Last week Comiket, the world’s biggest gathering of otakudom, was canceled to help prevent the spread of Coronavirus. But while Comic Market 98 won’t officially take place, thousands of fans will be getting their hands on its catalog. The catalog was already scheduled for printing …Read more »
Two hundred thousand. That’s roughly how many people crowded into the Tokyo Big Sight each day for three days late last year for the largest fan convention in the world, Comic Market, a.k.a. Comiket. It’s a number that’s hard to really visualize. By comparison, the …Read more »
Are you ready to Strike the Blood again? Strike the Blood III, the latest sequel in the striking anime franchise, is on the way, and we’ve got a new look via a visual released today. The visual shows three characters familiar to Strike the Blood …Read more »
That’s a wrap for day one of Comic Market 91. The long-running celebration of fan-made manga, games, animation and more that goes by Comiket for short is on in Tokyo, and we made our way there today to peruse, schmooze and, most importantly, snap some …Read more »
A few months ago, we reported The Eccentric Family would be back for a second season. Today at Comiket, it was announced The Eccentric Family 2 will premiere April 9. The Eccentric Family 2 , which is animated at P.A.Works, brings back the cast and …Read more »
Trigger fans heading to this month’s Comic Market in Tokyo should make a beeline for the studio’s booth. That’s because Trigger, the folks behind Kill la Kill , Little Witch Academia and Kiznaiver have created a special, limited-edition artbook for the festival entitled Trigger Girls …Read more »
The Tokyo Marathon was held February 28, and over 36,000 racers joined in, running the 26.2 miles through the nation’s capital. Coming in tenth place with a 2:11:34 finish and placing second among Japanese runners was 19-year-old Yuta Shimoda. The secret of his success? Apparently, …Read more »
Fans of Shirobako (are there people who aren’t fans of Shirobako ? who are you monsters?) will remember the second cours’ anime-within-an-anime was The Third Girls Aerial Squad , written by fictional manga-ka Takezo Nogame. Nogame was based on real-life manga artist Takeshi Nogami, who …Read more »
Photo credit: Guilhem Vellut Most fans interested in doujinshi – self-published amateur comics – are likely familiar with the name Comic Market, or Comiket, the twice-annual Tokyo meetup devoted to buying and selling doujinshi. It’s been around since 1975, and with over 500,000 attendees per …Read more »
Anyone who’s been to an anime convention knows that when you get thousands of otaku in one place at one time, cell phone reception goes down the drain. So in a bit of good news for visitors to this December’s Comic Market, it appears Japanese …Read more »
Excellent news out this week for fans of Kuroko’s Basketball (or as it’s officially awkwardly translated, The Basketball Which Kuroko Plays ). Comic Market, the twice-yearly Tokyo doujinshi (fan comics) event will be holding a special extra event next year focused solely on Kuroko's . …Read more »
Matt Schley
Evan Minto
![Comics, Cosplay and Long Lines at Comic Market 91 [Photo Report]](https://otakuusamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/comiket91-202x202.jpg)
![Comics, Cosplay and Long Lines at Comic Market 91 [Photo Report]](https://otakuusamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/comiket91.jpg)
