321 MOTHER Fan Event (2009)

A Mother-Con….. It must be done!

…you might not want to call it “mother-con”

that might attract some weirdos

Awww man, they should make a 3 2 1 MOTHER Fan Event for an American audience…. by the way, does this thing take place every 3 years because the last one happened in ’06

@ pooppoop – Good point

PK Con?

I read that article. Who would’ve known the Japanese fans would like the merchandise we made as much as they did?

OH MY GOSH! Utter jealousy at ALL the awesome stuff you acquired! So cool. 😀 Sell it to me. XD

Ninji: It’s a sporatic event, they hold it when they want to. (I still don’t know who “they” refers to, though.) First one was 2006, then 2008, and now 2009. There’s a chance they might not hold another one.

And I felt a little warm inside when you kindly thought of my arms, Tomato. More muscle-snapping than exploding, but that actually happened. 🙁

I’m surprised you don’t have a poll asking if people would attend an event in North American like you did for the 2006 post. I would love to see kit there is still interest.

Feeling… intensely… jealous…

Really wish I could’ve been there. It’d be INCREDIBLE if they opened an American EB con. Would definitely go.

The person behind actually putting the event together is that lady Asakawa-san, Chewy. Natsu’s been telling me about her and how the event came about. I should show you the e-mail. Oh, I’ve also still been e-mailing with Asakawa-san herself.

So yeah, Chewy bought so much stuff, I had to hold some of it for her! She was lucky that I didn’t buy hardly anything so I could help her with her stuff. Worked out well.

“someone with a lot of money and free time”

oh sup giovanni

That tea mug is the most adorable thing in the history of EVER. How do they make so much awesome stuff??

Man, we need to have some sort of convention here in the States. It stinks we have to see all this stuff happen in Japan :/

I’m with you Jeagle101, there SHOULD be a covention like that in the US, and hopefully in NY….

I feel overwhelming jealousy X_X

Hey guys, envy and jealousy is what destroys a man/woman <_<

If anything like that’s gonna happen, you definitely won’t wanna leave Fangamer out of the merchandise stands. (Unless they only do orders…?)
And how long would it go for, I might ask?

Wow! It’s really amazing to see how positively Japanese fans reacted to the American fanmerch and community. It’s always mindblowing to see how something most people deem insignificant, like a videogame, can bring people from different parts of the world together, isn’ it?

A Mother Convention in the US sounds like a neat idea, but since it’s not as widely known in this country, I’m not sure how well it would pan out here. Sorry if I’m a wet blanket.

If I ever win the lottery it’s gonna be on people 🙂

My main question isn’t so much worrying about how many Americans would come (which, don’t get me wrong, is a huge, huge factor), but rather how you could fit enough relevant programming into the schedule to make an American “Mother series only” event worth holding.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but it seems that Japanese fandom conventions are a lot more dealer-based. While American fandom conventions always have a Dealer’s room, they also seem to have a variety of programming. (Noone wants to drive more than 8 hours just to go shop.)

The organizer would have to set the proper funds aside to fly Itoi to the con as the guest of honor.

That’s true, the Japanese convention was basically just people selling blatant copyright infringements at tables. Never been to another convention, but maybe they’re all like that, without as much active events as American conventions. So you’d have to figure out what you’re going to do all day. But I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if a bunch of us manage to put something together in the (far?) future.

Also yes Kyo was my penny-pinching hero. I thank him for not chastising me.

Yeah if a mother convention came here we’d need some active events, probably involving pizza and trash cans.

@WhatsHerFace.. Good point but even ComicCon started out with only a handful of people. Now look at it! Also It’d be great if some of the EB community musicians played some fun MOTHER series music @ a convention like this.

@Xi;Chewy: I have never ever been to a convention which didn’t consist of people selling their own merchandise at booths. I mean, most conventions here are a huge anime/games/merchandise marketplace. Sure, there might be some karaoke or cosplay contest, but nothing more than that :/

Does Itoi know about these events?

321 MOTHER>Starmen.net

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if only i could’ve gone… 🙁 we need to have these kind of events outside of japan. i totally concur

I want that coffee cup!

If they had one in north america, I’d totally make sure to be there!

I mulled over bumping this for a long time but I just had to ask. Does anyone know if there was an M321 event in 2010?

I don’t think so, the page says the last one was in 2009 still.

*sadface*

oh well

I MUST GO IF IT EVAH HAPPENS AGAIN IN THE UNIVERSE!

I agree. Call it PKCon. And please make it this year – I believe the world will end in 2012. Not by superstition, I just have an awful feeling in my gut. Please someone make a PKCon this year… 🙁

If this ever happens again I’m going in full Giegue costume complete with Starmen bodyguards.

PK CONVENTION!!!!

Excitement went up by 1,000,000!