SHOW HOURS:
Exhibit Hall Hours:
Friday: 1:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Saturday: 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Sunday: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Programming Hours:
Friday: 12:00 PM – 2:00 AM
Saturday: 9:00 AM – 2:00 AM
Sunday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Registration Hours:
Friday: 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Saturday: 8:45 AM – 7:00 PM
Sunday: 8:45 AM – 5:00 PM
MARAI MAID CAFE
Tickets Here! – AVAILABLE ALL 3 DAYS
Marai Maid Cafe welcomes you! While their master is unfortunately away and attending business but has left his maids to take care of you with delicious treats and yummy drinks. Marai Maid Cafe hopes you enjoy our special performance dedicated to you, the guests, and hopes it brings you happiness for the rest of your day!
Schedule
*Schedule subject to change.
**Panels marked 18+ require an 18+ wristband which can be acquired at Registration.
Friday
Panel Room 1 (Florida 1&2)
12:00 PM – Social Media for Cosplay
1:00 PM – How Anime Has Moved Its Way Into Sporting Events
2:00 PM – Pokémon Trainers Unite
3:00 PM – Dungeons & Speed Dating (18+)
6:30 PM – Making Friends at a Con
8:30 PM – Dylan’s Drink and Draw: Anime Edition (18+)
Panel Room 2 (Florida 5)
5:00 PM – Anime Music Video Exhibition Screening
7:00 PM – Anime TV Bingo!
8:00 PM – Best Ecchi Anime Openings from 1980’s-Current (18+)
9:30 PM – Dumpster Fire Chat (18+)
11:00 PM – Hentai Voice Over (18+)
Main Stage (Florida 4)
12:00 PM – Idol Live – Auracle Concert
2:00 PM – My Hero Academia Q&A with Elizabeth Maxwell and Jason Liebrecht, Anairis Quinones
3:00 PM – Yu-Gi-Oh! Q&A with Eric Stuart and Dan Green
4:00 PM – Q&A with Stereo Dive Foundation
8:30 PM – TINF Presents: The Sugoi Expo Nerdlesque Kickback (18+)
11:30 PM – Cosplay Karaoke!
Saturday
Panel Room 1 (Florida 1&2)
11:00 AM – Posing in Cosplay
12:00 PM – Jazz, Joints and Gyration – Anime Intros
1:00 PM – Kawaii Culture
2:00 PM – Go Bleach Your Roots Creep! A 30th Anniversary Celebration of DiC’s Sailor Moon
3:00 PM – Real Life Social Difficulties Reflected in Anime
4:00 PM – OC fest: Making Good Original Characters Great
5:00 PM – Sonic the Hedgehog Sing-Along
6:30 PM – The Geek Chic Nerdlesque Movement Workshop (18+)
9:00 PM – OC fest: Making Good Original Characters Great (18+)
10:00 PM – Real Life Social Difficulties Reflected in Anime After Dark (18+)
11:00 PM – Why We Love the Bad Boys of Anime (18+)
Panel Room 2 (Florida 5)
9:00 AM – Anime Music Video Exhibition Re-Screening
1:30 PM – Music in Anime Op’s and Outros: The World’s Greatest Anime Songs
5:30 PM – Cooking Live! Food from the World of Persona
7:00 PM – Anime vs Emo
Main Stage (Florida 4)
1:00 PM – Pokemon Q&A with Eric Stuart, Dan Green, and Lisa Ortiz
2:00 PM – Dandadan Q&A with AJ Beckles, and Anairis Quinones
3:30 PM – The Official Sugoi Expo Cosplay Masquerade
8:00 PM – Asaka & Stereo Dive Foundation Concert
11:30 PM – RAVE!
Special Events
11:00 AM – 3:00 PM – Official End of Summer Cosplay Pool Party! at the Hotel Pool
OFFICIAL END OF SUMMER COSPLAY POOL PARTY
Hosted by Mikal Mosley
It’s the Sugoi Expo Beach Episode! Bring those swimsuits and summertime inspired cosplays to the hotel pool from 11AM to 3PM on Saturday, September 20th!
SUNDAY
Panel Room 1 (Florida 1&2)
12:00 AM – So You Wish You Had a Monster Girl Waifu (18+)
1:00 AM – Creating Your Own Eroge Visual Novel (18+)
10:00 AM – Pokémon Gotta Collect Em’ All
11:00 AM – 3D Animation in MikuMikuDance for Beginners
12:00 PM – Creating Your Own Visual Novel
1:00 PM – Cosplay Figure Drawing Workshop
2:00 PM – Odd Sonic Singalong
Panel Room 2 (Florida 5)
11:00 AM – I Write Pop Culture Cookbooks: AMA
1:30 PM – Asaka x Stereo Dive Foundation Special Collaboration Event (Separate Ticket Required!)
Main Stage (Florida 4)
10:30 AM – Demon Slayer Q&A with Ryan Bartley
11:30 AM – Q&A with Asaka
12:30 PM – Sonic the Hedgehog Reunion Q&A with Pete Capella, Lisa Ortiz, Colleen O’Shaughnessey, Dave B. Mitchell, Kirk Thornton, Mike Pollock, Dan Green, and Ryan Bartley
3:00 PM – The Official Sugoi Expo Early Halloween Costume Contest
