Wow danny that must have been mad being there! ive never been to anything like that in my life! Good Job :)
Hitodarake indeed! Sheesh - ive never, ever seen that many people at big sight! I wouldve thought the Tokyo game show or Wonder fest would have been more popular, but not by a long shot! Got any pics of the actual show? I needs to see ero ero anime ladies! Love that pic of everyone walking home with the sun in the BG - Odaiba is a great place - totally in contrast to crowded, built up Tokyo. By the way - i voted hell. I dont think i could cope with that many people in that heat just to see some drawings of anime ladies... Figures maybe though....
Alot of people that seems to be packed like sardines in tin cans ^^; Do people fight or use thier ninja powers to cut queues whenever possible?
was there yesterday, way too crowded.. I spent most of my time queueing yesterday -_- If you want to see the cosplays, I posted 60 comiket cosplay pictures in my blog
That truly is a mixture of heaven and hell. From the sight of eroge and cuties, mixed with the evil queue lines. Yes, hito hito hito!
Man oh man, that's way too crowded for me. LOL, I would eventually punch someone in the face if I was pushed from left to right to center constantly. Yoko is indeed a character you can look at for hours while waiting. ^^
Oh sweet, stuff on Megachu XD
Lol that is way crowded or more crowded than those exhibition i been before @_@!!
Heaven and Hell I would say. And yes, I would ask the same thing...Where did they get those bags/goodies? :D Do they give them away or you'd have to buy that stuff? Hito hito hito overload. Sooo many people. >_>
hito hito hito @@ i've heard that C72 recorded 180,000 attendees on day 2 and 200,000 attendees on day 3, bringing the total to 550,000 attendees over 3 days according to Mantan Web...that's a lot of sweaty otakus XDDD i want to experience and maybe learn a thing or two at the event and maybe organize a local version of it here in the future ^^ Comiket is my dream event ^^
Comiket is one of the few events I'd love to attend, but holy hell is that a lot of 人! @.@ Forgive me if I'm a bit dense in searching, but do they have a list they publish of all the doujinshi that'll be at Comiket, along with where they're located inside the building? Also, what is it that makes certain doujinshi artists more popular than others? Amount of copies? Experience at drawings? Word of mouth? Amount of ero content? ^^;
it's heaven for me . you can't get stuff like this in my country however hard you pray ToT
that guy taking the map reminds me of konata..
heaven!! but they mostly sell doujinshi but the enterprise stuff is definitely heaven to me since i hardly read doujin
Nice to go there at least once in my lifetime, but overly crowded places just ain't for me.
That ero anime looks like it's going to be really good. Keep us posted!
I would like to go... My friend wants to go (although when we are planning to go, we will never even make it to Fyu-Comi) But yea, I am sorta scared to go in there...
its certainly my kind of place
Half of me is wanting to go to Comiket just to see what it is like. The other half sees those crowds and just gets freaked out.
＿|￣|○ i want that bag too
omg, it alot alot of people there, but i would like to go .... that bag really nice ~ wish to have one too .... thx for the update
Wow, hitodarake lol. I really want to go to comiket and buy a bunch of doujin lol. Though if I do I wouldn't know what to get with all the circles everywhere. That guy with the map is a true otaku as I say in my blog lol, though I'm sure many others did the same.
That Mechachu girls image is pretty cool. I could see myself waiting in line for the stuff they're dishing out this year.
that sea of people - must make you think how overpopulated a city can be...
Would love to try this event... but maybe during winter ^^; Thx for the (tough) coverage hehe ;)
A little of heaven, a little of hell...
Heaven and Hell ^^. the amount of ppl are insane,
so many people @_@ too bad I wasn't in Tokyo that day. -.- hope I could go there on December.
Hito hito hito. As I expected Genshiken or Lucky Star didn't lie about the crowds and lining up. ;p I know it will be exhausting but still eally like to go there, but I guess it'll have to be next summer... ;p Can't wait to see more coverage. And I so want that bag too ;p I pretty proud to have my Suzumiya Haruhi bag from last years Entama in Akiba ;p (one of the items in the bag was a shirt of the festival with a little Haruhi logo on the front, I'm wearing it now at work ;p) I wonder what special stuff Entama has this year.
Holy crap man, how do you go to such a stacked up place?
hmm I would not want to be in an event that crowded now. heh. lol how do you get around in there danny?!
Only an hour? Wow, I wish I lines were only that long. Also is Tokyo Game Show going to be held late this year around the same time as Comiket? If so that's going to be awesome as I might be able to attend.
WOW thats really a crapload of people. I dont think I can really enjoy being there with so many people >__>
Wow, hitodarake indeed! Those crowds look even worse than the Sanja Matsuri. Still nothing like Shinjuku during rush hour, though, thank goodness!
dude, i do want to go there, but queque are my arch enemy. waiting for the pic
Hito Hito Hito indeed! There were so many more people during natsukomi than in winter. I started queuing from 6am, and only managed to get to row 27 at the east entrance queue... didn't get into Big Sight till 10:15 orz Then proceeded to spend another 2 hours in the AMR queue...but good fun nonetheless!
So many people. I wonder if anime conventions ever reach that size in the US? o_o
What impresses me about Japanese crowds is that they are completely orderly, even though the men with loud hailers seem to be panicking all the time...
The lines, crowds, and heat: Hell! The comics and cosplay: Heaven! @Dan in South Florida Comiket publishes a catalog about the size of a small phone book. It lists every circle, location, and a small illustration. Each page includes about 36 circles. There are also fold out maps that you can use to plan your shopping. The circle info is over 1000 pages with another 300 plus pages of info and ads.
質問でーす！ I'm always amazed at how packed these kind of events are and even more at how long you have to queue! So a few questions since I haven't been to them before... 1. I always see how well-mannered the Japanese can be in media so, if you happened to leave the queue to visit the toilet do you re-queue or are people nice enough to let you go back to your place? And are there a lot of people that try to skip the queue? 2. At the game shows I see signs up that says the waiting time will be 3 hours or more to try out a single demo... Doesn't that mean people who go alone only get to try 1 or 2 demos? 3. How do people actually get those press passes? Good contacts? ^^;
Thanks for the info, Jim! Man, that's a LOT of doujinshi!!
Wow. That looks exactly like kona-chan battle plan. Haha.
Hi, never commented before, but always reading your articles. Ah, just thought the comic market in summer is also the time for people to go back to their home to pray their ancestors due to Obon vacation... Well, maybe not ancestors, but grand parents or great-grand paretns... Not really sure^^; It seems in this year it was held after Obon vacation though, which is unusual as long as I know.
Hey Danny you should get Akihabara news to hire you some body guards for events like this. :D
Kyoji, 1.Going to toilet is fine - just let the person behind you know. There are a few who do try to skip the queue. 2.If you die then your turn is finished. 3.If you have an influential site then you may be considered as press. 仁葉工芸さん、 へ！どこにいったんですか？ Hectic3, You managed to get AMR stuff?! Tom, Cuteness and word of mouth. Windbell, Most are well behaved.
おうっ！返事だ！ サンキュー！感謝です T_T Maybe I'll consider joining one of these events if I ever go to Japan（° ▽°）
Moebags,lines and qeuses,100s of 1,000s of people cramed into one place.Unbelievable.I want to go to comiket!But will probably only be able to but the 13 and up stuff.*sigh*one day....one day i'll surpass you Danny Choo
japan is so interesting... wish could go there ..
