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Sonisphere ready to rock at London Comic Con

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This July’s Sonisphere festival sees Japanese teen sensations Babymetal line-up alongside the likes of Metallica, Iron Maiden, The Prodigy, Gojira and 65daysofstatic to turn Knebworth Park into an awesome vortex of rock and metal.

Why are we telling you this? Well, Sonisphere are also coming along to this weekend’s MCM London Comic Con, giving you the chance to buy Weekend and Day Tickets to the festival plus brand new merch including screen printed posters, original artworks and T-shirt designs by Godmachine, Dan P Carter, Jimbob Isaac, 57Design and Doktored.

To further sweeten the pot, Sonisphere are promising a Mexican wrestling photo booth in honour of this year’s festival theme as well as the delightful prospect of the large, heavily-bearded guy man who runs their Twitter account cosplaying as Rogue from the X-Men. That’s something you all want to see, right?

You can check out Sonisphere’s full line-up here: sonisphere.co.uk

 

London Comic Con Show Guide, Schedules & Floor plan

Here they are ladies and gentlemen:

The official schedule

The official London Comic Con Floor Plan

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Full PDF.

 

the official London Comic Con Show Guide

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Take a (virtual) ride on Honda’s anime-inspired motorbike!

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Honda’s ground-breaking, anime-inspired motorcycle – the awesomely futuristic-looking new NM4 Vultus – will be making its European public debut at MCM London Comic Con this weekend. Not only that, but you’ll be able to put the NM4 Vultus through its paces with a virtual ride through the neon streets of Neo Tokyo!

Thanks to an Oculus Rift headset, MCM London Comic Con visitors will be able to experience a next generation 3D computer-generated virtual reality film taking the rider through a futuristic ‘Neo-Tokyo’ cityscape on the back of the NM4 Vultus. The bike’s Japanese creators will also be at the show to meet visitors and explain the concept behind the über cool machine at first hand. 

 
Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist takes the fight to comic con
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Shoryuken! Cast and crew from Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist, an exciting new live action series based on Capcom’s much-loved fighting game franchise, will be presenting an exclusive panel at next weekend’s MCM London Comic Con.

Produced in association with Capcom USA, Fighter: Assassin’s Fist focuses on iconic characters Ryu and Ken as they uncover the past of their master, Gouken. Director Joey Ansah, Christian Howard, who stars as Ken, and Akira Koieyama, who plays Gouken, will be hosting the panel on the Sunday of comic con.

Premiering exclusively on Machinima’s YouTube channel on Friday 23 May, the first day of MCM London Comic Con, the 12-part Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist series will also receive a DVD and Blu-ray release featuring the full theatrical cut, as well as airing on TV as a six part mini-series and condensed 105 minute movie.

 

Nintendo to host pop-up store at MCM London Comic Con

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The Official Nintendo UK Online Store will host a pop-up shop at  MCM London Comic Con this year. Nintendo fans will be able get their hands on official goodies and merchandise, as well as lots of other exciting  cool stuff, at MCM London Comic Con from Friday 23rd May until Sunday 25th May, at EXCEL London, Royal Victoria Docks.

Items available to buy across the weekend at MCM London Comic Con are exclusive to the Official Nintendo UK Online Store and include Nintendo t-shirts, such as a Mario men’s and women’s t-shirts, Bullet Bill and Flower Power t-shirts, posters, bags, games, console bundles, game guides,  console accessories such as the Mario and Luigi wheel for the Wii U and you can pre-order Mario Kart 8 for Wii U. Guests can take advantage of exclusive items including the 27” Ganondorf figure from The Legend of Zelda series, 14” Zero Suit Samus figure from the Metroid series, 22” Tanooki Mario figure from the Super Mario franchise and 8-bit pixel Mario and Luigi cases.

As well as being able to get hold of exclusive items from the Official Nintendo UK Online store, guests will also be able to play Mario Kart 8, a week before the official launch date in the UK.

