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 Meet-up: Official Time and Place

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!

  • Meet-up Day: Saturday, Mar. 29th (Day 2)
  • Meet-up Time: 1:00pm
  • Meet-up Location: Lounge just inside of the convention center's main entrance

Members who come to the meet-up will get to enjoy:

  • A ton of free DVDs and other stuff courtesy of Gail and her "connections"!
  • A live recording of the theOtaku.com Podcast courtesy of Ichigo and Batou of Anime Pulse!
  • Punch and pie (or some asianesque variant of punch and pie)!
  • A fun chance to take some pictures, shoot some video, and have some fun with your (brand new) online friends in a public place with far less chance of kidnappings than if you did it alone!

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!

Potential Time Confirmation...

Guess I'd better make a post about this one... I think we have a good time for the Sakura-Con Meet-up: 1:00pm on Saturday, March 29. I think this would be a good time. For quick reference, though, the main events/pa...

Read the full post »

Okay, better question...

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!

Sakura-Con 2008: Let's Get Planning!

Hi there, it's SomeGuy, It's two weeks until Sakura-Con! It'll be my second year there and I'm absolutely stoked 'cause last year's was great. And of course, one of the best parts to it was our theO...

Read the full post »