Although Tales of Anime is focused on Girl Gamers and Shoujo Anime/Manga, the convention is inclusive of male fans. The Code of Conduct will mostly cover situations specific to our particular convention. Please take a few moments and read over your responsibilities as an attendee and make this con great for your fellow fans and the guests!

 

Rules I (General Common Sense Division)

1. Badge Responsibility
   All attendees MUST wear and/or maintain their badges at all times while they are on areas designated to be Convention Area. If a badge is obtained and used by an unauthorized/banned person to gain admission into the convention, the attendee to whom the badge originally belonged to may be held liable for any damages incurred and/or risk barment from Tales of Anime and any other Biseinen-ya events for life.
2. Respect Hotel Regulations.
   In practice, that means quiet in the hallways after eleven p.m., no late night wild parties in the rooms, no trashing of hotel furnishings, and (needless to say except that we need to say it) no theft, shoplifting, physical violence, or other violations of the law.
3. Respect Hotel Property and Convention Property.
   Naturally, anyone who damages their hotel room will be held financially responsible for the damages. Anyone who damages public hotel property (i.e., the lobbies or convention rooms) will be held responsible for the damages and be ejected from the Convention. Depending on the extent of the damage, the Hotel can press charges against you for destruction of private property. The Convention also has the option of initiating a permanent ban on the member.
4. Respect the Rights of other Guests at the Hotel.
   Of course, you may want to read newly acquired mangas or show off your resin figurine to your roommates until 4 a.m. Just keep the decibels down for the sake of the people in the next room trying to sleep. The term 'shrieking fangirl/boys' should stay in the realm of metaphor, not reality. If you want to schmooze with other fen, the video room will be open all night, and schmoozing with fans with like-fandoms may be carried on there. Just as a general courtesy, when you and a group of friends meet and start talking, make sure you're not doing it in a place where other people are trying to get by, like a corridor or a doorway. Leave hallways and doorways clear, and go talk in the lobby or coffee shop. If the hotel gets complaints from other guests about the behavior of con members, it's not likely that they'll have us back again.
5. Be nice to the staff - they're doing the best they can.
   There are reasons why you may have to wait to get into the crowded dealers' room, all of them having to do with what happens if a fire breaks out in the middle of an overcrowded room filled with paper products. The Dealers who sells adult-themed products are REQUIRED to see your ID by Law. Patience and politeness work wonders in smoothing the little wrinkles that appear at the best-regulated conventions. Arguing and getting mad, naturally, do not. Look for the STAFF badge and unload your convention concerns and they will try to resolve the situation to the best of their ability.
6. Be nice to the fen. 'Your fandom is OK, my fandom is OK.'
   If you must have an angry and heated debate over ‘Is DMC2 a real DMC game?', be considerate of the surrounding fen and do it somewhere outside the convention space. Or, unfortunately, one of the security guys will have to escort you to somewhere outside the convention space and not let you back.

 

7. Leave your weapons at home
   While costume weaponry -- as constrained by the cosplay rules and weapons policy -- is welcome at the convention, leave your real weapons at home (this includes wooden, leather or plastic paddles, bats or any similarly designed implements). Don't risk having yourself removed from the convention. Trust us, you can enjoy the con without them.
   Please refer to the WEAPONS POLICY if you are cosplaying with a prop that looks like a weapon.
8. Contact us regarding complaints with Dealers and Staff
   If you have a problem or a complaint about a dealer or a staff member, bring the problem to one of the security volunteers who will refer it at once to the security officer (if necessary). The staff, not the volunteers, will respond to all complaints professionally and immediately. Our security officers are often off-duty police officers.

Rules II (Our Guests division)

1. Autographs and Sketches:
   The guests will sign autographs or do sketches at certain appointed times and ONLY at those times. Sorry, there are No exceptions to this rule. The guests might be polite and not refuse your request, however, if this was reported (and verified) or observed by our staff, your future Con attendance may be suspended.
2. Items for Autograph Sessions:
   The items you wish to have autographed MUST BE official items. Please DO NOT bring bootlegged DVDs, Posters or Wall Scrolls to be signed. You will be asked to leave the autograph line if you have an unofficial/unauthorized item. So before you get in line, ascertain the validity of the item you have in your hand.
3. Photographs:
   With any of the guests, consult the program book or con signage where we'll say if a guest prefers not to have his or her picture taken. These photographs may be run as 'general con pictures' on your Web site, but not as part of an 'About this guest' page. Some guests are publicity-shy types who don't want the notoriety of being highlighted by the html on a Web site.
4. General Deportment:
   Don't visit Official Guests in their hotel rooms. They need their privacy. The guests from overseas may be hideously jetlagged. This also includes not disturbing them and inviting yourself to their table if you spot them having a meal in the hotel restaurant. Be considerate of our guests. If they want to socialize, they will come down to the lobby.
   

   It's considered nice and quite usual to bring a little present to your favorite guest. That's a little present (something less than $10), because don't forget they have to get back on the plane with the said items in a couple of days.
   
   If you have more questions on what is considered acceptable or unacceptable behaviors that have not been covered here, please email us (toa @ talesofanime.com) and we will look into it for you.