View source for Comiket

{{Short description|Doujinshi convention in Tokyo, Japan}}
{{use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox Convention
| name               = Comic Market
| native_name        = コミックマーケット
| native_name_lang   = jpn
| image              = [[File:Comiket logo.svg|frameless|class=skin-invert]]
| caption            = 
| status             = Active
| frequency          = Semiannual
| venue              = [[Tokyo Big Sight]] in [[Ariake, Tokyo]]
| location           = 
| genre              = [[Doujinshi convention|''Doujinshi'' convention]]
| country            = 
| first              = {{start date and age|1975|12|21|df=y}}
| last               = 29–30 December 2024
| next               = 16–17 August 2025
| attendance         = 110,000 in December 2021{{efn|Attendance was capped at 55,000 people per day as a preventative health measure due to the COVID-19 pandemic;<ref name="CRcomiket99"/> attendance at the most recent pre-COVID Comiket in December 2019 was 750,000.<ref name="C97"/>}}
| organised          = Comic Market Preparatory Committee (ComiketPC)
| activity           = Marketplace, industry floor, cosplay
| website            = [http://www.comiket.co.jp/index_e.html comiket.co.jp/index_e.html] (English)<br> [https://www.comiket.co.jp/ comiket.co.jp/] (Japanese)
}}

{{Nihongo|'''Comic Market'''|コミックマーケット|Komikku Māketto}}, more commonly known as {{Nihongo|'''Comiket'''|コミケット|Komiketto}} or {{Nihongo|'''Comike'''|コミケ|Komike}}, is a semiannual [[Doujinshi convention|''doujinshi'' convention]] in [[Tokyo]], Japan. A grassroots market focused on the sale of ''[[doujin]]'' (self-published) works, Comiket is a [[not-for-profit]] [[fan convention]] administered by the volunteer-run Comic Market Preparatory Committee (ComiketPC). Inaugurated on 21 December 1975 with an estimated 700 attendees, Comiket has since grown to become the largest fan convention in the world, with an estimated turnstile attendance of 750,000 in 2019. Comiket is typically held at [[Tokyo Big Sight]] in August and December, with the two events distinguished as {{nihongo|'''Summer Comic Market'''|夏コミ|Natsukomi}} and {{nihongo|'''Winter Comic Market'''|冬コミ|Fuyukomi}}, respectively.

==Program==
===''Doujin'' marketplace===
Comiket is focused primarily on the sale of ''[[doujin]]'': non-commercial, [[Self-publishing|self-published]] works.<ref name="WHATIS">{{Cite web |url= https://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/WhatIsEng201401.pdf |title= What Is Comic Market? |publisher= Comic Market Preparatory Committee |language=en| access-date=2018-12-30}}</ref> Approximately 35,000 [[Dōjin#Manga circles|circles]] (a term for groups or individuals who create ''doujin'') participate in each edition of Comiket.<ref>{{cite web|title=Comic Market 66 After Report|url=http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C66/C66AfterReport.html|publisher=Comiket|access-date=January 7, 2013}}</ref> Different circles exhibit on each day of Comiket; circles producing works on a common subject, such as a particular media franchise or [[:Category:Anime and manga by genre|manga genre]], are typically grouped on the same day.<ref name="PUBWEEKLY">{{Cite web |author=Chavez, Ed |date= Aug 21, 2007 |url= https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/4706-fan-creativity-explodes-at-comiket.html |title=  Fan Creativity Explodes at Comiket |publisher= Publishers Weekly |language=en| access-date=2018-12-30}}</ref> The most common item sold at Comiket is ''[[doujinshi]]'' (self-published [[comics]], [[novels]] or [[magazines]]), while a smaller number of circles sell [[doujin soft]], analog (board/card/etc.) games, music, clothing, and other goods. These are often [[derivative work|derivative]] [[Fan labor|fan works]] based on [[anime]], [[video game]]s, and other media, legal according to Japanese law ([[Antragsdelikt|shinkokuzai]]).<ref name="PUBWEEKLY"/> Since Comiket's inauguration, sample copies of all works sold at Comiket are collected and archived by ComiketPC, with over 2.1 million works having been archived.<ref name="WHATIS"/>

