TouhouFest 2025 Panels
Day 1
(Saturday June 14th, 2025)
Designing and Creating Touhou Cosplays that Fit YOUR Needs!
Interested in Touhou cosplay but don’t know where to start? Can’t find a character that suits your body-type or would feel comfortable to cosplay? Want to rep your favorite character but don’t feel comfortable in feminine clothing? Come and join us! We will cover everything from closet cosplays to designing and creating your own cosplay from scratch! In addition, we will give a lot of different designs and cosplay ideas so you can have a Touhou cosplay you love, no matter your level of experience!
Presented by: pooterin
Even A Monkey Can Draw Anime Girls! How Touhou 1draw Can Improve Your Art Skills
Does looking at pretty Touhou art make your heart yearn, wishing you could draw like that? Struggled to get started? Lost motivation? Don't worry, Jennifer Raye has been there too, and she'll show you how to fight your evil brain demons and start drawing pretty anime girls right here, right now! Simple drawing supplies will be provided, but bringing your own is recommended.
Presented by: Jenn_Raye
Gensokyo You Can! Moriya Shrine: The Gateway to Touhou Pilgrimage
Despite Gensokyo is dangerous for humans, Touhou Pilgrimage is a great channel to safely explore many of its inspirations. Did you know Lake Suwa, home of the Moriya Trio, is an excellent introduction?
The panel will briefly cover the locale and culture that inspired the Moriya Shrine and its residents, Fandom Presences and Fanwork References.
Presented by: Cirnomodo
Heart of the Hijack: Why Are There So Many Touhou Hijacks?
Touhou hijacks have long been a core part of the Touhou experience, but how and why do they keep on happening? Self-proclaimed Touhou hijackologist Delta Pie, operator of the Touhou Hijack Archive on Twitter and BlueSky, explores the stories behind popular and not-so-popular Touhou hijacks to try to make sense of how Touhou keeps getting into the most bizarre places.
Presented by: overstonked (Delta Pie)
The Soku Rundown
Touhoufest, EVO, Frosty Faustings, and CEOtaku champion DaBomb presents his quick fix, lightning fast guide to learning Touhou 12.3: Hisoutensoku. Join to learn a unique way to enjoy the series through fighting games. All skill levels in fighting games are welcome. Learn the ropes, pick a character, get some ideas, and then get out there to have fun and have Soku.
Presented by: dabomb1661
Touhou M-1 Grand Prix Showing
Day 2
(Sunday, June 15th, 2025)
A World Connecting Unreality
What happens when Touhou inspires bright minds to make derivative and original stories following Touhou's format? Look no further to A World Connecting Unreality! Here, the panelists will introduce one of these examples, Len'en Project and go over Touhou inspirations in its works.
Presented by: @shiny_vixen69 Co-host: @enderking152
Fumology 103
A deep(ish), comedy-centric, interactive panel into everything Fumo, and the biggest one yet! You don't have to have been to 101 or 102, as we'll cover the same base material as we did there, but move into completely new territory that hasn't been covered before, with possibly some announcements? And we may or may not (will) have a giveaway too ;)
If you have something to do during the panel, you're welcome to join us any time!
Presented by: @Dvovsky and @Asperger_
The Wondrous World of Sukusuku Hakutaku
A panel discussing the Sukusuku plushies, their history, and many of the various derivative works that expand on their lore.
Presented by: Mokoutan and AM22
Touhou Five on Overdrive!
No one knows anything about the Touhou 5, so let's five that!
Presented by: suwawako
Touhou Wrestling Vol. 2!!
Paradarx and his announcers are back with Touhou Wrestling! This time, there will be more epic matches with characters created with the latest WWE 2K24 game!
Who will come out on top as the champion this year?
Forget everything about Spell Card rules, Brother! Your in it for the EXTREME! OOH YEEEAH!
Presented by: Paradarx, Asperger, Phiban, Noretorious
Western Touhou Fandom: Past, Present, and Future
Presented by: james7132
Writing a Touhou Book (The Sumireko Chronicle) with Megapig9001
Writer Megapig9001 details how he ended up writing a Touhou Fiction Novella for TouhouFest 2024. Megapig will detail how the idea of the book came to be, the hurdles of getting the book made, and different experimental ideas the book employs. Megapig will also offer advice to fellow Touhou Writers.
Presented by: Megapig9001
