Anime North (AN) is a not-for-profit, fan-run anime convention, held every year in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its major attractions, activities and events include industry guests, fan-run panel presentations, workshops, video presentations, gaming tournaments, musical performances, dances and cosplay. The show has two shopping areas, an "Artists Alley" for artworks and crafts and a general "Vendors Hall".
Cosplayer outside of the Toronto Congress Centre, 2018.
A view of some booths at the event.
Attendees play tabletop and card games, in a devoted hall.
Anime and manga convention
An anime and manga convention is a fan convention with a primary focus on anime, manga and Japanese culture. Anime conventions are commonly multi-day events hosted at convention centers, hotels or college campuses. They feature a wide variety of activities and panels, with a larger number of attendees participating in cosplay than most other types of fan conventions. Anime conventions are also used as a vehicle for industry, in which studios, distributors, and publishers represent their anime related releases. They also take place in multiple different countries, such as Japan, South Korea, China, India, Indonesia, the United States, Canada, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
Outside the convention hall at Anime Expo, an anime convention held in Los Angeles, United States
Comic Frontier, an anime convention held in Jakarta, Indonesia
Cosplays of Konoe and Miyabi (from Kono Naka ni Hitori, Imōto ga Iru!) at Tracon 2012 in Tampere, Finland
Bilibili World 2018, an anime convention held in Shanghai, China