====Trends in derivative works====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+
|
{{GraphChart|width=800|height=300|xAxisTitle=Comiket #|yAxisTitle=Participating circles|legend=Legend|type=line
|x=                                84,  85,  86,  87,  88,  89,  90,  91,  92,  93,  94,  95,  96,  97

|y1Title=Fate               | y1= 399, 354, 284, 292, 288, 296, 337, 622,1129,2029,2256,2738,2506,2517
|y2Title=The Idolmaster     | y2= 788, 930, 830, 808,1186,1325,1328,1479,1299,1644,1485,1813,1597,1574
|y3Title=Kantai Collection  | y3= 100,1136,2038,2552,2566,2747,2678,2824,2329,1856,1731,1607,1613,1322
|y4Title=Kuroko's Basketball| y4=1344,1462,1444,1178, 934, 708, 508, 411, 267, 249, 250, 183, 138, 130
|y5Title=Tiger & Bunny      | y5= 852, 688, 580, 654, 572, 464, 411, 352, 268, 252, 255, 199, 171, 167
|y6Title=Touhou Project     | y6=2548,2272,1918,1756,1508,1666,1625,1623,1320,1215,1355,1283,1095,1096
|y7Title=Love Live!         | y7=   0, 270, 470, 668, 602, 664, 603, 762, 576, 551, 595, 498, 445, 439
|y8Title=Touken Ranbu       | y8=   0,   0,   0,   0, 648,1724,1482,1501,1244,1031,1067, 961, 859, 726
|y9Title=Yuri on Ice        | y9=   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0, 552, 536, 505, 381, 286, 288
|y10Title=Virtual Youtuber  |y10=   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0, 391, 500, 836
}}
|-
| style="text-align:left; font-size:85%; width: 800px;" |The number of ''doujin'' circles producing derivative works for given media properties, from Comiket 84 (August 2013) to Comiket 97 (December 2019).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Green|first1=Scott|title=Top Doujinshi Events Most Popular By The Numbers|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/11/01-1/top-doujinshi-events-most-popular-by-the-numbers|website=Crunchyroll|access-date=28 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Green|first1=Scott|title=With Slight Movement, "KanColle," "Touhou" And "Touken Ranbu" Continue To Dominate Comiket Doujinshi|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/09/with-slight-movement-kancolle-touhou-and-touken-ranbu-continue-to-dominate-comiket-doujinshi|website=Crunchyroll|access-date=28 December 2016|archive-date=10 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110164242/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/09/with-slight-movement-kancolle-touhou-and-touken-ranbu-continue-to-dominate-comiket-doujinshi|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=myrmecoleon|script-title=ja:過去最大規模のコミックマーケット91の二次創作人気を調査|url=http://ascii.jp/elem/000/001/408/1408689/|website=ASCII.jp|access-date=28 December 2016|language=ja-JP}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=myrmecoleon|title=夏コミはFateが劇的拡大！ ユーリも人気／恒例の次回サークル数増減予想も|url=http://ascii.jp/elem/000/001/527/1527386/|website=ASCII.jp|access-date=16 August 2017|language=ja-JP}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=myrmecoleon|title=Fate8割増！ コミックマーケット93の二次創作人気を調査|url=http://ascii.jp/elem/000/001/606/1606680/|website=ASCII.jp|access-date=22 January 2018|language=ja-JP}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=myrmecoleon|title=コミックマーケット94の二次創作人気調査＆pixivデータで次回予想
|url=http://ascii.jp/elem/000/001/717/1717817/|website=ASCII.jp|access-date=27 August 2018|language=ja-JP}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=myrmecoleon|title=コミックマーケット95の二次創作人気調査＆pixivデータで次回サークル数予想
|url=http://ascii.jp/elem/000/001/789/1789551/|website=ASCII.jp|access-date=1 January 2019|language=ja-JP}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=myrmecoleon|title=コミケ初の4日間開催 C96の二次創作人気を調査＆pixivでC97サークル数予想|website=ASCII.jp|url=https://ascii.jp/elem/000/001/906/1906672/|access-date=5 August 2019|language=ja-JP}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=コミケ97の二次創作人気を調査＆次回予想～VTuber、鬼滅他拡大 |url=https://ascii.jp/elem/000/001/997/1997452/ |website=ASCII.jp |access-date=28 December 2019 |language=ja |date=24 December 2019}}</ref>
|}

===Cosplay===
[[Image:The Cosplayers of Comiket 69.jpg|thumb|220px|Elaborately dressed [[cosplay]]ers at Comiket 69 in December 2005]]
Comiket is a major outlet for [[cosplay]] enthusiasts. Since Comiket 80 in 2011, restrictions on cosplaying have been gradually relaxed, with a shift from regulating objects (e.g. a ban on items that could be used as weapons) to regulating behavior (e.g. a ban on swinging around long objects).<ref name="WHATIS"/> Some general contemporary guidelines include not wearing clothes that are too revealing, not imitating uniformed officers, and being out of cosplay when arriving/departing from Comiket.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/TAFO/C96TAFO/cmkfor_eng.html|title=Comic Market's Website for Overseas Attendees|website=www.comiket.co.jp|access-date=2020-02-08|edition=[Comiket 96-98]}}</ref>

===Corporate booths===
Comiket hosts 190 corporate booths each year. This includes both large commercial companies, such as [[video game publisher|video game studios]] and [[manga]] publishers, as well as celebrity [[meet and greet]] sessions.<ref name="WHATIS" />

