artists and enthusiasts won’t want to miss. Anime Weekend Atlanta (Sept. 24–27)Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Anime Weekend Atlanta is a four-day convention dedicated to Japanese animation, comics, art and video games. Awa features numerous panels, cosplay contests, gaming competitions and musical performances virtually around the clock. Anime and video game voice actors such as Daisuke Sakaguchi, Lisle Wilkerson, Christopher Sabat, Kaiji Tang, Toby Proctor, Linda Ballantyne,...
- 9/15/2015
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