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Friday
, May 15
Acadia AB
10:00am •
Gunpla Hangar
1:00pm •
Annual Gundam Spelling Bee
3:00pm •
Gunpla 101
5:00pm •
Keep Building and Nobody Explodes! (into Nubs)
Exhibitor Hall
10:00am •
Joshua Waters @ Autograph Corner
10:00am •
Alejandro Saab @ Autograph Corner
10:00am •
Howard Wang @ Autograph Corner
10:00am •
Kira Buckland @ Autograph Corner
10:00am •
Exhibitor Hall
1:30pm •
Howard Wang @ Autograph Corner
1:30pm •
Miura Ayme feat. Miko @ Autograph Corner
1:30pm •
Joshua Waters @ Autograph Corner
1:30pm •
Bryson Baugus @ Autograph Corner
1:30pm •
Alejandro Saab @ Autograph Corner
3:30pm •
Lia - ADDT'L TICKET REQUIRED @ Autograph Corner
3:30pm •
Joshua Waters @ Autograph Corner
3:30pm •
Kira Buckland @ Autograph Corner
3:30pm •
Kyle McCarley @ Autograph Corner
4:30pm •
Howard Wang @ Autograph Corner
4:30pm •
Bryson Baugus @ Autograph Corner
6:00pm •
Alejandro Saab @ Autograph Corner
Exhibitor Hall Pre-function
9:00am •
Sketch Drive
Glen 201 - 203
12:00pm •
Zapp's Spaceship of Love: Great Big Nerd Debate!
1:30pm •
The 404s Present: IMPROV ME SEMPAI - A 404-Gotten Realms D&D Adventure
3:00pm •
Wheel of Anime
5:00pm •
Change the Game (Again!) - Game Changer in Cosplay
10:00pm •
Hoyo After Dark
Glen 204
10:00am •
Cosplay on a Dime
11:30am •
Cosplay Contests for Total Newbs
1:00pm •
Transformers in Japan: Beast Wars T(w)o!
2:30pm •
What The TWITCH?!
4:00pm •
A Jock's Analysis of Sports Anime
5:30pm •
How to Start in Remote Voice Acting with Joshua Waters
7:00pm •
Creating Digital or Traditional Manga 101
9:00pm •
Anime Pictionary
11:00pm •
OK Weeaboomer: A Retrospective of Retro Anime
Glen 205
10:00am •
Monster Hunter Lore & Theorycrafting!
11:30am •
The Art History of Manga
1:30pm •
How to Draw Manga: From Panels to Characters
3:00pm •
Pokémon Stuffie Stitching
5:30pm •
Two Rooms and a Boom: Over 9000 Edition
7:00pm •
Getting Started in Voice Acting
8:30pm •
Corsets, Curses, and Candlelight
10:00pm •
Otafest Karaoke Room
Glen 206
10:30am •
Doodling and Dialogue: Bryson Baugus Q&A
12:00pm •
The Wig Panel
1:30pm •
Kira and Kyle talk NieR!
3:00pm •
From Blades to Blessings: Behind the Voice with Howard Wang
4:30pm •
CyYu Tech Support! A Q&A w/ CyYuVtuber aka Alejandro Saab
6:30pm •
Lia Panel
8:00pm •
Digimon Smash or Pass With Otafest Crew
9:30pm •
Makeup Basics
11:00pm •
Rate and Roast Your Anime "Hear Me Outs"
Glen 208 / 209
10:00am •
Fancy Stitching: A Beginner's Guide to Embroidery
11:30am •
Worldbuilding 101
1:30pm •
The Ota Factor: Otafest Singing Contest Preliminaries
5:00pm •
PorcelainMaid Vtuber Q&A
6:30pm •
The 404s Present: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY - An 18+ Comedy "Advice" Panel
8:00pm •
Papamutt Vtuber Q&A
11:00pm •
AO3 Stats: Guess That Fandom
Hillhurst
10:00am •
Gunpla Hangar - Showcase
Ideation 1
11:00am •
Idol Festival Check In
2:30pm •
Cosplay Showcase Registration and Judging
6:00pm •
Cosplay Showcase Awards
Ideation 2 / 3
10:00am •
Manga Library
Ideation 4
11:00am •
Cosplay Repair Station presented by The Costume Shoppe
Kensington ABCD
10:00am •
Pokémon League
Macleod A1 - A4 (Console Gaming)
12:00pm •
Kirby Air Riders Tournament
3:00pm •
Kirby Air Riders Tournament
6:00pm •
Kirby Air Riders Tournament
Macleod A1 - A4 (Stage)
10:00am •
Endless ERA Presents:GAS GAS GAS Day 1
11:30am •
Earn Tickets with Button Masher
12:00pm •
Dance Dance for Extra Life
1:00pm •
For Fun Splatoon 3 Tournament
3:00pm •
Amiibo Tournament!
