Comic Market 108 Draws 260,000 Attendees Across Two Days
The attendance drop follows the record corporate participation, showing the event's commercial side expanding even as overall foot traffic cools from the previous winter edition.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Comic Market 108 in Tokyo attracted about 260,000 people over Saturday and Sunday, down roughly 40,000 from Comiket 107. Each day saw about 130,000 attendees. The event offered about 23,000 regular exhibiting spaces, a slight decrease of 700, while a record-breaking 121 companies exhibited in the corporate area.
The two-day summer event at Tokyo Big Sight drew about 130,000 people per day, matching the daily totals of Comiket 104 in August 2024, which also saw 260,000 total attendees. The corporate area set a new high with 121 companies, surpassing the previous edition's count. Regular exhibiting spaces slipped by 700 to about 23,000, a modest decline compared with the 6,000-space drop between Comiket 105 and 106.
Comiket 108 falls within the event's 50th anniversary year, which began after Comiket 106 and runs through this summer's edition. The organizers have scheduled commemorative projects during this period.
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- Anime News Network News Comic Market 108 Draws 260,000 Attendees Across 2 Days