Welcome to Nan Desu Kan!

For the past 12 years, we have served the Rocky Mountain anime community by providing a safe, friendly environment for people of all ages to enjoy Japanese animation and culture. We got our start in 1996, just a group of anime fans with a desire for a great anime convention in the west, and we have grown to become the largest convention in the Rocky Mountain region. We are now a non-profit organization dedicated to furthering the knowledge of Japanese animation, art and culture. We offer a variety of programming and original activities throughout the convention weekend, with a focusing on responsibility, integrity and a love of the community.

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Studio MADHOUSE Guests

Posted September 4th, 2008 by Amanda Liebermann

It is an honor and a privilege for us to announce that our friends from Studio MADHOUSE has decided to send us two of it's best to NDK!!

We are pleased to welcome the two Japanese Voice Actors: Noriko Hidaka, and Yuji Mitsuya. Help us give them a warm welcome to NDK! Ms. Hidaka and Mr. Mitsuya will be here for the whole convention weekend to sign autographs and speak at panel appearances.

We will have an official biography for them soon, so stay tuned!

Cosplay signups are open

Posted August 16th, 2008 by Al Steffen

The cosplay competitions forms are live and ready to go. Before signing up, please read the competition rules. Once done, make sure to have all applicable fields filled out and before submitting your forms of choice since you cannot update it later on.

Space is limited remember, so make the best of your time and get your form submitted as soon as you can.

Wendy Powell

Wendy is so excited to be here with all of you…so let’s start this CON out with a bang! Wendy has been a professional voice actress for Funimation Entertainment and Okratron 5000 for 5 years and has recently signed a contract with a new company called Illumitoons Productions, in which is playing the character of the Appraiser in Beet the Vandle. She is probably most well known for a little villain named “Envy” on Fullmetal Alchemist. Wendy is also known for smaller parts…in which she usually dies a most painful death.

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Caitlin Glass

A voice actress and ADR director, Caitlin has been working in the anime industry since 2004. When she was still a college student, Caitlin was hired by FUNimation while on a tour of the studio. After her first small parts on Case Closed, she went on to play Winry in Fullmetal Alchemist, Triela in Gunslinger Girl, Hiyono in Spiral and Takane in Burst Angel. More recent roles include: Yakumo in School Rumble, Nerine in Shuffle!, Kaori Misaka in Kanon (for ADV Films), as well as roles in Negima, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Black Cat, Witchblade, BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad, Solty Rei, Hell Girl and Ragnarok, among others.

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Battle of the Rock Bands

Posted August 5th, 2008 by Amanda Liebermann

"Ever feel like something is missing when playing Rock Band?"
"A Stage?"
"A Massive PA?"
"A Crowd?"
NDK 2008 Presents the Battle of the (Rock)Bands!

Top 8 Qualifiers will compete for two prizes. Prizes will be awarded for top Cosplay/Performance and GamePlay Ability.
Try outs will be held in the NDK Video Game Room the evening of September 12th and the morning of September 13th.
Battle of the Bands to be held September 13th at NDK Main Events at 4pm.

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Kaz Tanaka and Hiroko Takeyama

Yamagata is the sister state of Colorado and is one of the most beautiful and fascinating places you can visit to experience traditional and historical Japan. Kaz will not only tell you about Yamagata’s big attractions, including its nature, food, history, festivals, and its Japanese spirit, but he will also show you the Hanagasa (flower hat) Dance and sing the Yamabushi Sutra traditionally sung by ascetic monks living in the mountains. Come and take a look!

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Kara Edwards for NDK!

Posted July 1st, 2008 by Amanda Liebermann

Kara Edwards began her career in anime as the voice of Goten, Gotenks, Lime, and Videl in DragonBall Z. Since then, she has voiced multiple characters in DragonBall, Yu Yu Hakusho, School Rumble, and more!

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Steve Bennett to return to NDK!!

Posted July 1st, 2008 by Amanda Liebermann

Please welcome back one of our very favorite people to NDK! Steve has long been part of the NDK family, and it would not be the same without him!!

Stephen Robert Bennett IV was born *&#@?! years ago at
Tachikawa Air Force Base in Japan. Being an Army brat,
Steve moved all over the place in his younger days, He
spent his early years in Alaska and Colorado, and lived for
almost eight years in Germany during elementary and junior
high. The family moved back to Japan when Steve was in his
teens, and while he was there he was lucky enough to land a

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The Slants

Posted June 17th, 2008 by Greg Hines

Please welcome the Slants to NDK 2008! They will be playing a concert in our Main Events room on Friday at the convention, and presenting panels over the rest of the weekend!

About the Slants:

It's been said that everything that could be done in music has been done already. It's been said that new artists are inherently boring, with not much new that is original or creative to offer. But those people hadn't heard The Slants (yet), a band who has everyone screaming for some "Chinatown Dance Rock."

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Anime Music Video Contest Rules

Welcome to another year of the NDK Anime Music Video Contest. Please be sure to read through all of these rules before submitting your video as we have made a few slight changes from last year. We continue to make small changes from year to year in order to fine tune this event to make it the best AMV event of the year.

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