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The Midwest anime community recently received a massive dose of nostalgia this past week as after 11 years, Sephi Hakubi will finally return to the Reed Conference Center in Midwest City (Oklahoma City Metro), Oklahoma for the 2021 Anime Oklahoma convention. Announced on Anime Oklahoma’s Facebook page on September 11, Sephi will make is decade-long return to The Big Friendly on the weekend of October 1st to headline their rave and club nights. Although Anime Oklahoma first had their show in 2019, Sephi shared significant history with the Oklahoma fans and that city’s previous anime convention Izumicon since their first show in 2007. Sephi had started his career in the anime industry in 2006, working to make a name for himself at Kawaii Kon in Hawaii as a talent; he would eventually follow the Kawaii Kon staff to their sister convention Izumicon at the Biltmore Hotel where he gained notoriety and a beloved push cosplaying Reno from Final Fantasy VII. He would return to Izumicon the following year at the Reed Conference Center to compete in the Cosplay Theater main event and go on to win “Best Skit” as Itachi Uchiha in an Akatsuki-DX parody. Finally, he would return for 2 more years recording vlogs until 2010 when he would not be seen in Oklahoma again since then; furthermore, Izumicon would ultimately shut their doors in 2018, creating a void in OKC’s anime community until AnimeOK in 2019. Although Sephi has made an incredible impact in Oklahoma during his first 4 years at Izumicon as a fan and cosplayer, he has never been featured as a guest nor DJ’d at Izumicon nor any event in Oklahoma. Anime Oklahoma 2021 will serve as Sephi Hakubi’s official DJ guest debut as he will be headlining the rave as well as perform at other nightlife events during the weekend.
Sephi will be joined by an incredible cast of guests such as voice actresses Cynthia Cranz, Tiffany Vollmer, and native Oklahoman Stephanie Nadolny, cosplayers Kekkuda, Alecta Arcana, Honor Lychee, and another Izumicon legend, Mrs. Fae. Anime Oklahoma will take place at the Sheraton Midwest City Hotel and Reed Conference Center in Midwest City, Oklahoma from October 1st to October 3rd, 2021. Standard, Premium, and Hotel Party VIP passes can be purchased on their website: https://www.animeoklahoma.com/
As San Japan approaches very quickly in San Antonio, the Alamo City welcomes the anime weekend celebration with parties of their own. Downtown will seem to look like a massive masquerade that will extend beyond the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center and despite the official San Japan Electronic Dance only taking place on Saturday, 800 Live will be hosting the pure animEDM rave sounds Friday night as HakubiVerse, along with Dream Drop Productions, presents the AnimEDM Summer pop-up, AnimERA 2021!
AnimERA is a new HakubiVerse show focusing on otaku nightlife similar to their San AnTokyo show that usually takes place early in the year. Just like San AnTokyo, AnimERA features anime visuals, cosplay, and a lineup of rave stars bringing Hard Dance and kawaii sounds. AnimERA will feature headliners WoLF n SPiCE, consisting of the team of HakubiVerse’s own Sephi Hakubi and Realms Con superstar Sebris, back together since performing online at Dream Drop Revolution Online in October 2020 and their formation at San AnTokyo 3 in February of that same year. Eduardo Serrano, along with Eric Monster! and Prblmz, will also be taking 800 Live’s main stage bringing their own pure rave sounds.
AnimERA will take place Friday, September 3rd, at 800 Live Nightclub at 800 Lexington Ave, San Antonio, Texas. Doors open at 9PM and admission will be free until 11PM, which cover will cost $10 until 2AM when Shine Entertainment will be taking over 800 Live for after hours.
EDIT: This article previously mentioned that Timebomb would also be performing; however, Timebomb is no longer able to appear at animERA due to obligations to duty that conflicted with appearing at 800 Live tonight.