Category Archives: Convention

PAX Prime 2013 Swag

PAX Prime 2013 drew to a close and I have returned with this year’s swag and loot. I broke last year’s record for shirts. The amount of lanyards available at various booths was pretty ridiculous, too. If last year was the year of random tote bags, this was the year of lanyards.

I was quite surprised to see the Hatsune Miku Project Diva game at the con as well and I tested it out for the first time, failing miserably like I did for just about every game I tried at PAX. In fact, I was so horrible at driving and gaming that I crashed not only the car but the game and console in a demo of DriveClub.

Like in the past, just about everything shown in the photos below are for sale or trade or free to good homes. You’ll be able to find the goods on eBay (here and here) or you may contact me directly.


– Strife Raccoon (Boy ver.) plush doll
– Corsair Vengeance 1500 gaming headset SOLD


– NBA 2K14 Men’s XL T-shirt SOLD
– Cooler Master “Trigger Happy” Children’s 3L T-shirt SOLD
– Mountain Dew Men’s XL hoodie SOLD
– Extraction Men’s M T-shirt
– Extraction Men’s L T-shirt
– Extraction Women’s L T-shirt
– Sony Playstation Men’s S T-shirt SOLD
– 2 X Sony Playstation Men’s M T-shirt SOLD
– 3 X Twitch TV Men’s L T-shirt SOLD
– Defense Grid Men’s L T-shirt
– Watchdogs Men’s L T-shirt
– 2 X Nvidia Men’s XL T-shirt SOLD
– Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag Men’s S T-shirt SOLD
– Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag Men’s M T-shirt SOLD
– Rohto “Game Over” Men’s XL T-shirt SOLD
– Corsair Men’s 2XL T-shirt SOLD
– The Next Level Men’s L T-shirt SOLD
– Elgato Gaming Men’s S T-shirt SOLD


– Skullcandy lanyard SOLD
– 4 X Nintendo WiiU lanyard SOLD
– Jesus Loves Gamers lanyard SOLD
– 2 X Silver Battleblock Theater lanyard
– 2 X Sonic: Lost World lanyard SOLD
– 2 X EverQuest II SOE Live lanyard
– Art Institute of Seattle lanyard
– League of Legends Mid Role lanyard SOLD


– 4 X Plantronics button pin
– 2 X MSi button pin
– 4 X Bethesda lanyard & pins set SOLD
– 2 X The Repopulation button pin
– Little Legends bottle cap pin
– 2 X Hello Hero pin
– The Banner Saga button pin
– Pinny Arcade “Elspeth” trading pin SOLD
– Grimm Bros. button pin
– 7 X Tearaway button pin
– Legend of Dungeon button pin
– 3 X Twitch TV button pins SOLD
– Forced button pin
– 2 X Contraption Maker button pins
– 4 X Cards Against Humanity button pin SOLD
– 4 X Van Helsing II button pins
– 5 X Strife button pin
– Elgato Gaming button pin SOLD


– 4 X Lord of the Rings: War in the North Collector’s Edition Art Book + Music CD
– Jesus Loves Gamers book + bookmark SOLD
– 2 X Mew-Genics! comic activity book
– 3 X Magic the Gathering Planeswalkers decks SOLD
– 3 X Cards Against Humanity PAX Prime 2013 packs SOLD
– 2 X Autographed Cards Against Humanity card SOLD
– 2 X Strife comic book SOLD
– 7 X assorted Munchkins bookmarks


– Autographed Extraction poster


– 6 X Hatsune Miku Project Diva F light-up foam stick
– Sega light-up foam stick SOLD


– A lot of cards and codes


– Moga Magic 8-ball
– Kingston foam head SOLD
– Origin wristband
– 3 X Internet Explorer LED wristband
– MSi foam soccer ball
– Rohto eyedrop sample
– Rohto eyedrop
– Vivarin caffeine pills
– PAX XP Rubik’s cube
– Twitch TV bottle opener keyring SOLD
– Logitech flashing blue “G” button
– 2 X GAEMS dog tags
– Art Institute of Seattle ballpoint pen
– Intel light-up ballpoint pen SOLD
– 2 X The Crew rubber keyrings
– Skullcandy wrist sweatband SOLD
– Pikmin 3 stick-on embroidered patch set SOLD
– Dungeons & Dragons dice set SOLD
– Kingston rubber RAM keyring SOLD
– ZombieX3 dog tag
– 4 X Nvidia keycaps SOLD


