We're Zero & Cat, a couple from San Diego who like going to conventions, cosplaying, and staying busy. We both have Cystic Fibrosis and have had double-lung transplants, but we don't let that get in our way.

Zero is a web developer, avid toy collector, and community lead on the Transformers TCG Continuation, while Cat is an artist with a strong passion for cats, Nintendo games, and all things cute.

Growing up here Southern California, San Diego Comic-Con was both of our first conventions, back in the days when you could just casually decide to go down there and buy a ticket. Zero started attending conventions in the mid '90s, and Cat in the mid 2000s. We started doing conventions together and cosplaying in 2014, and have been staffing conventions since.

Between the two of us we've attended and/or staffed:

• San Diego Comic-Con
• AnimeExpo
• BlizzCon
• FanimeCon
• LA ComicCon (formerly Stan Lee's LA Comic Con formerly Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo formerly Comikaze Expo)
• Anime Los Angeles
• TFCon
• Long Beach Comic Con & Long Beach Comic Expo
• AnimeCalifornia
• Pacific Media Expo
• HentaiCon
• HanadokiCon
• PAX Unplugged
• TitanCon
• Fangaea
• San Diego Anime Con

...and probably more that we're forgetting about.

Most of what we do at conventions is run game shows, with Jeopardy being our most popular. We also run a number of other games such as Charades, Cosplay Chess, Chopped, Pictionary, Debates, Scavenger Hunt, and more. We've also assisted in the designing & running multiple escape rooms, as well assisted with an AMV contest.

Hentai Matsuri 2024 June 14 to June 15 in Handlery Hotel in Mission Valley, California
We're going to be at Hentai Matsuri, staying at the hotel there so we can attend both Friday & Saturday. Further announcements to come!

Scream Diego 2024 October 12, 2024 in Sheraton Mission Valley, California


AniPop 2024 October 13, 2024 in Sheraton Mission Valley, California


San Diego Anime Con 2024 November 15 to November 16 in Legacy Resort Hotel Mission Valley, California
Details coming!

Fangaea was this past weekend. It's nice that it's a one-day con, so we didn't need to drop a couple hundred on a hotel. Artist Alley had a lot of cute things that Cat was really into, and she got a Pikachu plush Plorb and a cute little plush chicken. The Vendor Hall however was a bit less exciting. It still had some interesting things, but nothing that really grabbed either of us. We were a bit surprised that there wasn't really any action figures or Transformers, but that also means Z got to save some money.

Our panel wasn't until 9PM, but we arrived shortly after noon because we were worried about parking. A longer walk from car-to-con would have been hard, especially since we had to make a few trips to the card. As such, we spent a lot of time sitting in on other panels. San Diego Sabers, a local Star Wars-influenced martial arts group, was definitely the highlight. Martial art demonstrations are one of the kind of panels that really never get old, since they're never entirely the same. Following that we were going to go to the masquerade, but it instantly filled up. We stood in line, maybe 15~ people from the door, but when they opened people kind of just rushed in, "lines" were largely ignored. Plus, after 45 minutes we didn't have the energy to really "rush" any where. Instead we used the time for an early dinner, and relaxed in the car for a while eating. Afterward, we went back and watched the Kids WB Retrospective panel. The guy hosting it, Daniel, did a great job and kept a good pace. It never slowed down or felt like a pure information dump.

Then we got ready for Pop Culture Jeopardy. To be completely honest, going into the convention we were worried about our 9PM time slot. Most attendees tend to leave after the masquerade/cosplay contest, and by 9PM we were literally the only panel left. This concern grew even larger as the Kids WB panel ended and most people started to leave. However, to our pleasant surprise, by the time we were done setting up the room had filled up some. We were even able to get three games in before closing up, with tech coming in right as we finished to clear out.

Overall it was a fun time. Great attendees, friendly staff. We'll be there next year, and maybe the change of venue will allow for some more panels!

We're going to be host Pop Culture Jeopardy at Fangaea this coming Saturday! We go up at 9PM and close the show out. Fangaea's a fun local con, so if you're in the area be sure to stop by and join us!

We'll be hosting Jeopardy at L.A. Comic Con this year. It'll be our first time hosting a game at LACC so we're really excited! We'll hopefully have some new cosplays ready for then too.

We went to Fangea back in April and enjoyed it, but we were only there as attendees. Next week we'll be at San Diego Anime Con, and it'll be our first time running a panel since the pandemic! We're super excited, so if you're in the San Diego area, be sure to come check the con out!


In addition to that, we will ALSO be at L.A. Comic Con running Pop Jeopardy! That'll be on December 3rd at the Los Angeles Convention Center. We're planning to cosplay as Princess Peach and Bowser, so if you see us say hi.

