| According to J-Cast, some ATMs of Japan Post Bank placed at Comiket 76 emptied out due to the extremely large amount of the withdrawal by the visitors. Japan Post Bank admitted the incident and apologized for the inconvenience. The ATMs were back to normal in a few hours. Comiket 76 was held from August 14 - 16. The number of the visitors were 560,000 and set a new record. Source: J-Cast Picture of the waiting line of C76 (outside) The waiting line (inside) |
dtshykAug 17, 2009 8:29 AM
dtshyk said: The ATMs were back to normal in a few hours. Whoa, at large American conventions they just empty out after a day and then stay empty the whole weekend. |
| They haven't realized how much financial power the H has. |
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| What do you expect, its part of their culture. It'd be a miracle if a convention here where I live reaches a staggering 10k visitors. |
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| You have to wait in a line outside, to get in a line inside =/ |
| Wow. |
| I can only imagine the rage some otakus must have felt when they could not withdraw their cash. Poor fellows. |
| Say what you want, but don't forget to be thankful to these hardworking otaku. Without them, the anime industry couldn't have lasted very long. They're the ones who carry the whole industry on their backs. |
canephalanx said: What do you expect, its part of their culture. It'd be a miracle if a convention here where I live reaches a staggering 10k visitors. Hehe in the US we have this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Daisy_Carnival 140k people not bad. |
Ryuudou said: canephalanx said: What do you expect, its part of their culture. It'd be a miracle if a convention here where I live reaches a staggering 10k visitors. Hehe in the US we have this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Daisy_Carnival 140k people not bad. The SakuraCon n our state has almost 400,000 every year come |
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| That's a lot of dough for doujinshi (no pun intended)! And I agree with supermario: the anime industry is safe because of these guys. And looking at the pictures, that's what I call a "sea of people". |
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| A stupid question, but wouldn't it be a smart option to allow Visa and other cards on these conventions to save time and allow more sales? |
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ladyxzeus said: A stupid question, but wouldn't it be a smart option to allow Visa and other cards on these conventions to save time and allow more sales? I don't think they would put one of those card machines on each stand. There are hundreds of them, it would be a waste of money. |
Cookie-chan said: Ryuudou said: canephalanx said: What do you expect, its part of their culture. It'd be a miracle if a convention here where I live reaches a staggering 10k visitors. Hehe in the US we have this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Daisy_Carnival 140k people not bad. The SakuraCon n our state has almost 400,000 every year come wat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakura-Con >Attendance 16,586 in 2009 |
| Never underestimate the power of geeks! |
Ryuudou said: canephalanx said: What do you expect, its part of their culture. It'd be a miracle if a convention here where I live reaches a staggering 10k visitors. Hehe in the US we have this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Daisy_Carnival 140k people not bad. And here in France: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Expo July 2–5, 2009 >> Attendance: 164,000 It's not bad either considering France is not really a big country. |
| A new record.. 560,000 people. Seemingly, the numbers always increase. I wonder if there will be an increase to 600,000 visitors by C80. C77 will take place this winter. I doubt there will be a significant increase over this short period of time. Comiket is getting more impressive.. |
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| This event never fails to amaze me. |
| This is ridiculous(ly awesome). And I thought Comic-con was big. |
| Never underestimate the desire that drives people! I think the Japanese government should seriously consider expanding the big sight or it won't be able to fit future hordes. |
| -longgasp- Wow, I would have love to waited in line. *O* This is a good note though, instead of taking money out of an ATM, take lots of money out that you would need the day before and hide it somewhere, discreet instead of a wallet so no one will rob you. |
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Pralyn said: Ryuudou said: canephalanx said: What do you expect, its part of their culture. It'd be a miracle if a convention here where I live reaches a staggering 10k visitors. Hehe in the US we have this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Daisy_Carnival 140k people not bad. And here in France: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Expo July 2–5, 2009 >> Attendance: 164,000 It's not bad either considering France is not really a big country. I think France holds the world's largest anime expo/convention outside of Japan....France was one of the first countries that embraced Japanese anime/manga culture (yes, China did that before but they were pirated goods) |
bla bla bla The endless debate between fans and haters. At one point, after spending a lot of time on MAL, you just realize it's totally pointless.Niko-kun said: On MAL, everyone who has used the lame rating system becomes a critic and an intellectual by default, haven't you heard? |
| ATMs don't hold much money anyway. Here iirc heavy traffic ones are about $100k tops. So have a thousand people each withdraw $100 and . . . empty. Even if Japanese ones hold something like 10x that, the sheer amount of people could drain it pretty easily. Really no surprise at all. |
