BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.0.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:87810@annarborwithkids.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260815T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260815T170000 DTSTAMP:20260729T211839Z URL:https://annarborwithkids.com/events/arbor-anime/ SUMMARY:Arbor Anime DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nAADL is holding a 1 day celebration of anime and manga. E nter the Cosplay Contest (by 2p)\, take photos at the photo op\, buy some merch at artist alley\, or make your Anime Arbor mascot swag!.\n\n\n\nDon' t forget about the panels and Q&\;A sessions with our special guests! T his year\, Anime Arbor is proud to welcome voice actor Kayli Mills and cos play experts Akakioga\, AlpacaAsh\, Jazzthebat\, and Halcybella.\n\n\n\nSp ecial Guest: Kaylie Mills\n\n\n\nKayli Mills\n\n\n\nKayli grew up in multi ple towns in the LP of Michigan. As a child she was frequently relocated\, but in middle school she found comfort and friendship in creating song cov ers\, writing and voiceacting online. After years of chasing her dream\, y ou can hear her as colorful cast of charactersincluding Keqing (Genshin Im pact)\, Rapie and Alice (NIKKE)\, Alice (Sword Art Online)\, Emilia(Re:Zer o)\, Clara (Welcome to Demon School: Iruma-kun)\, Quna - Speaking and sing ing (PSO2)and many more!Beyond being a voice actor\, Kayli is also a profe ssional writer\, lyricist and singer with acertification in audio engineer ing and a Youtube channel with a following for her cover songs.She has als o sung and appeared in a music video for a single released by J-pop singer Yun*Chi. \;She is a part of the virtual idol group Interlunium\, an 1 1 member group that releases original music and story. \;She even desi gned her own character\, Akira!\n\n\n\nSchedule:\n\n\n\n\n11a-5p - Artist Alley - First Floor Lobby\n\n\n\n11a-4:30p - Cosplay Photo Area - Kids Sto ry Corner - submissions for the Cosplay Contest are accepted utnil 2p.\n\n \n\n11a-4p - Drop-in Mascot Keychains - Secreet Lab\n\n\n\n11a-4p - Drop-I n Heat Press - Secret Lab - Decorate Tote Bags with Arbor Anime designs\n\ n\n\nnoon-1p - Special Guest Talk with Re:Zero Voice Actor Kayli Mills - 4 th Floor Program Room - moderated Q&\;A\n\n\n\n1-2p - Special Guest Sig ning Kayli Mills - First Floor Lobby\n\n\n\n2-3:30p - From Construction to Contests: All About Cosplay! - Lower Level Program Room - special guest p anel:\n\nJazzthebat is an Atlanta-based costuming professional with twent y years of experience. Outside of conventions\, her costuming work has app eared in art galleries\, cosplay photoshoots\, and the feature film Black Panther 2.\n\n\n\nHalcybella\, also known as Bella Lebaron\, is a Utah-ba sed cosplayer with years of experience in costume making. She has done pro fessional cosplay for Electronic Arts\, PlayStation\, Ubisoft\, and many m ore entertainment companies.\n\n\n\nAkakioga is an Ohio-based cosplayer w ith years of costume contest judging. She has recently appeared as a cospl ay guest for Anime Expo\, and her work has been featured by Blizzard Enter tainment\, Obsidian Entertainment\, and Microsoft\n\n\n\nAlpaca Ash is an award-winning Texas-based cosplayer. She recently appeared as a cosplay j udge for Holiday Matsuri\, Dreamhack Atlanta\, and World Cosplay Summit.\n \n\n\nMeet Alpaca Ash and Akakioga throughout the day and Jazzthebat and H alcybella from 3:30-4:30pm in Artists Alley!\n\n\n\n\n\n4-5p - Cosplay Con test Awards Ceremony - 4th Floor Program Room - Variety of winners includi ng Judges' Favorite\, Best Overall Kids Costume\, Overall Teen Costume\, a nd many more.\n\n CATEGORIES:Arbor Annie's Highlights,Crafts,Elementary,Free,High Schoolers,Indoor Activities,Middle Schoolers,Movies,Parents,Pop Culture,Shopping LOCATION:Downtown Branch of AADL\, 343 South Fifth Avenue\, Ann Arbor\, Mic higan\, 48104\, Downtown\, United States GEO:42.278198;-83.745971 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=343 South Fifth Avenue\, An n Arbor\, Michigan\, 48104\, Downtown\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X -TITLE=Downtown Branch of AADL:geo:42.278198,-83.745971 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR