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Store Now Open!!! Anime Fan Zone is now open! While the store is still a bit of a work in progress on the retail side, we are working hard this very minute getting it fully setup. Excuse our dust as we finish all the details and setup this week. The video arcade is up and running, ready for play. Hope to see you all soon! Posted 3/29/10 by Peter Store Opening Early!!! Attention all gamers! Anime Fan Zone will be open Thursday, March 25th from Noon till 9pm!!! The video arcade and a private room setup for table top gaming are available. Come join the pre-opening celebration! Hope to see you there! We will be closed Friday-Sunday (March 26-28) as we have 2 conventions this weekend, but will be open Monday, March 29th from Noon to 9pm (or later) the rest of the week. Tenative Store Hours: Monday - Thursday: Noon - 9pm Friday: Noon - Midnight Saturday: 11am - Midnight Sunday: 11am - 9am Welcome to Anime Fan Zone, Milwaukee's newest anime and gaming store. We are literally working on opening the new store in Milwaukee. Our expected open date is March 29th, 2010. I just posted MORE pictures on Facebook showing some of the renovations and setup being done for the store.The links to both photo albums can be found here: First Album - Posted 3/17/10 Second Album - Posted 3/24/10 We also bought some new arcade games over the weekend: Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection Time Crisis 2 Soul Calibur 2 Crane Machine I think the pic below says it all.  Dave is saying: "OMG, these colors are awful. I'm so glad they painted them a new color. Speaking of colors, I can't wait to play Colors on DDR when this place opens." Congradulations, Dave. The first AAA at Anime Fan Zone by you:  Posted 3/18/10 by Peter Updated 3/24/10 by Peter Anime Milwaukee 2010 Thanks to everyone that showed up to Anime Milwaukee this year! Attendance was over 2100 and it was a blast. We brought a bunch of arcade games, such as DDR, Pop'n Music, Initial D, Soul Calibur and others. We also had a huge setup in the Vendor room this year. Thank you to everyone that came to the convention and helping make this the most successful year yet! Special Note: Anyone that bought a Full Metal Alchemist Watch from us at Anime Milwaukee, please double check your watch is working and in good condition. Our latest order had a few bad ones from the manufacturer (set pins falling out or missing). If you happen to have a defective watch, please contact us or stop in the store for an exchange. Sorry for the inconvenience. Contact: info@animefanzone.com Posted 3/15/10 by Peter Store Opening in March! March 2010 It's Official! Anime Fan Zone now has a brick and mortar store location, opening up in the next 2 weeks! The store will be located at: 932 E. Rawson Ave. Oak Creek, WI 53154 (Just a mile east of I-94 on Rawson Ave, very quick and easy to find) The final details and legal stuff is still being ironed out, but this location is awesome to say the least. With 3000 square feet, it's almost as large as the old Aladdin's Castle arcade and will host a wonderful selection of anime and gaming merchandise and collectibles, along with a host of arcade games such as Dance Dance Revolution Extreme, Pop'n Music 14, Drummania 10th Mix, Initial D Ver 2 and 3 and many more to be announced soon. There will also be a wide variety of snacks and drinks available too, including Ramune and Pocky. There is ample parking in front and behind the building. Its a very perfect fit for this type of business. After more than a year of searching, we have finally found a location worthy of calling "Anime Fan Zone". Posted 2/26/10 by Peter Retail Store - Another close call December 2009 Well, I must say I'm glad to say "good bye" to 2009 and bring in the New Year. December has been one heck of a month for us. We watched two very good retail locations fall through our fingers. In both cases we weren't the only interested parties, and both times lost out to other business' for those locations. But the search continues and if you know of any good locations, please send us an email at info@animefanzone.com or post in the Forums! Online
Ordering Coming Very SOON!
December 2009 Online ordering is in Beta right now. Expect to see it up and very soon. We have also been looking very actively for a retail location. Things are looking good. In the meanwhile, sign up for our Forums and join in the conversation, ask questions or just say "hi". Posted 12/28/09 by Peter More
Anime Cons, oh my!!!
August 2009 To say we've been busy over the past few months would be an understatement. AFZ just returned from 3 weeks of cons in a row. Fortunately the last two were close (Ikasucon and Anime Iowa). Just confirmed to our list are Youma Con in Michigan, Ohayo Con in Ohio, Tokyo in Tulsa and Connecticon. More cons are being added as fast as we can. Unfortunately some cons are very slow to get back to us and makes the entire process very frustrating at times. But seeing as these are mostly fan run events, its hard to complain too much. We thank them all for their efforts and giving us a place to sell our merchandise. AFZ has also been actively searching for a brick and mortar location here in Milwaukee and feel we are getting closer to that Grand Opening. We really miss not having a store in Milwaukee for anime and arcade games especially. Stay tuned to the website and join our forums to discuss! Posted 8/22/09 by Peter New
Website, Full Time Business Owners!
June 2009 Finally there's some decent content on this site and a much better looking template. This is about the best I can do on my own and oddly enough there will be yet another major update to the website coming shortly by an actual web designer. We are now Full Time with this business!!! I finally left my full time day job this past month and have been living the dream. That means I have more time to actually update the site, make improvements and meaningful progress towards some of our bigger goals. Some of those goals include: 1) Adding an online ordering site 2) Opening our retail store in Milwaukee 3) Putting more content and functionality to this website Our forums are now up and functioning. Please sign up Milwaukee and let's show the world how many anime fans we have in Wisconsin! With your help an entire community will come together and allow your voices to be heard. Posted 6/29/09 by Peter |
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Anime
Con Updates
June 2009 We've been on the road quite a bit as of late and plenty of stories to tell. Stay tuned to the website for pics and videos of our con travels. We just got back from Anime Mid-Atlantic out in Virgina. Quite the show and loved the location this con is held at. Apparantly it's the same building as Neko-con. Didn't see much of the con unfortunately but we got to take a day to visit Washington DC and dipped our toes in the Atlantic Ocean! Prior to that we went to Sandusky, Ohio for Colossal Con. A very nice resort with the Kalahari and I highly recommend it if you get the chance. There's one in the Wisconsin Dells if you are interested. The con was a bit smaller than last year (3000 attendees), but with a great location it made it all worth it. The vendor room was very small and cramped, but we survived and plan on coming back again next year. Posted 6/29/09 by Peter |
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Acen and Other News
April 2009 Wow have we been busy over the past couple months. Life is just flying by and I can't believe this website still looks like crap. That is one of my next major goals by the way. We'll be at Anime Central in a few days, providing arcade games and in the Vendor's Room. Please stop on by and say hello as this con is a "local" event for Milwaukee and the Midwest's largest anime con. Tekkoshocon was a blast in Pittsburgh!!! Definitely going back to that one if possible. Never knew Pittsburgh was built on the side of a mountain range. It was a drift racer's paradise there, too bad I don't have an AE86 -_-; from Initial D. Posted 4/28/09 by Peter |
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Naka-con & Updates
March 2009 We just returned from Naka-con over this past weekend! Had a total blast, sold a ton of stuff and looking forward to our next con! We are really starting to dig this con travelling stuff, as it's way more fun than having a day job and who doesn't want to go out of town for an anime con? Seriously, who would say no to such a thing? We are lining up more cons for the next couple of months and beyond. Check out the Conventions link for more info on where we are going next. In the meanwhile, expect to see many website updates, a total makeover on the website and a way to order from us online soon. Posted 3/19/09 by Peter |
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Anime
Milwaukee 2009 was a huge success!
March 2009 Anime Milwaukee is over and we are extremely tired, but wow is about all I can say to recap the weekend! We beat all our sales goals and thank you all for your support. We are looking forward to our next con in Kansas City, MS in two short weeks. Posted 3/02/09 by Peter |
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Anime Fan Zone - Grand
Opening!!!
February 2009 Anime Fan Zone will be making its debut at Anime Milwaukee in the Dealer's Room, selling all sorts of anime and gaming collectibles. We will also be providing the arcade video games for this convention. There will a Pop'n Music 14, Drummania 10th Mix and a Keyboardmania 2nd Mix. If you attend the convention, please stop by and say hello. Posted 2/15/09 by Peter |
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