Comic Market

Is that guy (with the 200 belts) behind the Jubei cosplayer wearing a Strike Witches hat? If so, he's my new favorite person.

whoa thats a lot of people on the second to the last image

That is a loooong wait, looks like hell on earth. I wouldn't be able to wait that long and I consider myself fairly patient.

4hrs?! I wouldn't want to drink any liquids prior to that...

Wow a four hour wait o.o I'd come prepared with a chair and plenty of food and an empty water bottle just in case. >.>

Even though I'm not a big fan of plushies I'm still tempted to get a Miku. ~_~

i only know this place of Lucky Star and Genshiken but i still don't understand the law about the copyright of the manga/anime characters ??

Hmmm, waiting in line to spend money... yeah I think I'll stick to online shopping

I have always wanted to go to something like this. Alas, I would have to travel across the country to go to anything even remotely similar.

Comiket? What am I doing in Singapore?!?!?! /cries
Don't mind waiting 4hours to go in and more waiting after that ><

One day... yes, one day I'll BE in that picture.

Wish I could be there... I'd burn a hole in my wallet before a day is through.

Yeah, I dunno if I can wait that long... but I'm surprised there aren't just the usual doujinshi stuff that they sell there... It's a very otaku event now.

I wonder if I can survive the long queue ^^;

.... Can't make it too....
summer holiday is finished.

I really hope to make it out to Comiket one of these days T___T One of my friends is there right now! She's so lucky ;_;

Haaa.... I wish i could be there i mean there's soooo many otaku/geek ppl we could even make the air become geek!!! like Krauser-san!(DMC)LOL

wow, you actually went there? ^w^? wasn't able to spot you XD zannen

wow crowded in the first day >_<

WOW, that looks extremely crowded. And 4 hours? O_O

On a gd note, those flyers look amazing. I'd love one of those Touhou figures.

I really do wish I could go this time... and every time. ^^; One day I will!

First heard about Comiket from watching Densha Otoko. XD
I've had one huge convention, and two smaller ones, with one coming up at the end of the month, so I'm pretty satisfied, but I'd love to visit Comiket at least once in my life.

Steven Nagata also has been uploading a bit of live content as well:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenagata/
http://twitter.com/stevenagata
http://www.youtube.com/user/stevenagata#play/all/uploads-all/1/Ng088tajl2g

Tsurupettan Miko!!!

Wow that's a longgggggg wait! But it's so gonna be worth it :P

huge crowd oO!
imagine everyone not wanting to go back empty handed after waiting for so long, this event must be raking moolah by the tonnes.

Yikes, the crowds are ridiculous!

Ahh the holy pilgrimage of any Otaku........ hehehehehehe looks about right to me hehehehhe :p

OMG! its Comiket!
it looks exactly like they showed in Genshiken !

I nearly collapsed on the first day, gonna skip on second day to get back my strength and stamina to prepare for ultimate bloodlust third day of Comiket @_@

dang~ that's a lot 'o people!
wish i could be there!

Crowds like that always discourages me from ever wanting to go.. Doesn't look like I can last in there for long. :S

Let the mass touhou releases begin!

I totally forgot about it because I've been busy moving @.@. Looking forward to some great stuff to come out, I'll also be checking ebay a lot lol.

So many exclusives I want. Especially those plushies. Hope they aren't gouged too much when I get back. WonHobby9's 3 hour line was pushing my bladder to it's limits and this line looks even more epic. Still...wish I could be there.

I was there too!!!!Uploading pictures soon!!!

The information of The Comic Market C76 。
http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_617a26a00100erdd.html
Please go to look。

I think i would have passed out before getting through the 4 hour sea of people

was it hot this year? looks abit overcast which means not so hot =))))

So many people! It makes me want to scream a certain word LOL XD

Somehow... that would for me too many people oO.

Even if I'm an Otaku (or something in the long way to be an Otaku), I'm still a lazy typ of human!

REIMU!!!

I never have the money to buy all those expensive figures, a pity.....

