Animarathon

Animarathon Anime in Northwest Ohio's annual two day convention. Animarathon 2027 will take place on March 20-21 We look forward to seeing you at Animarathon!

Animarathon is a family friendly celebration of Anime, Japanese Media and Nerd Culture at Bowling Green State University, in Bowling Green, Ohio just outside of Toledo, Ohio. Events at Animarathon include panels, cosplay contests, a dealer's room, special guests, tabletop and video games, a charity ball, and much more.

It's back! Cosplay Karaoke at Sweetfish is April 23rd from 6pm-9pm at 526 E. Wooster Street Bowling Green, OH 43402. Sho...
04/03/2026

It's back! Cosplay Karaoke at Sweetfish is April 23rd from 6pm-9pm at 526 E. Wooster Street Bowling Green, OH 43402.

Show up in cosplay for a discount or sing your heart out to earn raffle tickets towards a badge for Animarathon 2027!!!

Another Animarathon has come and gone. We would like to thank everyone who made it possible: staff, special guests, deal...
03/26/2026

Another Animarathon has come and gone. We would like to thank everyone who made it possible: staff, special guests, dealers, photographers, game room, tabletop, our DMs/GMs, maid café, volunteers, and most of all, the attendees! Without all of you, this wouldn't be possible.

We sincerely hope that we'll see you again next year. If you have any feedback for us, good or bad, please fill out our survey found here to tell us what you thought: https://shorturl.at/5d9ig

One winner will be selected from those submissions for a VIP package to Animarathon 2027. Make sure to get yours in before 5/1!

Once again, thank you all for an amazing weekend, and we hope to see you next year!

03/22/2026

On behalf of all of Animarathon, there were a few things we would like to address that occurred over this weekend.��Firstly, we sincerely and deeply apologize to those that would have needed to access the ramp for the Main Events room, and for not having that set up so that you could be on stage. It is absolutely unacceptable and we are looking into why this happened and how we can be better to ensure that everyone is able to enjoy the convention to the fullest extent.
�Also, we understand that a lot of people have gotten tickets that should not have based off of what we have been receiving on social media and what we are being told in person by attendees, rest assured that we are getting to the bottom of this to get as many of these taken care of as we can. ���if you paid and parked with your license plate facing out, have a receipt, and parked in 7B, 7C, 7D, E, F, 3, or 4, please forward your parking ticket information to [email protected] . However if you did not follow these standards, there unfortunately isn’t very much we can do other than do better in being as clear as possible with no room for doubt when it comes to parking, a lot of these changes and tickets are happening very quickly and we are working to remedy them as quickly as possible. ��We appreciate all of you, your patience, and understanding, along with hoping that you all have had an amazing Animarathon experience otherwise.

Make sure to check out all of our fantastic guests at their panels, events, and tables in the Autograph section of the D...
03/21/2026

Make sure to check out all of our fantastic guests at their panels, events, and tables in the Autograph section of the Dealer's Hall! More info on all of our wonderful guests at https://www.animarathon.org/special-guests

Just some reminders before pickups tomorrow and we start getting into the full swing of things:There is NO parking in lo...
03/19/2026

Just some reminders before pickups tomorrow and we start getting into the full swing of things:

There is NO parking in lot 7A at all, the rest of the 7B, 7C, 7D will all be PAID.
However there will be free parking after 7pm on Friday for the weekend in lots E, F, 3 and 4.

Badge pick up will begin at 7:30pm for those that pre-registered ONLY at the registration desk on the 1st floor of the Bowen Thompson Student Union.

We are always looking for volunteers to help us out with our convention! Do you want to help Animarathon run smoothly an...
03/18/2026

We are always looking for volunteers to help us out with our convention! Do you want to help Animarathon run smoothly and keep those gears turning behind the scenes? Sign up to be a volunteer, and you could even earn your admission badge for free this year at our 2026 convention!

Remember, you will need to volunteer a total of 6 hours of your time in order to earn a free Animarathon badge!

Sign up to help out today at this link:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F44A5AA22A6F5C43-57679085-animarathon?fbclid=IwY2xjawPT0RVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFxQ2k0cjJiakRkZDAyaGRBc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHth9l3wGzkMSp830oNRWkTci8WvU6-2SmNIZoNk9uvEETOW7BGN6QfPp3Nvb_aem_f9vfIlPHNqz8UMXEZlSTxg #/

It's back again, our annual Animarathon Raffle! Tickets start at $1 for 1, $5 for 6, or $10 for 13 and will be sold at t...
03/18/2026

It's back again, our annual Animarathon Raffle! Tickets start at $1 for 1, $5 for 6, or $10 for 13 and will be sold at the registration desk from 8am to 6pm on Saturday March 22nd and the winners will be pulled at 8pm near the registration desk. Winner must be present to claim prize. The categories this year are Pokémon, Demon Slayer, Miku, Gacha Games, Comic, Dungeons and Dragons, and Sanrio (Hello Kitty.)

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Bowen-Thompson Student Union
Bowling Green, OH
43403

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