Tekko Fun 2018
Tekko 2018 / April 27, 2018

Tekko is Pittsburgh’s premiere anime, gaming, fashion, music, and Japanese pop culture convention presented by the Pittsburgh Japanese Culture Society. This year, Tekko was able to bring in 9,709 attendees, a new record for the convention. During the weekend there were many panels available to go to, including a few with the guest voice actors! I attended most of the voice actor panels, which were Q&A’s, the screening of The Boy & The Beast, overcoming voice acting challenges, Late Panels with Pop Ramen and special guests, and one on acting. These panels were very fun to sit in on and get to know the voice actors a little better. They would make sure everyone got all of their questions answered and voices heard before they left. The voice actors were all about pleasing the audience, as long as the audience didn’t take it too far. During these panels, they would even sign a few things if they had time. Luci Christian even made it clear that no one would go home without her signature, if they came for it. Another panel I attended was Can I Use a Fork? A Crash Course in Asian Cuisine. In this panel, the speaker…

Tekko 2018 ~ Friday Night Fun
Announcements , Tekko 2018 / April 7, 2018

Tekko will be at the David Lawrence Convention Center through Sunday at 5pm.  Come on and visit for some Japanese fun. Autographs from Monica Rial, Luci Christian, and Vic Mignogia. Gaming room. Exhibition room. Vic Mignogia. We are having so much fun.  Can’t wait to hear LM. C perform tonight.  It’s going to be so much fun.  You can enjoy the fun too.  Come on out to the David Lawrence Convention Center today.  And, don’t forget to wear your cosplay outfit, or just come out in your every clothes.  Either way you are going to have a great time! Tekko 2018 is here through Sunday.

Tekko 2018 Coming Soon to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center
Tekko 2018 / March 22, 2018

Tekko is an annual Japanese Pop Culture convention, including all things anime, gaming, fashion, and music. It takes place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center on April 5-8. Tekko is in it’s 16th year, and has one of its best line ups coming this year!  Tekko has announced many special guests, including voice actors, DJs, cosplay judges, fashion designers, and fashion guests.   The band this year for Tekko is LM.C. This will be their first and only US east coast appearance! They are a Japanese rock band consisting of Maya on vocals and Aiji on guitar. They have 8 full albums and two theme songs from the anime series REBORN!  One of the many voice actors they’ve announced is Monica Rial, who voices Mey Rin from Black Butler, Shiro from Deadman Wonderland, May Chang from FMA Brotherhood, Renge from Ouran High School Host Club, Tsubaki from Soul Eater, and many more! Bryce Papenbrook is another voice actor who will be there. He voices Eren from Attack on Titan, Kirito in Sword Art Online, Rin Okumura in Blue Exorcist, Masamoi Kida in Durarara!!, Henry in Fire Emblem Awakening, and many more! Another of the voice actors…