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Emily Temple cute is an expression of everlasting cuteness in original styles. Founded in 1999, this iconic Japanese Lolita brand has a charmingly quirky style that ranges from retro fun to timeless chic.

Melody BasKet, a sister brand to Emily Temple cute founded in 2018, is a Japanese Lolita fashion brand born from a fairy tale. Enjoy the world of its story, expressed through a mix of fairytale, girly, and nostalgic tastes.

Egglien Creations makes Fun Clothes for Fun People! Inspired by Decora and other J-Fashion styles, they create size inclusive and sensory friendly clothing for all on their mission to make the world a brighter place!

Inspired by himekaji, jirai, and gyaru fashion substyles, Lilia & Lace is an inclusive sized J-fashion brand offering sizes XS-4X. Throwing away the “one size fits all” ideology of so many Japanese style fashion brands, their clothing is designed with naturally form fitting and flattering cuts that stretch with your body, not against it.

Founded by cosplayer Atelier Heidi, Forest Girl Clothing was born from a love of recycled materials and a romanticized vision of spending time in nature. Inspired by the mori kei J-Fashion, these designs will transport you to a fairytale forest you’ll never want to leave.

Lolita Collective is North America’s largest J-fashion store! From their retail store near Kansas City and online store they support over 100 independent Lolita fashion, kawaii and gothic brands. Their mission is J-Fashion BY everyone FOR everybody!

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Shibari artist and instructor Noble Manqué has been teaching the art of Japanese-style rope bondage full time since he established Noble Rope Arts in 2008. His photography and rope suspension performances are known for capturing the emotional facets of shibari. He resides in Portland, Oregon, where he lives with his muse and frequent model and performance partner, Victoria Lovecraft.

Portland, Oregon model Victoria Lovecraft has been exploring her fascination with Japanese-style rope bondage ever since she saw her first shibari performance in 2017. Her dynamic rope suspension performances with shibari artist Noble Manqué display the beauty of the authentic deep connection that is possible between trusting tying partners.

Team Sakuraka is a Seattle-based wotagei team spreading the joy of the Japanese lightstick dance style throughout the Pacific Northwest, their mission is to practice and perform together for the purpose of inspiring themselves and others to strive for their very best.

Beginning with his first voiceover role in the year 2000, it wouldn’t be an overstatement to say that Patrick Seitz has spent the entire third millennium (thus far) voicing himbos, heroes, hoodlums, and horrors of all types across a variety of media.

His anime credits include Franky in One Piece, Endeavor in My Hero Academia, North No. 2 in Pluto, DIO in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Grimmer in Naoki Urasawa’s Monster, Jiren in Dragon Ball Super, Gamagoori in Kill la Kill, Thor in Marvel Future Avengers, Riz in Beastars, Kunikida in Bungo Stray Dogs, Takeda in My Senpai is Annoying, Thorkell in Vinland Saga, Dobu in OddTaxi, Inugami in Kemono Jihen, JP in Redline, Isshin Kurosaki and Kenpachi (2.0) in Bleach, and Dante in Black Clover.

On the gaming side of the equation, you can hear Patrick as Dark Cacao in Cookie Run: Kingdom, Handler Walter in Armored Core VI, Ragna the Bloodedge in BlazBlue, Garrosh Hellscream and Arthas Menethil in World of Warcraft, Artanis in StarCraft, Hector in Fire Emblem Heroes and Fire Emblem Engage, Olberic in Octopath Traveler, Warm Male Voice in The Sims 4, Texas in Them’s Fighting Herds, and Zephyr in Tales of Arise, just to name a few.

Patrick’s pre-lay animation credits include Tygra and Mumm-Ra in ThunderCats Roar, Sandy in Lego Monkie Kid, Scorpion in Mortal Kombat Legends, and various incidentals in the likes of Inside Out, Monsters University, and Storks.

Patrick has directed for many games, including Fire Emblem Awakening, Fire Emblem Three Houses, Fire Emblem Engage, Rune Factory IV, State of Decay, and Scarlet Nexus.  His anime adapting/directing credits include Pluto, Your Lie in April, Anohana, and Aggretsuko.  He’s also adapted the likes of Summer Wars, Wolf Children, Steins;Gate, Romeo x Juliet, Sengoku Basara, and Hellsing: Ultimate, and directed Naoki Urasawa’s Monster, among others.

On the rare occasions Patrick isn’t experiencing what feels like a several-months-long, work-induced fever dream, he can be found napping, reading books, enjoying an espresso tonic, and visiting cat cafés.

Colleen Cosplay is a disabled cosplay YouTuber from the Pacific Northwest with over 10 years of experience creating cosplays. On her channel, Colleen is creating cosplay tutorials, showcasing conventions, and sharing her experiences as a cosplayer with a wheelchair.

Covering the unique intersection between cosplay and disability, she showcases ways to create costumes through adaptive designs and mobility aid decorations. In addition to making cosplays, Colleen also has performance experience through skits and lip-syncs where she explores adaptive dance techniques. Colleen has won awards for cosplay craftsmanship and performance.