Install
Please confirm you are human
This browser or connection looks automated. Press and continuously hold the control for 3 seconds to enable Google-hosted web results and, when separately allowed, AI-assisted answers.
A successful check enables 100 search requests. Interactive access does not authorize scraping, systematic collection, or reuse of search output.
News
Costumes and??? politics: why Anime is taking off across Africa
1+ week, 5+ day ago (12+ words) Costumes and … politics: why Anime is taking off across Africa The Times...
PHOTOS: Glimpses of colourful Kenyan cosplayers at the Otamatsuri convention in Nairobi
3+ week, 6+ hour ago (282+ words) Updated On: 24 August, 2026 12:45 PM IST | Nascimento Pinto Amid the craze for Japanese culture, anime, video games and manga around the world, the annual Otamatsuri convention in Nairobi showcases how fans all over the world are embracing it Cosplayer and overall…...
Otaku District at MEFCC Abu Dhabi, 11–13 September
1+ week, 5+ day ago (485+ words) gave the anime queue its own neighbourhood. Middle East Film & Comic Con opens its first Otaku District...
48 hours in pictures, 23 August 2026
3+ week, 1+ day ago (212+ words) Compiled by Michel Bega (For best view, click on image for fullscreen) Activists demonstrate and remember corruption whistleblower Babita Deokaran, 23 August 2026, in Mondeor, Johannesburg, on the fifth anniversary of her murder outside her home. Organised by the Ahmed Kathrada foundation…...
From cardboard to cosplay: Kenya’s anime fans turn creativity into culture
3+ week, 2+ hour ago (514+ words) anime and manga fans gathered in Nairobi for one of Africa’s biggest cosplay conventions, transforming recycled...
AniWeCon 2026 brings anime, gaming, creative communities together in Lagos
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (774+ words) cultural and economic relationships between Japan and Africa’s creative industries. The programme also included...Entertainment Business Council, Oscar Michael of Africa Comicade, Chiemelie Ezeasor of Flocker Records,...
Otamatsuri 2026: Nairobi Set for Samurai, Anime and K-Pop Festival as 5,000 Fans Expected
3+ week, 5+ day ago (381+ words) Nairobi is set to experience a taste of Japan this weekend as Otamatsuri 2026, Kenya’s annual anime, manga and multi-entertainment convention, brings a Japanese samurai and ninja performance troupe, KATANAYA ICHI, to the city for a full day celebrating anime, gaming,…...
R30k in prizes set for Comic Con Africa 2026 cosplay competition - Hypertext
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (227+ words) Expo Centre (formerly Nasrec) to attend Comic Con Africa. As in previous years, one of the major draws will...place on Saturday, 26 September at the Comic Con Africa Main Stage, the Next Gen Squad Cosplay Competition...not a cosplayer, but…...
The Macau Post Daily
1+ week, 6+ day ago (291+ words) The 22nd Macau Comic Festival (MCF22) was held over the weekend at the Macau Tower Convention & Entertainment Centre in Sai Van, bringing together nearly 100 anime and fan organisations from Macau, Hong Kong, and the Chinese mainland for two days of exhibitions, performances…...
Your geek dreams have a home: Inside Abu Dhabi’s MEFCC 2026 and Otaku District
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1108+ words) Comic-Con. It’s next week for the UAE geeks: Middle East Film & Comic Con is here, and we had a chance...