To get Nintendo fans in the mood for the launch of Mario Kart 8, guests can take part in exclusive mini tournaments – being held only at MCM London Comic Con – across the weekend, with the chance to be crowned the best racer! Mario Kart enthusiasts will also be able to pre-order Mario Red or Luigi Green Mario Kart 8 Wii U bundles, to receive a free special L cup trophy, from Mario Kart 7, only available when they pre-order at MCM London Comic Con.

If you already own a Nintendo 3DS XL, Nintendo 3DS or Nintendo 2DS then make sure you bring your console along to MCM London Comic Con as you will not only be able to increase your StreetPass hits and help complete your achievements but also swap friend codes with other Nintendo fans.

The MCM London Comic Con event will take place from Friday 23rd May until Sunday 25th May at EXCEL London, Royal Victoria Docs. For more information visit http://www.mcmcomiccon.com/london/ and register to the Official Nintendo UK Store for more updates and special offers and find out more about Mario Kart 8 you can visit here

 

Comic con visitors to get exclusive sneak peek at Showrunners

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Visitors to the Saturday of MCM London Comic Con will get to see exclusive clips from Showrunners, the first ever feature length documentary to explore the fascinating world of U.S. television showrunners.

Director Des Doyle, lead producer John Wallace and co-producer Ryan Patrick McGuffey  will be presenting a Q&A panel on the film, which features contributions from famous names such as Joss Whedon, J.J. Abrams, Kurt Sutter, Damon Lindelof, Ronald D.Moore, Bill Prady, Jane Espenson, Jonathan Nolan and many more.

Showrunners are the people responsible for creating, writing and overseeing every element of production on U.S. drama and comedy series. This exciting new film charts the many challenges that they have to overcome to make sure a new series makes it on to the small screen.

To find out more about Showrunners and see exclusive footage from the upcoming movie, come to MCM London Comic Con on Saturday 24 May.

 

Alchemical reaction: Tecmo Koei to preview Atelier and Gundam games

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Visitors to MCM London Comic Con will have the chance to get hands on with two upcoming Tecmo Koei titles – Atelier Rorona Plus: The Alchemist of Arland and Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Reborn – the publisher has announced.

Released in June on PlayStation 3 and Vita, Atelier Rorona Plus is an updating of the popular alchemy JRPG, featuring new character models, a new battle system, expanded item crafting, an improved synthesis and assignment system and additional stories featuring Totori and Meruru, the heroines of the other two parts of the Arland trilogy.

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Meanwhile Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Reborn heads to the PS3 this summer with the largest roster of Mobile Suits seen in the series so far. Featuring Mobile Suits and their pilots from over 30 years of Gundam anime and manga, Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Reborn also allows players to control massive Mobile Armor units for the first time in the series.

Tecmo Koei are also bringing a host of exclusive items to MCM London Comic Con, including figurines and artwork. To find out more about their offers and activities, visit www.tecmokoeiexpo.com/index

 

Are comics a Bad Influence? Wrestling stars join the action at MCM London Comic Con

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Superstar wrestlers Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian – who together formed famous TNA tag team Bad Influence – are coming to MCM London Comic Con later this month to meet fans and promote their awesome new comic book.

Written by long-time comic book lover Daniels and drawn by Eisner Award-winning artist Art Baltazar (Tiny Titans, Itty Bitty Hellboy), all-ages special edition comic Christopher Daniels And Kazarian Wrestle Ah Yeah Comics sees the dynamic duo take on Action Cat, Adventure Bug and Awesome Bear after falling into the world of Aw Yeah Comics.

Other great writers and artists attending MCM London Comic Con’s Comic Village include Robert Rankin, Boo Cook, Richard Starkings, John McCrea, Lee Bradley and Gary Erskine.

 

 

 

 
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I only wanna see some of the women that go....I've seen photos of the ones in America and some of them are proper fit... :D

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nah, you see everything is bigger in the US :( They go a little more crazy over there for comic con and dress up in some proper naughty stuff...and here well...that was just sad :(

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That is a sad effort, cosplay is important and I know a few subs in England that would dress for a bdsm weekend so dunno why there are so few for Comic Con...

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