Festival Special 6: Comiket 75 (Monday)

Woooooooo, that was GREAT!!! SAIKOU DA ZE! My first trip to Comiket was enjoyable... tiring, but enjoyable! To be surrounded by so many talented folks and people who have the same interest as you, it felt so gooooood.

So good, that I didn't have time to take many pics. Just following megu-chan's advice here: don't care about pictures, just have fun. Damn right I did! :D But don't worry, there are still enough pics to explain all the excitement, at least.



I went around noon, but the crowd was still huge. I can't imagine how it's like in the morning.



No prize for guessing what's gonna go inside that bag.



This is the hallway to the *entrance* of the halls, and there's just barely enough space to walk!



And this is where I started, the East Hall, full of doujin parodies of my favourite series.



Such as Aria, of course! The artist went so far as to cosplay Akari as well.



Love the tie! Asked him where he got it, and he said it's been sold out since a year ago. A whole lot of people asked him to sell it, including me :P

I would really love to thank this guy and another 2 great doujin circles called Chocolate Box and Laputa for giving up the last issue of their doujinshis, after much persuasion :3 Chocolate Box even gave another doujinshi for free, after I displayed my sheer fanboyism!

Also, there was this damn passionate artist who cosplayed as Aria's Alice and went all the way to Venice to take actual photos! They looked great, and of course she took all the familiar locations, including San Marco Square and the inside of Cafe Florian. Didn't buy the photo album because I pokai liao~



After seeing all the various stories and art styles, my eyes had to take a rest @_@ Didn't even have time to browse 'em all!

Of course I skipped all the yaoi ones. A few times I damn blur and opened their doujinshi to see... see... 2 anime male leads... *uwek~*

Begone, imagery!

I observed a few groups in this resting area. Just like you see in Lucky Star and Genshiken, friends gathered here and crossed out list of wanted doujinshis. I saw money lying on the floor, and they were distributing it among themselves. Obviously, each guy was assigned to buy in bulk from different booths. This is what Comiket is all about, man!



And now for round 2! Here, we have mostly Miku soundtracks and handmade doujin merchandise. By the time I got here, my pockets were almost empty TT_TT I only reserved a little money for this event, coz moving to a new house was very costly *sob*



This is me trying to hide my tired face and long glee. hehehehehhzzzzzzhehezzzzzhehehzzzz



Now to another part of the west hall, where they had official companies set up shop. Most had "No pictures allowed!", but I knew Kyoani had a soft spot for its fans ^_^ Munto OVA was their very first project, and now it's gonna be turned to a TV series, coming in Jan!



I love Good Smile Company. They come up with the best figures, ever!



Here are some upcoming figures. I can already hear my wallet crying.



They look so cool when they're together.



Nagi!!! Even comes with the fairy stick for extra win ;)



Yes, megu-chan, I can hear you yearning for the one on the left. Wait a little while more yea!



To those who haven't watched Kyouran Kazoku Nikki, watch it now! Doesn't an anime that feature a cat-eared goddess, a lion, a jellyfish, an android and 4 quirky humans forced to live together as a family for world peace interest you at all?



Kagami cosplaying as Miku from the OVA... omg... *faints*



And phew, I'm finally home! Got myself some Aria, Hidamari Sketch, Hyakko, Sketchbook and Zetsubou Sensei doujinshis, plus Klonoa Fan Disc 3. Of course, I got one for you too, Benjamin ;)

There you have it! First day of Comiket, complete. I'll focus more on the cosplays and other otaku goodness tomorrow. I have an arrangement in the late afternoon, so I could only make it for the first half.

Well, to summarize the event: