Cosplay Contest
Show off your best anime-inspired fit and enter to win our contest. Whether your look is Kawaii or battle-ready, this is your chance to have a main character moment.
Heroic Quirks
Test your strength against the One For All power of All Might and see how you stack up against quirks related to temperature, gravity, explosions, and more. Win or lose, learning from experience is a part of life.
Frieren’s Apprentices
Utilize your expertise and take on a young apprentice. What would it be like to train a mayfly that only lives 24 hours? Or a tortoise that lives 150 years? Either way, treasure the encounters you have.
Ranma ½
Meet the real-life animals who, just like Ranma Saotome, have their gender determined by the temperature of their environment. Take the plunge to see how long you can last in the icy water.
Face Your Devil with Pochita
Chainsaw Man is all about battling humanity’s natural fears. In this collaborative activity, guests work together to design a devil from their individual fears. Use the heart of Pochita to walk away a little less afraid.
To the Moon Kingdom and Beyond
Adventure into Sailor Moon’s Moon Kingdom and beyond in the Astronomy & Astrophysics Research Lab. Explore amazing “Ali-An” worlds via software based in real astronomical data of our own stars and galaxies—Moon Prism Power, Make Up!
Gotta Dig ‘Em All
From Aerodactyl to Tyrantrum, meet the fossils behind the Pokémon, with the help from our Paleontology team. Who do you choose?
Pokémon Research Lab
Visit the Ant Lab, where we research entomology & insect behavior. We’ll be showcasing the amazing real-life bugs that inspired designs of Pokémon in the hit show, card game, and video game series!
Jiggle Physics
Navigate a short obstacle course while equipped with the features of well-endowed female anime characters. Put on a prosthetic and test your mobility while learning about marvelous mammaries of the animal kingdom.
Path-Oh-Gen! (Dueling Card Game)
Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Duel for your health in this Yu-Gi-Oh! style battle, except it’s not monsters you’re fighting but pathogens. Put your pharmaceutical knowledge to the test.
LGBTQ+ Themes in Anime
LGBT Center of Raleigh
Enter our mystery book giveaways and partake in LGBTQ+ anime themed button making.
Apothecary Diaries
Ethnobotany Lab at NC State
Pick your poison as you explore the mysteries of plants from the series Apothecary Diaries.
Get In The Freaking Robot!
Giant mechs, space colonies, energists, A.T. Fields, exoplanets, and more await in the VisLab—the place where SciTech and Anime fuse to educate you using code, microcontrollers, and 3D printing.