I find it halarious that the japanese dont mind queuing for just about anything...
I would really have to want something really bad to queue for 4 hours..
I'd just find another hobbie, lifes to short to just stand around!

Comiket is like an Otaku pilgrimage as it is an event not to be missed if you have wads of Gold Coins

It's like being in heaven...

Comiket looks like so much fun, but the wait must be frustrating :x

man such a long time to get in . i will re think many times

Just got back from Comiket a couple of hours ago. Was outside most of the day so I think I might have gotten a bit sunburned.
Stopped by Good Smile booth though. They were sold out of nearly everything, including all the plushies, but Akiyama-san mentioned that they might have "a little bit" more tomorrow, so if anyone wants one, head over first thing!
I spent most of today at the Cosplay area and Itasha parking lot. You can take a look at some pictures I took
here http://bit.ly/YKzpY (lines)
here http://bit.ly/3fVg1C (cosplay)
and here http://bit.ly/32jnh2 (itasha)
I'll be back again tomorrow. Mostly in Higashi-kan, so I might be seeing a few other DC'ers there!

The nendoroids looked so cute.

If it's about waiting I don't really mind though...Well, I'm one who enjoys waiting anyway and 4 hours isn't that much of a problem for me >.<

Was badly owmed by comiket and too tired to visit all the blogs, didn't realise the comiket post was featured, thanks for the link Danny ^^

Those Nendo Gifts are so cute!

that pyramid-shaped building is rather iconic. was that where TGS was held as well?

A long queue indeed....but definitely worth it if you have a plan and stick to it...

One of the things I have to go to before turning 30!

That's a huge number of people waiting to get in. I assume some people even go there overnight to wait so they're the first ones in. Definitely something to do at least once though.

ya! I don't think I'm goign this year.
There is more and more people going and I'm getting sick of this crowd

I visited last year's winter Comiket, it was my first time there and it was an incredible experience! The crowds were incredible too, seriously, like herding cattle, but wow what a rush! Totally would love to visit again and have to recommend going in the winter over the summer event. I ended up sweating in my coat, I can't imagine what it's like in the summer when striping down probably wouldn't help.

It's not required to queue up on line before the sun rises but many do it because most of the good stuff sell out within the first two to three hours. It happens! I went prepared with my colorized map and didn't get to hit all the tables I wanted to because the artists sold out.

Whoa, that's insane... I always read there were way more people at Comiket than at Comic-Con (San Diego), and I don't even go to that anymore b/c of the number of people. The fact that there are legit vendors at Comiket now instead of just doujin artists makes me want to get over my aversion to crowds real quick!

So 180,000~ people at this year's Comiket? Makes our Anime Expo pale in comparison...

C76 attendee record: 180,000 attendees

Imagine...180,000 crazy otakus. A literal sea of people @.@

And Canned Dogs (http://zepy.momotato.com/) has a report on what happened on Day 1

http://zepy.momotato.com/2009/08/14/comic-market-76/

i went four times at comiket, it' s unbeliveable.....i entered on the big site at 11 o'clock for don't wait too much outside.My specialist is taking pics at the cosplayers, i friendship with one of them and now everytime i go a search her for speaking a little and buy some of her photo-cd (she sell them the second day of the comiket).
Gambatte Himeno -chan!

what an experience. I read some comments of people who will be in there in a couple of days. Well I think you all will experience the long wait as Yuki-to and guess what ??... I would like to be in there too!! lol.

i'd wanna be there too lol, the amount of things i can find and see there gives me a good enough reason to wait for 4 hours...and a psp can take 4 hours + of non stop gaming >=P so that'd keep me entertained.

I came back from the comiket with more than 25 doujinshi...I love this event.

Cannan? Is it bootleg?

More than 4hours of waiting in line just to get in @_@~~~~

One day I will have to experience it, it's a MUST for a otaku~~~~

i would punch myself in the face seven times a day for three years for one day at comiket. as long as it was day 3...

The sheer number of people at comiket is amazing.

One day, I will go. ^_^

"Great achievements came from great sacrifice" that surely fits Comiket...