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The World Cosplay Summit (世界コスプレサミット, Sekai Kosupure Samitto WCS) is an annual international cosplay event, which promotes global interaction through Japanese pop culture. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It developed from a cosplay exhibition held at the Aichi Expo in 2005.
Both events run daily from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m, with corporate booths open until 5:00 p.m and the entire convention closing an hour early on the final day of the event. [18] Comiket has been held at Tokyo Big Sight in Ariake, Tokyo since 1996. [ 19 ]
This is a list of noteworthy [a] anime conventions from around the world, as distinct from comic book conventions, furry conventions, gaming conventions, horror conventions, multigenre conventions, and science fiction conventions.
Anime conventions are commonly multi-day events hosted at convention centers, hotels or college campuses. They feature a wide variety of activities and panels, with a larger number of attendees participating in cosplay than most other types of fan conventions. Anime conventions are also used as a vehicle for industry, in which studios ...
Jump Festa (Japanese: ジャンプフェスタ, Hepburn: Janpu Fesuta) is an annual manga and anime fan convention in Tokyo, Japan. it is organized by Shueisha, publisher of the various Jump anthologies, with Jump Festa focusing specifically on the Shōnen manga magazines such as Weekly Shōnen Jump, Jump Square, V Jump, Saikyō Jump and Shōnen Jump+.
In 2017, the event was scheduled to be held at the revamped Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre. [50] SOZO (Organisers of Anime Festival Asia) and Sotsu (Organisers of C3 Events) announced a partnership to host this year's AFA in Thailand, Indonesia, Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong(2018).
A doujinshi convention is a type of event dedicated to the sale of doujinshi, or self-published books (typically manga, collections of illustrations, or novels). These events are known in Japanese as doujin sokubaikai (同人即売会, 'doujin sale event') or doujinshi sokubaikai (同人誌即売会, 'doujinshi sale event').
The first event was held in 2002 as "Tokyo International Anime Fair 21". The event was held at Tokyo Big Sight, a convention and exhibition center in Tokyo Bay, in late March. Usually, the first one or two days of the fair were weekdays and the entrance was open only to industry members and the press; the last two days were scheduled on the ...