SAN JAPAN 2008

Date:August 8-10, 2008
Location:San Antonio Municipal Auditorium; San Antonio, TX
Attendance:3,523 people

Texas was retardedly hot. I never want to go back there again.
I left none of my heart in San Antonio. However, San-Japan was the best
1st year convention I had ever attended! Smike.dk performed there,
and there wasn’t a single person, aside from myself, from California, so it
was a whole new scene and a new group of people. That being said, there
was way too much emphasis on dubbed animation (C’mon Texas, catch up with
the 21st century….it is all about Subs).

The chairman of the con was Proz. This guy was the type
of person who you would expect to run a convention—he handled this in a very
logical manner, and was patient and rational when dealing with impatient
and irrational situations. He kicks ass, and if he ever finds his way to a
Southern California convention, I will definitely take him out for a
meal to show my appreciation. When I was starving at 2 AM, he gave me his
only room-key so I could go up to his room and munch on some of his food—if that
isn’t the coolest offer that ever happened to me at a con, I don’t know
what is. Also, I met Karsten, a photographer who let me crash on his floor
for two nights. The last twelve pictures were all taken by him. It’ll
hopefully give us non-Texans an idea of what the cosplay scene is like
in the Lone Star State.

Noteworthy guests:

DM Ashura (Musician)
Christopher Ayres (ADV Films)
Amelie Belcher (Web Comic Creator, The Real Life Adventures of Amelie)
Patrick Delahanty (Senior Editor, AnimeCons.com)
DugFinn (Cosplayer, DigitalDimensionCosplay)
Tiffany Grant (Voice Actor)
Lord Katsuhiko Jinnai (Fan-mix DJ / Producer, Team AnimE'xcalibur / Shinoda Sound)
Stacey Lee (Cosplayer, Strange Land Costuming)
Maja (Musician)
Vic Mignogna (Voice Actor)
Smile.dk (Band, Viverus Studios & Ninthwave Records)