There are several Anime Conventions set for the weekend of June 26-28. Fieldcon (Ohio), Omnicon (Texas), Supernova Pop Culture Expo (Australia), JAFAX (Michigan) and Atlanta Anime Day (Georgia). To get more information about these conventions, click on the link for details.

The Otakon convention has announced that Japanese voice actress Kikuko Inoue will appear at the July 17-19 event in Baltimore, Maryland. Inoue made her professional debut in 1988′s Hai! Akko Desu television anime series, but she rose to prominence the following year as the serene older sister character Kasumi in Ranma ½. Inoue would continue playing that archetype with Belldandy in Ah! My Goddess!, arguably her most famous role. However, she played edgier roles such as Ogenki Clinic‘s Ruko Tatase and Lust in the ongoing Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood television series.

Inoue also appeared in El Hazard, Onegai Teacher, Nadia – Secret of Blue Water, Saint Tail, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Clannad, Macross Frontier, Saber Marionette J, Claymore, and dozens of other titles.

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Anime News Network is reporting that Eleven Arts and the anime distributor Funimation have announced that they are screening the Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (Evangelion Shin Gekij?ban: Jo) film on at least 77 screens in North America this summer. The film is the first one in Hideaki Anno and Khara‘s ongoing four-part remake of Gainax‘s Evangelion science-fiction anime series. Funimation is now streaming a trailer with its English dub.

The high-definition theatrical rollout of the 98-minute PG-13 film will begin in Los Angeles at Anime Expo on July 2. It will continue in Seattle, Houston, Phoenix, Riverside, Boston, and San Diego — where the film will play at both Comic-Con International and in various local theaters. The film will finally head onto 67 screens in Canada on September 30.

If you haven’t registered for Matsuricon this year you may want to pre-order your tickets. Juliet Cesario, who voiced Belldandy in the original Oh My Goddess OVA series, Peorth in the Ah! My Goddess TV series and who recently completed work on Clamp School Detectives, recently released by Bandai Entertainment, will be attending this years convention.

For further information on this years convention, check out the website: Matsuricon