Otakuthon

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Otakuthon
Status	Active
Venue	Concordia University
Location	Montreal, Quebec
Country	Canada
Years in existence	2006 to present
Attendance	est. 1800 in 2006
List of events	Masquerade, Dealer's Alley, Artist Area, Guest of Honor presentations, Gaming (Video and RPG), Panels, Workshops, Video Presentation, Contests, Dance
Official Website

Otakuthon is Quebec's largest, and only anime festival promoting Japanese animation (anime), Japanese graphic novels (manga), related gaming and Japanese pop-culture.^[1] It is held annually in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is a non-profit, fan run anime convention that was intiated by Concordia University's anime club, named "Otaku Anime of Concordia University" (Otaku Anime for short).^[2] Otakuthon strives to be a bilingual (French and English) event, having programming in both languages, as well as the masquerade commentary, and program book each in both official languages.^{[citation needed]}

1 History
- 1.1 Otakuthon 2006
- 1.2 Otakuthon 2007
2 References
3 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Otakuthon 2006

Otakuthon 2006 was held on June 10–11, 2006 at Concordia University. While registration was free, the convention was funded through donations and sponsorships. Attendance reached 1,800.

Guests of Honor included, voice actor Matt Hill, singer Irulanne, artists Joany Dubé-Leblanc, Gisèle Lagacé and Sara E. Mayhew, Christopher Macdonald of Anime News Network, Claude J. Pelletier of Protoculture Addicts, and Emru and Tamu Townsend of FPS Magazine.^[3]

[edit] Otakuthon 2007

This article or section contains information about scheduled or expected future events.
It may contain information of a tentative nature and the content may change dramatically as the event approaches and more information becomes available.

Dates for the second convention, Otakuthon 2007, have been announced as August 4–5, 2007 at Concordia University.^[4]

[edit] References

^ Protoculture at Otakuthon. Protoculture News & Updates (2006-05-30). Retrieved on 2007-02-02.
^ Otakuthon set for Hall Building. Concordia Journal (2006-06-01). Retrieved on 2007-02-02.
^ Otakuthon 2006 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-02.
^ Otakuthon 2007 Information. AnimeCons.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-02.

[edit] External links

Otakuthon official website
Otakuthon 2007 on AnimeCons.com
Angel Thesis Network's Otakuthon 2006 Review

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Anime Conventions in Canada

Anime Evolution (Vancouver) • Animethon (Edmonton) • Otafest (Calgary) • Ai-kon (Winnipeg) • Anime North (Toronto) • Otakuthon (Montreal) • Animaritime (Sackville)