This past weekend was a big one for Comic Market, AKA Comiket. Its 100th show went down, and even with a typhoon on day one it managed to record 170,000 visitors over the course of its two-day showing. Comiket 100’s daily numbers were shared via …Read more »
The Comic Market event (also known as Comiket) in Japan is a major convention for otaku. In 2019, 750,000 people attended during the four days it took place, which was a new record. But if people thought the next Comiket would break records again, they …Read more »
Doujinshi event Comiket 99 has been scheduled to be an in-person event in Tokyo for the last two days of the year. “The two-year interval without Comic Market due to COVID-19 has been a significant obstacle to Doujinshi-related activities of participants, and also for businesses …Read more »
Originally set for May 2-4 at Tokyo Big Sight, plans for Comiket 99 have changed due to the recently extended State of Emergency in the Greater Tokyo area. While they’re still aiming to hold the event under the same name, preparations have shifted to Winter …Read more »
COVID-19 may have thrown off Japan’s major doujinshi convention Comiket this year, but the people putting on the con are already making plans for next year. According to SoraNews24, the next Comiket is scheduled for May 2-5, 2021, and it’s supposed to be a live …Read more »
While COVID-19 is causing many events to be cancelled, it’s also showing how creative people can be in what they’re doing to make up for public events. Because Comiket—Japan’s major convention for doujinshi (self-published manga)—is a potential breeding ground for COVID, we’re instead offered Comic …Read more »
It was already starting to seem like a foregone conclusion, but now it’s official that this winter’s Comiket 99 has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In its place, an ‘Air Comiket’ will be held virtually at some time during the end-of-year holidays, and …Read more »
Comic Market is one of the biggest otaku events in the world, but this year’s Comiket 98—which was originally planned for May 2-5 during Japan’s Golden Week—won’t be happening. This cancellation came about as another attempt to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), marking an …Read more »
When you’re serious about your hobby, you won’t let anything get in the way, and that definitely applies to one particularly dedicated Comiket 96 attendee. This summer’s event was met with record high temperatures and record attendance, so it’s understandable that some otaku succumbed to the …Read more »
Earlier today we posted some bite-size news briefs about the latest summer Comic Market event, which took place over the weekend and ended up breaking attendance records. The extra day definitely helped, as it rocketed Comiket 96 to an amazing 730,000 attendees. In addition to running for …Read more »
This weekend, Tokyo hosted the 96th edition of Comic Market, the largest assemblage of manga fandom on the planet. Some quick bites from that event: Big Spendin’ Otaku News site Livedoor had a report out this weekend following a few Comiket goers and asking about …Read more »
If there’s one thing past Comiket events have proven, it’s that the Fate franchise is one of the most popular subjects for doujinshi circles. This summer’s Comiket 96 has been no different, and the series has had no trouble topping the list as the most represented among …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 »
Melonpan is a Swiss otaku who’s built an internet following over the last several years publicizing his “perverted” antics. Posing with his anime merch in his underwear (or bare-ass) for selfie tweets is a regular thing for him. In 2013 he filmed himself licking nearly …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 »
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