==Operations==
===Schedule===
[[Image:3, 2, 1... Fight! (29648964575).jpg|thumb|220px|Entry queue to Comiket 90 in August 2016]]
Comiket is held twice yearly, in August and December. These events are distinguished as "Summer Comic Market" (''Natsukomi'') and "Winter Comic Market" (''Fuyukomi'').<ref name="McCarthy">{{cite book |last=McCarthy |first=Helen |author-link=Helen McCarthy |title=500 Manga Heroes & Villains |year=2006 |publisher= Chrysalis Book Group |location= Hauppauge, New York, USA |isbn=978-0-7641-3201-8 |page=14 |chapter= Manga: A Brief History }}</ref> Since 1995, both events have run for three days each, with Summer Comiket generally occurring Friday to Sunday in mid-August, and Winter Comiket generally occurring the three days prior to [[New Year's Day]]. Starting with Comiket 96, the events have been four days long,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-08-12/comic-market-to-use-smaller-venue-for-record-4-days-for-2019-events/.135394|title=Comic Market to Use Smaller Venue for Record 4 Days for 2019 Events|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=2018-08-12|website=AnimeNewsNetwork|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref> with the exception of Comiket 103 and 104, which, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, were reduced to two days each. Both events run daily from 10:00{{nbsp}}a.m. to 4:00{{nbsp}}p.m, with corporate booths open until 5:00{{nbsp}}p.m and the entire convention closing an hour early on the final day of the event.<ref name=jpn76>{{cite web |url=http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C76/C76info.html |title=コミックマーケット７６のご案内 |work=一般参加者サポートページ ({Comiket} General Participant Support Page) |publisher=Comiket Inc |language=ja |trans-title=Guide to Comic Market 76 |access-date=July 5, 2010}}</ref> Comiket has been held at [[Tokyo Big Sight]] in [[Ariake, Tokyo]] since 1996.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csuchico.edu/~mtoku/vc/Articles/toku/Wil_Toku_BoysLove.html |title='Boys' Love,' Yaoi, and Art Education: Issues of Power and Pedagogy |last1=Wilson |first1=Brent |last2=Toku |first2=Masami |year=2003 |work=Visual Culture Research in Art and Education |access-date=July 5, 2010 |archive-date=19 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719052019/http://www.csuchico.edu/%7Emtoku/vc/Articles/toku/Wil_Toku_BoysLove.html |url-status=dead }} Citing {{cite journal |last= Inokai |first=K. |year=2000 |title=Manga dojinshi-shi |journal=Comic Fan |issue=10 |pages=4–59 |language=ja |trans-title=History of manga dojinshi }}</ref> Comiket 98, which was planned for August 2020, was the event's first cancellation in its history as a result of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Japan|COVID-19 pandemic]];<ref name="c98-cancelled"/> Comiket 99, which would have been held in December 2020 was instead held in December 2021, two years after the last time it was held, and ran for only two days.<ref name="CRcomiket99">{{cite web |last1=Harding |first1=Daryl |title=Comiket 99 to Require Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination or Negative PCR Test |url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/11/12-1/comiket-99-to-require-proof-of-covid-19-vaccination-or-negative-pcr-test |website=[[Crunchyroll]] |access-date=29 December 2021 |date=12 November 2021}}</ref>

===Event size===
[[Image:Comicmarket62 00.JPG|thumb|220px|Crowds at Comiket 62 in August 2002]]
Comiket is the largest [[fan convention]] in the world,<ref name=QZ>{{cite web |url= https://qz.com/1332228/san-diegos-comic-con-has-nothing-on-tokyos-comic-market/ |title= Tokyo's Comiket, not Comic-Con, is the biggest fan convention in the world |last= Kopf |first= Dan |date= July 21, 2018 |work = Quartz |access-date= August 14, 2018}}</ref> growing from fewer than 10,000 attendees in 1982<ref>Mizoguchi Akiko (2003). "Male-Male Romance by and for Women in Japan: A History and the Subgenres of Yaoi Fictions". ''U.S.-Japan Women’s Journal'', '''25''': 49-75.</ref> to over half a million by 2004. Since 2007, attendee numbers have fluctuated in the region of 500,000 for Winter Comiket and 560,000 for Summer Comiket.<ref>{{cite web|title=Comic Market Nenpyō (Comic Market chronology)|url=http://www.comiket.co.jp/archives/Chronology.html|publisher=Comiket|access-date=January 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326120235/http://www.comiket.co.jp/archives/Chronology.html|archive-date=March 26, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{efn|name=c99|Attendance at Comiket 99 was capped at 55,000 people per day as a preventative health measure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name="CRcomiket99"/>}} Because of the extremely high volume of attendance at Comiket, mobile phone companies set up temporary antennas, while the [[Tokyo Metro]] makes special arrangements to accommodate the large crowds. Hour-long queues to enter Comiket during peak hours are common, while some attendees queue up to five hours before the event to ensure early admission.<ref name=jpn76/> Popular circles are frequently placed near the venue's [[loading dock]]s so that their queues can extend outside.<ref name="WHATIS"/> ComiketPC recommends that first-time attendees arrive in the afternoon to avoid queues.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/TAFO/C76TAFO/C76eng.html |title=To Attendees from Overseas: Comic Market (Comiket) 76 |work=ComicMarket WebSite To Attendees from Overseas |publisher=Comiket Inc |access-date=July 5, 2010}}</ref>

