Danganronpa sakura
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It’s odd to think of a time, before a portion of the con’s modern attendees were even born, that the convention had less attendees than a good show at Chop Suey, because the convention is heralded in the eyes of not just Northwest anime fans but traveling convention-goers and returning special guests as one of the best anime cons you’ll find, and is easily the Northwest’s most attended convention of its kind. 2017 saw Sakura-Con and the many people that help put it on celebrate their 20 th anniversary of putting on the beloved convention with what was easily their most popular convention to date.ĭuring Friday morning’s opening ceremonies, which are always a cordial and warm introduction to the weekend to come, one of Sakura-Con’s founding members mentioned that the humble first ever installment of Sakura-Con, then known as Baka!-Con, took place at the Double Tree Inn and had an attendance of just over 300. While it may not have quite the overflow of people that Emerald City Comicon has, Sakura-Con only continues to grow in popularity and attendance every year, as the anime community itself grows and extends to a wider range of people. I’ve always wanted to know what it’s like being just a normal everyday resident or commuter passing through downtown Seattle during Sakura-Con, the Northwest’s defining annual anime convention, and as such, the few days a year where you can be casually walking downtown and see an entire army’s worth of people in Survey Corps outfits, someone in a 6’5″ inflatable Godzilla costume, someone wearing a sandwich board cosplaying the floating shopping list from SpongeBob, and dozens of teenagers and 20-somethings wearing eye-popping kigurumis of everything from unicorns to owls to specific characters like Pikachu and Danganronpa’s Monokuma. (All photos by Morgan Leblanc for NorthWest Music Scene.)