– MSi mousepad SOLD
– MSi inflatable hammer
– Mayfair Games Full Product Catalog 2013
– ScubaEarth mousepad


– 3 X World of Tanks/World of Warplanes tote bag
– Smashmuck Champions tote bag SOLD
– 2 X Smashmuck Champions badge pins SOLD
– Total War: Rome II tote bag
– The Might Quest for Epic Loot tote bag
– A lot of Magic the Gathering plastic bags

Not photographed: A lot of flyers and cards from various companies

Back From Sakura-Con 2013

One of the best conventions ever. I didn’t think it’d top my 2012 experience, but it did.

I accomplished everything I wanted to do, which was to meet some of the guests of honor at the convention and express my appreciation for their work and thank them in person. Looking back, I probably offended people with my broken impolite Japanese. I’m very sorry.

Thank you, Sakura-Con 2013, the wonderful staff of Aniplex, FUNimation, and ACP, and fellow fans of Sword Art Online and PSYCHO-PASS for making this con experience possible! みんな、お疲れ様でしたー!

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Going to Sakura-Con 2013

It’s that time of the year again. Sakura-Con 2013 in Seattle, Washington, from March 29th through 31st.

I will be volunteering as Silica at the Aniplex booth in Exhibitors’ Hall at block 335, 234, 333, 232 and official Sword Art Online events and panels (except for the Saturday night concert) for all three days of the convention. As you may have guessed, Sword Art Online appears to be the main theme of Sakura-Con this year and an amazing team of SAO cosplayers (in collaboration with ACP) will be working the Aniplex booth. Please feel free to stop by, discuss the finer points of SAO, and take a photo with us!

During my downtime and press conferences, I will be cosplaying Shimotsuki Mika from PSYCHO-PASS with a giant can of Hyper Oats. Free potted cactus plant for the first Ginoza-san I find.

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PAX Prime 2012 Swag

Photos of nearly everything I got from PAX Prime 2012.
Not photographed: PAX badge, Moga smartphone stylus, and a set of Sonic pins that I gave away

I didn’t get any big-ticket items this year because my costume prevented me from seeing any sign about contests or lines (or most other people, for that matter).

Everything in the photos is available for trade/sale.
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Going to Sakura-Con 2012


Image credit goes to ACParadise for photo #1 and #3
The only anon outside of ACP who took my photo for #2

Edit: Back again. It was a great time at the con! I only wish that I spent more time at the con itself instead of trying to fix everyone’s costumes through most of Friday and Saturday.

Urobuchi/Ota/Iwakami signed my Waver tie and Madoka guidebook. I will cherish them forever, even if they generate despair in the corner of my room.

And some highlights from the weekend:

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PAX Prime 2011 Swag

Photos of nearly everything I got at PAX Prime 2011 last weekend (August 26-28, 2011). Most of the stuff is up for trade or sale.


– 3-Day Badge & a Team Fortress 2 card with promo code for an arm accessory
– The TF2 card code is the only one that has been used out of everything gotten so far. I gave it to my brother as soon as I got it.

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PAX Prime 2011 & Kumoricon 2011


The white one-piece dress with a ribbon

I will be attending PAX Prime 2011 in Seattle, Washington, from August 26th through 28th, 2011.
Planned cosplays:
– Recette Lemongrass, from Recettear ~Itemya-san no Hajimekata~

I will also be attending Kumoricon 2011 in Vancouver, Washington, from September 3rd through 5th, 2011. I will be attempting to locate the rest of the Super Peace Busters at the convention.
Planned cosplays:
– Recette Lemongrass, from Recettear ~Itemya-san no Hajimekata~
– Menma (Honma Meiko), from Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai.

Back from Sakura-Con 2011

Back now. That was fun.

Best times were had chomping on people’s heads with Charlotte, posing with Mami-san and VOfan, attempting to sell Toradora! near the NIS America booth, meeting a ton of people new and old, laughing at the NicoNico booth comments, and hugging all those adorable girls.

If anyone has NicoNico Douga stream photos or video uploads, please let me know. I couldn’t see a thing out of my Charlotte costume and the Cirno and I (and Sakuya and Bromiji) are very curious about what people said. We were quite nervous with the people asking us questions and attempting to read comments (and failing) simultaneously.

