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NEWS: France's Japan Expo Draws 165,000 Unique Attendees




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Spotlesseden



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:02 pm Reply with quote
Japan Expo > Anime Expo. I'm not just talking about Attendees.
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TitanXL



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:05 pm Reply with quote
And Comiket is better than them both...

Actually I've never been to Japan Expo, admittedly. Wonder if it's as bad as the few American cons I've been to.
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formerroadie1



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:06 pm Reply with quote
That is a small city....
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:16 pm Reply with quote
Looking at the number, It seems like French fans treat Anime and other Japanese pop culture better than American fans.
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TitanXL



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:21 pm Reply with quote
reanimator wrote:
Looking at the number, It seems like French fans treat Anime and other Japanese pop culture better than American fans.


They do. It's been in their culture a lot longer than it has in America. European in general is better at anime than America is. Italy's another good country.
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RogerSterling



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:30 am Reply with quote
Momoiro Clover Z did a concert there - it looked very cool
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GWOtaku



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:25 am Reply with quote
Forget AX, that number even eclipses San Diego Comic Con by over 30,000 people. It's a very impressive number.
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nhat



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:35 am Reply with quote
I think that expo is for all of france right? France is only about the size of texas from what I can see.

AX, the largest anime convention in the US has 47,000 but thats mainly in CA.
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Kutsu



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:46 am Reply with quote
Impressive indeed. It keeps on growing and growing year after year...
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Cutiebunny



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 10:50 am Reply with quote
I'm looking forward to Japan Expo USA next summer already.
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Princess_Irene
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:08 pm Reply with quote
reanimator wrote:
Looking at the number, It seems like French fans treat Anime and other Japanese pop culture better than American fans.


I just got back from covering it for ANN (article coming), and I was very impressed with the way they treated the culture as a whole. There was a lot on offer that dealt with traditional Japanese culture as well as pop culture, with armor smithing, traditional music, tales from The Kojiki, and a lot of traditional artists and artisans displaying their wares. It was really quite something, and I'm most excited about them bringing that aspect of the con to the US. I guess rather than saying that they treat Japanese culture better, it would make more sense to say that they simply have a more inclusive view of what fandom is.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 2:46 pm Reply with quote
Princess_Irene wrote:
reanimator wrote:
Looking at the number, It seems like French fans treat Anime and other Japanese pop culture better than American fans.


I just got back from covering it for ANN (article coming), and I was very impressed with the way they treated the culture as a whole. There was a lot on offer that dealt with traditional Japanese culture as well as pop culture, with armor smithing, traditional music, tales from The Kojiki, and a lot of traditional artists and artisans displaying their wares. It was really quite something, and I'm most excited about them bringing that aspect of the con to the US. I guess rather than saying that they treat Japanese culture better, it would make more sense to say that they simply have a more inclusive view of what fandom is.


Akin to the Japan portion of the World Expo.
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