Basic knowledge when joining comic market for the first time Summary

A comic market in winter, "Winter comic" is held from December 29th to 31th in the west, but for those who are interested in comic market but have never been to the first time to participate in comic market I summarized the minimum basic knowledge of.

The picture above is the scenery inside the venue of the comic market 62 by Mr. Kobak.

The rest is as follows.
In the first place, comic market is the world's largest organized by comic market preparation teamDoujinshi (meaning of a magazine created by a loyalty fellow)It is held for 2 days or 3 days at Tokyo International Exhibition Center (Tokyo Big Sight) twice a year in August and December every year. "Winter Comi" to be held from 29th December 2006 is the 71st time.

Also, the comic market is also abbreviated as "comic", in particular those who will be held in August will be called "summer comic", those to be held in December will be called "winter comics".

In addition, not only trading of doujinshi at comic venue,Cosplay (making a dress of characters of characters such as animation)It is said that there are also cases where you participate and do.

And how to participate in Comiket, you can participate by going to the venue on the day. Especially there is no need to buy entrance tickets. However, in order to participate happily in Comiket, I tried the following things.

1. Buy a catalog
As comickees are coming closer, things like 'comic k catalog' will be on sale, but the following things are listed in the catalog, so if you have something you want, it is safe to buy it. It will be very crowded on the day, so it is difficult to find out inside without preparing in advance.

· What kind of circles are in the first place and what kind of books will be issued
· Where do you sell the book?
· Locations of circles in the hall

By the way, since catalogs can not be purchased at ordinary bookstores, please refer to the list of agencies dealing with the following links. It is said that there is also sale on the day.

Guide of committer catalog dealer

2. Prepare cash
Although it depends on doujinshi, since books of a few hundred yen per book are most, prepare a coin so that no change will occur, you can purchase smoothly. Also, it is extremely difficult to withdraw money at the ATM in the venue, so it might be a good idea to take a little extra money for when you find something unexpected.

3. Prepare a transportation prepaid card etc
Transportation is very busy on the day, so in order to pass through the ticket gate smoothly,PathnetYaSuicaIt is wiser to have prepared such as.

For access to the Tokyo International Exhibition Center (Tokyo Big Sight) which is the opening of the 71st comic market, see below

Tokyo International Exhibition Center

4. Do not stay up all night
It is forbidden to wait in line with the venue lining up all night long due to security reasons. Since it seems that it may be attacked by targeting money, even if there is anything I really want, I need to keep it at least by the first train.

5. Be careful of heat stroke etc.
Even though "summer comic" and "winter komi" are also often harsh climates in time, there are also people who collapse due to heat stroke disease or consumption of physical strength due to cold, etc. It seems that there are many. So it is safer to have a frozen PET bottle drink or a warmer.

For the comic market, the following sites are detailed.

Welcome to the comic market official website

Basic knowledge of Comiket participation