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Kin-Yoobi Con 2008 |
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Sponsors:
Kin-Yoobi Con is the result of much collaboration. This convention could not happen without the help of these organizations and institutions: Chabot College Game-Zone Recreation, the organization responsible for Kin-Yoobi Con, is a registered school club of Chabot College. Chabot College provides great facilities for us for student activities such as conventions. GZR is also able to use Chabot College's media equipment such as televisions and LCD projectors. Chabot College is a public junior college and you can get more information about the campus at www.chabotcollege.edu.
KCRH 89.9 FM
Cosplay Locator
It's hard to find good Cosplay. There aren't any great places to buy cosplay costumes for sale - Until now! Cosplay Locator was set up by Anime fans for Anime fans! And their costumes are made by the same aforementioned fans! Looking for Tifa Cosplay? Jill Valentine Cosplay? They even have popular cosplay for sale! Naruto Cosplay and any other Japanese cosplay you could ever want to get your grubby little fingers on! Buy cosplay at Cosplay Locator! Go to http://cosplaylocator.com/.
Wizards of the Coast
Score Entertainment
Viz Media
Games Workshop
Upper Deck Entertainment
The Upper Deck Company, LLC (colloquially as Upper Deck and Upper Deck Authenticated, Ltd. in the UK), founded is a company primarily known for producing trading cards. The company also produces sports related items such as figurines and die-cast on top of having exclusive agreements to produce memorabilia (under the brand name Upper Deck Authenticated) with such sports superstars as Michael Jordan (who is also on the board of directors), Kobe Bryant, Tiger Woods, LeBron James, Albert Pujols, Kevin Durant, Shawne Merriman and Ken Griffey Jr. Under the Upper Deck Entertainment name, the company also produces card games such as World of Warcraft, Marvel VS trading card game & Yu-Gi-Oh. Go to http://entertainment.upperdeck.com for more info. Funimation Entertainment
Mini-Komix
Little Caesars
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KCRH is the official
radio station of Chabot College. They're providing Kin-Yoobi Con with
many sound equipment for band performances and guest speaking. It is
the only radio station licensed to the city of Hayward, CA and they
also serve San Lorenzo, San Leandro, Castro Valley, and Union City.
KCRH plays a variety of music from R&B, rap, hip hop, pop,
Latin, oldies, alternative, indie, metal, industrial, punk, ska,
reggae, hardcore, new wave, brit pop, trip-hop to electronica. KCRH
also has sports, news, talk, and variety shows. For more information
about the station go to 
Angel's Anime
Outpost is a new and upcoming anime shop that is based in San
Lorenzo, California. Along with selling anime DVDs and manga, they also
sell trading cards, board games, action figures, miniatures, and more.
They also host Magic the Gathering and YuGiOh tournaments and
get-togethers. 
Wizards of the Coast,
Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc., is the pacesetter in the trading
card game and tabletop roleplaying game categories, and the leading
developer and publisher of game-based entertainment products. Wizards
of the Coast is considered the global leader in hobby gaming,
developing and publishing game based and other entertainment products
celebrated the world over. Visit 
Score
Entertainment takes great pride in creating fun, interactive trading
card games that carefully portray the properties on which they are
based. To do this, they immerse themselves in every aspect of the brand
to become walking-talking experts - and it shows in each game they
produce! They work hard to build strong playing communities in all
areas where their games are sold. Places where people of all ages and
playing levels can learn to play and compete with other players while
having a great time. To ensure this, Score Entertainment provides
extensive marketing support programs such as tournaments, leagues,
demos and more for hobby retail stores and players. Visit 
Headquartered in San
Francisco, CA, VIZ, LLC and ShoPro Entertainment, Inc. merged to form
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the most comprehensive and
innovative companies in the field of manga publishing, animation and
entertainment licensing of Japanese content. Owned by three of Japan's
largest creators and licensors of manga and animation, Shueisha Inc.,
Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan Production Co., Ltd. (ShoPro Japan),
VIZ Media is a leader in the publishing and distribution of Japanese
manga for English speaking audiences in North America and a global
licensor of Japanese animation. For more info go to 
Games
Workshop Group PLC is a British game production and retailing company.
Games Workshop is one of the largest wargames companies in the world.
Check them out at 
Mini-Komix is a self-publisher of
independent mini-comics and graphic
novels. They do most of their own printing, as well as alot of their
own
distribution. They have numerous titles ranging from every kind of
genre. Check out their website