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:
Anime Vegas' programming schedule does not seem to be up anywhere...
In theOtaku.com's Official Anime and Gaming Convention Schedule we have an exciting list of great conventions taking place all over the world. Some are hopefully right around the corner while others are on the other side of the planet. If you aren't finding a convention in your area don't worry! Just check back next month for the next collection of conventions!
April 4-6, 2008: I-Con- Stony Brook, New York
April 4-6, 2008: Anime Detour- Bloomington, Minnesota
April 4-6, 2008: Supanove Pop Culture Expo- Brisbane, Australia
April 5-6, 2008: FreeCon- Tallahassee, Florida
April 5, 2008: Chibi Fest- Las Vegas, Nevada
April 11-13, 2008: Anime Punch- Columbus, Ohio
April 11-13, 2008: Tekkoshocon- Green Tree, Pennsylvania
April 11-13, 2008: J-Junk- Groß-Gerau, Germany
April 11-13, 2008: UBCon- Buffalo, New York
April 12, 2008: O-Conn- Helotes, Texas
April 13, 2008: Castle Point Anime Convention- Hoboken, New Jersey
April 12-13, 2008: Game Anime Manga Experience- Paris, France
April 18-20, 2008: New York Comic Con- New York, New York
April 18-20, 2008: No Brand Con- Eau Claire, Wisconsin
April 18-20, 2008: Kawaii-Kon- Honolulu, Hawaii
April 19, 2008: Anime Fannatiku- St. George, Utah
April 19-20, 2008: Armageddon Expo Wellington- Wellington, New Zealand
April 19-20, 2008: SakuraCon- Budapest, Hungary
April 20, 2008: Shinboku Con- Elyria, Ohio
April 25-27, 2008: Middle Tennessee Anime Convention- Nashville, Tennessee
April 25-28, 2008: Costume-Con- San Jose, California
April 26, 2008: Tora-Con- Rochester, New York
April 26, 2008: Shukuya-Con- Clearwater, Florida
April 26-27, 2008: Armageddon Expo Christchurch- Christchurch, New Zealand
April 26-27, 2008: Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo- Calgary, Alberta, Canada
If you are involved with an upcoming anime or gaming related convention please feel free to contact Gail to have your convention added to the list. Be sure to include the con name, date and URL to the convention website. Thanks!
Attendance:
Just for sake of completion, the confirmed theOtaku.com members that will be at Sakura-Con are:
As well, we have a mostly confirmed list of theOtaku.com's staff and partners:
And finally... this in no way takes into account the friends we'll all bring (who shall then be coerced into getting accounts at theOtaku.com be forever thankful that they have such wonderful friends in the first place!).
Dang, this meet is going to kick all kinds of ass...
Activities:
Aside from the general gathering, talking and photo-taking, we currently have two planned activities: a draw/lottery for free swag, and a podcast recording.
What else would you guys like to do? If there's something specific you'd like to do at the meet-up, we'd love to know!
So far Miss Anonymous - the generous soul she is - has offered to pick up some snacks and stuff for us (I'll try to help you out with that if I can!), so we can eat a bit together. As well, Shinobi ANBU has already requested a kendo lesson from the podcasters. Whether we can actually do any of this stuff or not is besides the point; we just wanna know if you guys have any ideas.
The convention's only five sleeps away! If there's anything you wanna add, now's the time to do it!
I'm very pleased to announce that the 2nd Annual theOtaku.com Sakura-Con Meet-Up is out of beta and has gone gold! If you or anyone you know is heading to the Washington State Trade and Convention Center next weekend, we cordially invite you to our gathering!
Members who come to the meet-up will get to enjoy:
Bring your friends, they too will get a crack at some free stuff! And if anyone has any questions, by all means ask them in the comments below - I promise, we're all keeping close tabs on this World.
This is going to be a ton of fun. We hope to see you all there!
Which events/panels/things do you guys absolutely need to see at Sakura-Con? Once we have the gaps, I think we can work from there a bit easier.
So so far Miss Anonymous has stated that 12:00pm on Saturday is no-go because she needs to hit up the Vic Mignogna autograph session. Alright, duly noted. Who else has absolute can't-dos?
And as always, if you know of anyone going to Sakura-Con this month, be sure to send 'em this way!
