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Aki Con anime convention brings characters to SeaTac

Originally published January 5, 2019 at 5:26 pmUpdated January 12, 2019 at 6:37 pm

Who is that masked man, 2-year-old Adam Croy must be wondering as Thom Schessler looks in on the child at Aki Con in SeaTac on Saturday. Batman is not an anime character, but Schessler found the post-Halloween sale of it for $15 too good to pass up. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Hold that elevator for one more as Meagan Gilbert in her Pikachu anime costume takes up the center at the Aki Con convention at the SeaTac DoubleTree Hotel. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Why would the designer of the Pikachu anime character costume put the zipper in the back? Meagan Gilbert of Kirkland closes the gap. Inside she says “it’s a little toasty” at the Aki Con convention in SeaTac on Saturday. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Wearing their own homemade original costumes, Sprinkles C Huskers and Sugar Cloud (Amy Mathwig) take a break outside the SeaTac DoubleTree Hotel to cool off, as it’s warm inside those outfits.
Sprinkles C Huskers, from Tacoma, and Mathwig, from Federal Way are at the Aki Con convention at the SeaTac DoubleTree Hotel. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Mel Anderson, a Ph.D. candidate in mechanical engineering at the University of Washington, sews her original stuffed creatures, this one a rabbit, at the Aki Con convention at the SeaTac DoubleTree Hotel Saturday. They’re called “Mel’s Critters.” (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Meagan Gilbert as a Pikachu anime character has to take it slowly on the stairs at the SeaTac DoubleTree Hotel as the costume restricts her ability to see. It’s also toasty inside. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Thom Schessler as Batman at Aki Con in SeaTac sits in on a seminar on making your own costume parts. Batman is not an anime character, but Schessler could not pass up the post-Halloween sale of $15. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Costumed shoppers at the Aki Con anime convention at the SeaTac DoubleTree Hotel make their way through vendor booths. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Nathan Pickett in his ninja costume waits for a demonstration of Japanese swordsmanship on the main stage at the Aki Con anime convention to begin. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

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The anime convention at the SeaTac DoubleTree continues Sunday. It's Aki Con's 11th.

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