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MCM Expo Details (Updated)

MCM Expo has announced the schedule and floor plan for the upcoming event from May 25 to 27 at the Excel Centre in the Docklands.

The anime and manga-related events are as as follows:

The Anime Industry Panel is on Sunday, 12 noon to 1 p.m..

There will be a Kaze panel on Sunday, 1.30 p.m. to 2.30 p.m. Andrew Partridge confirmed to ANN that it will include a 5-minute preview of the film, Berserk Golden Age Arc I: Egg of the Supreme Ruler (Berserk Ōgon Jidai-Hen I: Haō no Tamago), which Kaze has licensed.

Both events will take place in MCM Theatre B.

Voice-artists Michael Sinterniklaas and Stephanie Sheh, who participate in the upcoming dub of Welcome to THE SPACE SHOW, will be in a panel on Saturday at 1 p.m. to 2p.m. at MCM Theatre B. They will also be signing on Saturday at Stand 530 from 11 a.m to 12.30 p.m, and from 2.30 to 4p.m, and again on Sunday from 11 a.m to 12.30 p.m. and from 2.30 to 3p.m.

Gaming Events

Saturday 4 p.m: Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations tournament (entry form) at MCM Theatre B.

All other gaming events will take place at the MCM Gamespot UK stage:

Saturday 5 - 5.30 p.m: Tales of Graces f presentation.

Saturday 5.30 - 6 p.m: Ni no Kuni presentation (not 6 - 6.30 p.m. as stated in an earlier version of this story).

Sunday 10.30 - 11 a.m: Dragon Ball Z Kinect presentation.

Sunday 1.30 - 2p.m: Dragon's Dogma presentation

Sunday 3.30 - 4p.m: Tekken Tag Tournament 2 presentation.

Sunday 4 - 4.30 p.m: Second Tales of Graces f presentation.

Cosplay Events

There will be cosplay events throughout Expo on the Totally Cosplay Stage.

The Eurocosplay Qualifier will take place on Saturday from 4 p.m. in MCM Theatre A.The Cosplay Masquerade will be in the same venue on Sunday from 3 p.m.

Update - A previous version of this story wrongly gave the time of the Ni no Kuni presentation as Saturday 6 - 630 p.m.; the actual time is 5.30 - 6 p.m. Apologies for the mistake.