Zenkaikon 2009 was held on November 7 and 8 at the Radisson Valley Forge Hotel.

Zenkaikon , the final stop on the 2009 Robotech Convention Tour, has issued a press release about the number of attendees .

 

VALLEY FORGE, PENNSYLVANIA - November 18, 2009: Zenkaikon is pleased to announce the attendance numbers for its 4th annual convention, which took place on November 7-8, 2009. The staff of Zenkaikon 2009 welcomed 1988 paid attendees over the course of the two-day event, which is a 47% increase over the previous year. This number does not include guests, dealers, staff, or complimentary memberships.

"Zenkaikon has been growing extremely rapidly, with over 180% attendance growth in the past two years," said Public Relations Coordinator Kristyn Souder. "Due to the surge in interest, we had to implement an attendance cap this year. We know this left some people disappointed, but we want to assure them that we are already working on acquiring a much larger venue for next year's event! Thank you to our many attendees for making Zenkaikon 2009 our biggest year ever."

The Zenkaikon staff looks forward to announcing their 2010 dates and location shortly.

Check out our Zenkaikon videos on CNN here - http://tiny.cc/6e2Db and YouTube here - http://tiny.cc/Ajvx6 #robotech #anime #zenkaikon

 Since I have many fans of Twilight reading this blog here is the (mostly spoiler free) review of Twilight: New Moon.

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From the pages of Variety.com

                                                                               There's plenty of evidence suggesting that "New Moon" could
                                                                               open north of the first film's $69.7 million.

Summit Entertainment's sequel "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" will have a ferocious box office bite as it unspools today in a pack of foreign territories before opening in the U.S. at 12:01 a.m. Friday.

There's plenty of evidence suggesting "New Moon" could open well north of "Twilight's" domestic debut. A year ago this weekend, "Twilight" surpassed industry expectations when it opened to $69.7 million domestically. The question is how big the sequel can go.

Fueled by book sales, more PR attention than the first one, heavy promotion for music from the film and a huge amount of online traffic, "New Moon" has been pre-selling tickets at a record pace. On Tuesday, MovieTickets.com reported over 2,150 sellouts, with 200 sellouts in L.A. and Gotham. Online ticket service Fandango also reports surging sales.

                                              

Thousands of fans crowded the streets of Westwood for the premiere Monday at two theaters, with many of the faithful having camped out for several days to glimpse the stars.

In addition, MySpace attracted nearly 3 million viewers to its exclusive webcast of the event, a record number for the social-networking giant's red-carpet webcast and for Ustream, which produced the live stream. The site will rebroadcast the event later this week.

Fan-based movies often boast huge opening day grosses, but then drop off significantly on Saturday. Such was the case with "Twilight" last November. If "New Moon" holds well from Friday to Saturday, it will be a sign that the audience has indeed broadened.

 

That I stop blogging for a few days and my traffic soars as people wait for the next post! So you know DC was very fun and revealing for my non-Robotech project. I might have some pics or even a video up for you soon.

My money is standing by to buy this one.

 

Breitbart.

Andrew Breitbart, a self-described “accidental culture warrior” who used to work with Matt Drudge on the Drudge Report, is writing a how-to book called Thinking Big, aimed at frustrated non-leftists who want to fight back against what the author calls the “Democrat media complex.”

The book will be published by Grand Central, an imprint of Hachette Book Group USA, which paid Mr. Breitbart an advance worth more than half a million dollars. Mr. Breitbart will be edited by Rick Wolff, who also recently edited the autobiography of CNN founder Ted Turner.

 

My first YouTube video is about Zenkaikon 2009!

Where are you going Kev?

Well I'm off to Washington D.C. for non-Robotech business. So I'm going to be very quiet for the next few days as the meetings I will be taking are very time consuming. The blogging should be back to normal on Saturday. 

Wow here I was gearing up for the 5th anniversary of the launch of the blog and then it goes down.  Have now fixed the problem and I want apologize to my readers if they worried that something nefarious happened.

Everything is fine…I have blogged for five years and will continue to do so for many more.