===Catalog===
For every Comiket, a [[Exhibition catalogue|catalog]] is released that contains information about the event. The catalog includes a list of all participating circles, maps of the convention layout, directions to and from the convention, rules for the convention, results from surveys held among Comiket participants, articles about topics relevant to ''dōjinshi'' creators, and one to two pictures ("circle cuts") for every participating circle. It is available in print and [[DVD-ROM]] format, and since Comiket 83, is available online behind a partial [[paywall]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Comiket WEB CATALOG|url=https://webcatalog.circle.ms/|access-date=December 27, 2012}}</ref>

Catalogs are made available for sale at stores two weeks before the event.<ref>{{cite web|title=Komiketto katarogu toriatsukaiten no goannai|url=http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/CatalogShop.html|publisher=Comiket|access-date=January 7, 2013}}</ref> The print version is roughly the size of an average [[phone book]], while the DVD-ROM version includes features such as advanced search functions and a clickable map. To date, there is no English edition of the catalog available, though the catalog does contain a four-page basic guide for attending Comiket in English, Chinese, and Korean.<ref>{{cite web|title=ComicMarket WebSite To Attendees from Overseas|url=http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/TAFO/C83TAFO/cmkfor.html|publisher=Comiket|access-date=January 7, 2013}}</ref>

Prior to Comiket 96, a purchased catalog was not required for admission to Comiket (see [[#2020 Summer Olympics changes|2020 Summer Olympics changes]] below).

===Participants===
[[File:C88-firstdaycircleticket.jpg|thumb|220px|A circle ticket for Comiket 88. The ticket uses [[holography]] to prevent counterfeiting and includes the personal information of the exhibitor (blurred in this image) to prevent [[Ticket resale|scalping]].]]

The overwhelming majority of Comiket circle participants are [[amateur]] and hobbyist artists: 70% of participating circles lose money, while only 15% turn a profit.<ref name="WHATIS"/> The majority of circle participants at Comiket are female, with women composing 57% of participating circles at Comiket 84.<ref name="WHATIS"/> General attendees at Comiket tend to skew male, with men comprising 64% of attendees at Comiket 78.<ref name="comiketoutline">{{cite web |website=Comiket.co.jp |url=http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/WhatIsJpn201401.pdf |script-title=ja:コミックマーケットとは何か？ 2014年1月] - コミックマーケット準備会 |language=ja |trans-title=What is the Comic Market? January 2014] - Comic Market Preparatory Committee |date=August 2, 2016 |archive-date=8 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308014547/http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/WhatIsJpn201401.pdf |url-status=live}} (Comiket 84 pie chart is on page 19)</ref>

Of the Comiket circle participants, a 2011 poll showed that nearly half participated because attending the event and showing off their work is enjoyable, and a significant percentage came to spread their works to the public.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Leavitt|first1=Alex|last2=Horbinski|first2=Andrea|date=2012-06-15|title=Even a monkey can understand fan activism: Political speech, artistic expression, and a public for the Japanese dōjin community|url=https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/321|journal=Transformative Works and Cultures|language=en|volume=10|doi=10.3983/twc.2012.0321|issn=1941-2258|doi-access=free}}</ref> A smaller percentage of dōjinshi creators' goal is to promote an idea or opinion through attending Comiket.<ref name=":0" />

