#Comiket 97

[animenostalgia]

The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - ep 113: Creative Conversations with Abby Denson

This month, we’re returning to my Creative Conversations series! In these episodes, I talk to people in various creative fields making things today who were greatly inspired by anime & manga, and are using that inspiration today to make their own cool things. This time, we’re talking to comic artist, illustrator, and comic author Abby Denson! A longtime manga reader, Abby’s been making comics since her self-published days, and continues that DIY spirit with her latest series Kitty Sweet Tooth with Japanese artist Utomaru. Listen as we discuss her ‘90s zine roots, how BL inspired one of her early comics, and what it was like to table at Comiket in ‘97, along with answering your questions!

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Abby’s older anime & manga recommendations:

Maison Ikkoku (Get the original manga from Rightstuf or Amazon)

Ranma ½ (Get the original manga from Rightstuf or Amazon)

Akira (Get the original manga from Rightstuf or Amazon)

The Poe Clan (Get the original manga from Rightstuf or Amazon)

Battle Angel Alita (Get the original manga from Rightstuf or Amazon)

The Rose of Versailles (Get the original manga from Rightstuf or Amazon)

Lil’ Leo (Get the original manga from Rightstuf or Amazon)

Follow Abby & her work online!

Abby’s Home page

Abby’s Twitter & Instagram

Buy her latest books, Kitty Sweet Tooth and Kitty Sweet Tooth Makes A Movie!

Bonus! A photo of Abby with mangaka royalty, Riyoko Ikeda!

My theme song music was done by Kerobit! You can find more about them on their website!

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Thanks for listening!

[carnivalparty]

Actually, after looking through (what seems to be) your entire blog, lol, I have a request! If you're willing?

There's an Aesop that I almost never see around, Comiket 96 (not 97!!) who has buttons and suspenders and a camera, sitting on a bus or train... Do you think you could do a stim and/or moodboard for him? He's so colorful and cute, I think itd be a lot of fun!! And if you need a picture (since he's so rare) I could provide one for you?

Tysm!

here you are, and thank you for the request! i hope this is to your liking💙

🎐 ☁️ 🌌 // ☁️ 🌧️ //  🌌 🌧️ 🎐

[ask-idv-baker]

Do you have any matching costumes?

Ah, they have.. a few ehe..//smacked because matching outfits is my weakness

Alright, here we go. Please note: Some of the Beth costumes will be in mmd because i haven't had a chance to draw them

Under the cut to save y'alls feeds

1: Exorcist

2: Bloodline or whatever the Halloween event au is called

3: COA3

4: T&I

5: Dragon

6: Pajamas

7: Merch skins. Pictured: Comiket 97 and Tea Party. Not Pictured: Tokyo Neo, Various Ichiban Kuji skins. Mainly because the designs are unfinished or are being redone in yokai Beth's case

[pkmngoeshard]

Source: Comiket 97

[a-fall-song]

群雨アンブレイラ - sinker

sinker 群雨アンブレイラ Fragment Skies Vocals: 伊織 (Phantasm Harmony) Arrangement, lyrics: シイナフユキ Original Song:  芥川龍之介の河童　～ Candid Friend Event: Comiket 97

I'm surprised none of the tracks on this album have been translated! Honestly my favorite thing to listen to that isn't rock related. From Murasame Umbrella’s “Fragment Skies”, available for purchase and download here.

籠の中の鳥が朽ちて果てるように 移ろう時の中　手を伸ばす事もなく

kaga no naka no tori ga kuchite hateru you ni utsurou toki no naka te wo nobasu koto mo naku

Like a bird rotting away in its cage I refuse to spread my wings amidst the changing times

水面　見上げる空は揺れて霞んで 意識は深く、深くヘ　闇の底へと

minamo miageru sora wa yurete kasunde ishiki wa fukaku、 fukaku e yami no soko e to

The sky that I see from below the surface wavers and grows hazy My consciousness sinks further and further into the depths of the dark

遠い日の記憶も色褪せるだけ　棄ててしまえばいい 最期は朽ちて水の中へ還るなら　それでいい　気に留める事もない 泡はもう浮かばず無為へと消えて　誰もいなくなる 滲んだ笑顔や言葉さえ消えて往く　消えて往く　感傷は要らない

tooi hi no kioku mo iroaserudake suteteshimaeba ii saigo wa kuchite mizu no naka e kaeru nara sore de ii ki ni todomerukoto mo nai awa wa mou ukabazu mui e to kiete dare mo inaku naru nijinda egao ya kotoba sae kieteyuku kieteyuku kanshou wa iranai

Memories of days past only fade away, so throw them away If I’ll only end up rotting and returning to the water, that’s fine. It doesn’t matter to me. The bubbles no longer float, they dissolve into nothing. No one is left. Even the blotted smiles and words will disappear, disappear. I don’t need sentimentality.

