AMVs to Sakura-Con 2004

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Postby isaacada1 » Fri Oct 10, 2003 9:10 am

Really, SakuraCon's biggest draw is simply that it's in the Northwest. AFAIK, it's the only con you can drive to in a single day if you live north of California and west of Salt Lake city.


Actually, we're starting to get a crowded up in the northwest. You have Animeevolution.com in Vancouver BC, Kumoricon.org in Eugene OR, and Animeoasis.org in Boise, ID. Also, there's Animethon in Edmonton AB, and Otafest in Calgary, AB.

FurryCurry really hit it on the head though is that one of the main draws is that we're the oldest and largest anime con(3,000+ in 2003) in the Pacific Northwest. We're not the oldest or largest anime event though, that goes to Animethon(They had 4,000 for their 10th event).

It's nice and all, but lacks the huge VAT/AMV draw of AWA. It's decently sized, a little larger than AWA, but sufficiently smaller than something like AX to be more fun, while still drawing a decent number of guests of honor from Japan, when they don't stay home because of war, like last year.


FurryCurry, can you explain the "huge VAT/AMV draw of AWA"? Do you mean all the programming at AWA devoted to AMV's?
We're currently the size of what Otakon & Anime Expo was in 98-99. Hopefully, world events don't keep guests away this year.

The AMV situation seems to be improving with Chris Arnesen in charge of it, and I'd love to see it become a sort of "AWA west" in the future.


I'm sure Chris would love that to come true.

Basically, it's just a generally decent all-around anime con, without any particular reason to make a huge trip all the way across the country unless you have an excess of spare money and time just waiting to be used.


Thanks for the comments! I would have to concur with FurryCurry. There's lots of conventions across the continent that are closer to you so you wouldn't be so financially straped. I'm honored to read that you're considering traveling to our convention. It means we're doing our job as staff putting on a good event.

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Postby FurryCurry » Fri Oct 10, 2003 3:34 pm

isaacada1 wrote:Actually, we're starting to get a crowded up in the northwest. You have Animeevolution.com in Vancouver BC, Kumoricon.org in Eugene OR, and Animeoasis.org in Boise, ID. Also, there's Animethon in Edmonton AB, and Otafest in Calgary, AB.

I recall someone linking me to the Animeoasis site around a year ago, but somehow forgot about it. I suppose I should pay more attention to the Canada cons, too. (Do I need a passport to cross the border, or get back into the US? Mine's expired, and I haven't been out of the country in over 10 years.)

isaacada1 wrote:FurryCurry, can you explain the "huge VAT/AMV draw of AWA"? Do you mean all the programming at AWA devoted to AMV's?
We're currently the size of what Otakon & Anime Expo was in 98-99. Hopefully, world events don't keep guests away this year.

That's exactly what I mean. I only went to AWA this year because of all the amazing stories I read about last year's AWA on this board. It was worth it. :D
Replace the VAT and massive number of creators that attend with an "average" amv contest, and I'd have no particular reason to travel so far to attend AWA. I doubt I'll attend AX next year either, unless I have a reason to be in the southwest US around then anyway, or am more or less certain I have an amv in the finals.

The AMV situation seems to be improving with Chris Arnesen in charge of it, and I'd love to see it become a sort of "AWA west" in the future.

isaacada1 wrote:I'm sure Chris would love that to come true.

So would I, for the purely selfish reasons of wanting to meet and interact with a larger number of creators at my "home con", and to be able to count on seeing an awesome amv exhibition every year. Having it shown in "the big room" last year instead of a video room where it was hard to see the screen like 2002 was a great thing, but some of the amvs that were shown left me scratching my head a little, wondering how they made it that far. Because of that, I've been pimping SakuraCon's contest to nearly every creator I'm on friendly terms with, hoping to raise the the quality of the contest as high as possible, even if that decimates my own chances of success. (I think fewer vids in the contest, and an "overflow" showing of non-finalists at some other time might be a good idea, based on my experiences from the last two years.)

That's enough rambling from me, thanks for all your hard work on behalf of SakuraCon, and taking an interest in this discussion.
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Postby isaacada1 » Fri Oct 10, 2003 5:19 pm

I recall someone linking me to the Animeoasis site around a year ago, but somehow forgot about it. I suppose I should pay more attention to the Canada cons, too. (Do I need a passport to cross the border, or get back into the US? Mine's expired, and I haven't been out of the country in over 10 years.)


