The easiest way to tell its spring time in Seattle is to make a stop at the Washington State Convention Center for the annual Sakura-Con anime convention. This year’s event gave fans of Japanese culture and entertainment a chance to…
Sakura-Con 2019
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Free Comic Book Day on Saturday, May 4, 2019
The first Saturday in May is Free Comic Book Day. On Saturday, May 4th, 2019, (which is also Star Wars Day) head on over to your favourite comic store and choose from a selection of popular series — all free!…
Photos from Sakura-Con 2019
This past Easter weekend, downtown Seattle was filled with many amazing costumes as thousands of Japanese pop-culture fans descended on the Sakura-Con anime convention. For three days, there was plenty of cosplay, live music, vendors and fun. Couldn’t make it…
Photos from Sakura Days Japan Fair 2019
Grey clouds and periods of rain presided over the opening day of the annual Sakura Days Japan Fair in the VanDusen Botanical Gardens, but that didn’t stop festivities. Though many trees had already shed their blossoms, there were a few…
Honda Celebration of Light 2019 dates and countries revealed
The Honda Celebration of Light returns to Vancouver’s English Bay this summer with three fun filled nights of fireworks synchronized to music. For 2019, the line-up includes two new participant countries are joining host country Canada – India and Croatia.…
Crunchyroll to regularly share data on popular anime streams
With 45 million users, Crunchyroll streams anime to all corners of the world and plans to release statistics on a steady basis of what their fans watch and from where. Over a one week period, from March 25th to 31st,…