wakka9ca said: Pralyn said: Ryuudou said: canephalanx said: What do you expect, its part of their culture. It'd be a miracle if a convention here where I live reaches a staggering 10k visitors. Hehe in the US we have this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Daisy_Carnival 140k people not bad. And here in France: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Expo July 2–5, 2009 >> Attendance: 164,000 It's not bad either considering France is not really a big country. I think France holds the world's largest anime expo/convention outside of Japan....France was one of the first countries that embraced Japanese anime/manga culture (yes, China did that before but they were pirated goods) Its a shame just over the pond in the UK, Anime is virtually unheard of, having an anime convention attracts really low numbers, the only thing that can measure up is the London MCM Expo I think, that has around 30,000+ people attending but that covers everything from geek culture; comics, movies, games and manga/anime.. |
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| hmmmmmmmmm interesting |
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dtshyk said: The ATMs were back to normal in a few hours. Did it run out again? |
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loli_slayer said: They haven't realized how much financial power the H has. Let it be known the power of H! |
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supermario23 said: Say what you want, but don't forget to be thankful to these hardworking otaku. Without them, the anime industry couldn't have lasted very long. They're the ones who carry the whole industry on their backs. The problem is that the shows that make great money from merchandise very often aren't the shows that I'd like to see getting more support >< The appearance of shows like K-ON, Sengoku Basra and Queen's Blade are a direct result of these peoples' spending habits. |
| Peace through Superior Firepower! formosan said: Are you using some kind of advanced logic I don't know about? Have you decided to assign new meanings to English words? Are you just intentionally burning a straw man and knowing full well that you're changing the subject and misrepresenting a claim? |
turkeymeister said: supermario23 said: Say what you want, but don't forget to be thankful to these hardworking otaku. Without them, the anime industry couldn't have lasted very long. They're the ones who carry the whole industry on their backs. The problem is that the shows that make great money from merchandise very often aren't the shows that I'd like to see getting more support >< The appearance of shows like K-ON, Sengoku Basra and Queen's Blade are a direct result of these peoples' spending habits. Well, that's the problem, there. |
Anomalous said: Never underestimate the power of geeks! |
| So many people... OMG. |
Anomalous said: Never underestimate the power of geeks! Nuff said. |
| i got goose pumps when i saw the pic.. and my eyes got teary .. this is just "WOW" i hate crowded places.. and i hate waiting more.. those ppl are not from earth.. |
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| im not that surprised that this will happen... |
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| Conventions in my country hardly ever hit 400. ;-; |
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| I'd laugh it was just one otaku doing this. POWER tO THE OTAKUS!! |
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| That's incredible. |
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YoshikoHatake said: -longgasp- Wow, I would have love to waited in line. *O* This is a good note though, instead of taking money out of an ATM, take lots of money out that you would need the day before and hide it somewhere, discreet instead of a wallet so no one will rob you. nobody is gonna rob you in Japan, I regularly walk about with 100,000+ yen |
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Pralyn said: Ryuudou said: canephalanx said: What do you expect, its part of their culture. It'd be a miracle if a convention here where I live reaches a staggering 10k visitors. Hehe in the US we have this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Daisy_Carnival 140k people not bad. And here in France: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Expo July 2–5, 2009 >> Attendance: 164,000 It's not bad either considering France is not really a big country. In Italy we have this: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucca_Comics_%26_Games (pfff, no English page. Seriously. >_>) Attendance in 2008: 130,000+ I guess that's not bad either, but I'm loosing interest in the thing as the time passes. I went to Comiket once and that's the kind of thing I would be interested to. LemonLyme said: This is ridiculous(ly awesome). ^ What the guy said. |
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Plate said: dtshyk said: The ATMs were back to normal in a few hours. Whoa, at large American conventions they just empty out after a day and then stay empty the whole weekend. Yeah, I've experienced that first hand. Good thing they refilled those ATMs. I've been at cons where things reach a weird kind of crisis when all the ATMs are empty and you have to wander town to find one or something >.> |
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Cookie-chan said: Ryuudou said: canephalanx said: What do you expect, its part of their culture. It'd be a miracle if a convention here where I live reaches a staggering 10k visitors. Hehe in the US we have this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Daisy_Carnival 140k people not bad. The SakuraCon n our state has almost 400,000 every year come And a really beawoo commercial. That's amazing! The Japanese government should make this a holiday of some sort so that they can at least make some sort of revenue off of this. |
| "Otakus" like to spend money. |
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