Special Episode: Otakuthon 2011

08/24/11 • -1 min

Otakuthon is Montreal's convention for fans of all things related to anime, manga, and similar fun stuff. It is held every August and they recently completed their 6^th annual convention, with as many as 10,000 people attending.Otakuthon features a huge exhibitor's hall, panel discussions, games, music, a dance, a masquerade, and of course, screenings.

We went to Otakuthon and we interviewed participants, exhibitors, and organizers.

Interviewed in this episode

One of many participants who offers free hugs to fellow Otakuthon attendees; just one of the many things that make the experience unique and friendly.

Eric Allard, creator of the Herobot webcomic, which has recently had its first chapter published in print. A more extensive interview with Allard is available in our French podcast, Royale With Cheese.

Dawn, a representative of Costumecon 32, to be held in Toronto in late April or early May of 2014 (the official date is TBA). This is an annual convention that moves from city to city, similar to Worldcon, and which is all about costuming.

Amanda Arrizza, chair of Otakuthon.

Bumpers in this episode

The Gaming Genius Awards: A new awards recognizing excellence in game design, game publishing, game creation, and game enjoyment and covering all aspects of the hobby games industry. The Gaming Genius Awards is an effort of the Gamer's Guild, under sponsorship of Polymancer Studios, Inc..

RPGPodcasts.com: Where you can find many other great game podcasts like this one.

All Games Considered: A great podcast about tabletop roleplaying games and similar hobbies.

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We went to Otakuthon and we interviewed participants, exhibitors, and organizers.

Interviewed in this episode

One of many participants who offers free hugs to fellow Otakuthon attendees; just one of the many things that make the experience unique and friendly.

Eric Allard, creator of the Herobot webcomic, which has recently had its first chapter published in print. A more extensive interview with Allard is available in our French podcast, Royale With Cheese.

Dawn, a representative of Costumecon 32, to be held in Toronto in late April or early May of 2014 (the official date is TBA). This is an annual convention that moves from city to city, similar to Worldcon, and which is all about costuming.

Amanda Arrizza, chair of Otakuthon.

Bumpers in this episode

The Gaming Genius Awards: A new awards recognizing excellence in game design, game publishing, game creation, and game enjoyment and covering all aspects of the hobby games industry. The Gaming Genius Awards is an effort of the Gamer's Guild, under sponsorship of Polymancer Studios, Inc..

RPGPodcasts.com: Where you can find many other great game podcasts like this one.

All Games Considered: A great podcast about tabletop roleplaying games and similar hobbies.

Other links

More interviews from Otakuthon 2011 are available at the site for our French podcast, Royale With Cheese.
Polymancer main site
Polymancer corporate web site
Polymancer on Twitter
Polymancer on LiveJournal
Polymancer on MySpace
Polymancer on Facebook
RSS feed for DiceCast
Subscribe to DiceCast in iTunes

DiceCast is available at the iTunes music store. The RSS feed is http://feeds.feedburner.com/Dicecast.

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