Greetings to all our Animazement friends and family, We’re a couple months into the new year and lots of you have already started looking ahead to this May, wondering what the convention will look like, or if there will even be a convention at all.  We’re looking ahead as well.  The directors have been keeping a close eye on executive orders …

Hotel blocks for Animazement 2021 will open next week on December 8th at 9:00am. At that time you will be able to reserve rooms at the Marriott, Sheraton, and Residence Inn. On December 8th, this page will be updated with links to reserve your room. You can find information on our hotel partners by clicking here.

It is with great disappointment that we announce Animazement 2020 has been officially canceled for this year. This decision was not made lightly, and after many discussions with all respective parties we have come to the unfortunate conclusion that this is the best choice under the circumstances. Our board of directors reviewed the possibilities for postponing the convention to a …

To the Animazement Community: First and foremost – we would like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding through this situation. As many of you have been following our updates, you know that we’ve been working to monitor this situation very closely. On Monday, Executive Order 120 was issued that closed public schools and banned mass gatherings over 50 …

To the Animazement Community: We wanted to update everyone on the status of the convention. As everyone knows the COVID-19 pandemic has left so much uncertainty in our daily lives, and in our foreseeable future. The City of Raleigh has placed a ban on all large gatherings of over 100 people or more through April 15th. We do not know …

In response to the recent global  COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, we are in active communication with the Raleigh Convention Center to ensure the health and safety of all our staff, guests, volunteers and of course – our attendees. Our teams are actively monitoring CDC reports and are working to ensure the health and safety of our community by following the public …

Happy New Year! We thought we’d kick off 2020 by announcing some exciting changes to our Registration process. We’ll still offer our current badge, which is good from the time of purchase through the end of the convention, but starting this year, we are adding a single day option for Friday and Saturday. Now you’ll have even more ways to …

Mark your calendars! Hotel room blocks for Animazement 2020 will open on November 11th at 9:00am.  Pricing and other information has been added to our hotels page, but links to the reservation pages will not be posted until the morning of the 11th. As always, reservations are first come, first serve, so rooms at our main hotels will go fast. …

Attention Dealers! Applications for our 2020 Dealers’ Room are currently open! You’ll have until October 31st to submit your application. So head on over to our Dealers’ Room page to find all the information you’ll need!

This was a weekend full of talent and we’re excited to share with you these outstanding contest winners. Congratulations to everyone! Art Show Winners Best in 2D: Mew n’ Luvdisc by Melissa Henrion Best in 3D: Silk Song by Kristel Francis Best in Show: Kitsune by Marielle Rousseau Fan Favorite: Bob Ross by Rachel Shaffield AMV Winners Best Romance: Crowded …