Carcinogenic Chocolate as guests at Nadeshicon!
Droo at Nadeshicon!
Menu for the Maid Café, and photographer on site!
FellowSheep Cosplay at Nadeshicon!
Rules concerning weapon replicas, and accomodation on campus!
- Any firearm, replica of a firearm, or anything resembling a firearm;
- Any object that can shoot projectiles, including but not limited to guns, bows, bolas, slingshots, water guns and nerf guns;
- Weapons made of metal, even if they do not cut, and even if they’re packaged, hidden, or sheathed (weapons made of wood or other soft materials are accepted unless otherwise forbidden by other rules);
- Taser guns, brass knuckles, truncheons, nunchakus, pepper spray or any other object forbidden by law;
- Excessively large, long or heavy accessories may be confiscated, if considered dangerous by the security;
- Any other object considered dangerous by the security.
Heroes of Nadeshicon on Youtube!
Review of the convention
Hello everyone!
We hope you had a great time at the 5th edition of our convention! It was our biggest edition so far; you exceeded even our most generous estimates in terms of attendance, with 1832 festival-goers, around fifty panelists, over sixty volunteers including the teams for the masquerade and the fashion show, as well as over 140 merchants, artists and exhibitors. Add the organisation team, the security team and the hundred guests to that, and we were over 2200 in pavillon Alphonse-Desjardins during the week-end! It was a huge success for us, and we have you to thank for that.
Of course, the success of our festival isn’t only based on math. We had the talented and famous Mika Kobayashi give not only one, but two shows. We hope you were able to attend atleast one of them, as her voice and stage presence were incredible! We will have a hard time finding a guest as amazing as her for next year’s convention, but we will do our best!
Arashi Daiko’s show was another must-see of the week-end. Through the unrivaled power of their taikos, they were able to recreate the history of Japan, be it its wars or its traditions. They even had the people attending try playing their intimidating drums!
Christopher Macdonald’s panels were another event we did not want to miss! It is no easy task to find a greater fan of Japan’s culture and animation than mister Macdonald, and, with his insight on the industry, his panels are a must for anyone even remotely interested in japanese culture!
Last but not least, while several other events and activities would have deserved to be in this list, we want to save this last spot for the amazing cosplayers who attended our convention. We witnessed it during the week-end and keep witnessing it through photos: your cosplays were astounding! We can’t help but be in awe before the passion that burns in you and all the work you put in it! The masquerade was a resounding success, and we have you to thank for that!
Speaking of thanks, we would like to give a special shoutout to a person very important to us. For two years straight, Laurent Fleury has acted as a volunteer interpreter and translator for our japanese guests. He traveled from Montreal and even took days off his job to give us his help, without ever asking for anything in return. We wouldn’t hope to find a kinder and more energetic interpreter, and, as such, would like to give him the gratitude he deserves. Thank you so very much Laurent, and we hope to keep working with you for many years to come!
As a last note, Le Site du Japon has published an article about us! You can read it here (French).
Also note that the Facebook event for the 2016 edition of our festival should be created soon! Also, a post-mortem meeting will be held in the near future to get your feedback on our convention. Please keep an eye out, as the date and location will soon be announced!
Again, thank you very much for your support everyone!
WildRose will be our second cosplay guest for this year’s Nadeshicon!
Member of the Moonroses alongside her friends Cats_Luna and Nailosyanodel, WildRose started cosplaying in 2004 and has since earned the title of International Master costumer in sci-fi and historical!
If you would like to learn more about her, you can find her bio on our website!
https://www.nadeshicon.ca/en/guests/#wildrose
We will be announcing more guests in the following days, so keep an eye on our page!
MeltingMirror, Cosplay Guest at Nadeshicon 2015!
Greetings everyone!
We are proud to announce that MeltingMirror, famous Canadian cosplayer, will be attending Festival Nadeshicon 2015 as a guest!
Meltingmirror, also known as The-Mirror–Melts, is a bilingual master-level cosplayer with 10 years of cosplay experience . She has been frequently featured in magazines including Cosmode and Cosplay Gen, and showcased on websites such as Kotaku and Deviantart. Her costume choices cover a wide range of characters types and genres – anime, comics, video games, movies – and they also involve the use of a variety of techniques. With the knowledge she has gained through years of crafting, she is always open to help cosplayers and frequently provides tips and advice both online and in panels.
To know more about this very talented cosplayer, you can take a look at her website, as well as follow her on Facebook and Twitter!
Nadeshicon 2013, it’s then end!
Hello everyone!
Yes, Nadeshicon ended … I hope that you all had fun during this weekend. For us, we have done the best for you! We can now rest and soon start to arrange everything for 2014! (Yes, it starts early!) We hope you had a wonderful time and a colorful festival!
Whether you’re a festival, volunteers, panelists, guests, media, merchants, artisans, and other staff, we thank all of you, since you are the craftsmen known Nadeshicon 2013 as a big success!
See you on April 2014!
Team Nadeshicon 2013