UCSD Health, where we both had our transplants, recently did a short interview with us in dual-celebration of Valentine's Day and National Donor Day. You can read it on the UC San Diego Health Facebook post.

Just because we're in quarantine doesn't mean we're not doing conventions!


Discord and a microphone will be required.

We hate to say it, but our trip to Japan this year has been canceled.

We've been following the covid-19 outbreak closely. On Wednesday last week the CDC raised Japan's travel notice to level 2 (use extra caution). We knew there'd be some risk, but everything in life has risks, so we were still going to go and just be very careful.

On Monday, the CDC raised the travel notice for South Korea to level 3 (do not travel). Coupled with the issues stemming from the Diamond Princess cruise ship that was docked in Japan, we're pretty sure Japan would have ended up becoming level 3 while we were there.

It's disappointing to say the least, especially because we have NOTHING else going on for the next month & half (since we were going to be there). Also bummed out that we're going to miss the Evangelion-themed Second Impact onsen and the Type-Moon museum, both of which end next month.

Some silver lining, we won't be exhausted at WonderCon in April, where it'll be our first time running a certain panel there (we can't say what panel, but it's easy to guess). Even though Japan is canceled for this year, we now have even more time to save up to go there next year. Probably around the same time too, so we can there for the entirety of sakura season.

We've had a busy few months! Family vacation in Seattle, going to Philly for PAX Unplugged, birthdays, Christmas, then our anniversary and ALA. It doesn't stop there either, as we're getting married in in just two days!

PAX Unplugged was a very different convention than we're used to, but it was fun. We were primarily there for Zero to compete in the Transformers TCG big world championship, the Energon Invitational. Zero didn't do too well in the tournament, but it was still a great experience. Not that he'll likely ever see this, but shoutout to Vangelus for the good games and conversations!

This past weekend was Anime Los Angeles 16, and what a great weekend it was! Our panel turn out was great, so before we go into details, a big "thank you" to everyone who came out and participated!

We opened the con with a two hour block Anime Jeopardy on Thursday (ALA is a four day con). The only other time we'd done that long was at TFcon LA back in March, but we were ready with a bunch of new clues. We managed to get five rounds in, and everything went really smoothly.

Friday we had both Pictionary and Charades. It took a little poking and prodding the audience to help get them over their nerves of coming up in front of the crowd, but they all seemed to enjoy it and we had a lot of laughs. We have a bunch of ideas for new cards, so expect some great ones next time.

Saturday was the return of Anime Jeopardy. Yup, another two hour block! This time our good friends Jeremy & Dominque were there with us, and we're lucky they were. Somehow between Thursday's Jeopardy block and Saturday's our buzzer system broke. We did come prepared with backup buzzers, but they were back at the hotel room. Jeremy & Dom ran over to get them for us, and then stayed to be our judges on who buzzed in first. We can't thank them for their help! With that big hiccup taken care of, we managed to start right on time and had a great set of games. Four hours of Jeopardy at one convention, and we handled it with flying colors!

Sunday was perhaps the biggest surprise for us, and a great way to end the convention. We've ran Anime Chopped at a few conventions now, and while it's always been fun, it often ends up just being us in a small room with a four or five attendees trying to make each other laugh. ALA though, the attendees never cease to amaze us. We had well over 20 people at 3:00 Sunday, when most cons would be totally dead. The two teams were on fire too, and came up with some great anime pitches. It was by the far the best game of Anime Chopped we've ever had, and the perfect example of how we thought the game would work when we first came up with. An extra special thank you to any one who came out and participated in it.

We didn't go in with much cosplay this year, with just Cat going as ZeroTwo on Friday & Saturday. We plan to have some new stuff ready for the next con though. We didn't go too crazy shopping either, what with our Japan trip right around the corner. Still, you can see the few things we picked up in the pics below.

We love ALA, and this was probably our best year yet. Can't wait until ALA 17 in 2021! In the mean time, we have AnimeConji in May and AnimeCalifornia in August. Or at least, we assume so; neither con has officially announced 2020 dates, but if we're going off past years that'll be around the time. We're also heavily considering going up to TFcon Toronto in July.

As always, if you want to see us at a convention let us know, but more importantly, let the convention know too!

We have our ALA schedule! ALA is a four day convention, and we're hosting a panel each day (two on Friday even)! All our panels are in the same room, too: Room 200C (LP2) in the Ontario Convention Center.
Thursday 7:00-9:00 PM: Anime Jeopardy
Friday 12:45-1:45 PM: Anime Pictionary
Friday 4:30-5:30 PM: Anime Charades
Saturday 3:30-5:30 PM: Anime Jeopardy (again!)
Sunday 3:00-4:00 PM: Anime Chopped

Come by, say hi, and play some games with us!