Otafest is an annual anime convention held in early-July (previously held in June, September, and May), at the University of Calgary, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The first Otafest was held 1999 and has expanded each year, including a move in 2009 to include a mini-convention called Otafest Lite, which was replaced in 2012 with Otafest Aurora. At the closing ceremonies in 2015, it was announced that Otafest would be moving to the Telus Convention Centre for Otafest 2016 with a new date, July 1-3. As of May 2015, it is the largest anime convention in Western Canada.