- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Jan 1, 2012 21:34 JST
- Tags: Censorship, Comiket, Cosplay, Doujinshi, Events, Otaku, Records, Statistics, Tokyo Big Sight

Comiket attendance numbers are apparently in long-term decline, prompting much speculation as to why – and some scepticism about the official position that lingering disruptions from the earthquake and the strong yen driving off barbarian attendees being the main cause of C81′s “low” numbers.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, Galleries
- Date: Jan 1, 2012 08:33 JST
- Tags: Comiket, Cosplay, Events, Image Gallery, Loli, Lolicon, Otaku, Pettanko, Tokyo Big Sight

Comiket 81′s 3rd day has seen unusual numbers of small and flat cosplayers portraying even smaller and flatter lolicon favourites…
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C81 cosplayers really do appear to be immune to the cold – only this or sheer dedication can explain the extraordinary concentration of skimpy bikinis being shown off in the midwinter chill.
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All manner of cosplayers have graced Comiket 81′s final day with their presence, ranging from the sexy to the bizarre – and at times even both at the same time.
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An intrepid Sankaku Complex reader kindly shares the results of his expedition to the cosplay horde of Comiket 81′s 2nd day, shorn of Photoshop and once again graced by such luminaries as Lenfried and the little girl from the end of the previous gallery.
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The insensitivity of Comiket cosplayers to the cold is being hailed as a thing of wonder yet again – such is their zeal for cosplay that they apparently have no intention of yielding to the mere elements, although as some look quite cosy this may not be so hard…
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Comiket 81′s initial day sees yet more outstanding cosplay, a great deal of which is as usual scorchingly hot despite the admittedly only typically mild Tokyo winter, with smooth ero-cosplayer Lenfried joining the fray.
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The many cosplayers of Comiket 81′s first day, and their attendant horde of creepy otaku photographers, have thankfully ensured the cuteness of their cosplay can once again be appreciated far and wide…
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The 2011 Tokyo International Anime Fair has been officially cancelled, ostensibly because of the unstable power and transit situations.
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As expected, Comiket 76′s final Day 3 surpassed Day 1′s record-breaking number of attendees, bringing in over 200,000 pilgrims who braved the sweltering summer heat to come to the semiannual otaku Mecca for the event’s most ero-heavy day.
This means the reported figure for total C76 attendance over its three days is a whopping 560,000 (roughly 4.5% of the population of Tokyo, the world’s most populous metropolitan area), beating last year’s summer Comiket 74′s piddling 550,000.
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Comiket 76, this summer’s August event of the twice annual otaku mega-convention in Ariake has broken its already massive attendance records on its first day, with a reported figure of 180,000 attendees, on a blisteringly hot August 14, topping last year’s C74 by 10,000.
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The Dream Party Tokyo 2009 Spring event ( a sort of catch-all convention for various otaku goods) took place last month, and the attention given to its extensive dakimakura displays make a close inspection of these photos worthwhile…
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