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Quick Sakura-Con 2010 Summary


Fresh out of the Cosplay Contest

Pre-Con
– Slept only 2 hours due to worrying about forgetting something to take to the con. Forgot contact lens for cosplay, realizing so about 2 hours into the drive.
– Arrived at hotel after 10pm. Finally got to sleep after 1am.

Friday
– Woke up at 5am to get to the con early. Found wind and rain greeting us in Seattle, waited for the bus in Haruhi cosplay with a short skirt. Nearly froze.
– Drank a matcha latte to warm up and stay awake. Aghast upon realizing that it was not working well with lactose intolerance.
– Set up Artist Alley table. Met awesome tablemates. Realized that the display stand was about a foot too short.
– Went to Ito Noizi autograph session, got her signature on Haruhi novel, then neglected to protect the novel, so 25% of the ink has rubbed off since. Ms. Ito made comment to her manageress (“It’s the Disappearance movie Haruhi, isn’t it” “Yeah, it’s the Disappearance Haruhi”).
– Went to karaoke contest. Realized I was so tired there was no way I could belt out any song of quality. Gave up the rest of the contest.
– Went back to hotel in the rain and wind to change into Hideyoshi cosplay. Returned to convention, learned to stuff to create That Bulge, sat in a daze for the swimsuit contest.


Higurashi vs. Umineko


Umineko Photoshoot


I don’t even know what to make of this scenario

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Sakura-Con 2010 Meetup + Artist Alley


BEATRICE! Oh, BEATRICE, my love!

Is anyone else going to Sakura-Con 2010, taking place in Seattle, Washington, from April 2nd through 4th? My cosplay group will be there for late Friday night, Saturday, and Sunday at the very least. We’re doing a group Umineko no Naku Koro ni cosplay, with a Kinzo, George, Battler, and Ange.

We’ll also be in the Cosplay Contest with a skit, titled “Law & Order: Seacats”. It has Scooby-Doo and Phoenix Wright. Come and watch if you can, but we’ll also try to find someone to tape the event, too.

I will have a table in the Artist Alley and be selling art there, so if you’re going to Sakura-Con, feel free to stop by my table. Currently I only have Vocaloid, Touhou, and Umineko art to go. You may request any art in the comments below.

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Going to Kumoricon 2009

A very late notice, but I’ll be attending Kumoricon 2009 in Portland, Oregon, from September 5th through 7th.
If you make it there and see something like the above picture, that might be my group.
I’m throwing together a costume in three days.

Anime Evolution 2009 Cosplay Contest

Credits go to MisoStudios for videotaping and uploading the clip

My cosplay group was god-awesome. Massive props to my friends. I’m so happy with how our skit turned out, despite that we only had about three days to work on it. Special shout-out to my kid brother for braving it on stage.

For some reason, people were laughing at times when we didn’t think there was a joke or anything funny (i.e. Kaito shaking Len). So if you can figure out why it was so funny, please let me know.

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Anime Evolution 2009 Meetup?

Is anyone else going to Anime Evolution 2009 from June 11th through 13th in Vancouver, BC, Ryoko-land? If you are, give me a holler when you’re at the con! The con is small enough that you’ll probably catch me easily. My costume schedule is:

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Sakura-con 2009 Day 3 Report

I woke up around 10am in the morning hearing to MSNBC reporting that the captain from Somalian pirate attack was recovered safely. The hotel maid tried to break into my room twice while I was still in a groggy state. There weren’t any panels that I wanted to attend on Sunday, so I threw on a swimsuit and had my friends crossplay, and we went down to Exhibitors’ Hall to see what loot we can pick up on the final day.

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Sakura-con 2009 Day 2 Report

I had to wake up at 8am this morning to get ready for the Cosplay Contest. I can’t believe that it was held in the morning. Ugh, I totally thought it’d be in the evening. Anyhow, I only had an hour’s sleep beforehand since I spent the previous night working on the costume for the contest. The contest went fine. I saw the usual share of good, bad, and mediocre entries. I ended up not winning anything, but it was great to strut around on stage, spreading Touhou to the masses. I even spliced a Satoko laugh into the audio track. I almost lost my balance and fell over in the high-heeled shoes I wore.

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