This post was written by Dark_Sage. He is Dark_Sage.
Oh baby, it’s hype time!
The (Initial) Meme Crew
Like Katamari, once we start rolling we’re liable to pick others up.
- Dark_Sage, @feedmeyourtears
- puddi, @puddi
- Rekyu, @Rekyun
- shcboomer, @shcboomer
- lunr, @lunr_sama
- equalslash
- TarVanimelde
And speaking of, if you wanna hang with us (okay, let’s be honest — hang with me), feel free to reach out on Twitter. Or, if you want something more intimate, you can also catch me @ darksagerk at gmail dot com. I promise you far more than you’ve ever dreamed of.
The Schedule
http://sakuracon.org/programming/schedule/
We’ll be doing the standard conventure: AMVs, Karaoke Contest, asking Undertale cosplayers what anime they’re from, and getting drunk on pocky highballs… Most of you should know the process by now.
But if you’re bored and wanna check the schedule, I will take any coverage suggestions/recommendations into account.
Press Status
In the latest email from the Sakuracon press account, the top press dev forgot that bcc and cc were different, so the entire list of 95 approved press members was released.
Here’s some fun pulls of sites that qualified for press, managing to somehow escape Sakura-Con’s rigorous approval process.
Fever-Ent
Fever-Ent claims to be a site conglomeration business, but if you look at the blogs they claim to be responsible for, each of them are defunct.
One can only imagine the quality of the coverage they’ll be providing.
Back Beat Seattle
Your #1 source for white people in failing Seattle bands. And, no, not much else.
Trout Manfalcon (fix’d)
This is just a guy’s fucking resume. What the fuck?
Geekly Gaming
Oh, and there’s more (if you like screencaps of spreadsheets)
Other than AnimeNewsNetwork, Crymore is the only blog that has any comments on any article, or any fucking readership at all. Which is kind of pathetic considering the lack of effort I’ve been able to put into the site recently. Come on guys, try harder.
So I guess the takeaway is: create some shitty blog (it can apparently be about anything), email [email protected], and get on this gravy train. Nothing like a free pass to the best anime con in the world. (Please don’t let us down, 2016, my sagey heart couldn’t handle it.)
Maybe sakura-con is just That desperate for publicity
Even my scanlation group on Tumblr that only has 1 series has more readership than these guys… amazing
Apply for a press badge next year, you’ll be in the top 5 sites covering it, guaranteed.
tfw you don’t live in the US. Then again, they’re so thirsty I wouldn’t be surprised if they paid for my plane ticket
If they’re thirsty at least you know they’ll swallow.
( ͡⚆ ͜ʖ ͡⚆)
I’m surprised none of these sites are covering the superiority of vegan food. It’s about as anime related as 70% of the other press members…
Just noticed my Twitter is wrong there.
@shcboomer -> @shcboomer instead of @schboomer
I actually talked to some of these people at the con. Let’s just say I wasn’t impressed with the stuff I heard.
Things like:
“I haven’t written in years, but getting a free pass is sweet.”
“Yeah, Sakura-con doesn’t check anymore. I haven’t written in years.”
“I get a pass every year even though my site no longer works.”
I wish I was making this up.
where is part 2 of season preview at?
how can i decide what to watch without you ds
cheers from the future (australia)
About to head to bed, but I spent a few hours tonight doing a Sakura-con write-up. Suppose I should prioritize the Preview instead, huh?
Kay, let’s get shit *done*
Is this where you come back and say “April Fools!”?
No. And fuck April Fool’s.
https://boards.4chan.org/a/thread/139414042
Nitroplus pulled this. The full site was taken down real quick, but damn it was glorious. I’m sad I didn’t take screenies.
https://www.livechart.me/spring-2016/tv
If you finish the previews by the end of Saturday, you’ll be fine. The only non-sequals that air in the next two days are Mayoiga and Ace Attorney. The vast majority of the shows start airing on Sunday.