Anime Experience
Experience the love and wonder of anime with countless vendors, cosplayers, and creators.
Music Festival
Enjoy amazing, heart-stopping concert performances, nerdcore music, and dance events.
Cosplay World Crown
Some of the greatest cosplayers will perform on our amazing stages to compete for the Crown title.
Guest Meeting
Meet some of the most creative, influential, and cool people in the anime industry.
Fan-Run Con
Hell, you can run some of these events. Do it. It'll be fun. Go wild. ** Not too wild.
Swordsmanship Demos
See cool demonstrations of Samurai swords and ancient sword-fighting techniques.
A Big Stage
Our Grand Stage is pretty enormous and can support some amazing musical acts.
Fan Experience
Get close to your favorite performers, buy signed merch and get stuff autographed.
Get Autographs
Meet some incredible voice actors from all kinds of anime and video games. Get your program book or badge signed for free.
Costume Competitions
We give cosplayers the chance to win prizes in some great competitions events.
Exhibit Hall
Massive exhibit hall selling everything anime, comic books, sci-fi, gaming, and nerdy.
Gaming Event
Compete in video game tournaments, win prizes, make friends, and show your skills.
Sports Club
See all those sports uniforms? Yes. We've got all kinds of sports represented here.
Overexcited Swordsman
See that guy? That's Samurai Dan. Why does his wife let him play with sharp stuff?
Medieval Hospital
We're so concerned about your health we've got these needles. Get your flu shot here.
Cosplay Meetups
Cosplayers from some of the most popular shows and games will meetup here.
Well Mixed
The audio at our major events is usually mastered by people who know what they're doing.
Great Photographers
Our photographers, like Rick Drew Photography, take amazing photos throughout the event.
Big Celebration
Celebrate all the amazing reasons to be a nerd, be an anime fan, and be at Anime Midwest.
Fairy Party
Cosplay whatever you want. Look, here are some fairies. If only I could fly man. If only.
Butlers and Maids
Treat yourself to AnimeCon.org's maid cafe to get the truest royalty experience.
Playing DDR
Come play DDR until you drop. Okay, don't drop. But you can play for free. No coins needed.
Karaoke
Sing your favorite songs and show off with your friends and have a good time.
Ramen Noodles
We provide you unlimited all you can eat instant ramen. Because we care.
Shoppers
Get a dealer booth or an artist table and sell awesome stuff to this awesome crowd.
Soda Indulgence
Drink way too much soda to stay hyped up all weekend. Then drink water too, please.
You Selected
You being selected for something. We're pointing in the audience to you. Come up.
Mushroom Hunt
A great big mushroom hunt. Find mushrooms to get an extra life. Don't eat purples.
Rising Event
An event that is always rising, pointed up. See, look. Always pointing up.
Wa! Party
Forget Mario, this is more a Wario / Waluigi type of party event.