if you haven't checked the latest 'Portland Mercury', there was a smidge about Kumori-con. Here it is:
WELCOME BACK, KUMORICON!
Oregon's anime convention has returned, this year with a near-bursting lineup of events and activities for the anime obsessed.
The list of stuff going down at this year's Kumoricon is
insane. Sure, there'll be the usual vendors, panels, and art shows, but there'll also be console and LAN videogaming, anime screenings, fan fiction sharing, trivia battles, workshops, the hilarious tradition of
"cosplay" (wherein attendees dress up like their favorite anime characters), and karaoke contests (with a "serious" competition- "Japanese Idol" - and the far more promising "Karaoke-Cosplay Hybrid" contest). Also present will be panels featuring anime voice actors (the guy who voices Tai, the leader of Digimon, will be there!), professors, anime producers, as well as Bakazoku, a "comic cosplay group"! But- and here's where Kumoricon gets
intense- there'll be a
dance dance revolution tournament! Holy ****! And you thought you'd never get the chance to see some white chick dressed up as Faye from
Cowboy Bebop dance her damn heart out!
<author:erik henrikson. courtesy of the portland mercury>
