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Press Application Form
Sakura-Con welcomes and appreciates all media coverage. Please complete the press application below to request press access to our event. You may be contacted with questions in the process of determining approval, so please be sure to add press@sakuracon.org to your email address book or email white list in order to receive emails from the Sakura-Con Press staff.
If you are a member of the press, or press outlet looking to cover Sakura-Con 2025 with access to guest interviews, you may apply here.
If you are interested in applying for a Media Badge, which will grant you access to Sakura-Con at a discounted rate, you may apply here. Media Badges do not include access to guest interviews.
Sakura-Con does not guarantee approval on any interview requests. Specifically approved press teams will receive further instructions on how to request access to guests for interviews, subject to approval and availability of our guests. Press members may be asked for further information for an interview if they are approved for one.
All applications must be received via our form by February 28, 2025. Sakura-Con does not guarantee all applicants will be granted press access but will respond to all applications that are received before February 28, 2025. Any requests received after that date will not be approved.
Press Release
Previous press releases are available in our archive.
Sakura-Con in the Press
- Photos from the final day of Seattle’s Sakura-Con 2019
- Pacific Northwest & Beyond: Sakuracon
- The Best Cosplay From Sakura-Con 2018
- KING5 Anime star comes to Seattle’s Sakura-Con 2017
- Photos from AnimeJapan 2016: Finale
- Con 2016 Does Seattle Proud
- Sakura con 2016 KING5 Video
- Sakura–Con Big Reveals: Sword Art Online The Movie
- Kiznaiver Premieres At Anime Boston And Sakura Con
- Maid in Japan – Japanese rock group BAND-MAID
- 19th Annual Sakura Con, March 25-27 20167
- Keripo.com, written and photos, cosplay photoshoots, and doll posing
- KING 5 coverage, with video
- Anime News Network general coverage
- Keripo.com, written and photos, cosplay photoshoots, and doll posing
- Skewed n Reviewed, perspectives from a first-timer, a relative new person, and someone who’s been coming to the con for years.
- Japan-A-Radio interview with Director Koji Masunari, Character Designer Toshifumi Akai, and Aniplex Producer Shunsuke Saito
- Liberty Voice general coverage
- Examiner Friday coverage
- Examiner Saturday coverage
- Examiner about new dolls from Good Smile Company
- Examiner Attack on Titan Coverage
- 2014 (4/22) AnimeNewsNetwork
- 2014 (4/19) Puget Sound Business Journal