Comiket ( Japanese コ ミ ケ ッ ト Comicatto ) is the largest comic book fair, also known as Comic Market ( CM ) ( Japanese コ ミ ッ ク マ ー ケ ッ ト Comiccu Ma: catto ) , focused on the creativity of manga beginners. At the moment, in addition to doujinshi on the Komikets, they also sell dojin music and dojin software . [1] The idea of organizing Comicades was proposed by Yoshihiro Yonezawa [2] . Held 2 times a year in Tokyo , Japan . The first Komiket was held on December 21, 1975, about 32 dodzinsi circles and about 650 visitors took part in it. [3] Now this event gathers about half a million people. [4] This is a base for beginner mangak, where everyone tries to sell his doujinshi. The festival is also visited by famous animators and anime directors. [5] Since many works sold on Komiket are very rare (since doujinshi are rarely reprinted), some of them can later be found in stores or on the Internet at prices up to 10 times higher than the initial price.
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| Dates | 1975 - present time |
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| City of | Tokyo |
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History
The first comet was held in 1975. After the closure of COM magazine in 1972, the only publication that published an experimental and independent manga disappeared. Then a group of students, which included young Yoshihiro Yonezawa , Teruo Harada and Jun Aniva, had the idea of a comic book fair. They were dissatisfied with the current state of the industry and the hegemony of several separate works, wanted to study manga and reveal its commercial potential. [6] [7] [8]
Dates, Time, and Place
The comic strip is held 2 times a year : once in August and once in December ( Summer Comicet and Winter Comicet, respectively). The Summer Komiket is held around August 15 and lasts 3 days. The Winter Comequette is usually held between December 28 and 31 and lasts 2-3 days. A Komiket is held in the building of the Tokyo International Exhibition Center ( 東京 国際 展示 場 To: kyo: Kokusai Tenjijo:) located on the island of Odaiba , Tokyo. Events are held from 10:00 to 15:00 - 16:00. The fair management recommends arriving in the afternoon, as in the morning visitors can spend in line from 1 to 5 hours.
Scale
Approximately 50,000 sellers and about 550,000 visitors converge over 3 days, and the numbers continue to grow year by year. [9] If we take into account the police, security, employees and volunteers who provide the event, the number of participants will safely exceed half a million people. Due to such a huge number of people, mobile companies have to install temporary antennas, since the permanent ones can’t cope. Hotels and transport companies are also adapting to the influx of customers.
Catalog
For each fair, a catalog is issued in the form of a CD , or its printed version, the size of a small telephone directory . The catalog contains all the participants, a map of the event, directions and rules. For foreigners, there are many graphic signs. The catalog should be ordered in advance, before the trip to Komiket.
Problems
Since Komiket collects more and more participants every year, the overflow problem is constantly facing. In order to buy the doujinshi of your favorite author, especially if this author is famous, the line of fans is built near the fair building several days before the start, which is problematic from a security point of view. Therefore, in recent years, it is allowed to start gathering only on the day of the Komiket.
See also
- Dojin
- Doujinshi
- Dojin music
- Reiteisai
Notes
- ↑ A Study of Transnational Idol Otaku
- ↑ Katasonova E.L. Japanese in the real and virtual worlds: Essays on modern Japanese mass culture. - M .: Oriental literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2012. - P. 93. - 357 p. - ISBN 978-5-02-036522-3 .
- ↑ Brent Wilson, Masami Toku. Boys' Love, Yaoi, and Art Education: Issues of Power and Pedagogy . California State University (2003). Date of treatment June 2, 2009. Archived on August 14, 2011.
- ↑ McCarthy, Helen . Manga: A Brief History // 500 Manga Heroes & Villains. - New York: Chrysalis Book Group, 2006 .-- S. 14. - ISBN 978-0-7641-3201-8 .
- ↑ Canned Dogs "Blog Archive" Professional animators at Comic Market
- ↑ Frederik LS Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga . - 2nd ed. - Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press, LLC, 1999. - P. 40. - ISBN 978-1-880656-23-5 .
- ↑ World's Biggest Underground Comic Convention . Anime News Network (17 August 2000). Date of treatment May 13, 2009.
- ↑ Gelder, Ken. Amateur Manga Subculture // The Subcultures Reader. - 2. - Routledge, 2005 .-- P. 542-543. - ISBN 9780415344159 .
- ↑ Natalia Odintsova and Alexey Dubinsky. Wonder Festival and Comiket . Games Country ( September 21, 2007 ). Date of treatment May 11, 2008. Archived August 22, 2011.
Links
- The official Comic Market website
- “What is Comic Market?” , “A presentation by the Comic Market Preparations Committee”, February 2008