どこまでも深くへ ただひたすら深くへ 誰にも触れられず 安息の満ちる場所へ

doko made mo fukaku e tada hitasura fukaku e dare ni mo furerareszu ansoku no michiru bashoe

Go as far down as you can make it your only goal to be somewhere no one can reach you; a resting place.

塗り潰される様に　冷たさもじきに消える この色も喪う　昏い、昏い世界

nuritsbusareru you ni tsumetasa mo jiki ni kieru kono iro mo ushinau kurai、 kurai sekai

The coldness will vanish as if it were painted over with a color that also mourns this bleak, bleak world

照らされた事は少しは覚えてるよ 幸せ過ぎたから　この両手には重過ぎて

terasareta koto wa sukoshi wa oboeteru yo shiawase sugita kara kono ryoute ni wa omosugite

I remember a bit of what used to light up my life But the happiness was too heavy for my hands to keep holding onto

さよなら　さよなら　終わりにしよう　幕を閉じるだけ　それだけ 誰もがいつかはいなくなる　いなくなる　永遠はないから 終わりだ　終わりだ　なにもかも　もう水に還るだけ　それだけ 君のいた証明も消えて往く　消えて往く　感傷は要らない

sayonara sayonara owari ni shiyou makuwotojiru dake sore dake dare mo ga itsuka wa inakunaru inakunaru eien wa nai kara owari da owari da nani mo kamo mou mizu ni kaeru dake sore dake kimi no ita shoumei mo kieteyuku kieteyuku kanshou wa iranai

Goodbye, goodbye, let’s end this. Just draw the curtains back and finish the last act. Everyone will be gone eventually, eventually… because nothing lasts forever. It’s the end. It’s the end of everything. I’m going back into the dark depths and that’s it Proof that you were once here will fade away, fade away… I don’t need sentimentality.

どこまでも深くへ ただひたすら深くへ 誰にも触れられず 安息の満ちる場所へ

doko made mo fukaku e tada hitasura fukaku e dare ni mo furerareszu ansoku no michiru bashoe

Go as far down as you can make it your only goal to be somewhere no one can reach you; a resting place.

[crawforda-ufl]

Convention Reflection

In December 2019, I visited Japan and happened to be able to experience Comiket 97. It was organized at Tokyo Big Sight and used up most of its halls. The venue was packed, even more so than Genshiken described it to be, and the experience was very overwhelming.

Perhaps the most surprising element was how organized the event was. The large crowd of people were efficiently directed; further, the organizers collected fares of all the hundreds of thousands of people personally. Moreover, artists were arranged by category, not by popularity, so when I went to the music section, I was surrounded by other musicians.

Another thing I noticed was the variety of content, even within a particular franchise. The day I went was Tuesday, which was the designated day for Touhou groups. While the Touhou series originally just consisted of video games, Touhou could be found throughout ComiKet 97. While exploring, I found Touhou spinoff games, Touhou cosplayers, Touhou art books, Touhou doujinshi, Touhou music, and other Touhou merchandise (such as dakimakura covers and acrylic keychain pieces). There were even different types of Touhou spinoffs, such as bullet hell spinoffs and adventure games. While I could not find it in person, I heard that team Shanghai Alice, the developer of the official Touhou series, also officially participated in the event as a game developer.

The event showed the sheer breadth and size of the Touhou fandom. I believe Touhou is a good example of how a community's productivity can shape and support an entire franchise. For example, in America, Touhou plushies (fumos) are possibly more popular than the actual bullet hell games. Further, the textual productivity of the fandom means there is likely more total lore in its shadow culture than its official culture.

As I bought several products, I noticed a few peculiarities. In contrast to American fans I know online, Japanese doujin circles (particularly the busy ones) seemed shy and did not want to speak too much about their products, even when I spoke in Japanese. Upon reflection, I believe that that might have been related to how Genshiken characters appeared reluctant to show their works in public or say anime quotes in public: fandom in Japan does not involve as much enunciative productivity outside of private settings. Further, the circles may have wanted to shield their private identities and maintain their privacy.

As the day grew later, I noticed that the majority of attendees left Comiket rather early in the day, even though there were thousands of doujin circle stands. I would have liked to visit all of them, but after researching Comiket further, it appears there are many days Comiket takes place. Thus, for regular attendees of Comiket, if they are unable to visit all their desired stands on the first day, they can visit the ones that attend multiple days a different day.