The majority of those participating in circles in 2010 said that they are a part of a one-person circle (59%), while two-person (20%) and three-person (8%) circles were also common.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://p.booklog.jp/book/7668|title=絵師白書2010|language=ja}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===Philanthropy===
Since 1993, ComiketPC has donated over ¥60 million to [[sustainable forest management]] to offset paper used in the production of dōjinshi.<ref name="WHATIS"/> Since 2007, ComiketPC has worked with the [[Japanese Red Cross Society]] to organize [[bloodmobile]]s at Comiket events, with donors given Comiket-exclusive posters depicting characters from anime and video games. The Red Cross receives an estimated 1,500 blood donations at each Comiket.<ref>{{cite web|title=Blood drives at Comic Market, one of Japan's largest events|url=http://www.jrc.or.jp/activity/blood/cross/140710_001227.html|publisher=Japanese Red Cross Society|access-date=December 31, 2018|archive-date=31 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231143831/http://www.jrc.or.jp/activity/blood/cross/140710_001227.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=輸血用の血液がピンチ！ 新型コロナで献血会中止相次ぎ |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20201226/k10012786421000.html |website=[[NHK]] |access-date=1 January 2022 |language=Japanese |date=26 December 2020}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Meikyu78.jpg|right|thumb|220px|{{ill|Meikyu|ja|迷宮_(同人サークル)}}, a manga critique circle that founded the Comiket]]
[[File:Comiket8_cosplay.jpg|thumb|220px|[[Space Battleship Yamato]]'s [[Cosplay]] at Comiket 8, held in April 1978 at {{Interlanguage link|Ōta City Industrial Building|ja|大田区産業プラザ}}]]
[[File:Comicmarket49 04.jpg|thumb|220px|Crowds at Comiket 49, held in December 1995 at {{Interlanguage link|Harumi Fairgrounds|ja|東京国際見本市会場}}]]
Comiket was inaugurated in 1975 by {{ill|Meikyu|ja|迷宮_(同人サークル)}} (Labyrinth), a ''dōjin'' circle founded by [[Yoshihiro Yonezawa]], {{ill|Teruo Harada|ja|霜月たかなか}}, and {{ill|Jun Aniwa|ja|亜庭じゅん}} while studying at [[Meiji University]].<ref name="noppe-paper-2014"/> The first Comiket was organized amid a period of immense change and upheaval for manga as a medium, characterized by the closure of the experimental manga magazine ''[[COM (manga magazine)|COM]]'' and the ascendance of the [[Year 24 Group]].<ref name="DJ 40">{{cite book |title=Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga |first=Frederik L. |last= Schodt |publisher=Stone Bridge Press |isbn=978-1-880656-23-5 |year=1996 |page=40 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Loug6sbKTvEC&pg=PA40}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2000-08-17/world%27s-biggest-underground-comic-convention |title=World's Biggest Underground Comic Convention |date=August 17, 2000 |publisher=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=May 5, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Kinsella |first=Sharon |editor1-last=Gelder |editor1-first=Ken|title=The Subcultures Reader |publisher=Routledge |location=London; New York |year=2005 |orig-year=2000 |edition=2nd |pages=542–543 |chapter=Amateur Manga Subculture and the ''Otaku'' Incident|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=46OYHkjZR4AC&q=comiket&pg=PA542 |isbn=978-0-415-34415-9 |oclc=57530654 }}</ref> A 1975 incident in which a ''dōjin'' creator applying for {{ill|Nihon Manga Taikai|ja|日本漫画大会}} was refused admission after criticizing the convention's focus on professional guests over ''dōjin'' creators in her application became a catalyst for the founding of Comiket as a [[fan convention]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://beta.japantimes.co.jp/life/2009/06/14/general/new-university-library-puts-focus-on-the-fans/ |title=New university library puts focus on the fans |last=Galbraith |first=Patrick L. |date=June 14, 2009 |work=[[The Japan Times]] |access-date=July 26, 2009}}</ref><ref name="noppe-paper-2014">{{cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/9194456|title=The cultural economy of fanwork in Japan: dōjinshi exchange as a hybrid economy of open source cultural goods|first=Nele|last=Noppe|date=September 3, 2014|page=100|url-access=registration }}</ref>

As Comiket grew, a lottery system to allocate exhibition space was implemented in 1979, as the number of applications from circles began to surpass available space.<ref name="WHATIS"/> In 1981 the event moved to {{Interlanguage link|Harumi Fairgrounds|ja|東京国際見本市会場}} and began publishing an event catalog in 1982. Comiket would change locations frequently throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, as the [[Japanese asset price bubble|Japanese bubble economy]] led to an upsurge in [[trade show]]s that made it difficult to secure a consistent venue. The murders by [[Tsutomu Miyazaki]] and subsequent [[moral panic]] against [[otaku]] would lead to further difficulties in Comiket's ability to secure a venue.<ref name="WHATIS"/> [[Tokyo Big Sight]] hosted Comiket for the first time in 1996, and remains the convention's primary venue. In 1998 (C54), an arsonist placed incendiary devices in the venue the day before the event, which were noticed and neutralized with no major damage; the event was held as normal, though with heightened security. The arsonist was caught at the following event.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ōchi |first=Yōko |title=Komikku māketto e yōkoso |publisher=Seikaisha Shinsho |year=2022 |isbn=9784065300442 |location=Tokyo |pages=273-75 |language=JA}}</ref>

