What is "otakuthon"

Otakuthon is Quebec's largest anime convention promoting Japanese animation ( anime), Japanese graphic novels ( manga), related gaming and Japanese pop-culture ( music, cinema, television). It is held annually for 3 days in downtown Montreal during a weekend in the summer months. It is a non-profit, fan-run anime convention that was initiated by Concordia University's anime club, named Otaku Anime of Concordia University (Otaku Anime for short). The name "Otakuthon" is a portmanteau of the Japanese word " otaku" and " marathon". Otakuthon strives to be a bilingual ( French and English) event, having programming, the masquerade, and the program book in both official languages. The first edition of Otakuthon was held in 2006 in mid June, but later moved to early-mid August / late July from 2007 onward. The most recent convention, Otakuthon 2016, was held on August 5-7, 2016 at the Palais des congrès de Montréal. The convention is the 10th largest North American anime convention as of 2015.