For me, this event was an overwhelming introduction to Japan's diverse fandom culture. While I did not feel anime as part of my identity, I believe some of the Comiket attendees put in the effort to attend and sell at Comiket because they felt fandom culture as part of their identity. Creating doujinshi, art books and games can take hundreds of hours, and many Comiket attendees create new fan goods every year (usually for the summer Comiket). Nonetheless, the signs that Japanese people feel uncomfortable talking about their hobbies, even in an event such as Comiket, suggests that anime and fan culture in Japan is not accepted openly as mainstream.

Another aspect of doujinshi culture is that doujinshis are often bought at Comiket ahead of time to be sold in new or used doujinshi stores, commonly found at Akihabara. While I was not always able to visit Comiket in Japan due to time constraints, these stores gave me and other fans more flexibility to purchase fan goods when they were not available at melonbooks.

[happylaw]

Shirabii -  Ryuuou no Oshigoto no Rakugaki Hon - LIF22

[revoleader]

touhoujihen - Ordinary Person // 凡人

touhoujihen - Ordinary Person // 凡人

touhoujihen (東方事変) Ordinary Person (凡人, bonjin)

ROCKIN’ON TOUHOU VOL.8 by IOSYS – Disc 2, Track 1 Released: 2019-10-06 (Aki Reitaisai 6) Website ESCAPE FROM WEST – Track 5 Released: 2019-12-31 (Comiket 97) Website

Arrangement: NSY Vocals & Lyrics: IZNA Instruments: NSY Based on A Starry Sky of Small Desires (小さな欲望の星空) and Shoutoku Legend – True Administrator (聖徳伝説　～ True Administrator) from Touh…

[comunidadarcsystemworks]

Merchandising de Arc System Works en la Comiket 97

Arc System Works venderá nuevo merchandising en la Comiket 97. Se ve una almohada de Mai realizado por Sumeragi. Sumeragi es una artista que ha ilustrado tanto Remix Heart como Variable Heart y quién creó el diseño para Mai Natsume y Kajun Faycott.

Aunque no todo es fanservice, también hay camisetas, llaveros, tapices... https://arcsystemworks.jp/portal/post-15422/

[animateinternational]

🌏Comiket 97 Wristband-Style Admission Passes

Heading to Tokyo this winter? Don't miss the biggest doujinshi event in the world: Comiket 97, to be held at Tokyo Big Sight Dec 28-31! We are taking pre-orders for wristband-style admission passes, with international shipping✈️

[otaku-republic]

<<Article>> Pre-Order Comiket 97! Don’t Miss Out the Biggest Event 2019!! https://otakurepublic.com/blog/entry_591.html

[kureikakashikaiba]

Winter Comiket 97 - Japan 2019 - On the left is my hogging of Doujins and Copic Marker book, on the right is my collection of KakaxSaku doujins, although I had a few more at home 😂😂😂😂😂.

Testing Wacom Tablet with Clip Studio Paint, this will be the next hi-tech crap I buy for my birthday next year. It was amazing.

Tokyo Big Sight

Talented Artists

Cosplayer in freezing cold winds

[kosyokai-kc]

ComicMarket97 DAY2 2019.12.29 Sun. at TOKYO BIG SITE 日曜日 西3ホール(4F)”O”29-b「小書会」

艦これ オールキャラ1コマギャグ「沈んでもやめんじゃねーぞ3周年記念式典」 Full Color / 20P / B5 / 500yen(イベント頒布価格)

https://webcatalog.circle.ms/Perma/Circle/10349959/

[ovopack]

I will exhibit at Comiket 97 in Japan. I plan to distribute my own art book. Mail order is still undecided!

Booth location : Day3(30th Dec) 南ヨ-10

About Comiket97(https://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/TAFO/C97TAFO/cmkfor_eng.html)

[kuro-von-shitsuji]

Thank you for everyone’s hard work and attendance at Comiket 97 from Yana Toboso

[a-fall-song]

Snow Fragment 群雨アンブレイラ Fragment Skies Vocals: ヤヤネヒロコ(Lunatico_fEs) Arrangement, lyrics: シイナフユキ Original Song:  ルーネイトエルフ (Lunate Elf), おてんば恋娘 (Tomboyish Girl in Love) Event: Comiket 97

A love song from Cirno to Daiyousei, or maybe the other way around depending on how you look at it. It's really moving, the sense of loss completely blankets the arrangement and lyrics. Note that 蒼穹 is sung as 空 (sora).

