 In 2017, the Preliminaries at Otakuthon were moved from Friday evening to Sunday mid-day, and the show was livestreamed to Team Canada's quarters in Nagoya; also that year, the Cosplay Championship was livestreamed to Otakuthon attendees in a special screening room.Year after year, Otakuthon hosts a number of sub-events, a series of programming and activities based around specific passions.Otakuthon's staff and volunteers also organize events in Montreal other than the main annual convention.