Choose your fighter! Cosplayers come dressed up for the festival. Credit: Jaime Monzon

The Otaku Anime + Food Festival is back, this time with a holiday edition.

The traveling Asian food and pop-culture festival will return to San Antonio on Saturday, Dec. 14, and Sunday, Dec. 15, at Rolling Oaks Mall. The new installment is being billed as its Winter Wonderland edition.

More than 100 food and anime vendors will fill the mall for the free event. The festivities will take place from noon-8 p.m. Saturday and noon-5:30 p.m. Sunday.

The Japanese term “otaku” refers to people who are pop-culture obsessed. San Antonio otaku will get their fill with plenty of manga, video games and anime for sale. 

Vietnamese grilled chicken is one of the delicacies attendees can expect at the Otaku Anime + Food Festival. Credit: Jaime Monzon

Food vendors will also represent cuisines from across Asia, including Japan, the Phillipines, Thailand and more, according to the event’s promoters. Expect Taiwanese boba tea, noodles, baos and Vietnamese grilled chicken and egg rolls. Even some Latin food will be represented.

A food vendor prepared a tasty treat. Credit: Jaime Monzon

The event will also feature sumo wrestling, meet-and-greets with voice actors and cosplay.

Otaku Anime + Food Festival is a traveling event, which has stopped in San Antonio before.

Rolling Oaks Mall is located at 6909 North Loop 1604 East.

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This article appears in Nov 27 – Dec 10, 2024.

Stephanie Koithan is the Digital Content Editor of the San Antonio Current. In her role, she writes about politics, music, art, culture and food. Send her a tip at skoithan@sacurrent.com.