By Daily Press staff
A convention about Japanese animation that will take place during the first weekend of July will benefit children with cancer, HIV/AIDS and life-threatening illnesses.
The Anime Expo 2003 — scheduled for July 3-6 at the Anaheim Convention Center — will bring together noted Japanese animation and comic book writers and artists.
The artists are scheduled to present a six-foot-long check they signed and illustrated to the City of Hope Cancer Center. The event will follow a live auction, which will feature art and rare works from the artists’ collections, and take place July 6 at 3 p.m. “This donation demonstrates the Japanese animation community’s vigorous support of City of Hope in its fight against diseases which effect children,” said John Taylor, founder of City of Hope’s “Heroes For Hope.”
For more information about City of Hope, go to www.cityofhope.org or call 800- 260-HOPE. For more information about the animation convention, go to www.anime-expo.org.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 23, 2003. Read the original PDF.