Anime North 2008 will be returning with all your favorite activities, including:

  • Guest Appearances
  • Dealer's Room
  • J-Pop and Moonlight
  • Masquerade dances
  • Costume events including Saturday Night Masquerade
  • Panels and Workshops
  • Yaoi North
  • All day and all night Video Rooms
  • Con Suite
  • Tabletop, CCG, and Video Gaming (including DDR)
  • Go Tournament
  • Plenty More!

This page will be updated closer to the convention.

MASQUERADE/COSPLAY EVENTS

Moonlight Ball - The Moonlight Ball is a relaxing, semi-formal event full of food, frolic, and fun! There will be dancing (medieval and modern), games, contests, and prizes!

Fashion Show - For a third year, the Anime North Fashion will be returning! Please stay tuned for further updates.

Skit Competition - Join us for the Friday Night Skit Competition made for those who love to perform!

Masquerade - Our biggest costume event. Click for info and attending and entering.

CREATIVE CONTESTS

Manga Contest - Enter our 2008 Manga Contest! Winning stories will be published in our first Anime North Doushinji.

Design Contest - Full rules for our 2008 Art Contest. This year fans will get to vote on the finalist, and choose what image they want to see on the AN 2008 t-shirt.

Voodoo Baby Contest - Back for a second year, have your very own Voodoo baby design produced for the world to see! Sponsored by Hairy Tarantula.

Fanfiction Contest - Are you a literary otaku? Do you like to put your favorite characters through paces unseen in canon? Then you’re a candidate to enter the Anime North Fanfiction Contest!

Music Video Competition - Music videos can be submitted for any category. A total of one Competition (Novice or Open) and one Exhibition or Challenge entry per individual entrant will be accepted.

Model Contest - Back again for another year, get ready for a display of creative talent and complexities!

Mechayard Wars - Returning once again our tribute to ingenuity, creativity, recycling and the power of duct tape, this year with a special challenge!

SPECIAL EVENTS

Anime North Pre-Party - Join us at AN's official themed Pre-Party on May 10th!

Friday Night J-Rave - Friday night Dance Event!

Nominoichi - Our wildly popular anime Flea Market returns!

Great Canadian Wrestling - GCW returns to Anime North with more costumed wrestling, featuring DragonBall Z, Death Note's "L", Elmo, and special guest April Hunter!

Saturday Night J-Pop Dance - Saturday night revs up for the ever-popular J-pop Dance Party, featuring your favourite Japanese music - J-pop, J-rock, J-hiphop and everything inbetween!

Café De*lish – Anime North Maid Café - Experience a luxury of service that is unparalleled while you enjoy your choice of beverage and decadent desert.

Anime Roundtable - Join us for the latest opinions on anime news, current events, trends, and of course stuff from Anime North itself.

Saturday Concert - Come and see Noizytoyz perform at the Toronto Congress Center Saturday afternoon!

J Hip-Hop Dance Party - Our Hip-Hop dance event returns to the Renaissance Hotel on Friday night!

Manga Library - Kick back and relax in a place where you can enjoy new manga and a good read.

High Tea with the Guests! - Nab a chance at enjoying high tea with this year's Anime North Guests!

Meet & Greet with the Guests! - Come and welcome our Guests to Anime North with a special Meet & Greet!

GAMING

AN Gaming - Video Gaming, Card Games, Role Playing, DDR, and more!

Game Shows - Take a hand at events such as Family Feud or Jeopardy with an anime twist!