In 2012, anonymous threats made against circles creating works related to ''[[Kuroko's Basketball]]'' led Comiket to prohibit the sale of all ''Kuroko's Basketball''-related items at Comiket 85 (see [[Kuroko's Basketball#Controversies|Kuroko's Basketball § Controversies]]).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nakamura |first1=Toshi |title=Threats Against Manga Artist Lead To Empty Tables At Comiket 83 |url=https://kotaku.com/threats-against-manga-artist-lead-to-empty-tables-at-co-5972741 |website=Kotaku |access-date=27 July 2019 |date=3 January 2013}}</ref> Organizers refunded the registration fees for the roughly 900 circles producing ''Kuroko's Basketball'' items, resulting in a loss for Comiket of roughly ¥10 million.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hodgkins |first1=Crystalyn |title=Comiket Loses 10 Million+ Yen Over Kuroko's Basketball Threats |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-24/comiket-loses-10-million+yen-over-kuroko-basketball-threats |website=Anime News Network |access-date=27 July 2019 |date=24 December 2012}}</ref> In 2015, ComiketPC organized a special event specifically focused on doujinshi related to the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://animeanime.jp/article/2014/05/05/18552.html|title=Kuroko's Basketball Doujinshi Event "Kuroket" to be Held By Comic Market|publisher=AnimeAnime.Jp|date=2014-05-05|access-date=2014-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714141400/http://animeanime.jp/article/2014/05/05/18552.html|archive-date=2014-07-14|url-status=dead}}</ref> Affectionately nicknamed "Kuroket", the event hosted approximately 2,400 circles producing ''Kuroko's Basketball'' items.<ref>{{Cite web|title = 開催のご報告 - 黒子のバスケオンリー同人誌即売会「くろケット」|url = http://cmksp.jp/kuroket/w/2015/04/report/|website = cmksp.jp|access-date = 2015-09-17}}</ref>

{{anchor|2020 Summer Olympics changes}}
In August 2018, ComiketPC announced modified schedules for Comikets 96, 97, and 98 due to the [[2020 Summer Olympics]]. As the east wing of Big Sight closed in 2019 for renovations in advance of the Olympics, the corporate booths of C96 and C97 were moved to [[Aomi Exhibition Hall]], and both events expanded to four days of programming.<ref name="C96and97"/> Admission to both events required the purchase of a wristband – the first time in Comiket's history it was not free to attend – in order to offset the cost of running the event across four days, and to depress attendance in light of the smaller venue space.<ref name="Admission">{{Cite web |author= Sherman, Jennifer|date= 2018-12-31 |url= https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-31/comic-market-considers-hours-with-no-charge-if-it-adds-entrance-fees-for-2019-2020/.141525 |title=What will you be doing at comiket Olympic Games until 2020? |publisher= Comiket |language=ja | access-date=2019-01-01}}</ref> Wristbands for all four days were included with the purchase of a print event catalog, while individual wristbands for each day were available to purchase at Big Sight the day of the event.<ref name="CatalogAdmission">{{Cite web |url= https://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C95/in2019/in2019.html |title=Comic Market Considers Hours With No Charge If It Adds Entrance Fees for 2019, 2020 |publisher= Anime News Network |language=en| access-date=2019-01-01}}</ref> C98 in 2020 was slated to be moved to [[Golden Week (Japan)|Golden Week]] in May in order to not conflict with the Olympics in August.<ref name="C96and97ANN"/> On 27 March 2020, ComiketPC announced that C98 had been cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], making it the first time a Comiket event has been cancelled.<ref name="c98-cancelled">{{cite web |last1=Harding |first1=Daryl |title=Comiket 98 Has Been Canceled to Limit the Spread of Coronavirus |url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2020/03/27-1/comiket-98-has-been-canceled-to-limit-the-spread-of-coronavirus |website=Crunchyroll |access-date=27 March 2020 |language=en-us}}</ref> On 12 July 2020, it was announced that Comiket 99 would be postponed to 2021, taking place during Golden Week as C98 would have in order to not conflict with the Summer Olympics, which were also postponed. A virtual event titled "Air Comiket" was held in December to replace its originally planned dates.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-12|title=Comiket 99 Canceled, Looks Toward 2021 Golden Week Event|url=https://otakuusamagazine.com/comiket-99-canceled-looks-toward-2021-golden-week-event/|access-date=2020-07-12|website=Otaku USA Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref> Comic Market 99 was ultimately delayed to December 2021, and ran for only two days with entry limited to 55,000 people per day by requiring ticket purchases.<ref name="CRcomiket99"/>

