Comiket 84 - Summer 2013

The 84th Comiket (contraction of “Comic Market”) was held a few days ago at Tokyo Big Sight in Ariake, Tokyo. It is the world’s largest fair for self-published manga (a style of publishing known as dojinshi in Japan) but is also the occasion for cosplay and sales of products by established companies.  It takes place twice a year, in summer and winter. About 500,000 attend the summer Comiket. It was indeed massive!

Above, the main event, with the biggest space: The dojinshi fair. The favorite genre seemed to be Yaoi (aka Boy’s Love).

Above, cosplayers.

Above, the company booths. There were long lines for some of them because of comiket-exclusive items.