This panel will discuss the rise of Korean TV, music, and movies as it pertains to the United States.

Join a geeky mental health professional to discuss why watching anime benefits our mental health. We will discuss ways we can level up on our own, create our domain expansion or Jojo Stan, fun ways to practice our breathing forms, and how in reality, we do not have enemies.

The fictional characters that we love often get us through our toughest times. But why do we get judged for loving fictional characters? Join a group of geeky mental health experts to discuss how to use our comfort characters to begin our healing journey.

In this panel, Professor James Welker talk about his new book Transfiguring Women in Late Twentieth-Century Japan: Feminists, Lesbians, and Girls’ Comics Artists and Fans. This academic history focuses on how, in the 1970s and 1980s, three loosely connected spheres of women and girls challenged the meaning of the category “women” in Japan.

The general idea is to discuss VRChat and its specific practices regarding virtual identity from more general, Japanese, and Chinese perspectives.

With a limited number of phonetic syllables, the Japanese language is built for puns and double entendres! Come enjoy some of our favorite Japanese plays on words, from dad jokes to poetic double meanings, and see examples from anime and manga.

Join some of the world's leading experts in RPG therapy to discuss how character-design, gameplay, and storytelling can help those of us who struggle with mental health to tackle the issues that plague our daily lives.

Many of us geeks, nerds, gamers, cosplayers, etc., spend most of our time indoors because our hobbies are indoor hobbies. Join us to discuss fun ways to spend time in nature to benefit our well-being.

Announcement of cosplay contest winner, Casa Con future plans, and more!