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Animate! Florida 2017 was a three-day convention that took place at the Miami Airport Convention Center from Oct. 6 through Oct. 8.<\/span><\/p>\n

The event featured video games, arts and crafts, tabletop board games, strategy puzzles, mazes, around 200 booths and tables with vendors, celebrity guests, artists and art exhibits. This year, the convention had more than 450 hours of events with question and answer sessions, shows, workshops, tournaments and thousands of dollars worth of prizes. <\/span><\/p>\n

Guests included voice actor <\/span>Keith Silverstein, actress <\/span>Maile Flanagan known for her role as Naruto Uzumaki in Naruto, English actress Victoria Atkin known for portraying Jason Costello in the British soap opera Hollyoaks and voice actress Cassandra Lee Morris.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cosplayers
Power Couple: Ramon Diaz (left) and Christy Rivera (right) share a tender moment as The Joker and Harley Quinn during Animate! Florida 2017.
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\"Gamers
Game On: A group of gamers play retro games such as Super Smash Bros. Melee, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and Mario Kart: Double Dash on a variety of consoles at Animate 2017.
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\"Katelyn
On Target: Katelyn Santiago nails her cosplay impression of Asada Shino a character for the Sword Art Online series of light novels by Reki Kawahara.
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\"Brandon
Crazy Collectables: Brandon Flynn (left) and Alex Adere (right) make handmade, metal framed art, getting their inspiration from characters such as Pokemon and Dragon Ball Z, as part of their business, Crazy Collectables. The duo sold the artwork at Animate! Florida 2017.
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