From Murasame Umbrella’s “Fragment Skies”, available for purchase and download here.

Second image is by ItoAnohito, and can be found here.

見上げる　吐く息はもう凍てつく雪の様に 朝日に融ける間際　儚く 幾度と見た景色も　別れは訪れる様に いつかは君のことを想うのかな miageru hakuiki wa mou itetsuku yuki no you ni asahi ni tokeru magiwa hakanaku ikudo to mita keshiki mo wakare wa otozureru you ni itsuka wa kimi no koto wo omou no ka na Looking up, my breath has become as cold as ice Fleetingly, it begins to melt in the morning sun The countless seasons I've seen and their farewells were like visitors passing by Will I ever think of you again? 胸の中の記憶でも歩いて往ける mune no naka no kioku demo aruite yukeru Even with those memories in my heart, I can move on この先　何もかもが雪の中に消えても ああ　すぐ　そば　ほら 君と生きた記憶が　蒼穹を照らしてくれる ここ　だよ　ねえ kono saki nani mo kamo ga yuki no naka ni kiete mo aa, sugu, soba, hora kimi to ikita kioku ga sora wo terashite kureru koko dayo nee If everything in front of me were to fade into the snow Ah, it's so close, come on The memories of our lives together shine a light upon the heavens It's right here, yeah 怖くはないんだ 笑って往ける それだけでいい kowaku wa nainda waratte yukeru sore dake de ii I'm not scared I can keep smiling That's all I need 時間は等しく過ぎ　現在さえ遠く過ぎる セピアに褪せた写真残して 僕らが風の中で残した　生きた軌跡 確かに笑い合った足跡 jikan wa hitoshiku sugi ima sae tooku sugiru sepia ni aseta shashin nokoshite bokura ga kaze no naka de nokoshita ikita kiseki tashika ni waraiatta ashiato Time is the great equalizer, so much that even the present seems distant Printing a sepia-tinted photograph Tracks we left in the snow, our proof of life, were swept into a gust Surely, they were footprints made with our shared smiles 今も僕の中　強く灯る熱量 ima mo boku no naka tsuyoku tomoru netsuryou It's a heat that still blazes within me いつかは掠れ消える　いつかは雪に還る それ　でも　ただ　ただ 君とみたあの蒼穹を　君のいた残り香を ただ　それ　だけ itsuka wa kasure kieru itsuka wa yuki ni kaeru sore, demo, tada, tada kimi to mita ano sora wo kimi no ita nokoriga wo tada, sore dake One day everything will blur into nothingness and return to the snow Still, it is what it is The skies that we'd watch, the fragrance that reminds me you were here That's all there is これからもずっと 忘れはしない 失くしはしない kore kara mo zutto wasure wa shinai nakushi wa shinai Now and forever I'll never forget or lose sight of you 手を引かれて駆けて往く　なんでもない日々の欠片 今でも動き出しそうなほど 鮮明に覚えている　網膜に焼き付いている この手に残った温かな熱 te wo hikarete kakete yuku nandemo nai hibi no kakera ima demo ugokidashisouna hodo senmei ni oboeteiru moumaku ni yakitsuiteiru kono te ni nokotta atatakana netsu Hand in hand, the fragments of our ordinary days run along I could keep chasing them even now The memory of the warmth you left in my palm remains so vivid, it's burned into my retinas この先　何もかもが雪の中に消えても ああ　すぐ　そば　ほら 君と生きた記憶が　蒼穹を照らしてくれる ここ　だよ　ねえ ねえ kono saki nani mo kamo ga yuki no naka ni kiete mo aa, sugu, soba, hora kimi to ikita kioku ga sora wo terashite kureru koko, dayo, nee, nee If everything in front of me were to fade into the snow Ah, it's so close, come on The memories of our lives together shine a light upon the heavens It's right here, yeah, yeah いつかはこの体温すら　世界に還るだろう それ　でも　ただ　ただ 僕を生かす言の葉　踏み出す足の理由 ただ　それ　だけ itsuka wa kono taion sura sekai ni kaeru darou sore, demo, tada, tada boku wo ikasu kotonoha fumidasu ashi wo riyuu tada, sore dake Even the heat of my body will one day return to the earth Still, it is what it is Your words which kept me alive, the reasons for me to take a step forward That's all there is 怖くはないんだ 笑って往ける それでいいんだ kowaku wa nainda waratte yukeru sore de iinda I'm not scared I can keep smiling And that's alright