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Dash no Chris
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"Going to SakuraCon (Seattle) this weekend?" , posted Wed 2 Apr 23:32

Hey, all. If any of you are planning to attend SakuraCon 2003 in Seattle, Washington this weekend, please stop by the Hoteiya Las Vegas booth in the Dealers Room and say "hi." You'll recognize me as the guy-with-the-sideburns-that-really-should've-earned-him-some-aggressive-counseling-at-this-point. We've got an assortment of new DVDs on its way to the hotel from our supplier in Japan. I'm hoping they may have managed to sneak in a few copies of the Guilty Gear XX Sound Alive CD. If not, I'll have my copy on hand in the booth, for those that want to drop by to have a listen. I'll also have our last 3 copies of the "All About SNK" DVD set, plus my copy to run on the booth TV. Hope to see a few of you there!

--Chris

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threesixtee

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"Re(1):Going to SakuraCon (Seattle) this weeke" , posted Thu 3 Apr 00:25

I don't think I can afford to go to sakuracon this year - too pricey for my broke-ass college student blood.

I WILL however be going to the bebop premiere at the varsity.

the REAL master
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"Re(2):Going to SakuraCon (Seattle) this weeke" , posted Thu 3 Apr 00:38

where in seattle is it n how much does it cost to go? I go to SU in washington so it's righ up my alley

threesixtee

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"Re(3):Going to SakuraCon (Seattle) this weeke" , posted Thu 3 Apr 00:42

quote:
where in seattle is it n how much does it cost to go? I go to SU in washington so it's righ up my alley

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"Re(1):Going to SakuraCon (Seattle) this weeke" , posted Thu 3 Apr 01:05

Hey Chris!

Several questions!

1. Have you heard anything about the second SF Zero OVA? I am 99% there was going to be one but I haven't heard a peep about it.

2. Are you going to Wondercon in San Francisco at the end of this month? (April 25-27)

3. Are you going to go to the San Diego Comicon this year? (July 17-20)

4. Did you go to the SD Comicon last year? I went and it would have been great if I had met you. (Not stalking you or anything!)

5. Is anyone from this BBS going to any of the conventions I just mentioned? I am, and I think it would be neat if we met.

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EternalNewbie
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"Re(1):Going to SakuraCon (Seattle) this weeke" , posted Thu 3 Apr 06:19

I know I'm going, so if I remember, I will be sure to stop by. In fact, I need to get some more work done since I am leaving this afternoon and I have 3 tests to study for and some more work to do right now because I am going ^_^;; Oh well, once those are done, nice relaxing weekend of spending.

EternalNewbie quote of the moment!:
"This should be fun. When do we leave?"
- Gogo from FF6

Dash no Chris
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"Re(2):Going to SakuraCon (Seattle) this weeke" , posted Tue 8 Apr 11:37

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Hey Chris! Several questions!

1. Have you heard anything about the second SF Zero OVA? I am 99% there was going to be one but I haven't heard a peep about it.

Funny you should ask. I was talking with Keith Burgess (Acquisitions Executive with Manga Video, and the English voice of Gouki/Akuma in their Region-1 release of the Street Fighter ZERO OAV [aka, SF Alpha the Movie]) last weekend at SakuraCon. He mentioned that "a Street Fighter Alpha 2 anime" was in the works, but that the art style was going to be markedly different from the SFZ/SFA anime. "While the SFA anime character designs were obviously influenced by CAPCOM's SFA game series' character artwork, the look of the SFA2 anime's designs is closer to the style seen in CAPCOM's SFIII game series' artwork." BTW, this is more me paraphrasing Keith, rather than a word-for-word quote. That's all the info I've got for now (I have to admit, this was the first I'd heard of the project), but I'll see what else I can dig up.

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2. Are you going to Wondercon in San Francisco at the end of this month? (April 25-27)
3. Are you going to go to the San Diego Comicon this year? (July 17-20)

Nope, and probably nope.

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4. Did you go to the SD Comicon last year? I went and it would have been great if I had met you. (Not stalking you or anything!)

As much stalkery as I was known for 10 or so years ago, it's funny to think of the shoe being on the other foot. Actually, I did go to SD Comicon last year. I hadn't been to the event since 1993 or so, and I was interested in checking out the Dealers Hall to see if it might be a good venue for Hoteiya Las Vegas. 10 years ago, there was only a little anime to be had there, and the vast majority of it was imported items from Japan (bear in mind, this was when you could count the number of U.S. pro-sub companies on one hand and still pick your nose, fan-subbed videotapes had yet to crawl from their crib, Hell still hadn't birthed the blasphemies that are Hong Kong knockoff DVDs and CDs, and Books Nippan still existed). Short version: SDCC is not an appropriate venue for Hoteiya Las Vegas. It's simply too overrun with bootleg items -- and neither the SDCC staff, the U.S. pro-sub companies, nor the appropriate division of the San Diego Police Dept. seem to care (I provided all 3 of these groups of people with the names of all the companies who were selling bootlegs in the Dealers Hall, along with booth numbers and descriptions of the offending materials). I may go again this year (if the friend who invited me last year invites me again), but unless the bootleggers are thrown out, I'll never be there as a Dealer.

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5. Is anyone from this BBS going to any of the conventions I just mentioned? I am, and I think it would be neat if we met.

I'm planning to attend Anime Central (Illinois) and Project A-kon (Texas) in May, Anime Expo (Anaheim, California) in July, and Otakon (Baltimore, Maryland) in August.

--Chris