Status Active Country Canada Attendance 7,995 in 2016 | Location(s) Calgary, Alberta Inaugurated 1999 Venue Telus Convention Centre | |
Organized by Otafest Film & Cultural Festival Planning Committee | ||
Otafest weekend
Otafest is an annual anime convention held in early-July (previously held in June, September, and May), at the University of Calgary, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The first Otafest was held 1999 and has expanded each year, including a move in 2009 to include a mini-convention called Otafest Lite, which was replaced in 2012 with Otafest Aurora. At the closing ceremonies in 2015, it was announced that Otafest would be moving to the Telus Convention Centre for Otafest 2016 with a new date, July 1-3. As of May 2015, it is the largest anime convention in Western Canada.
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Otafest is a Calgary based nonprofit organization expressing the values of charity, quality, and transparency. The body of their activity pertains to the promotion of Japanese art, culture, and media in the Canadian community, and the organization rests firmly on the spirit of community collaboration and volunteerism.