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Biannual running of the otaku fails to take place for second time in a row
- Master Blaster
Aug 14, 2022 - Tweet
Some fear the tradition may never return, but most just hope so.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • Comiket • Comiket Dash • COVID-19 • dojinshi • doujinshi • Kokusai-Tenjijo Station • manga • otaku • Running of the Otaku • Tokyo Big Sight)
The best Japanese cosplayers from Day 2 of Winter Comiket 2021【Photos】
- Oona McGee
Jan 3, 2022
Anime characters, virtual stars, and… the Governor of Tokyo?
- Japan
- (anime • COK • Comiket • Comiket 2021 • Comiket 99 • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • doujinshi • manga • SNJO • Winter Comiket • Winter Comiket 2021 • Yuriko Koike)
The best cosplayers of Day 1 of Winter Comiket 2021【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 31, 2021
Welcome back, Comiket cosplayers!
- Japan
- (anime • beautiful women • COK • Comiket • Comiket 99 • cosplay • cosplayers • SNJO • video games • Winter Comiket 2021)
The opening morning of Comiket looked very different this year, and so did the night before【Vids】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 30, 2021
Running of the Otaku and tetsuyagumi don’t fit with the first pandemic-era Comiket.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • Comiket • Comiket 99 • doujinshi • Kokusai-Tenjijo Station • otaku • Running of the Otaku • video • Winter Comiket 2021)
Free anti-embarrassment bags to be handed out at Comiket
- Casey Baseel
Dec 29, 2021
Hazukashikunaibukuro hope to make the train ride home from Japan’s biggest otaku art gathering a little less awkward.
- Japan
- (anime • clever • Comiket • Comiket 2021 • Comiket 99 • doujin • doujinshi • manga • otaku)
With Comiket returning, so is its anime-posters-for-otaku-blood blood drive
- Casey Baseel
Dec 12, 2021
Donors get three posters this year, which helps us estimate the value of otaku blood.
- Japan
- (anime • blood • blood drive • charity • Comiket • Comiket 2021 • Comiket 99 • donation • manga • otaku • Red Cross)
Comiket will require proof of coronavirus vaccination or PCR test results for admission
- Casey Baseel
Nov 15, 2021
If you want to get your doujinshi, you’ll probably want to get your jabs too.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • Comiket • Comiket 2021 • Comiket 99 • coronavirus • COVID-19 • dojinshi • doujinshi • health • manga • PCR test • vaccination • Winter Comiket 2021)
Otaku should get some exercise before the return of Comiket, organizers agree
- Casey Baseel
Nov 1, 2021
Otaku event is returning as public health improves, but personal health is important too.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • Comiket • dojinshi • exercise • fitness • funny • health • Winter Comiket 2021)
Calling all artists! Japanese printing service campaign prints your own art on paper samples
- Katy Kelly
Oct 21, 2021
Compare paper thickness and effects using your own art for a fixed fee!
- Japan
- (art • campaign • COK • Comiket • doujinshi • illustration • otaku • otakura • paper • printing • SNJO • Udonko)
Cosplayers make Japan Weekend feel like Spanish Comiket【Photos】
- Oona McGee
Oct 5, 2021
This might be the year for Tokyo Revengers, but there are plenty of other well-known characters in this cosplay photo collection.
- Europe, Japan
- (anime • COK • Comiket • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • Evangelion • manga • Naruto • otaku • SNJO • Tokyo Revengers)
Return of Comiket doujinshi manga convention announced for 2021 in Tokyo
- Casey Baseel
Aug 2, 2021
After missing multiple iterations due to the coronavirus, organizers feel confident about holding otaku gathering once again.
- Japan
- (anime • Comiket • Comiket 99 • coronavirus • dojinshi • doujin • doujinshi • manga • otaku • pandemic)
Lack of otaku blood from cancelled Comiket contributing to donation shortage in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Dec 31, 2020
In a normal year, right now anime fans wouldn’t just be emptying their wallets, they’d be filling up blood vials too.
- Japan
- (anime • blood • blood donation • blood drive • Comiket • health • Japanese Red Cross Society • otaku • society)
Comiket returns! Japan’s largest otaku convention announced for 2021 with new admission policies
- Casey Baseel
Nov 18, 2020
Restart follows cancellation of 2020 iterations due to coronavirus pandemic.
Virtual dojinshi convention Comic Vket recreates the community joy of canceled otaku gatherings
- Casey Baseel
Aug 6, 2020
Free-to-attend, free-to-exhibit event is an online substitute for cancelled Comiket, held in virtual Akihabara.
Cancelled summer Comiket goes digital with first ever Air Comiket, as the otaku spirit lives on
- Dale Roll
May 6, 2020
Fan creators and their fellow otaku weren’t deterred by the fact that they couldn’t be on-site to celebrate doujinshi culture!
- Japan
- (Air Comiket • anime • Comiket • Comiket 98 • conventions • doujinshi • manga • otaku • twitter)
Comiket cancelled as coronavirus knocks off Tokyo’s biggest otaku celebration
- Casey Baseel
Mar 27, 2020
Continuing outbreak causes organizers to call off dojinshi event for the first time in its 45-year-history.
- Japan
- (anime • Comic Market • Comiket • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • dojinshi • otaku • Tokyo Big Sight)
Does Comiket need to revise its booth code system for foreigners who don’t understand Japanese?
- Casey Baseel
Jan 19, 2020
Fan thinks Japanese linguistic stubbornness is limiting the potential audience of Japan’s artists and creators.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • Comiket • dojinshi • Japanese language • linguistics • manga • society)
The best Japanese cosplayers from Day 4 of Winter Comiket 2019【Photos】
- SoraNews24
Jan 3, 2020
The final day of Comiket wrapped up with some awesome cosplays.
- Japan
- (anime • C97 • COK • Comiket • Comiket 97 • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • doujinshi • manga • SNJO • Winter Comiket • Winter Comiket 2019)
Aggressive upskirt photographers swallow up cosplay trio at Comiket【Video】
- SoraNews24
Jan 2, 2020
Three Japanese women were pulled out to safety after finding themselves in a dangerous situation.
- Japan
- (C97 • Comiket • cosplay • cosplayers • scary • video • Winter Comiket • Winter Comiket 2019)
Japan’s number-one cosplayer Enako creates jaw-dropping crowd at Winter Comiket【Photos】
- Oona McGee
Jan 2, 2020
This Japanese cosplayer is so popular she creates a phenomenon known as the Enako Ring.
- Japan
- (anime • beautiful women • Comiket • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • crazy • Enako • Sword Art Online • Winter Comiket • Winter Comiket 2019)
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