A passport will work. Or you can use your birth certificate(The own that can be obtained by the city you were born in, not the hospital one), and your drivers license. The birth certificate is the big one as that's what id's you as a us citizen.

That's exactly what I mean. I only went to AWA this year because of all the amazing stories I read about last year's AWA on this board. It was worth it. Replace the VAT and massive number of creators that attend with an "average" amv contest, and I'd have no particular reason to travel so far to attend AWA. I doubt I'll attend AX next year either, unless I have a reason to be in the southwest US around then anyway, or am more or less certain I have an amv in the finals.


AWA is truly the crown jewel from what I have read and heard of anime conventions for amv creators. Sure the big conventions pull in lots of creators, but AWA puts the creators forefront in their programming. That's what distinguishes AWA from other cons. I don't know if there's room for an AWA on the west coast or not.

So would I, for the purely selfish reasons of wanting to meet and interact with a larger number of creators at my "home con", and to be able to count on seeing an awesome amv exhibition every year. Having it shown in "the big room" last year instead of a video room where it was hard to see the screen like 2002 was a great thing,


More then likely, the AMV contest will be screened in the main ballroom again in 2004. I'll let Chris though formally announce that though as that's his baby.

but some of the amvs that were shown left me scratching my head a little, wondering how they made it that far. Because of that, I've been pimping SakuraCon's contest to nearly every creator I'm on friendly terms with, hoping to raise the the quality of the contest as high as possible, even if that decimates my own chances of success. (I think fewer vids in the contest, and an "overflow" showing of non-finalists at some other time might be a good idea, based on my experiences from the last two years.)


Last year was strange. We had less submissions for 2003 then for 2002. Hopefully, with better promotion this year(thanks to people like yourself promoting the convention at other conventions), we'll have a larger amount of submissions, as well as creators show up at the convention.

That's enough rambling from me, thanks for all your hard work on behalf of SakuraCon, and taking an interest in this discussion.


Thanks for helping out the convention. I'm happy to discuss this topic with people like yourself. One of the best means of helping the convention is through the "word of mouth". The staff of Sakura-Con strives like most other anime cons/festivals, to put on the best show possible. Hopefully, 2004 will be the best yet.
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Postby NME » Fri Oct 10, 2003 7:48 pm

You know what would get more submissions?

Digital submissions.

Get an FTP server, mail is so archaic.
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Postby Dannywilson » Fri Oct 10, 2003 8:07 pm

NME wrote:You know what would get more submissions?

Digital submissions.

Get an FTP server, mail is so archaic.


I have to agree with him on this one guys. One of the reasons AWA is wildly popular is due to its use of digital submissions for everything but Pro. You want 200 entries? Set up an O-Video style server to take submissions. This doesn't mean it has to take all your bandwidth, cap the stuff at a 20kbps max rate, allow resuuming, and party on if thats your thing. Ask Quu about how he operates if you run into snags.
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Postby Vlad G Pohnert » Fri Oct 10, 2003 8:55 pm

isaacada1 wrote:
FurryCurry, can you explain the "huge VAT/AMV draw of AWA"? Do you mean all the programming at AWA devoted to AMV's?
We're currently the size of what Otakon & Anime Expo was in 98-99. Hopefully, world events don't keep guests away this year.

The AMV situation seems to be improving with Chris Arnesen in charge of it, and I'd love to see it become a sort of "AWA west" in the future.


I'm sure Chris would love that to come true.


Yep, wouldn't we all! At Anime Evolution this year I ran a full time AMV track and it was well attended and it looks like it will contrinute and grow!
Would be real cool if Sakura con had an AMV room...Hec, I'd be all willing to bring the video server I used which is a mirror of the server used at AWA....

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Postby isaacada1 » Fri Oct 10, 2003 10:10 pm

We kind of do have a amv room. "The Wired", where PC Lan & Arcade gaming is located, had an lcd projector set up with a screen playing amv's for most of last years convention. I don't know what the plans are for 2003. Just keep sending everything to Chris, and I'm sure he'll pull a rabbit out of his hat with something fantastic for next year.
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