Tokyo Anime Fair 2006
Saturday, Phil, Ben, Arron (another of Phil's friends from Leeds who attends a language school in Shibuya and whom I met for the first time Saturday), and I went back out to Tokyo Big Sight in Odaiba for the International Animation Fair (also Tokyo Anime Fair or TAF). Phil, Ben, and Arron began the Anime Society at Leeds. They know way more about this stuff than I do, have in general seen a lot more anime, and are much more on top of the news than I am. I felt quite out of my league, but ah well. Their company was enjoyable; I laughed a lot. But about the actual Fair...
It wasn't nearly as big an event as Komiketto (Comic Market) back in December. Komiketto took up the entirety of Tokyo Big Sight (which is, as the name implies, a big space). TAF took one or two exhibit halls. There was barely room to move at Komiketto, lines were out the doors, winding around the building; there was more than enough room for the four of us to sit in clumps on the floor at TAF. Another big difference: lots of males. If you recall, many if not most of the people at Komiketto were females. This was definitely overwhelmingly male. Oh. And there lots and lots of gaijin. I think we saw more foreigners at TAF than I had seen in all my time in Japan so far.
A lot of the stuff advertised at TAF was anime that will begin broadcasting in April. But there was also a huge exhibit dedicated to Tezuka Osamu; another of monitors and monitors playing opening song sequences from classic series; a stall where you could make your own stop-motion animated short... and there was a section for aspiring animators to promote their work. There was also a very tempting shopping area. I would have liked to invest in something, perhaps Fuji's next birthday present, but I'm so bad at making decisions. Anyway... technically pictures aren't allowed inside Tokyo Big Sight, which is why I didn't have any pictures of Komiketto, but people were snapping away anyway. I figured pictures would be good for the blog, so yeah... I broke the rules. For you, my dear readers.
First, just for an idea of the event and venue.
Characters from Naruto (very popular shounen manga and anime; the same one I used for my uchi-mata project first term) and a Bleach balloon.
Advertising "Splash Star," the latest installment of the shoujo "Pretty Cure" anime. (Phil and friends are currently in the process of fan-subbing it.)
Tachikoma-kun! It was very awkwardly placed; I couldn't get a better picture. :-( The Ghost in the Shell exhibit was pretty big. Loved it. ^_^
And the black Mokona (I don't know if it has a proper name) from CLAMP's XXXholic. Who wouldn't want this in their bedroom?
It wasn't nearly as big an event as Komiketto (Comic Market) back in December. Komiketto took up the entirety of Tokyo Big Sight (which is, as the name implies, a big space). TAF took one or two exhibit halls. There was barely room to move at Komiketto, lines were out the doors, winding around the building; there was more than enough room for the four of us to sit in clumps on the floor at TAF. Another big difference: lots of males. If you recall, many if not most of the people at Komiketto were females. This was definitely overwhelmingly male. Oh. And there lots and lots of gaijin. I think we saw more foreigners at TAF than I had seen in all my time in Japan so far.
A lot of the stuff advertised at TAF was anime that will begin broadcasting in April. But there was also a huge exhibit dedicated to Tezuka Osamu; another of monitors and monitors playing opening song sequences from classic series; a stall where you could make your own stop-motion animated short... and there was a section for aspiring animators to promote their work. There was also a very tempting shopping area. I would have liked to invest in something, perhaps Fuji's next birthday present, but I'm so bad at making decisions. Anyway... technically pictures aren't allowed inside Tokyo Big Sight, which is why I didn't have any pictures of Komiketto, but people were snapping away anyway. I figured pictures would be good for the blog, so yeah... I broke the rules. For you, my dear readers.
First, just for an idea of the event and venue.
Characters from Naruto (very popular shounen manga and anime; the same one I used for my uchi-mata project first term) and a Bleach balloon.
Advertising "Splash Star," the latest installment of the shoujo "Pretty Cure" anime. (Phil and friends are currently in the process of fan-subbing it.)
Tachikoma-kun! It was very awkwardly placed; I couldn't get a better picture. :-( The Ghost in the Shell exhibit was pretty big. Loved it. ^_^
And the black Mokona (I don't know if it has a proper name) from CLAMP's XXXholic. Who wouldn't want this in their bedroom?
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