For 2012, we're staying in Roskilde and are including more focus on artists as well as having lots of fun events to help the convention goers have a great experience at the convention. The convention is hosted by the charitable union, Genkai, based in Denmark, which every year donates all their net income (i.e. that which is left over after all expenses have been paid off) to charity.

Our mascots, Ping and Pong!

We met these guys a few days after we started planning for Genki 2009. Apparently, Ping wanted to be part of our convention, but had no real talent for anything. One thing she -is- though, is cute, so we thought we would use that and let her be the mascot. Who is this Pong then? Well, Ping found Pong in a trash can one day. Apparently, someone threw out this wondrous sock puppet that has a life all of his own.

Ping & Pong work as a symbiotic pair most of the time. Pong is definitely the brains of the operation, even though we have no idea how that is possible, since he doesn’t have any “real” brains. Ping loves all things Japanese and Pong is along for the ride; he pretty much reflects part of Ping’s personality and they have a lot of fun together, even though they get into heated arguments about the convention at times.