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NEWS: Comic Market 84 Sets Record With 590,000 Across 3 Days




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fencer_x



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 11:51 pm Reply with quote
I always seem to forget how popular Comiket is, so every time numbers come out for it, I’m astounded *____* It was brutally hot this year, hotter than in recent years it felt like, so I’m stoked that didn’t seem to deter anyone!

I was kind of appalled that they made us all sit out in an unpaved under-construction lot, though. It's tough enough sitting on the asphalt, but you couldn't even sit on the ground without gravel and sharp rocks digging into you. Hopefully they get that fixed :/
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Nayu



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 11:54 pm Reply with quote
And, as always, the Internet's Most Trusted Anime News Source barely had any coverage until nearly a week later.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 2:01 am Reply with quote
And they say Otakon is packed.
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reanimator





PostPosted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 3:38 am Reply with quote
More than half million people to buy fan and professionally produced comics is something else. Some towns would kill to have so many visitors in their area.

There are so many key animation dojinshi produced by industry pros which I want to buy, but I don't want to go through expensive middleman and competitions. Crying or Very sad

I've seen Comiket pictures outside of the convention site on Twitter and they don't look all that crowded. Maybe it's different time of the day..
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Shiratori1



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 7:53 am Reply with quote
One of these days, I will be part of that virtual city of fans..........
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fencer_x



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:27 am Reply with quote
reanimator wrote:
More than half million people to buy fan and professionally produced comics is something else. Some towns would kill to have so many visitors in their area.

There are so many key animation dojinshi produced by industry pros which I want to buy, but I don't want to go through expensive middleman and competitions. Crying or Very sad

I've seen Comiket pictures outside of the convention site on Twitter and they don't look all that crowded. Maybe it's different time of the day..


Define 'not all that crowded' o_O There are thousands of people who line up in the blazing sun outside the center, a steady stream to get in, and the east halls alone (there are also the west halls) are the size of 2 football fields each--so multiply that by 6. All that space was so full of people at all points in the day that you were walking right behind the person in front of you.

If the pictures you saw didn't demonstrate that, those were really uninformative pictures.
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ssgOverlord



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 10:25 am Reply with quote
Wow, that's quite a lot of people! It's hard for me personally to imagine an event with couple hundred thousand people at once.

I'd like to finally try and go to Japan next year for winter Comiket. I handle cold a lot better than heat.
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