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Oni-Con, LLC Acquires Largest Guest List to Date

Huge Anime Support for Third Year Convention

Houston, Texas, August 28, 2006: Oni-Con, LLC continues to grow in numbers. Last year's attendance was an astonishing 4,000 people and this year Oni-Con is expecting an even more astonishing 6,000 people.

Our immense guest list includes 30+ participants like 12012 (Japanese rock band), Alistair Abell (U-571, Dragon Ball Z, Inuyasha), Yoshitaka Amano (concept artist for Final Fantasy video game), local Houstonian Chris Ayres (Gantz, Speed Grapher), his brother Greg Ayres (Chrono Crusade, Trinity Blood), Tiffany Grant (Hello Kitty, Neon Genesis Evangelion), Taliesin Jaffe (Mr. Mom, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Paranoia Agent), and Xero Reynolds (Gatchaman, Samurai Gun).

Oni-Con, LLC will be held October 20-22, 2006 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. Oni-Con was the first anime convention to be held in Houston. The convention is set the weekend before Halloween each year. It was stared by the members of the Houston anime club known as Mallets, Etc. (http://www.mallets-etc.com) and is being contributed to by individuals and organizations throughout the state. Convention attendees are expected to come from as far away as Canada and the United Kingdom.

To learn more about Oni-Con and the convention guests, please frequent the website at http://www.oni-con.com or contact Porschê D. Anderson (Advertising, Promotions, and Press Director).

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