Activities + Events

The Anime Market, our gathering of Vendors and Crafters of all kinds who have joined together to bring you all types of anime merchandise to Maryville. Whether you're looking for statues, Gachapon, Handmade Items, Fanart, Original Manga Authors, Random Trinkets and everything in-between, this is the place to get it.  Vendors are setting up throughout the entire mall!

Our most popular activity returns! An activity Booklet is required to play.* Inside your booklet you'll find pages for your stamps. Visit participating vendors and sponsors to earn their stamp in your booklet. They may require some form of participation in trade for the stamp. Collect half, or all of the stamps to win prizes! All Stamps can be found in the Market!

*Admission to Maryville Anime Fest is free however there is an Activity Packet available for $5 or trade in a Manga!

Activity packet includes a bag, lanyard, activity booklet and other goodies while supplies last.

This isn't Chuck-E-Cheese, but there's still prizes to be won! If you've never experienced Japan's Skill Cranes you're in for a treat. Choose your prize, and try your best to win it. Check out the Gachapon Wall, this time with a selection of 40 different machines. Or we've got rhythm games, all on free play! (Must sign a waiver to play Dance games.) Games can be found in Event Room 1, which is in a vacant shop in Zone 1 by the Publix Entrance!

The Chalk Twins are bringing their 3D Photo Op and Chalk Walls! You'll be able to find them setup in Zone 3!

Up your cosplay game with some major props!

Villain Life will be brining their Umbrella Corp Replica Car and gear for fun Horror inspired Photo Shoots. They also make Custom Cosplay Badges in tons of styles. Rola_39 will be bringing their Hatsune Miku Itasha Car, as well as share their car designing skills should you want your own! 

Both can be found in Zone 3!

Many of our attendees and vendors bring Kandi bracelets to give or trade. Keep your eyes out for opportunities to trade your creations or check out whose participating in your activity booklet.*

*Admission to Maryville Anime Fest is free however there is an Activity Packet available for $5 or trade in a Manga!

Activity packet includes a bag, lanyard, activity booklet and other goodies while supplies last.

You need a lanyard to participate. Bring your own lanyard and pins or you can buy one* as well as some starting pins in Event Room 1, which is in a vacant shop in Zone 1 by the Publix Entrance. All of our volunteers wearing lanyards have been supplied with pins to trade. Any of our volunteers will trade anything on their lanyard for any pin offered; their only rule is same-type-trade. Button for button, acrylic for acrylic, enamel for enamel and so on. Some vendors are participating as well or you can trade with other attendees. While our volunteers will trade anything on their lanyard without question, vendors and your fellow attendees have the right to turn down a trade offer. Please be respectful of all participants.

*Admission to Maryville Anime Fest is free however there is an Activity Packet available for $5 or trade in a Manga!

Activity packet includes a bag, lanyard, activity booklet and other goodies while supplies last.

Some vendors and attendees bring badge ribbons. Keep an eye out for those who may offer these prizes. The requirements are up to each person giving them away so the task is completely random!

We'll be bringing the ACE TN Free Manga Library! Or at least as much of it as we can carry. Take a break and read some manga. Pick up some you've watched the anime for or find something new! Stick around and read all you like, but please be courteous to other readers. The Manga Library can be found in Event Room 1, which is in a vacant shop in Zone 1 by the Publix Entrance!

Find the hidden pictures around the event and write down the number on them in your activity booklet.* Find them all to win a prize!

*Admission to Maryville Anime Fest is free however there is an Activity Packet available for $5 or trade in a Manga!

Activity packet includes a bag, lanyard, activity booklet and other goodies while supplies last.

Learn to play or join a game. They'll be meeting on the stage to clack some tiles!

Join BBAX for some exciting Bey Blade Action. Both tournament play and causal are available for veterans and newcomers alike! 

Join Space Jester Idol: Zero Gravity and local Idol performers as they sing and dance to your favorite Anime and JPop Songs! Bring your Penlights, Light Sticks and Support Sticks to cheer them on! Wotage Dancers welcome, come support or find your Oshi!

We'll have a photographer on site taking pictures and getting video from 1pm-3pm. Keep an eye out if you want to appear in promotional videos for future events. Or likewise to avoid them if you would prefer not to appear in promotional materials.  

Kingyo-Sukui can be directly translated as Goldfish Scooping. Often depicted in the ever so popular festival episode in various anime, now's your chance to give it a try! For the sake of the fish, there is a limited time frame in which to play so make sure you don't miss it. Net's cost $4, play until it breaks!

AMC will be doing a special showing of the Chainsaw Man Reze Arc movie in English! The show starts at 3PM in the AMC theatre right beside the stage. A ticket is required, which is $8.79 per person and can be purchased at the AMC directly.  

We've got a lot of trading games going on, random prizes, and there's a gachapon wall. Maybe you didn't get the exact piece you were aiming for: time to make a trade! Gather up in Event room 2, found on the corner between Zone 6 and the Stage; show off what you got and see if you can't entice someone to trade for that piece you really wanted. While you're awaiting that perfect trade check out the meetups!

We apologize that last time many of our meetup groups got chased off by mall walkers. Not this time! Unfortunately that experience did make our meetup groups a bit apprehensive about trying to set an exact time and place. So its a bit more loosely organized this go, all Meetups are happening in Event room 2 (so you wont be chased off!) which can be found on the corner between Zone 6 and the Stage. Gather between 3 and 6 pm and find your people! You can have fun and join in the trading as while you're there as well! 

Current Meets:

My Hero Academia

Pokemon

Demon Slayer

Persona

Don your best and see how you hold up to the competition! This is a local competition, anyone is welcome. Prizes are donated by our generous sponsors. make sure to sign up before the event by heading over to Event Room 1, which is in a vacant shop in Zone 1 by the Publix Entrance!

Some of our events include raffle tickets as prizes. If you've earned tickets be sure to stop by and see if you win. We'll also post the results on our socials. 

We've got many more events planned but don't like to announce things before all the details are worked out. Stick around or follow us on Instagram for more announcements.