Important Rules

In order to make your convention experience and that of your fellow con-goers a pleasant one, we require everyone to observe the following rules. Persons violating this Code of Conduct may be asked to leave Anime Senpai. Please have your Anime Senpai event badge openly displayed on your person at all times while in any of the convention space(s). Anime Senpai executive staff reserves the right to refuse entrance into the events or service to any individual or group at any time.

General Rules

Everyone has the right to a safe and fun time at Anime Senpai. Don’t do anything that harasses, threatens, or harms other attendees. If you are being harassed, threatened, or harmed, please find a member of Public Safety. See our anti-harassment policy for more details.

Please don’t steal, start fights, drink if you’re underage (or give drinks to minors), or do anything else that’s illegal in Collinsville, Illinois or the United States.

  • Disorderly and disruptive behavior such as hollering, cursing around minors, noisemakers, and disrupting foot traffic is prohibited and may result in ejection from Anime Senpai.
  • Persons committing vandalism, graffiti, defacement, destruction of property, and criminal damage will be ejected from Anime Senpai and given to the custody of Collinsville City Police.
  • Persons committing theft, shoplifting, larceny, burglary, looting, robbery, counterfeiting, and fraud will be ejected from Anime Senpai and given to the custody of Collinsville City Police.

Outside the convention venue is the only space where drinking is allowed. Please use designated outside areas for smoking. Using e-cigarettes and vapes counts as smoking for the purposes of this rule.

Your badge must be visible. If a staff member asks to see your badge or photo ID, you must show it to them. Anime Senpai reserves the right to deny entrance to any part of convention space to anyone not wearing a valid convention badge.

Attendees under 13 must be accompanied by an adult at all times, even when in designated children’s programming areas. Parents will be held responsible for any damages caused by their children.

See our Prop and Costume Policy for more details.

Don’t sleep in public areas. Don’t bring pets with you (though service animals are allowed). If a hotel or convention center staff member asks you to do something, follow their directions.

If you have a problem with something a staff member asks you to do, follow their directions first, then ask to see their supervisor.

Failure to follow these rules may result in consequences up to and including revocation of your membership and badge, removal from convention space, and involvement of local law enforcement. The head of Anime Senpai’s Safety Department has the final say as to the interpretation of these rules.

Anti-Harassment Policy

If someone’s behavior makes you feel unwelcome, unsafe, or uncomfortable, that is harassment.

Anime Senpai does not allow harassment of any kind, including but not limited to behaviors such as: stalking, offensive comments, hate speech, bathroom policing, inappropriate or unwelcome physical contact, recording or taking pictures without permission, and repeatedly disrupting conversations you have been asked to leave. The aforementioned comments or hate speech could be in relation to: age, race or ethnicity, color, citizenship or national origin, relationship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or presentation, appearance, clothing, body size, pregnancy, disability, or religion. This list is not an exhaustive list.

  • Keep your hands to yourself.
  • Respect your fellow attendees.
  • Keep an eye on what you say to people and how you act around them.
  • Remember, cosplay is not consent: just because someone is in costume, it doesn’t give you permission to take a picture or touch their costume.
  • Ask first, and if they tell you no, respect that.

If you feel harassed or see someone else being harassed, notify a staff member immediately. You are also within your rights to ask the harasser to stop on your own. Once notified, Anime Senpai staff will take any action necessary to stop the behavior, up to and including badge revocation and expulsion from convention premises. We will also take steps to help you feel safe again at your request, such as escorting you to a place you feel safe, contacting your friends or family for you, or contacting law enforcement.

This policy applies without exception to everyone at the convention, including attendees, panelists, vendors, guests, convention staff, and venue staff.

Membership Policies

Badges and wristbands serve as proof of membership for the dates and/or times listed on them. Your membership grants you access to all non-specialty events and function spaces based on availability and convention policies. Specialty events may require an additional fee. Badges and wristbands remain the property of Anime Senpai and must be surrendered on request by an authorized representative of Anime Senpai. Please remember that duplicating a membership badge is forgery – a felony in the state of Illinois. If you are caught forging and/or selling forged badges, you will be banned from the convention, and given to the custody of the Collinsville City Police

The Anime Senpai venue spaces comprise the entirety of the Gateway Convention Center, Access to these spaces requires that proof of membership be displayed at all times. No proof of membership is required to go to registration.

Major events, and Main Entrance of the Gateway Convention Center.

Persons without proof of membership found to be loitering in any controlled spaces will be required to buy a membership or asked to leave.

  • Email: Support@animesenpai.org

  • Convention: Anime Senpai

  • Theme: Class of ’23

  • Date: October 6th – 8th, 2023

  • Location: Gateway Center in Collinsville, IL

Don’t Miss out!

Anime Senpai: Class of ’23!

Tier 1 Registration: February 1st 7 PM CST – February 28th 11:55 PM CST

Tier 2 Registration: March 1st 12:00 AM CST– August 31st 11:55 PM CST

Tier 3 Registration: September 1st 12:00 AM CST– October 6th 10:00 AM CST