It’s 85 degrees on a sunny Memorial Day weekend, and I’m in an elevator with Princess Zelda and a ninja whose kendo sword’s hilt is bumping into my left nostril. We’re at the Raleigh Convention Center ...

“I don’t know why I didn’t think that existed, but I didn’t think that existed,” I overheard someone say as I sat with a few friends at the Raleigh Convention Center, noshing on little snack cakes ...

RALEIGH, NC (WTVD) -- If you see people in downtown Raleigh in costume on Memorial Day weekend, it's likely they are in town for Animazement, a Japanese animation and culture convention at the Raleigh ...

If you come to downtown Raleigh this weekend, you are going to see people dressed up in all sorts of wild, colorful costumes. (WTVD photo/Jon Camp) Around 13,000 people are in town for Raleigh's Anime ...

May 26-28: Animazement -Animazement is a volunteer, fan-run anime convention at the Raleigh Convention Center (Memorial Day weekend), celebrating popular Japanese visual culture in all of its forms.

Twenty years ago, in 1997, Animazement started out as a 36-hour anime marathon with 200 attendees. Today, it’s a major downtown Raleigh festival, one that draws thousands to the Raleigh Convention ...

LOS ANGELES, CA - May 18TH - It has been announced that actor Spike Spencer is to appear at Animazement 13 in Raleigh, North Carolina as a Special Guest of Honor. Animazement is an annual convention ...