Forum - View topicNEWS: Comic Market 76 Draws 560,000 Over Three Days
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Aresef
Posts: 918 Location: MD |
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Kind of like the Otakon shockwave times 20.
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Agoston
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Hahahaha, that's hilarious. I remember Genshiken had an episode where they all went to Comiket, must be lots of fun. |
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Dargonxtc
 Posts: 4463 Location: Nc5xd7+ スターダストの海洋 |
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They must have been really overcrowded considering how packed they allow trains to get on a normal basis anyway. |
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Ktimene's Lover
 Posts: 2242 Location: Glendale, AZ (Proudly living in the desert) |
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That's over 186,000 people each day if you were to divide it. It's actually 186,666.667 people. Still, this shows that even though the industry here and there sucks, conventions can get bigger and bigger.
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crosswithyou
 Posts: 2900 Location: California |
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I went the first day and though I had planned on going the second day, I decided against it. Thank God I had a circle pass so I could line up early for the industry booths but man, waking up at 5:30 is no fun.
Japanese people are usually very polite but man, them otaku can be rude, pushing you out of their way, etc. You really can easily get swept away by the sea of people. |
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ArthurFrDent
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It's FREE!?! heh, I didn't expect that... it'd prolly still be big anyway.
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dormcat
Encyclopedia Editor
 Posts: 9902 Location: New Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC |
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The third day had way more visitors, probably more than two previous days combined. |
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walw6pK4Alo
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Porn is very serious business.
They could easily charge, the otaku probably would freak out, it only means a bit less to spend. I think the thing people need to realize about Comiket is that it's not really a convention like Otakon or what we have here. It's just straight up porn, circles selling their works, maybe some companies showing off stuff. Not really the same kind of environment. |
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Megiddo
 Posts: 8360 Location: IL |
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I'd agree with the porn, but there are also non-porn doujins, and non-porn doujin games.
But yeah, it's mostly porn. |
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DomFortress
 Posts: 751 Location: Richmond BC, Canada |
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Not only that, among the 560,000 count during the 3 days convention, there are those who came on multiple days and they get counted multiple times. So the safest count is actually 200,000 on day 3, because that's the largest single count within a day. Also, what this does is overcrowding the local infrastructure during those 3 days, and this creates a real disaster when crisis hits. It's only ATM ran out of money and overstuffed trains for now. But when a situation like a fire or an earthquake hits the convention, all hell breaks loose. |
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Zin5ki
 Posts: 6680 Location: London, UK |
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I assume the most cautious of con-goers will prepare their bodies in the days leading up to this event. Though I expect there are many facilities in and around the centre, one wouldn't wish to be 'caught out' when in the midst of a Comiket queue, considering these attendance figures.
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Dranxis
 Posts: 591 Location: Ohtori Academy |
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I think the new Touhou game, Undefined Fantastic Object, was released at this Comiket. If so, I can't wait to order it as soon as I can find an online store that'll carry it. I wouldn't be surprised if the Touhou release contributed to the massive number of attendees... Weren't there so many Touhou doujins at Comiket at one point that they were relegated to their own doujin event, Retaisai?
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W-General
Posts: 280 Location: Ithaca, NY, USA / Taichung, Taiwan |
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Actually, from my experience at Comiket 75: Day 1 is about half yaoi and half other assorted stuff that's not porn. Day 2 has no porn - all Touhou stuff and Vocaloid stuff Day 3 is all porn for guys <---- highest attendance Actually I forgot if Touhou porn would belong in day 2 or day 3, but the point is, at least a good one-third is not porn. |
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Sly05
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That was pretty much the rundown for Comiket 76 as well. The porn was pretty minimal during the first two days. Most of the male attendees seemed to be hitting the Industry booths on the first day. It took me 4 hours to get through the Nanoha Movie line to buy a movie ticket/cd combo and t-shirt. |
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dangerwhat
 Posts: 187 Location: Central Florida |
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At least those ATMs got refilled. I've been at cons where the ATMs ran out and never got refilled >.>
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