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Time to start planning when to meet your favorite guests as FanimeCon has unveiled the autograph sessions for the 2025 event.

Guests wanting to participate in the autograph session must sign up online and select a time slot for the guest they want to meet. Participants must only line up after getting confirmation via email. They can only attend for themselves and are limited to one autograph.

Here is a breakdown of all autograph sessions during FanimeCon 2025:

Saturday, May 24th, 2025

• 11:30 am – 1:00 pm VK Blanka
• 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Daman Mills
• 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Dorothy Elias-Fahn & Tom Fahn
• 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Tsubasa Yonaga
• 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Atsushi Abe
• 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Dokibird (Meet and Greet)

Sunday, May 25th, 2025

• 11:30 am – 1:00 pm Dokibird (Meet and Greet)
• 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Dorothy Elias-Fahn & Tom Fahn
• 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Jessie James Grelle
• 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Atsushi Abe
• 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Tsubasa Yonaga
• 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm VK Blanka

The meet and greet with Dokibird will have the following rules in place during the session:

1. Dokibird will not be physically signing any items nor selling merchandise.
2. Each attendee will have two (2) minutes to have a conversation with Dokibird.
3. There are no special restrictions on photos/videos during a session but attendees are to be respectful of others and staff.
4. Controversial topics are not allowed during the Meet & Greet, including, but not limited to: politics, religion, foreign relations, private topics, other VTuber agencies, etc.
5. Once your time is up please be respectful of other attendees and leave the area.
6. Attendees bringing gifts must have them unwrapped for inspection while perishables, electronics, and large items are not allowed.

Guests who will not have an autograph session are Linda Le, Onecuppacoffee, Gilles Poitras, and cybr.grl. The autograph session is one of several events set to take place during FanimeCon 2025. There will also be panels, cosplay gatherings, and special events. Details about these activities are now available online. 

FanimeCon 2025 will take place during the Memorial Day Weekend at the San Jose Convention Center along with the surrounding locations. It is one of the largest fan organized anime conventions in North America.

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