Record Number of Fans Attend Comiket 72

Comic Market, or Comiket, is the world's largest comic convention. Currently Comiket is held twice a year, first in mid-August then late December, at the Tokyo Big Sight.

Comiket 72 took place from August 17th - 19th. According to Mantan Web, over 170,000 fans attended Comiket 72 on day 1, 180,000 attended on day 2 and 200,000 on day 3, resulting in a total attendance of 550,000 - the highest attendance in Comiket history.

Below are some English Comiket 72 reports from around the web:

• ComiKet (72) Overview [ Hotto Suru ]
• Cosplay and itasha at Comic Market 72 [ Canned Dogs ]
• Event Report: Comic Market 72, day 1 [ Heisei Democracy ]
• Comic Market 72 Day 0 [ Akihabara Channel ]
• Comic Market 72 Day 2 [ Akihabara Channel ]
• Comic Market 72 Day 3 [ Akihabara Channel ]
• Comiket 72 Watch (Part 1) [ Hunting The Elusive ]
• Comiket 72 Watch (Part 2) [ Hunting The Elusive ]