Welcome to the official convention gathering blog for theOtaku.com. This is a place where theOtaku.com members can read con press releases, make plans and discuss the conventions we are attending.

Current Conventions:

Sakura-Con 2013

  • Date: March 29-31
  • Location: Washington State Convention and Trade Center

Sakura-Con's programming can be found here.

Sakura-Con 2011: Less Than 20 Days To Go!

Don't even pretend like any of your are surprised that I'm posting this so late:

Who's going? We should meet up again. Those are always fun. Much planning still to be done as there isn't a schedule out yet, but let's at least get some words moving around, hey?

If you haven't made it out yet, theOtaku.com's Sakura-Con meet-ups in Seattle, Washington are some of the most successful, most gratifying meet-ups we've organized at this site. If you're close by and planning to go, it's absolutely worth your while to come on out.

Again, we all need to discuss the best time and day to meet up, so have your say in the comments and we can start figuring stuff out.

Let's rock this sucker!

AnimeCentral 2010: Yes, it's still happening!

IF KAT DON'T DO IT NO ONE WILL

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So yeah, it's back, and it starts in, oh, five days or so! ACen '10 is upon us, and for the third or fourth year in a row, we're going to try and have some semblance of a decent meet-up. You know, for kicks.

Where: Our standard hang out, in front of the convenience store in the Hyatt. When you enter the main entrance, it's to the right.
When: 1pm Saturday (subject to change, please say something if need be)
Why: Do you need a reason to meet your fellow Otakuites?

Well, okay. We don't have free swag, nor do we have a Corgi, but really, you'll get some of the most entertaining and antagonizing folks theO has to offer, particularly for the Midwest. So grab your stuff and come to Chicago for the weekend!

Questions, comments, death threats? Leave them in the comment box or fire off a PM to Katana. Hope to see you there!

Sakura-Con 2010: Last Update

Read this.

That is all.

I Lied, No Corgi . . .

Ahem... alright, so I finally got a hold of Panda. She's not coming to Sakura-Con after all - family thing sprung up at the last minute.

No corgi. Sorry.

On the plus side, She WILL be in Seattle at least on Friday, so we're planning on meeting up so she can still get me all the cool free stuff. So we'll at least have that for Saturday.

I'll probably make a post on the front later. But yeah, no Panda, no corgi. A shame. Sorry 'bout that.

Punch and pie.

Sakura-Con 2010... Planning Late As Always...

Hey guys, it's me. Alright, so we can't let ourselves down and we have to have ourselves a meet-up. I'm gonna do this quickly now...

Reasons for coming out:

  • This is one of the site's best meet-ups in terms of turnout for both members and staff-types.
  • The Amazing Panda will be there!
  • The Amazing Panda will be bringing a buttload of free giveaways!
  • The Amazing Panda will be bringing her corgi cosplaying as Ein!
  • I'm not going to quiz anyone on Canadian trivia this year!
  • Seriously! Corgi! What more needs to be said?!

Y'know what'd suck? If it turned out Gail doesn't bring Ashton the corgi with her. That'd kill the incentives spectacularly...

Anyway, so when is a good time for people? I'm thinking Saturday because there's lots of time to do stuff on Saturdays. So far I think around 3pm might be okay because it's before the concert and such, so long no one needs to catch anything else around then.

How does all this sparkle with you guys?