Question: being new to cons in general, what is Sakura-Cons main atraction? like AWA is big for AMVs and they have had a rather large dealers room each time i have been. the only cons i have gone to are AWA 8-9, Jacon 2002, and MetroCon 2003, so im a bit of a con newb.
Each of the over now 50 anime conventions and festivals across North America have a unique programming feature. Traditionally the past few years, the conventions with the biggest push for amv's have been Akon, AX, AWA, & Otakon. I believe these are like the big four that people nickname "the grand slam" if they win them all. Then there's other convenstions such as Anime Boston, Anime Central, Anime North, Fanime, NDK, & Sakura-Con that have promote the amv contest in a big way.
i hear alot about this one, but taking a trip all the way across the country for anime is a bit drastic, but i dont care about that ^_^
That is a long way from Florida to Seattle. We've had people come from Florida to our convention since 2000. I'm hoping that Mabaroshi from Risingsun.net will be able to make it up this year.
I'm curious. How do you hear about Sakura-Con way down in Florida?
i wanted to get more into the anime fandom, and what better way then cons eh? i guess what im asking is has anyone been dissapointed by Sakura-Con?
Invariably, you'll have people supporting every convention, and people not supporting it. It's hard to please everyone. I will say that Sakura-Con already has over 600 people pre-registered for the convention, and its just under 200 days away. Hopefully that says something.
If you're curious about what happened at last years convention, check out this picture review.
http://www.usagichan.com/Sakura2003/