Pony Experiences at Sakura-Con 2012/Cos & Effect 2012

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I told some ponies that I would post some pictures and share my pony experiences at both conventions this year, both had LOTS of pony related content and it is ever growing. I also saw familiar faces from both conventions and the content that they showed and pulled through was amazing. Forgive me for the poor camera quality though, my phone sucks with taking pictures.

 

Firstly, Sakura-Con:

 

For 2012 the pony was HUGE, so many bronies were there and they had great MLP panels. I went to my first MLP panel there and it was organized by some of the staff who also help run Everfree Northwest.

 

 

The panel was bigger then that if you were to add in the back part of the room. They had played a few songs to sing along and talked about Everfree Northwest, but they also held a cosplay contest! Winners got signed DVDs by Tara Strong.

 

 

It was a debate between the Big Mac and the Octavia (She even had the cello) but Big Mac won.

 

BUT, it did not end there! Later on in the evening one of the AMV theatres showed My Little Pony AMV Hell!

 

 

And they played the good ol' Anthology I and other music videos and everyone had a good laugh including myself. But sadly, the pony panels were over for the conventions...

 

But, I ran into a lot of bronies and got a ton of brohoofs and enjoyed the atmosphere, I felt truly connected for the first time to the brony community and really went out of my ways to come out of the closet and be myself as a brony. I even wore my friends 20% Cooler shirt But hey its an anime convention, your supposed to be yourself!

 

There were many great pony cosplayers. including a Derpy that gave me mail from her homemade Equestria Mail bag. The dealers supplied many pony related items, some that also went to Everfree later on. But I got some good pony merch. I also got to meet Katie Williamson, the one artist that is well known for the Disney Princess pony picture! She did a commission for me. There were many other great artists there as well. I also got to meet up with some more Everfree Northwest staff and talked about the convention at their booth.

 

But then it was the sad day I had to leave Seattle and go home, giving my friend a good hug and goodbye for now until the next convention. I had a blast.

 

Here some stuff I got from the convention there:

 

 

THEN IN AUGUST I WENT TO COS & EFFECT 2012 IN VANCOUVER FOR SATURDAY!

 

Now I made sure that I would take LOTS of pictures and I did!

 

First I went with my friend and we met up with others we knew. I also recognized many bronies and cosplayers from Sakura-Con and have gone to Everfree, goes to show its a small world.

 

Now the convention was a lot smaller then Sakura-Con, 1500+ to 18,000+ is a huge difference, but it was great for the day and I needed to get something more out of my summer before school started again. But there were a lot of people.

 

Some cosplays I got to get pictures from.

 

 

My favorite is the Princess Chrysalis, I think she did a good job with the outfit!

 

Then I went to the first MLP panel called Cosplay is Magic:

 

 

They covered the good, bad and the ugly of MLP cosplay, it was a decent panel.

 

After that, we wondered around a bit more because the AMV Pony panel which was the next one we wanted to go to did not start til later on in the evening so I visited the dealers room and artists alley and bought some stuff, I even saw some familiar faces artists from Sakura-Con!

 

And again, I met and talked with some bronies and they shared their experiences about Everfree Northwest (I couldn't go because I had other family events to go to that weekend ) and it sounded like they had an amazing time. Also, more brohoofs!

 

Then the AMV Ponies in Hell panel began and they played Anthology I like they did back at Sakura-Con, so it was good to see that again.

 

Then we had to go, it was 10pm in the evening and we were dead tired and didn't get back home till midnight. I immediately went to bed when I got home. zzz

 

Oh I almost forgot to show my merch from Cos & Effect! here:

 

 

I LOVE THE SHIRT, I wore it for the day and many bronies and non bronies loved it Along with the buttons I had on.

 

Anyways, that was my big pony experience this year at the conventions. There are some upcoming ones nearby and they plan on having some voice actors from the show there, so maybe I will have to drag myself to them.

 

Thanks for reading!

Edited August 26, 2012 by NostalgicPony