{"id":36504,"date":"2026-07-15T15:47:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T19:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montrealcentreville.ca\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=36504"},"modified":"2026-07-15T15:47:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T19:47:48","slug":"otakuthon-anime-convention-at-palais-des-congres-de-montreal","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/montrealcentreville.ca\/en\/events\/otakuthon-anime-convention-at-palais-des-congres-de-montreal\/","title":{"rendered":"Otakuthon Anime Convention at Palais des congr\u00e8s de Montr\u00e9al"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-section-id=\"7sddn9\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"40\">Montreal&#8217;s Biggest Anime Celebration<span class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"42\" data-end=\"363\">From August 7 to 9, Otakuthon brings thousands of fans to the <a href=\"https:\/\/congresmtl.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palais des congr\u00e8s<\/a> for a <strong>weekend dedicated to anime, manga, video games, and Japanese pop culture<\/strong>. For three days, downtown Montreal comes alive with cosplayers, artists, creators, and fans, creating an atmosphere that&#8217;s as vibrant as it is welcoming.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"zcnm6i\" data-start=\"365\" data-end=\"403\">Three Days of Japanese Pop Culture<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"405\" data-end=\"763\">This year&#8217;s 21st edition is packed with<strong> special guests, fashion shows, workshops, concerts, exhibitions, cosplay competitions, gaming rooms, and activities for all ages<\/strong>. Whether you&#8217;re a lifelong anime fan or simply curious to explore Japanese pop culture, Otakuthon offers an unforgettable weekend filled with creativity, community, and plenty of surprises.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"765\" data-end=\"862\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">For the full schedule, guest lineup, and event details, visit the official Otakuthon website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.otakuthon.com\/2026\/en\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Montreal&#8217;s Biggest Anime Celebration From August 7 to 9, Otakuthon brings thousands of fans to the Palais des congr\u00e8s for a weekend dedicated to anime, manga, video games, and Japanese [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":36502,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","wds_primary_tribe_events_cat":40,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[53,54,56,89],"class_list":["post-36504","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tribe_events_cat-exhibition","tribe_events_cat-music","tribe_events_cat-festival-en","tribe_events_cat-atelier-en","cat_exhibition","cat_music","cat_festival-en","cat_atelier-en"],"acf":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/montrealcentreville.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/36504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/montrealcentreville.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/montrealcentreville.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montrealcentreville.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/montrealcentreville.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/36504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montrealcentreville.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/montrealcentreville.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montrealcentreville.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36504"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montrealcentreville.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=36504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}