Stan Sakai Guest at 2009 Kawaii Kon

Post by **Steve Hubbell** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 20:43 -0700

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CEL SHADED

Usagi creator will return to isles in 09
By Jason Yadao

POSTED: 04:35 p.m. HST, Dec 22, 2008

"Usagi Yojimbo," the wandering-samurai-rabbit epic drawn by Hawaii-raised comic book artist Stan Sakai, will be celebrating its 25th anniversary next year.

Kawaii Kon, the local anime convention cofounded by Hawaii-raised Stan Dahlin, will be celebrating its fifth anniversary next year.

Both anniversaries will have more than just guys named Stan as their driving forces in common come April, as both will be celebrated at the Hawaii Convention Center, with Sakai the newest Kawaii Kon guest to be announced.

This will be the second visit to Kawaii Kon for Sakai, but his first time at the convention center -- veteran attendees will recall that he was a guest at the 2006 convention, the last one held at the Ala Moana Hotel. For those of you who missed him the last time around, you'll certainly be in for a treat this time. I first met him in person before the 2006 convention's opening ceremony, and he truly is a nice guy.

Whew. Kawaii Kon is April 10-12; as a reminder, use the discount code "celshaded" when preregistering online and receive a 10 percent discount on all three-day passes. For more information, visit http://www.kawaii-kon.org/

runnah4life808 · Post by **runnah4life808** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 23:20 -0700

YES! Best Christmas gift ever! I'll be looking forward to seeing you when you're back in the islands sensei!

runnah4life808 · Post by **runnah4life808** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 21:52 -0700

is there going to be a "What should I bring" thread for Kawaii-Kon?

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 6:16 -0700

runnah4life808 wrote:is there going to be a "What should I bring" thread for Kawaii-Kon?

I apologize. I've been so busy that it slipped my mind that it's NEXT WEEK!

I already receive a few PMs for stuff to bring, but I'll start that thread now.

I'm off to Seattle in a couple of hours.

Ronin-K · Post by **Ronin-K** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 22:38 -0700

NOOOO! If only Kawaii Kon was in May instead of April. I'm going for a vacation to Hawaii for 2 weeks in May, and that WOULD be cool to check out the Kawaii Kon. Alas, it was not to be.

Jet_Jaguar · Post by **Jet_Jaguar** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 14:43 -0700

I was looking at the guest list for this con, and I noticed that Shinji Aramaki, who directed the two 2000s Appleseed movies and was a designer on Bubblegum Crisis and some other shows, will be there. I don't think I'll be able to make it to this con, unfortunately.