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BEAUTIFUL.
SHE'S WITH ICON AN ANIMATION
CONVENTION COMING UP AND LISA
MARIE YOU'RE HERE FROM THERE.
SO TELL US ABOUT THIS ANIMATION
CONVENTION.
>> WELL, ICON STARTED BACK IN
2001 WITH ONLY A VERY VERY FEW
MEMBERS GOING TO THE CONVENTION.
MAYBE 200.
AND SINCE WE'VE GROWN TO ABOUT
3,000 ATTENDEES AND IT'S A
CONVENTION JUST BASED ON
CELEBRATING JAPANESE ANIMATION
AND CULTURE.
>> Eleanor: SO LET'S TALK
ABOUT THE COSTUME KATIE SO THIS
OBVIOUSLY IS -- WE'RE SHOWING
SOME VIDEO OF THE CONVENTION
CENTRE FROM LAST YEAR.
THIS COSTUME IS FROM A CHARACTER
CAN YOU EXPLAIN IT.
>> YEAH IT'S FROM A KOREAN
ONLINE GAME AND COSTUMING IS A
HUGE PART OF AN ANIME CONVENTION
MORE PEOPLE IN COSTUME THAN OUT
OF COSTUME AND THE COSTUME
CONTEST ON SUNDAY NIGHT IS
ALWAYS LIKE THE BIGGEST EVENT
THAT HAPPENS.
>> Eleanor: LET'S TALK ABOUT
THE WHOLE THING STARTS THIS
FRIDAY AT NOON BUT GOES AROUND
THE CLOCK THAT WAS, PEOPLE CAN
GO WHATEVER AT 3 IN THE MORNING
IT WILL STILL BE ON.
>> YEAH.
WE DON'T CLOSE.
>> Eleanor: WHY IS THAT.
>> A LOT OF OUR ATTENDEES DON'T
SLEEP.
>> Eleanor: FAIR ENOUGH.
>> IT'S ACTUALLY TO BROADEN THE
EXPERIENCE FOR THE ATTENDEES WE
KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE
DIFFERENT SCHEDULES AND A LOT OF
EVENTS, YOU KNOW, CLOSE DOWN AT
6 OR 7 AT NIGHT AND PEOPLE WHO
WORK DURING THE DAY OR DURING
THE WEEKEND DON'T GET THE
OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THEM
SO WE KEEP IT OPEN AROUND THE
CLOCK.
WE CLOSE SUNDAY AT 4:00 P.M.
AND YEAH, IT'S SO EVERYBODY CAN
COME IN AND SEE WHAT WE'RE
ABOUT.
>> Eleanor: SO WHAT CAN PEOPLE
EXPECT TO SEE OBVIOUSLY SOME
WONDERFUL COSTUMES LIKE WHAT
KATIE IS WEARING BUT WHAT ELSE
CAN THEY SEE THERE.
>> A LOT OF PANELS, LO A LOT OF
CULTURAL PANELS.
THE MANITOBA CULTURAL JAPANESE
CENTRE AND THEY DO SUSHI PANELS
SO THEY CAN MAKE OUR OWN SUSHI.
HE HAVE ORIGAMI TEACHERS COME
IN.
IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD FAN
DANCERS AND KOBUKI, JAPANESE
DRUMMING AND SO MUCH MORE.
THAT'S JUST THE JAPANESE
CULTURAL SIDE OF IT AND THEN WE
ALSO TOUCH A LOT INTO THE ANIME
SIDE SO THERE IS THE COSTUMES
AND THE ART AND THE VENDORS THAT
COME IN.
WE HAVE A HUGE DEALER'S ROOM.
>> Eleanor: OBVIOUSLY IT'S
CALLED JAPANESE ANIME BUT
IT'S -- IT MAY HAVE STARTED
THERE BUT ITS INFLUENCES ARE ALL
OVER THE CREATORS AREN'T JUST
FROM JAPAN RIGHT.
>> WHEN IT STARTED IT WAS A
NICHE BACK IN THE DAY WHEN WE
STARTED GETTING INTO ANIME ALL
WE REALLY HAD WAS POKEYMAN OR
SAILOR MOON AND NOW IT'S SO MUCH
LARGER.
WE HAVE SO MANY NORTH AMERICAN
CONTRIBUTIONS AND KOREAN AND
EVERYTHING YEAH, ICE CRAZY HOW
THE COMMUNITY HAS GROWN ACROSS
THE GLOBE.
PRETTY BIG.
>> Eleanor: IF YOU YOU WANT TO
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT IT OBVIOUSLY
YOU CAN GET TICKETS AT
TICKETMASTER IS THERE A WEBSITE
PEOPLE CAN GO TO.
>> www.AIKON.ORG.
NOW TERRI FOR A LOOK AT WEATHER.
>> Terri: MAY NOT SEE MUCH OF
THE SUN THROUGHOUT THE DAY
TODAY.
18°° WITH THE WINDS FROM THE
NORTHEAST, 15
KILOMETERS-AN-HOUR.
PRESSURE IS RISING AND HUMIDITY
SITS AT 96%.
NOW, THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY
THERE IS A HEAVY BAND OF CLOUDS
AND SOME PRECIPITATION AND IT'S
RIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL
MANITOBA EVEN REACHING US HEREUS
IN SOUTHERN MANITOBA THE VERY
BORDER ON WINNIPEG.
SO WE COULD SEE MORE SHOWER
ACTIVITY TODAY.
SWAN RIVER LIKELY GOING TO BE
SEEING THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF SOME
THUNDERSTORMS AND UP TO
10-MILLIMETERS OF RAIN MAY FALL
IN THAT AREA.
LIKELY GOING TO BE SEEING TRACE
ALOUETTES OF RAIN IN WINNIPEG IF
WE DO SEE MORE TODAY.
NOW, IN THE EVENING OVERNIGHT
HOURS IT WILL START TO BREAK UP
AND PUSH FURTHER SOUTH SO
TOMORROW MORNING MAINLY CLEAR
RIGHT ACROSS THE WHOLE PROVINCE.
SOUTHWESTERN MANITOBA MAY STILL
WAKE UP TO CLOUDS AND RIGHT RAIN
BUT THAT WILL PUSH OUT OF THE
WAY AND SUNSHINE IS EXPECT
CANNED THEN FOR EVERYBODY.
NOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE A
LITTLE BIT ON THE COOL SIDE
TODAY BY THAT I MEAN, SLIGHTLY
BELOW SEASONAL.
26°° IS NORMAL.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE 23 AS OUR
HIGH TODAY BUT TOMORROW GETTING
A LITTLE BIT FARMER UP TO 25°°.
AND AS THE WEEK GOES ON BACK UP
TO THE ABOVE SEASONAL
TEMPERATURES GETTING QUITE HOT
AGAIN FOR YOUR WEEKEND.
AND OUR WEATHER PICTURE FROM
WINNIPEG BEACH GAIL WAS ABLE TO
SEND THIS ONE IN OF THE
BEAUTIFUL NORTHERN LIGHT SOLAR
FLAIR THANKS FOR SEND TAG IN.
>> Kris: IT'S LIKE FROM AN
ALIEN MOVIE.
>> Eleanor: IT'S GREAT.
>> Kris: THE PODS ARE COMING.