Starting Tomorrow: Anime Expo, Los Angeles, California June 29th – July 2nd @ Bluefin/Bandai Booth (Website: www.anime-expo.org) *Time to show off your great gunpla builds U.S. gunplars!*
Gunpla World Cup 2012 – U.S.
Championship
Bluefin, Bandai Hobby's official distributor in the United States, will be holding three more rounds of competitions at U.S. anime-related events to determine U.S. semi-finalists for the 2nd annual GunPla Builders World Cup. The three remaining rounds will be held at this year's Anime Expo (June 29-July 2), Otakon (July 27-29), and New York Comic Con (October 11-14).
Best in Show recipients from U.S. events so far include Jack Elliot Nunn's HGUC Geara Zulu (Sakura-Con), Benny Herrera's Beargguy (Anime Central), and Brian Cash's U-Suit 47 Gogg, photos of which are available below. More photos of award winners are available on the competition's website.
The preliminary rounds have both Open (15 and older) and Junior (14 and younger) age categories, and awards for Best in Show, Best 1/100, Best 1/144, Best SD, and Best Out of Box will be given to entrants. Entries must be made from original Bandai Gundam kits, though modification, remodeling, and so on of the kits is permitted. Other rules, including those on size limitations, are published on Bluefin's official contest website.
The finals of the World Cup will take place at the Gundam Front Tokyo entertainment complex on Tokyo's artificial island of Odaiba this December. Representatives from 13 countries or areas in total will compete in this year's competition: Japan, Italy, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, North America, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Thailand.
Bluefin
Distribution had updated their site with the winners from our
Sakura-Con event that took place in Seattle, WA. (http://www.bluefincorp.com/catalog/2012-winners)
The next contest
location is going to be at Anime Expo in Los Angeles! And here is a list of
upcoming conventions where GBWC 2012 US Championship will be held this year:
Anime Central,
Chicago, Illinois April 27th – 29th
Website: http://www.acen.org/
FanimeCon, San Jose,
California May 25th – 28th
Website: www.fanime.com
A-Kon, Dallas, Texas,
June 1st – 3rd
Website: http://a-kon.com/
Anime Expo, Los
Angeles, California June 29th – July 2nd
Website: www.anime-expo.org
Otakon, Baltimore
Maryland July 27th – 29th
Website: www.otakon.com
NYAF/NYCC, New York
Oct 11th – 14th
Website: http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/
Info via Bluefin & AnimeNewsNetwork
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