Sure, it's fun to get dressed up in costume and run around as your favorite characters. But it's even more fun to participate in a game show while you're doing it! Back by popular demand, MangaNEXT is proud to present Cosplay Dating Game and Human Chess!

See the Cosplay Dating Game and the Cosplay Human Chess page for more details and to sign up!

Artists, do you have a great idea that you'd love to sell? Posters or postcards, buttons or baubles, cat ears, cover art or cosplays? This is the place to be; the MangaNEXT Artist Alley is now taking applicants! Use your passion for art to make some money and have fun at the con. Here, you'll be able to show off your talents. Sign up is now available. Please go to our Artist Alley Registration page for more information.

Cosplayers, do you want to strut your stuff and show off how good you look in your cosplays? Then sign up for the Akihabara Cosplay Runway Show! There will be plenty of cameras, so strike a pose, show your metal, or just act darn cute, the camera will love you! Sign up is now available. Please go to our Akihabara Cosplay Runway page for more information.

MangaNEXT is proud to bring you an evening of Cosplay, Cabaret style! Join us for an evening of singing, dancing, comedy and drama, all presented to you by your fellow fans, dressed up as your favorite characters. A cabaret is a non-competitive variety show. No awards. No judging. No hassles of a Masquerade – Just you entertaining your fellow fans with cosplay! Sound like fun? Be a part of it! The idea is to cosplay to the max while entertaining the audience. Got a skit idea that's too long for a masquerade entry? Got one you'd like to do again?