Anime Central (or ACen to most attendees) has officially announced the date’s for their 16th annual anime convention. After this years somewhat earlier, April weekend convention, ACen will be returning to a middle of May event (as they’ve generally held over the past 10+ years) in 2013. Next year’s Mid-Western anime convention will take place on May 17th-19th at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare &Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois. As a growing convention, ACen has seen well over 20,000 attendees annually in it’s past 2 years, with expectation for continued growth next year. Make sure to keep an eye out on ACen’s website and social networks, or check back here, to pre-register for the event when tickets inevitably go on sale later this year.