4:30pm •
Otafest Beyblade X Grand Tournament
6:00pm •
Kirby Air Riders Tournament Stream
Macleod E1
11:00am •
AMV Showcase
2:30pm •
AMVs Are Trying to Sell Us Stuff
4:00pm •
Past AMV Contest Coordinators Favourites
6:00pm •
Experimental AMV Overload
7:00pm •
Hollywood in Your Basement! Using Special Effects in AMVs
8:30pm •
Paranoid Androids, Creeps & Weird Fishes: Radiohead AMVs
10:00pm •
Evangelion AMVs
Macleod E2
1:00pm •
And Yet the Town Moves
3:00pm •
Loner Life in Another World
5:30pm •
I Parry Everything
7:30pm •
Dororo
Macleod E3
1:00pm •
Hand Maid May
3:30pm •
My Instant Death Ability is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me!
5:30pm •
2.5 Dimensional Seduction
8:00pm •
Watamote
Macleod E4
1:30pm •
Otaku Elf
3:30pm •
Flower and Asura
6:00pm •
Chained Soldier
8:00pm •
Elfen Lied
Macleod Pre-function
8:00am •
Admissions
Main Events
12:00pm •
Opening Ceremonies
2:00pm •
Idol Festival
7:00pm •
Miura Ayme feat. Miko
8:30pm •
Otafest Drag Spectacular
10:00pm •
Otafest AMPLIFIED: The Rave with DJ Advanced Ratio and Mayonazy
Rooftop Patio
10:00am •
Obey Me! Cosplay Meetup
11:00am •
Umamusume Cosplay Meetup
1:30pm •
Jujutsu Kaisen Cosplay Meetup
2:30pm •
Nicktoons Cosplay Meetup
3:00pm •
Undertale / Deltarune Cosplay Meetup
4:00pm •
IDOLiSH7 Cosplay Meetup
4:30pm •
One Piece Cosplay Meetup
6:00pm •
Yosoca - Yosakoi Soran Dance Performance
Sunalta ABC
10:00am •
Learn to Play Card Games
10:00am •
Free Play Card and Board Games
4:00pm •
Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournament
Telus 101 / 102
10:00am •
VOCA/SEKAI: Random Play Dance
11:30am •
Just Dance!!
1:00pm •
Indigenous Identity & Cosplay | Kristicles edition
2:30pm •
K-Pop Games
4:00pm •
How We Became Content Creators ft. Chadimus
6:00pm •
Anime Name Game
8:00pm •
The Price is Right: Otafest Edition
9:30pm •
Of Monsters And Men 2 Deeper Desires
11:00pm •
Guess that Anime ~HELL MODE~ IV: The Journey Home
Telus 103
10:00am •
More Than Music: Sound Effects and VO In AMVs
11:30am •
Pokémon Pocket Tournament
2:00pm •
Just Do It: A Panel on Panels
3:30pm •
Pokémon Um, Actually
5:00pm •
Cosplay How?!
6:30pm •
Cosplay DIY & Upcycling
8:30pm •
Anime Fibbage
10:30pm •
What is ALIEN STAGE?
Telus 104 - 106
6:00pm •
Maid & Butler Café: Delinquent Delight
Telus 110
11:00am •
CONbini
The Gallery
10:00am •
Concession Room
1:30pm •
Badge Ribbon Swap!
5:30pm •
Badge Ribbon Swap!
The Studio
10:00am •
MRU Massage Room
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