On First Day
Jan 7th
Opening Ceremony
After waiting a year for Eko Anime Festival , our hosts reunite with attendees to introduce guests, present exclusive music performances, and give a taste of the interactive experiences you can only get at EAF. Our hosts will take attendees behind-the-scenes, sharing a variety of stories highlighting the many EAF experiences.
Amazing Black Women of Anime (Panel Section)
Meet and chat with a round table of amazing black femme content creators, cosplayers, actors, and hosts in the anime community. Join us as we celebrate the diversity of the anime creative field!
Guess the anime character
Participants selected from the audience will be tested on their Anime Character knowledge. Can you identify Character before your opponent? Walk away with prizes or a rare candy for competing!
Anime Music Quiz! Battle Royale!
Contestants will be pitted against one another through selection of their favorite anime shows and guess the correct show it is from. Unlike a point-based structure, this continues until only one person is remaining.
Coping with Anime. (Panel Section)
Ever thought you were alone through some of the toughest times in your life? Anime can help with various things even allowing you to get over those tough times and move on.
Diversity in Cosplay.(Panel Section)
Everyone can cosplay! Diversity is celebrated in the world of cosplay, as the hobby is meant for anyone to express themselves. Race, skin color, gender and identity - cosplay is for all! This panel will foster a healthy discussion regarding diversity in skin color, identity, and LGBTQIA+
Guilty or Not Guilty.(Panel Section)
There's always characters that are a bit... hated, problematic, morally gray, even murderers. But does that make them a bad person? Come defend their actions or prosecute them at this court styled panel where we will decide if their actions were justified or not.
Cosplay Contest
Creativity is on display as talented creators show off their skills.
Attendees in costume will be competing for the top prizes as well as the coveted Audience Choice award. Following the costume entries, cosplayers will compete by performing Cosplay skits.
Voice Acting Contest
Experience the excitement as we crown 2 Ultimate VO Survivors. An electrifying all new, Voice over competition that celebrates Nigerian Culture. Categories include: Commercial/Promo, Narration/Docu/Audio book, Animation/Video Games
Food Eating Contest
Competitive eating, or speed eating, is an activity in which participants compete against each other to eat large quantities of food, usually in a short time period.
The Anime Formula
Anime has seen a surge in popularity in recent years. But what makes the shows we know and love so good?
Well, join me as we analyze successful titles and relive iconic scenes in hopes of discovering the anime formula.
Guess The Anime Character By Imitating(Anime Charades)
Charades is all about acting out words or phrases without speaking - a quick-to-learn fun game. But we are making it Anime themed. Participants slowly incorporate signs and gestures generally used in the game to give your team clues to obvious terms, like the character in the phrase
Are You Smarter Than A Normie?
Prove to us you are smarter than a normie and get a chance to win 15,000 OtakuCoin.
AMV Contest
This showing is perfect for Action loving AMV fans! Skip the rest of the categories and get your fill of the top Action category submissions, including the videos that made it to the Finals!
Announcing Contest Winners
All contest winners will be announced.
Hentai Fest Begins
An open and frank deconstruction of the current trends in post-modern Japanese adult cinema with special care given to a subjective and nurturing dialog on the sublime beauty and deep structure variance behind the socio-political facades that bound the art form. Also, we'll be playing games, participating in group sing-a-longs, and yelling hilarious things at horrible hentai.
Hentai Devil's Basket- +18
HEHE. No Saints Allowed.
Kissing Booth+18
Push the boundaries of sensuality for a cause! At the Eko Anime Fest Kissing Booth, you can close your eyes and get a kiss while also giving back to society. win-win!
Waifu Wars III - 18+(Panel Section)
It’s time to settle the score and prove who is the better waifu. Participants picked from the audience will compete to defend the glory of their beloved characters in wacky challenges. One player walks away with a victory and a prize, one throws their waifu in the trash, live on stage
Karaoke Session
Warm up your vocal chords and get ready to sing the night away! If you've never tried karaoke before you will not regret it!
Mask Party 18+
Closing Ceremony
After an exhausting weekend of running around the con, the Closing Ceremony is the very last event at EAF. It's a heartwarming, yet bittersweet time, where we breathe a collective sigh of relief that EAF is over and we can go home and rest, but then we have to make our final goodbyes and wait a whole year for EAF to return.