Today is a great day for anime lovers in Santa Cruz. From 10:30 the Anime’s Space 2021, an event that brings together the followers of this Japanese culture at the Hotel Balneario Villa Rosita (Km 5 Double Vía La Guardia) and that will have several activities, such as ccosplay competitions (anime character costumes) and singing.
“The geek culture has grown a lot in the last few years and it’s a new expression form for young people and adolescents ”, they expressed from the organization.
At Anime’s Space the attending public will be able to meet
two experts in animation and film dubbing. On one side
the mexican will be Victor Ugarte, who is recognized for giving voice to characters such as Harry Potter in the eponymous saga from the third movie to the end, Sasuke Uchiha in the anime of Naruto, Goten (teenager) in the franchise Dragon ball, Joe Kido and Tentomon and their digivolutions in Digimon 1 and Digimon 2, among many others.Will also be Isabel Martinon, who like Ugarte will arrive from Mexico.
Martiñón is known primarily for playing Naruto Uzumaki in the anime Naruto, to Mimi and Patamon on Digimon 1 and 2, to Dee Dee in Dexter’s lab, to Ben Tennyson on Ben 10, to Marceline Abadeer in Adventure Time and Gumball Waterson on The incredible world of Gumball.
In the course of the day there will be two presentations by Ugarte and Martiñón, both will be in the afternoon, the first at 2:00 p.m. and the second at 17:00. Actors they will speak with the public and also will interpret some of the voices of the characters they have been doing for years.
“We will also have outdoor activities such as suikawari
what is a traditional japanese game, softcombat meetings and a singing contest with the idea of fostering the artistic talent of our young people ”, added the organization.
A great move
Anime conventions appeared around the 1990s. Currently the conventions are being held in various parts of the world, mainly in Asia, Europe and America.
In many manga and anime conventions there are karaoke contests in which attendees perform their favorite opening and closing songs, j-pop, j-rock, people dressed up as their favorite characters, choreographies, among others.
Recently a new name has appeared for those who like anime a lot: akiba-kei, used to make exclusive connotation to those fans who have a greater knowledge of anime and less fanaticism to go to conferences, j-pop concerts, among others.