===Event history===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! No.
! Year
! Date
! Dōjin circles<ref name="Chronology" />
! Attendance<ref name="Chronology" />{{efn|Comiket records attendance as the sum total of attendees on each day of the event, and does not account for repeat attendees across multiple days.}}
! Venues<ref name="Chronology" />
|-
! 1
| 1975
| 21 December
| 32
| 700
| {{Interlanguage link|Nissho Hall|ja|ニッショーホール}}
|-
! 2
| rowspan="3" | 1976
| 4 April
| 39
| 550
| rowspan="3" | {{Nihongo|[[Itabashi]] Industrial Union Building|板橋産業連合会館}}
|-
! 3
| 25 July
| 56
| 500
|-
! 4
| 19 December
| 80
| 700
|-
! 5
| rowspan="3" | 1977
| 10 April
| 94
| {{formatnum:1300}}
| rowspan="4" | {{Nihongo|[[Ōta, Tokyo|Ōta City]] Industrial Building|大田区産業会館}}
|-
! 6
| 30&ndash;31 July{{efn|First ever two-day Comiket.}}
| 100
| {{formatnum:2000}}
|-
! 7
| 18 December
| 131
| {{formatnum:2500}}
|-
! 8
| rowspan="5" | 1978
| 2 April
| 144
| {{formatnum:2000}}
|-
! CS1{{efn|Held as the first {{Nihongo|"Comiket Special"|コミケスペシャル}}.}}
| 6 May
| {{unk}}
| 250
| rowspan="2" | {{Nihongo|[[Yotsuya]] Public Hall|四谷公会堂}}
|-
! 9
| 29&ndash;30 July
| 200
| {{formatnum:3000}}
|-
! &mdash;{{efn|Held as the {{Nihongo|"Comic Market in Ikkyosai"|コミックマーケットin一橋祭}}.}}
| 15 November
| {{unk}}
| {{unk}}
| [[Hitotsubashi University]] Kunitachi Campus
|-
! 10
| 17 December
| 200
| {{formatnum:3000}}
| rowspan="2" | Ōta City Industrial Building
|-
! 11
| rowspan="3" | 1979
| 8 April
| 218
| {{formatnum:3000}}
|-
! 12
| 28&ndash;29 July
| 330
| {{formatnum:4000}}
| {{Interlanguage link|Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center|ja|東京都立産業貿易センター}}
|-
! 13
| 23 December
| 290
| {{formatnum:4000}}
| Ōta City Industrial Building
|-
! 14
| rowspan="3" | 1980
| 11 May
| 380
| {{formatnum:6000}}
| rowspan="4" | {{Nihongo|[[Kawasaki, Kanagawa|Kawasaki]] Shimin Plaza|川崎市民プラザ}}
|-
! 15
| 14 September
| 340
| {{formatnum:7000}}
|-
! 16
| 14 December
| 340
| {{formatnum:7000}}
|-
! 17
| rowspan="3" | 1981
| 5 April
| 400
| {{formatnum:8000}}
|-
! 18
| 15&ndash;16 August
| 512
| {{formatnum:10000}}
| {{Interlanguage link|Yokohama Sanbo Hall|ja|横浜産貿ホール}}
|-
! 19
| 20 December
| 600
| {{formatnum:9000}}
| rowspan="12" | {{Interlanguage link|Harumi Fairgrounds|ja|東京国際見本市会場}}
|-
! 20
| rowspan="3" | 1982
| 21 March
| 780
| {{formatnum:9000}}
|-
! 21
| 8 August
| 970
| {{formatnum:10000}}
|-
! 22
| 26 December
| {{formatnum:1060}}
| {{formatnum:8000}}
|-
! 23{{efn|The final annual spring event.}}
| rowspan="3" | 1983
| 3 April
| {{formatnum:1200}}
| {{formatnum:13000}}
|-
! 24
| 7 August
| {{formatnum:1500}}
| {{formatnum:18000}}
|-
! 25
| 25 December
| {{formatnum:1550}}
| {{formatnum:25000}}
|-
! 26
| rowspan="2" | 1984
| 19 August
| {{formatnum:2400}}
| {{formatnum:30000}}
|-
! 27
| 23 December
| {{formatnum:2300}}
| {{formatnum:25000}}
|-
! 28
| rowspan="2" | 1985
| 11 August
| {{formatnum:3450}}
| {{formatnum:30000}}
|-
! 29
| 29 December
| {{formatnum:4000}}
| {{formatnum:30000}}
|-
! 30
| rowspan="2" | 1986
| 10 August
| {{formatnum:3900}}
| {{formatnum:35000}}
|-
! 31
| 27&ndash;28 December
| {{formatnum:4400}}
| {{formatnum:40000}}
| rowspan="3" | {{Interlanguage link|Tokyo Ryutsu Center|ja|東京流通センター}}
|-
! 32
| rowspan="2" | 1987
| 8&ndash;9 August
| {{formatnum:4400}}
| {{formatnum:60000}}
|-
! 33
| 26&ndash;27 December
| {{formatnum:4400}}
| {{formatnum:55000}}
