AOD at Night is back for its third year! Check out this awesome blend of late-night events. Stay after dinner, stay the night, and enjoy our new track of night events!

AOD is proud to help raise funds for community causes. Our friends, our staff, and our guests all donate to the Charity Auction. Items up for sale include the unique, the out-of-print, the bizarre, the awesome, the hilarious, and the jaw-droppingly surprising. Posters, DVDs, artwork, video games, voice work, consoles, collectables, and even intangible things, it's all here. And sometimes, guests autograph auction their favorite items, transforming them into truly one-of-a-kind collectables. Place your bids at the Charity Auction and support a good cause! Read more about AOD's charity work.

Always a staple of AOD, costumers gather together to compete and show off their talents. Your favorite character, your own creation, or references to insane internet memes, we've seen it all compete on stage in the Masquerade costume contest. But if that's too high-profile for you, there are also Hall Cosplay awards being handed out, and many other costuming events for our attendees.

You think you're good at Games? Then prove it in the heat of video or tabletop combat! With exciting tournaments in cutting-age video, board, and card games, as well as relaxed casual play on game systems from brand-spanking-new to older than you are, and a host of tabletop games available for checkout and play, gaming at AOD is an excellent place to learn new games and revisit old classics. Everyone loves a good game!

Hear what our guests have to say, and meet them too! Starting with Opening Ceremonies and at events throughout the entire rest of the convention, our Guests will be showing off new material, leading discussions about their work, sharing their industry insider knowledge, and meeting with fans. There's even rumors there's going be an Autograph Session, or maybe even a Party with the Guests!

In a world devastated by war, elite lawmen called enforcers are all that stand between those trying to rebuild and those who have turned to lawlessness to survive. Featuring a rich, evolving mythology and internationally acclaimed music from such Japanese animated series and video games as Final Fantasy, Noir, Mega Man, and more, Hideo presents a world at a crossroads, where music always tells a story and — despite everything — hope survives.

Picking up where the AOD 2012 performance — Hideo: Overture — left off, Team Hideo presents Hideo: Counterpoint. Where is The Shiny Mug's bartender, Rebecca? Will Mari, the new bouncer, find her brother? What ever happened to Hideo? Find out to a soundtrack of live music from Trigun, Darker Than Black, and Sonic the Hedgehog 2, to name a few of the series featured in this year's show. A meet-and-greet follows the show!

Always a staple of AOD, costumers gather together to compete and show off their talents. Your favorite character, your own creation, or references to insane internet memes, we've seen it all compete on stage in the Masquerade costume contest, competing for the coveted "Best of Show" prize. This year's Best of Show receives $500, Runner-up Best of Show receives $250, and Best Construction/Best Presentation receive $125 each! All winning groups also receive trophies. [Masquerade Rules and Signup info]

One of our favorite AOD traditions are the unique and exciting concerts and musical performances for our fans. With a slew of talented musicians in the works, AOD 2013 is bringing a variety of cartoon, anime, and video game related musicians to you.

Be the first to meet all 13 (yes, you read that correctly: thirteen) of our awesome Guests of Honor: Erik Braa, Christine Marie Cabanos, Adam Harrington, Kyle Hebert, Melissa Hutchison, John Joseco, Neil Kaplan, Ian McConville, PMBQ, Ken Pontac, Eric Rogers, Cristina Vee, and last on the list due entirely to alphabetical order, Steve Yun. You also get a preview of all the great music, events, panels, workshops, contests, artists, and prizes you'll be experiencing at AOD this weekend.

Between our Dealers Hall, which is always filled to the brim with unique and original vendors, the Artists Alley, where community artists gather to present their skills, and the Charity Auction, where exclusive items are sold to bidders eager to help a good cause, AOD is filled with one-of-a-kind shopping opportunities that you can't find anywhere else.

And if all the other events above weren't enough, community members themselves are preparing their presentations and picture shows to teach and discuss all manner of outlandish and eccentric topics. From trendy Japanese dances to in-depth genre discussions, our panelists really know their stuff.

Check out these select anime and movies that we're screening at AOD.

Vocalekt Visions is presenting a special VOCALOID holographic live event, featuring virtual pop star Hatsune Miku, at Animation On Display 2013.

Vocalekt Visions is a unique production company, which composes music using the VOCALOID software and presents it as a "concert" using a unique HD projection system and special screen to give a smooth, lifelike holographic appearance to VOCALOID singers, as they would normally appear on stage. Also complementing the Vocalekt Visions concert with a live on-stage performance will be distinguished VOCALOID dancers from the Bay Area, World VOCALOID Dance 01.

Hatsune Miku is a virtual pop idol that has taken Japan by storm and was born as the premiere product based on the VOCALOID 2 technology developed by YAMAHA. The technology, originally designed for professional musicians, enables users to synthesize singing by inputting lyrics and a melody.

Tickets for the concert cost $10, and are only available to those who are registered as AOD attendees.

Vocalekt Visions was founded by music producers Tempo-P and NeutrinoP in 2011. The pair serves as VOCALOID evangelists, appearing at many anime and J-Pop events to showcase the Hatsune Miku VOCALOID software first developed in Japan by Crypton Future Media, present public lectures, and host holographic live concerts of their music.

Tempo-P is appearing in-person at AOD for the Vocalekt Visions concert.

Previous Vocalekt Visions' music and holographic concerts have sold out in San Francisco, San Jose, Los Angeles, and Romania. As officially licensed supporters of Mikubook and Crypton Future Media and endorsed by Internet.co Ltd, and AHS Co., Ltd, Vocalekt Visions have continued to gain the attention of many VOCALOID companies based in Japan.

At the concert, fans are able to purchase limited edition autographed copies of Vocalekt Visions' Albums and DVDs of previous shows.

Contact:
facebook.com/VocalektVisions
youtube.com/user/TempRecord
Twitter: @Tempo_P
www.vocalektvisions.com