Sakura-Con 2009

BigV · 04-15-2009, 01:01 PM

Sakura-Con 2009

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Presented by the Asia Northwest Cultural Education Association, Sakura-Con is the oldest and most well attended anime convention in the Pacific Northwest . Member attendance for Sakura-Con 2008 was over 13,000 individuals; with most members attending all three days (for a potential turnstile count of over 40,000)!

Please join us for Sakura-Con 2009 as we celebrate our 12th amazing year. All the excellent programming you've come to expect will be back in abundance. Anime theaters, gaming, cosplay, cultural panels, dances, concerts, art contests, AMV's, industry guests, over 100,000 square feet of exhibits hall, guests of honor and more!

Pre-Register now and save substantially versus at door prices. Remember that pre-registration helps ANCEA, a state and federal non-profit organization, put on the best Sakura-Con possible!

SonofV and I went to this event last year and had a ball! This year was our second Con, and I have already cleared my calendar for next year. What a blast!

There was soooo much to do, if you were six people living on Ding Dongs and Butterfingers with a Red Bull iv drip, you couldn't take it all in. Just. Too. Much. Good. Stuff. Still, we wanted to, or at least die trying. I'm still not completely recovered, but I wanted to give you all a little taste of the milieu we immersed ourselves in.

Here is a small sampling of the characters we encountered.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-15-2009, 01:09 PM

So that's what the sewing was about. The result looks good.

lookout123 · 04-15-2009, 02:19 PM

very cool.

Pico and ME · 04-15-2009, 04:51 PM

I love the way everyone strikes a pose in your pictures...its really quaint.

Chocolatl · 04-15-2009, 05:01 PM

Wait a second... are you Jet from Cowboy Bebop?!

BigV · 04-15-2009, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Chocolatl

Wait a second... are you Jet from Cowboy Bebop?!

YES!!

I'm flattered you noticed!

lumberjim · 04-15-2009, 05:19 PM

thanks V

dar512 · 04-15-2009, 05:45 PM

That's really cool that you and SonOfV can enjoy that together.

Shawnee123 · 04-15-2009, 06:20 PM

Very cool, V!

glatt · 04-15-2009, 08:56 PM

Excellent! You look great.

Clodfobble · 04-15-2009, 09:59 PM

Nice costumes, BigV. I recognize you as Jet, but what character is your kiddo? I'm not as up on my current anime as I should be...

BigV · 04-16-2009, 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Nice costumes, BigV. I recognize you as Jet, but what character is your kiddo? I'm not as up on my current anime as I should be...

Lelouch Lamerouge, as Zero, from Code Geass, Lelouch of the Rebellion.

He was incredibly popular with the girls. The real girls at the Con... They would squeal "ZERO!!" and run up and ask for a picture with him. It was awesome. (Dad note here... I told SonofV that next year, we're picking a costume where I can see his face. I have only a couple where you can see him smiling....). In some of the pictures with him and one or two or three or more girls, I would take the picture, but none of them are looking at me. They're all looking at *their* photograper. So much fun.

And hugs. Did I mention the hugs? I was asked for pictures ... at approximately the same rate as Zero. But the girls just loved to hug Zero. OMG. And not just in the glomp game. Just walking around. Mostly asking for permission first, but not always. Incredible.

And Clodfobble, thanks for recognizing me!

Nirvana · 04-16-2009, 10:25 AM

Wow it looks like you had fun! I would have loved to have hugged you all big tall and cartoon characterish...:p

Pie · 04-15-2009, 10:11 PM

NOW the head-shaving makes sense! Love it!

zippyt · 04-15-2009, 10:45 PM

Well done V !!!!
And I see you got Pic with one of the Edwards !!

04-15-2009, 01:09 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	So that's what the sewing was about. The result looks good. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-15-2009, 02:19 PM	#3
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	very cool. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

04-15-2009, 05:19 PM	#7
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	thanks V __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-15-2009, 05:45 PM	#8
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	That's really cool that you and SonOfV can enjoy that together. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

04-15-2009, 06:20 PM	#9
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Very cool, V! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-15-2009, 04:51 PM	#4
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	I love the way everyone strikes a pose in your pictures...its really quaint.

04-15-2009, 05:01 PM	#5
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	Wait a second... are you Jet from Cowboy Bebop?!

04-15-2009, 08:56 PM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Excellent! You look great.

04-15-2009, 09:59 PM	#11
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Nice costumes, BigV. I recognize you as Jet, but what character is your kiddo? I'm not as up on my current anime as I should be... __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

04-16-2009, 10:25 AM	#13
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	Wow it looks like you had fun! I would have loved to have hugged you all big tall and cartoon characterish...:p __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

04-15-2009, 10:11 PM	#14
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	NOW the head-shaving makes sense! Love it! __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

04-15-2009, 10:45 PM	#15
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Well done V !!!! And I see you got Pic with one of the Edwards !! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

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