Kawaiikon http://kawaiikon.com Honolulu Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:40:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Time Machine! Kawaii Kon 2010 http://kawaiikon.com/2011/time-machine-kawaii-kon-2010/ http://kawaiikon.com/2011/time-machine-kawaii-kon-2010/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:37:38 +0000 Babbling Brian http://kawaiikon.com/?p=157

Kawaii Kon 2010


Kawaii Kon 2010 wasn’t as good as the previous years. Why? To be honest…I don’t know, it could be because the first day of Kawaii Kon 2010 was on a school day. The other reason could be because of the economies financial standing point worsened this year. Who knows, it could be a matter of both or maybe people was just taking a break from Anime or they forgot….again who knows.

But even though there was a smaller number of attendee’s Kawaii Kon 2010, it did not fail to amaze us.


Special Events


We had Masakazu Morita (voice actor for Kurosaki Ichigo from Bleach) appear as a guest of honor along with Hideo Ishikawa (voice of Uchiha Itatchi from naruto) and Daisuke Kishio (Kaname Kuran from Vampire Knight).
The reason why that’s so special is because they’ve NEVER been to a convention outside of Japan until now!
Wait there’s more! We also had Johnny Yong Bosch (English Dub voice actor for Kurosaki Ichigo) appear as a guest and it was a thrill to see Johnny and Morita meet for the first time.


Guests

• Alt/Air (Band)
• Shinji Aramaki (Director / Mechanical Designer)
• Johnny Yong Bosch (Voice Actor)
• Emily DeJesus (Writer / Editor/ Manager, Studio Capsule)
• Robert DeJesus (Artist / Writer / Character Designer, Studio Capsule)
• Samantha Inoue-Harte (Voice Actress / Animator)
• Hideo Ishikawa (Voice Actor)
• Daisuke Kishio (Voice Actor)
• Vic Mignogna (Voice Actor)
• Masakazu Morita (Voice Actor)
• Wendy Powell (Voice Actress)
• David Williams (Sentai Filmworks)

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Kawaii Kon 2009


If you thought that Kawaii Kon 2008 was packed…then hold onto your seats because Kawaii Kon 2009 was the most LIVE and energetic event yet! But hey, that’s just my opinion.
Actually no it’s not, there’s a TON of people who would say the exact same thing. It was amazing


The Attendee’s


People from all over the world came to Kawaii Kon 2009 because they heard about how successful the previous event was. So with that said, the lines became longer and moved slower than normal. If you attended the event, you would see Cos Play all over the place. You’d run into a different anime character every time your eye would blink.


Special Guests

• Shinji Aramaki (Director / Mechanical Designer)
• Laura Bailey (Voice Actress)
• Emily DeJesus (Writer / Editor/ Manager, Studio Capsule)
• Robert DeJesus (Artist / Writer / Character Designer, Studio Capsule)
• The Emeralds (Band)
• Caitlin Glass (Voice Actress)
• Illich Guardiola (Voice Actor)
• Vic Mignogna (Voice Actor)
• Brina Palencia (Voice Actress / Singer, FUNimation Entertainment)
• Monica Rial (Voice Actress)
• Stan Sakai (Artist / Creator)
• TsuShiMaMiRe (Band)
• David Williams (Sentai Filmworks)
• Travis Willingham (Voice Actor)

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Kawaii Kon 2008

Kawaii Kon 2008 was even crazier than last year’s event!
Seen a bunch of new faces and vendors all over the place

Large Events

Anime Music Videos
Masquerade
Karaoke
Live Art Auction
Lolita Fashion Show
Mari Iijima’s concert
The Emeralds Concert
Anime Quiz Show
Buma’s and DJ Hem’s Booty Shake dance.

Kawaii Kon 2008 Special Guests

Colleen Clinkenbeard
Robert & Emily DeJesus
The Emeralds
Tiffany Grant
Mari Iijima
Vic Mignogna
Yuko Miyamura
Monica Rial
Rikki Simons
Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons
David Williams.

Kawaii Kon 2008 Panels and Workshops

Anime Cel Collecting
AMV Creation
Autograph Sessions
Industry Side Chats
Life as an Artist
Video Game Industry
Evolution of Comics
Writing for Anime
Cosplay Theatre
Anime Old School
and more…

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Kawaii Kon 2007


Kawaii kon is back! Hawaii’s one and only Anime Convention. This was the 3rd year for this show and the attendance numbers grew larger and larger.


Costume Contest History

Last year a 19 year old girl named Lauren Lee took the masters division title at Kawaii Kons Costume Contest for her rendition of Princess Tutu. She’s been making costumes for quite some time (Since 2003 I believe), so I’d say she’s pretty experienced.
Don’t get it twisted though, even though it may seem like everyone is “In it to win it”, that is totally not the case with Kawaii Kon, all the attendees and the competitiors just want to have a good time and meet new people. After all, Kawaii Kon is more of a “Community” than it is and Event.

