Sakura-con 2015

[Keripo]

Event: Sakura-con 2015
Date: April 3-5, 2015
Location: Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
Registration: $65 ($55 pre-reg)
Website: http://www.sakuracon.org/

I'll be attending as both video game corner staff as well as a first-time panelist, presenting Unlimited TYPE-MOON Works on Sunday (there will be trivia and prizes!).
I'm sure there will also be a TYPE-MOON cosplay gathering just like last year so will probably dig out my old Tohno Shiki cosplay for this. Expecting to see plenty of Sabers and Tohsaka Rins this time around thanks to the F/SN UBW anime.

Anyone else planning on attending?

~Keripo

[Arashi_Leonhart]

My panel didn't get accepted, presumably to fit in more time for Ask Hetalia-type panels, and as the guest list so far is kinda lame I'm not sure I'll be attending.

[Strife ❤️]

Was it a Type-Moon panel?

[Arashi_Leonhart]

Yeah. Keripo mentioned he was gonna do his panel as general-TM related stuff, so mine was going to be Fate-specific to explain stuff related to questions regarding the anime.

[Keripo]

Yeah. Keripo mentioned he was gonna do his panel as general-TM related stuff, so mine was going to be Fate-specific to explain stuff related to questions regarding the anime.

That sucks, I was hoping there'd be more TYPE-MOON related stuff this year with the new UBW adaptation, but it seems SAOII's English release will be the main focus (among industry attendees that is, I'm sure there'll still be plenty of Fate-related fan stuff and cosplayers). The general con schedule and special guests list hasn't been finalized yet though, so we'll see (video game corner will probably be running some Under Night In-Birth at least).

~Keripo

[The Geek]

I'm going as just a con-goer. Wanted to cosplay but I have neither the skills nor the ideas to actually make one.

[Lianru]

Agh, I want to go. ;_;

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Agh, I want to go. ;_; One day in my life I will attend a Type-MOON panel...

[You]

What do people do in a panel. Is it like IC-cosplaying thing. Or do people actually give presentations about lore stuff.

[Vagrant]

When I did mine it was just a 50 minute infodump. I talked about the history of Type Moon, from college kids doing shitty doujin novels at Comiket to a commercial supersuccess. Discussed in basic terms the various main franchises and the core elements of main characters, story and themes for each main work, spoiler-free of course. Talked about the adaptations, showed some video clips of the various anime, talked about how the universe has a lot of interconnectivity and is a substantially deep universe for those who wanted to delve.

Jazzed it up with jokes and running commentary, answered questions, that sort of stuff, tried to make it engaging and interesting enough that people would actually try it out.

Basically just a way to introduce the daunting entirety of the TM world to secondaries and tertiaries. Not a large enough con to have done an in-depth panel, wouldn't have gotten enough people who'd already read even one of the TM works.

[Arashi_Leonhart]

What do people do in a panel. Is it like IC-cosplaying thing. Or do people actually give presentations about lore stuff.

It depends on the panel. There are Q&A panels for guests, industry panels for announcements and such, and then fan panels which can be really stupid or really interesting depending on what they are. I mean, you have some that are cosplayers that act in-character and do stuff, which can be amusing or stupid depending--my complaint about Ask Hetalia characters sort of stuff is like this--while some can be informational and some can be games-y and what have you. The Japanese culture writeup thing that I do is somewhat based on an informational panel my uni's club has done for other schools and stuff.

[Vagrant]

I used to do a panel about buyfagging as well, and my friend does a great panel on moe. Plus him and my other friend did a totally awesome animation and sakuga panel that I keep telling them they need to do again sometime.

[Kat]

Type-Moon panels will never be probably a thing here given Type-Moon is too niche fandom in my country.

[Keripo]

When I did mine it was just a 50 minute infodump. I talked about the history of Type Moon, from college kids doing shitty doujin novels at Comiket to a commercial supersuccess. Discussed in basic terms the various main franchises and the core elements of main characters, story and themes for each main work, spoiler-free of course. Talked about the adaptations, showed some video clips of the various anime, talked about how the universe has a lot of interconnectivity and is a substantially deep universe for those who wanted to delve.

Jazzed it up with jokes and running commentary, answered questions, that sort of stuff, tried to make it engaging and interesting enough that people would actually try it out.

Basically just a way to introduce the daunting entirety of the TM world to secondaries and tertiaries. Not a large enough con to have done an in-depth panel, wouldn't have gotten enough people who'd already read even one of the TM works.

This was pretty much exactly what I am planning on doing (with my intended target audience being people who have only watched Fate/Zero or just started the Fate/stay night anime). Any chance you'd be willing to share some of your old material for reference purposes?

~Keripo

[Elf]

What do people do in a panel. Is it like IC-cosplaying thing. Or do people actually give presentations about lore stuff.

We actually give presentations about Lore Stuff, the characters, story and themes.

Hell, the last Type-Moon panel that Roadbuster and I did was nothing but Type-Moon lore and some of the reoccurring story themes explored.

Also depends on the subject matter. Like a Type-Moon panel is going to be more Lore, Story and Character specific while like in a Berserk or Black Lagoon panel we'll also go into the things that inspired it too. (And when we did the Black Lagoon panel Roadbuster specifically had a section called "Guns Guns Guns" where he went into the guns used in Black Lagoon and where else they'd showed up in other forms of Pop Culture.)

My panel didn't get accepted, presumably to fit in more time for Ask Hetalia-type panels, and as the guest list so far is kinda lame I'm not sure I'll be attending.

You should be happy to know that there are a lot of cons doing away with the "Ask a Character" type panels. They were banned this year at Ohayocon and there was another anime con that was fairly large who's name I cannot remember because its too damned early who did the same as well.

[Break]

Man this talk sure makesme want to do a panelmyself, simply to spread the word since i know only two guys within my irl friends that are also into Type Moon, Precure, Kamen Rider and Nanoha. I wanna make more people know it over here, but how do you get to make a panel at a con, really, aside from selling merchandise or beeing a youtube star i have no idea hwhere to even start...

[Arashi_Leonhart]

Oh shit I take it back Kana Ueda is gonna be here must now figure out funds

[mAc Chaos]

Huh, never thought of doing a panel. Maybe I should try one for Otakon.

[Thedoctor]

Huh, never thought of doing a panel. Maybe I should try one for Otakon.

Would you come dressed as Kotomine?

[Arashi_Leonhart]

Oh hey apparently I was like first on the waiting list, so my panel is accepted if I can deal with a Sunday morning time. urgggggggg

[Christemo]

Would you come dressed as Kotomine?

mAc should be the Lu Bu to Raffle's Rani.

Don't you think I forgot Raffle. You promised.