On Thu, 31 Jul 1997, Christopher Jefferson wrote:

> SHIMIZU KENJI wrote:
> > 
> >  He he he ^_^. Very happy to know that there will be comciket this year
> > again. only 14 more days till comicket ^o^

 he he he ^_^ only 13 more days till comicket ^_^

> Kenji, this kind of thing simply doesn't happen in the United States,
> except for the annual Computer trade shows in Las Vegas.

 ... Or the UPS strike they're having (about to have) right now... (our 
company's not too happy about it... can't send stuff to the U.S.... -_-)

> WHERE in Tokyo do they have the facilities to play host to 600,000 
> people over three days? Tokyo Dome?

 Tokyo Dome is Waaaaayyyyy too small. It's at the Ariake's Tokyo Big 
site. I lost the paper with all the details of the size, but it's 
stuipidly huge. (A normal person would wonder "why in the world did the 
Tokyo Metro Politan govenrment waste tax money on such a huge, useless 
empty buliding?"... well, from a Otaku's point of view, "to squeeze in 
all the Otakus in the Kanto Plains... ^_^;"

> Really, this number is astounding to me. Bear in mind, however, that 
> I'm looking at it from an American point of view.

 Well, I think I'm under-estimating... (Last year, they went waayy over 
the estimated visitors...)

> Anime/manga simply doesn't hold the same attraction in American culture
> as it does in Japan.

 At least 1000 comics comes out a month in Japan... (these include 
magazines, comics, anime related magazine, monthlys, weeklys...) Just 
walk to your near-by Japanese bookstore, and take a look at the monthly 
releases of comics. (Only with that, it goes over a 100... per month...)

> >  While looking at these Stupidly incredible numbers, and reveiwing at the
> > new Cosplay rules, I just remembered about the flame war we had a while
> > ago... well with these number of people, we NEED rules... or else....
> > (can't have selfish people at events like this.. -_-)
> 
> You bet you do.

 (or else, we'll have a riot on our hands ^_^;;;)

 (Cut out some lines to save space)

> Somehow I don't anticipate rioting at the comicket. Unless, of course,
> the doujinshi get lost or stolen on the way to the event. Then hold on
> to your hats!

 Actually, every year, comicket has tons of problems... like complaints 
from people near by, traffic, fire-safety violation, etc. But the staff 
manages to take care of them. (and most people at comicket tends to 
follow rules... not following them will mean big trouble... (intensive 
"peer-pressure (?)" from fellow Otakus ^_^;

> >  Megami stuff can be found on day 3... (but only a handfull of circles
> > T_T) same with Wedding Peach T_T (not much circles doing them now T_T)
> > Hope it doesn't bceom "cult" titles in the future T_T... Oh well... I
> > guess I'll hunt down other dojinshi instead... there's more than enough
> > Dojinshi to last a life time... (actually, I'll nedd 10 lives just to
> > look at what's out at this comicket... if I ever thought about looking at
> > the already exsisting dojinshi, haveing 10000lives probably won't be
> > enough ;_;)\... scarry... -_-)
> > 
> >                                         Kenji Shimizu
> Be afraid. Be very afraid.

 Well, there's lots of scarry Otakus there too ^_^; (I can look like a 
beginer at times, depending on which section I go to ^_^;)