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Under the pen name TurtleMe, Brandon Lee blends Western and Eastern influences in his award-winning series, The Beginning After the End (TBATE). TBATE is the first English webnovel to webcomic series to receive an anime adaptation with its premiere in April 2025 on Crunchyroll. This long-running popular action-fantasy web novel and webcomic are available on Tapas Entertainment. It is also available as a graphic novel from Yen Press.

TBATE has garnered over 700K followers across its webnovel and webcomic on Tapas and has been honored with the prestigious Japanese Piccoma Award in both 2021 and 2022. The series has also been released internationally in countries including the United States, Japan, South Korea, China, Thailand, Indonesia, France, Germany, Mexico, and India.

AmaLee is a voice-actor, singer, and vtuber streamer, well known for her English anime covers that have gained over 2 million subscribers and over a billion views, and is more recently known for her vtuber persona “Monarch” on Twitch, where she has amassed a dedicated following.

AmaLee has also provided her voice to anime and games such as, Marin Kitagawa in “My Dress up Darling”, Uta in “One Piece Film: Red”, Jingliu in “Honkai: Star Rail”, Hayasaka in “Kaguya-Sama: Love is War”, Lillie in “Pokémon Evolutions” and Ruppe & Viper in “NIKKE”. She can be heard on official soundtracks for League of Legends, Dragon Ball Super, and Tokyo Ghoul:Re, and has also been featured on records for Eminem (Kamikaze – “Good Guy”) and Porter Robinson (Worlds – “Fellow Feeling”).

Website: https://leeandlie.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/leeandlie
YouTube: https://youtube.com/leeandlie
Twitch: https://twitch.tv/leeandlie

Applications for 2025 Cosplay Chess went live on Sunday, February 16th at 12:00PM Pacific,
Application Link: 2025 Sakura-Con Cosplay Chess Application

Applications will be open until March 17th, 11:59PM PST. The theme for the all-ages Main Game is Red Vs Black, the same colors as our chessboard! The theme for the 18+ Late Night Game is Brains Vs Brawn.

We also have the Sunday Improv Game, where anything can happen!  

Sakura-Con is pleased to announce Reol will perform at this year’s convention!

Reol began creating and releasing music in 2012, and quickly hit 1 million subscribers. She was later chosen for the first global YouTube campaign, “Artist on the Rise”.

An internet-born songwriter, record producer, and rapper with clear electronic and rock influences, her music is a distinctive fusion of western and Asian pop. Her music is defined by her expressive voice combined with appealing, upbeat melodies. Currently, she has over 1.71 million Youtube subscribers with a total of 1.08 billion views, and her hit song, “THE SIXTH SENSE” exceeded 100 million streams. Reol is gaining international popularity with her one-and-only joyful, bitter dark, twisted, and kawaii vibes.

Anime Day with the Seattle Mariners is back! 

Join Sakura-Con on April 13th at T-Mobile Park for our second year of Anime Day. Come cheer on the Mariners, get your limited-edition Anime Day shirt featuring Ikuta and the Mariner Moose, and help support Sakura-Con! 

Deadline to purchase: Friday, Apr 11 at 5pm

https://www.mlb.com/mariners/tickets/specials/anime

Abby Trott is an actor/singer from Attleboro, Massachusetts. She has lived and worked in Tokyo and New York City, and is currently based in Los Angeles.

Abby is perhaps best known for portraying Nezuko in Demon Slayer, Annette in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Ivy in Netflix’s Carmen Sandiego, Windblade in the Transformers: Prime Wars Trilogy, and singing the English version of “Lifelight,” the theme for Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Some of her roles in anime include Yoh Asakura in Shaman King 2021, Kasey Anne in Supercrooks, Mezato Ichi in Mob Psycho 100, Machi in Hunter X Hunter, and Veronica Liones in Seven Deadly Sins.

When she isn’t talking, singing, or screaming into a microphone, Abby likes to spend her time playing shakuhachi (Japanese flute) and chatting with her cats (French pun intended).

We are proud to announce the 2025 Cosplay Contest and 18+ Skit Contest will be opening applications on January 19th at 12PM PST. They will be open until January 25th at 11:59PM PST. Links will be posted both on the Sakura-con website and via social media posts.

Please review the updated rules for both events at the link below:

Cosplay Contest

Skit Contest 18+

Sakura-Con is thrilled to welcome back the Dreamland Maid Cafe! 

Dreamland Maid Café is the USA’s largest travelling Maid Café! 
Guests can expect to experience the most authentic Maid Café experience outside of Japan with immersive table-side entertainment, dazzling dance performances, one-of-a-kind photo opportunities, and super-cute food and drink!

Stay tuned to our social media to see when bookings will open.

Most known for voicing Gyutaro (the Upper Six demon) in Demon Slayer, Sir Nighteye in my Hero Academia, Mafuyu in Given, Alear in Fire Emblem: Engage, Finral Roulacase in Black Clover, Gen in Dr. Stone, and Lawrence Bluewer in Black Butler: Public School Arc, Brandon McInnis is an LA-based voice actor, singer, and translator with over 150 roles in anime and video games, and a prolific TikTok account (>600k followers).
Having collaborated musically with content creators such as AmaLee and Jonathan Young, he regularly posts both cover songs and originals on YouTube (https://youtube.com/branmci) and Spotify (https://ffm.bio/branmci) including EPs of music originally from the anime Given and the Kingdom Hearts franchise.

Other notable roles include Yuta in SSSS.Gridman, Milo in Sabikui Bisco, Astolfo in The Case Study of Vanitas, Kenshiro Daimon in ODDTAXI, Samon Goku in Nanbaka, Sonosuke Izayoi in Danganronpa 3, Ares in Banished from the Hero’s Party, Mangod (Hitogami) in Mushoku Tensei, Yūichirō Kurono (Uncle Reaper) in Fire Force, Xane in Fire Emblem Heroes, Featherlight in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, Patrick Phelps in Black Butler, Ganos in Dragon Ball Super, Iketeru in Life Lessons with Uramichi-Oniisan, Edward of Westminster in Requiem of the Rose King, Hirano in Sasaki and Miyano, Saku in ACTORS: Song Connection, Selen in Show By Rock!!, Yuta in Stars Align, Kanata in Ensemble Stars!, Shu Bi in Back Arrow, Al Lyon in Appare-Ranman!, Leonardo in The Gymnastics Samurai, Tsubasa (Kashiwagi’s Boyfriend) in Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Dellinger in One Piece, Makoto Teruhashi in The Disastrous Life of Saiki K, Count St. Germain in Code: Realize, Keita Amano in Gamers, and many more.

Previously a software engineer, McInnis also holds a degree in Japanese and lived in Tokyo working as a translator. Having interpreted for a variety of CEOs, musicians, and manga artists, one of his most cherished professional experiences has been to do so on several occasions for Nobuo Uematsu, the famed Final Fantasy composer. McInnis can be found by his handle of @branmci on a variety of platforms including Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and Twitch.

Always wanted to be in a Fashion show?
Well here’s your chance!!!!
h.NAOTO Tokyo Fashion is holding an open call for models.
Selected applicants will model in the h.NAOTO Tokyo Fashion shows held Saturday 4/19/25.

To enter, please send an email to
fashion@jhouserock.com with the following:

• Two Photos (One headshot, One full body)
• Measurements (height, weight, bust/hip/waist)
• A brief statement telling why you want to be a part of the fashion event
• All applications must be submitted by Monday March 31, 2025

All applicants must be convention attendees to be eligible.