AnimeGO! 2026 Brings Cosplay, Manga and Japanese Pop Culture to Adelaide

Event dates: 2026-10-25 – 2026-10-25

Where: Dom Polski Centre, Adelaide, Australia

Genre: Japanese Pop Culture Festival

AnimeGO! 2026, organized by the Japan Australia Friendship Association (JAFA), runs Sunday, October 25, 2026, 12:00-18:00, at the Dom Polski Centre in Adelaide, Australia, with a Cosplay and Fashion Parade, a Maid Café, free karaoke, market stalls, and a 4-Koma Manga Competition with a $300 prize.

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Adelaide's own slice of Japanese pop culture returns this month with cosplay, manga, and a maid café.

A Sunday at Dom Polski Centre

AnimeGO! 2026 runs Sunday, October 25, 2026, 12:00-18:00, at the Dom Polski Centre in Adelaide, organized by the Japan Australia Friendship Association (JAFA).

Cosplay, Maid Café, and Market Stalls

Confirmed programming includes a Cosplay and Fashion Parade, the AnimeGO! Dream Sweet Maid Café, a free karaoke booth, and market stalls covering Japanese pop culture art, handmade crafts, anime/manga goods, and Harajuku/streetwear clothing.

4-Koma Manga Competition

The event includes a 4-Koma Manga Competition, with $300 in prize money for the winner announced live on the main stage, alongside kimono dressing sessions, a manga reading zone, and a drawing zone.

Ask Marine

Want to know more about the 4-Koma competition or the Maid Café? Ask Marine.

More About This Event

This Year's Highlights

• Cosplay and Fashion Parade, plus the AnimeGO! Dream Sweet Maid Café and a free karaoke booth.
• Market stalls featuring Japanese pop culture art, handmade crafts, anime/manga goods, and Harajuku/streetwear clothing.
• 4-Koma Manga Competition with $300 in prize money, plus kimono dressing, a manga reading zone, and a drawing zone.

Access

Dom Polski Centre, 230 Angas St, Adelaide SA 5000.

What To Know

A free-entry-adjacent, single-day festival with its own manga competition gives local Adelaide creators an actual platform, not just a market to browse - the $300 4-Koma prize is a small but real incentive for fan artists to make something new for the event.

4-koma (four-panel) manga is a genuine, long-running Japanese comic format - short, four-panel gag strips - and running a dedicated competition for it, rather than just general fan art, is a format-specific nod that goes a level deeper than most overseas anime events attempt.

Easy Japanese

オーストラリアのアデレードで、10月25日に日本ポップカルチャーのイベント「AnimeGO!」が開かれます。

Marine's View

4コマ漫画コンテストがあるの、いいですね。アデレードのファンの方の作品、見てみたいです。