Cosplay Competition Opened

Hey all! Your friendly neighbourhood Cosplay Coordinator here!
Just letting you all know the 2012 Manifest Cosplay Competition is open for registration!

Head over to http://manifest.org.au/index.php/activites/events/cosplay to read the Cosplay Rules and Terms and Conditions, and register!

Artist for Manifest 2013

Melbourne Anime Festival Inc. is seeking tenders for our artist for Manifest 2013 (from Nov 2012 – Oct/Nov 2013).

The artist will be required to meet deadlines and strict artwork specifications. The artist will be asked to produce artwork for a variety of items, from entry passes, to artwork to be used for advertising materials, such as fliers and posters.

Artists who are interested can supply samples of their artworks (either as image attachments, or a link to a website or online gallery such as DeviantArt) to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by June 20, 2012. We request that your sample artwork include an image of our mascot, Peppa-Chan (as the vast majority of artwork will contain Peppa-Chan.) Once tenders are closed, we will contact the most suitable artist and begin contractual negotiations.

Traders Pack!

Interested in trading at Manifest 2012? Then download the 2012 traders pack!

 Manifest 2012 Traders Pack PDF!

If you need any help with traders; feel free to email our traders coordinator at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

We look forward to seeing you at Manifest 2012!

Fanfiction Competition Opened

Hi everyone, the fanfiction competition is open now but a change to the submission guidelines has been made. Don't worry though as its one dot point and that's just a little something we want you to put into your wonderful story. So if your interested head on over to the activity/competitions section of Manifests website and have a read and then get your thinking caps on for some wonderful story's. I hope to be reading them soon - Margaret

Manifest 2012 Announced!

Melbourne Anime Festival Inc. is proud to announce that Manifest 2012 will be held at the Melbourne Showgrounds from Friday 17th August to Sunday 19th August.

This year we will be moving traders and some activities to the Exhibition Pavilion, giving us more room to pack even more value into Manifest, and meaning a whole lot less walking for you!

Secondly, Manifest has opened pre-registration of passes. This year passes will be mailed out via registered post closer to the event and an email will be sent to you when orders are on their way to you. Not only are passes cheaper if you buy early, but you will also avoid any lines!

We will also be offering a special discount for registration this week only. You simply need to enter the discount code "ghoul" into the store at the time of purchase to receive it.

Be sure to check our website (www.manifest.org.au) regularly over the coming weeks as we announce more details.