Kawaii Kon 2007 Guests:

• Christine Auten (Voice Actress, ADV Films)
• Greg Ayres (Voice Actor)
• Steven Blum (Voice Actor)
• Luci Christian (Voice Actress)
• Emily DeJesus (Writer / Editor/ Manager, Studio Capsule)
• Robert DeJesus (Artist / Writer / Character Designer, Studio Capsule)
• Brittney Karbowski (Voice Actress)
• Vic Mignogna (Voice Actor)
• Monica Rial (Voice Actress)
• Chris Sabat (Voice Actor)
• Stephanie Sheh (Voice Actress)
• Mike Sinterniklaas (Voice Actor / Director, NYAV Post)
• David Williams (Sentai Filmworks)
• Travis Willingham (Voice Actor)

Kawaii Kon 2007 made me lose a bunch of money QQ. I bought too much stuff!!

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Kawaii Kon 2006



This is the second annual Kawaii Kon Anime convention. Since the first expo was a success, the organizers hosted a forum asking the fans or “attendees” what they’d like to see at Kawaii Kon 2006. The response was basically “We want more stuff! More rooms, more merchandise in the dealers hall, more games, more contests, more more more!” and Kawaii Kon 2006 delivered.


Panels

Jim Kobayashi
Women and Anime (Monica Rial, Jennifer Sekiguchi, and Emily DeJesus)
Para Para With Yoko Ishida
AMV Creation
Voice Acting (Vic Mignogna and Sean Schemmel)
Drawing With Stan Sakai

Vendors

Anime Palace
Anime Pavilion
Cartoon Passion
Collector Maniacs
Da-Planet
Digital Discs
Figure Modelers of Hawaii
Ideal Collectibles
JCCH
JPNTOYS
J-Pop House
Mecha Hawaii
OK Anime
PMBQ Studios
Swords Online
Tomoyo’s
Toys n’ Joys
Xcentricities Corsets and Fashion
YesAnime

We’ll always remember Kawaii Kon 2006!

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Kawaii Kon 2005 Creation

Kawaii Kon 2005: this is the start of Kawaii Kon in Hawaii. This is a memorable event due to a number of reasons;

1. The Anime scene is big or should I say HUGE in Hawaii…but marketers don’t know that. So for that reason nobody took the time to launch an Anime Expo in Hawaii. Sucks doesn’t it? All this time die-hard Anime fans and Gamers were pretty much locked in their caves with little to no people to relate to. So for that matter, if Kawaii Kon gets established, it will be Hawaii’s first and ONLY anime convention and we’d all get to see sunlight for the first time in years.

2. I’m pretty sure that if you were living in another state or country and you heard about an Anime convention hosted in Hawaii you’d most definitely be curious of how that would look like (I would picture a tiki hut filled with Crayon Shinchan, doremon and Naruto coconut cosplay dolls and we’d come to the Expo wearing nothing but a grass skirt and carrying a torch. Why a torch? Well, how else are we gonna light the bonfire? We have no electricity). Hey! I’m not saying that would be a bad thing though, I’d still rock the tiki skirt for the lulz.
Haters gonna hate


How Many People Attended On The First Day?

Marlon Stodghill gets interviewed by Honolulu Advertiser and he says ‘Anime comes in all shapes and sizes and genre. The granddaddy of all Anime conventions is held in Anaheim, California and draw in 25,000 people”.
Stodghill was expecting to draw in 500 people on the first day but they ended up drawing in 800 people which turned out great.
They didn’t even do any extreme advertising; they just sent a few flyers and launched a website.


Panels & Events

Manga: Shojo and Beyond
Japanese Live Action Superheroes
Kai Bovaird
Anime Music Videos
Voice Acting

Special Guests: S. Kai Bovaird (Cause & F(X) Pictures), Robert DeJesus (artist, writer), Kaveh Kardan (Manager of Software Research and Development at Square USA), David Williams (ADR Director for ADV Films), and very talented voice actors Monica Rial, Jennifer Sekiguchi, and Mike Sinterniklaas.

Event Outcomes

Best Youth Group Award: Inuyasha group
Best Novice Group Award: E^2 Naruto group
Best Individual Youth Award: Ocelot from Metal Gear Solid
Best Weapon Award: Vash and Milly’s Gatling Gun
Best EGL Award: EGL group
Best Vic Mignogna Youth Award: Ed from Full Metal Alchemist
Best Novice Craftsmanship Award: Darcia from Wolf’s Rain
Best Journeyman Award: Hiyachi Samurai 7
Best Use of Carbon Filler Award: Gundam Wing
Best Novice Award: Domu-kun
Best Masters Award: Kikaider group
Honorable Mention Awards: Kurenai and Maki, Hellsing group, .hack//sign group, Sophisticated Actor, Sasuke from Naruto, Gundam Wing, Last Blade, Lucinda Bleach, Quistis from Final Fantasy 8, Songstress Yuna from Final Fantasy X-2, Puchiko from Digi Charat, Anbu from Naruto, and Ed from Full Metal Alchemist


Dealers Hall


Artists Alley

I still remember Kawaii Kon 2005 like it was yesterday.
Boy how time flies huh?

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