|-
! 34
| 1988
| 13&ndash;14 August
| {{formatnum:9200}}
| {{formatnum:70000}}
| rowspan="3" | {{Interlanguage link|Harumi Fairgrounds|ja|東京国際見本市会場}}
|-
! 35
| rowspan="3" | 1989
| 25&ndash;26 March
| {{formatnum:8900}}
| {{formatnum:70000}}
|-
! 36
| 13&ndash;14 August
| {{formatnum:10000}}
| {{formatnum:100000}}
|-
! 37
| 23&ndash;24 December
| {{formatnum:11000}}
| {{formatnum:120000}}
| rowspan="3" | [[Makuhari Messe]]
|-
! 38
| rowspan="2" | 1990
| 18&ndash;19 August
| {{formatnum:13000}}
| {{formatnum:230000}}
|-
! 39
| 23&ndash;24 December
| {{formatnum:13000}}
| {{formatnum:250000}}
|-
! 40
| rowspan="2" | 1991
| 16&ndash;17 August
| {{formatnum:11000}}
| {{formatnum:200000}}
| rowspan="11" | {{Interlanguage link|Harumi Fairgrounds|ja|東京国際見本市会場}}
|-
! 41
| 29&ndash;30 December
| {{formatnum:14000}}
| {{formatnum:200000}}
|-
! 42
| rowspan="2" | 1992
| 15&ndash;16 August
| {{formatnum:12000}}
| {{formatnum:250000}}
|-
! 43
| 29&ndash;30 December
| {{formatnum:15000}}
| {{formatnum:180000}}
|-
! 44
| rowspan="2" | 1993
| 15&ndash;16 August
| {{formatnum:15000}}
| {{formatnum:250000}}
|-
! 45
| 29&ndash;30 December
| {{formatnum:16000}}
| {{formatnum:200000}}
|-
! 46
| rowspan="2" | 1994
| 7&ndash;8 August
| {{formatnum:16000}}
| {{formatnum:240000}}
|-
! 47
| 29&ndash;30 December
| {{formatnum:16000}}
| {{formatnum:200000}}
|-
! 48
| rowspan="2" | 1995
| 18&ndash;20 August{{efn|First ever three-day Comiket.}}
| {{formatnum:22000}}
| {{formatnum:250000}}
|-
! 49
| 29&ndash;30 December
| {{formatnum:16000}}
| {{formatnum:220000}}
|-
! CS2{{efn|Held as the {{Nihongo|"Farewell Harumi!! Comiket Special"|さよなら晴海!!コミケットスペシャル}}.}}
| rowspan="3" | 1996
| 17 March
| {{formatnum:1300}}
| {{formatnum:8000}}
|-
! 50
| 3&ndash;4 August
| {{formatnum:18000}}
| {{formatnum:350000}}
| rowspan="8" | [[Tokyo Big Sight]]
|-
! 51
| 28&ndash;29 December
| {{formatnum:22000}}
| {{formatnum:220000}}
|-
! 52
| rowspan="2" | 1997
| 15&ndash;17 August
| {{formatnum:33000}}
| {{formatnum:400000}}
|-
! 53
| 28&ndash;29 December
| {{formatnum:22000}}
| {{formatnum:300000}}
|-
! 54
| rowspan="2" | 1998
| 14&ndash;16 August
| {{formatnum:33000}}
| {{formatnum:380000}}
|-
! 55
| 29&ndash;30 December
| {{formatnum:23000}}
| {{formatnum:300000}}
|-
! 56
| rowspan="2" | 1999
| 13&ndash;15 August
| {{formatnum:35000}}
| {{formatnum:400000}}
|-
! 57
| 24&ndash;26 December
| {{formatnum:25000}}
| {{formatnum:320000}}
|-
! CS3{{efn|Held as the {{Nihongo|"Resort Comiket in [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]]. Comiket Special 3"|リゾコミin沖縄コミケットスペシャル３}}.}}
| rowspan="3" | 2000
| 13&ndash;15 August
| {{formatnum:200}}
| {{formatnum:1500}}
| [[Okinawa Convention Center]]
|-
! 58
| 11&ndash;13 August
| {{formatnum:35000}}
| {{formatnum:430000}}
| rowspan="21" | [[Tokyo Big Sight]]
|-
! 59
| 29&ndash;30 December
| {{formatnum:23000}}
| {{formatnum:300000}}
|-
! 60<ref name="C60" />
| rowspan="2" | 2001
| 10&ndash;12 August
| {{formatnum:35000}}
| {{formatnum:480000}}
|-
! 61<ref name="C61" />
| 29&ndash;31 December
| {{formatnum:23000}}
| {{formatnum:360000}}
|-
! 62<ref name="C62" />
| rowspan="2" | 2002
| 9&ndash;11 August
| {{formatnum:35000}}
| {{formatnum:480000}}
|-
! 63<ref name="C63" />
| 28&ndash;30 December
| {{formatnum:35000}}
| {{formatnum:450000}}
|-
! 64<ref name="C64" />
| rowspan="2" | 2003
| 15&ndash;17 August
| {{formatnum:35000}}
| {{formatnum:460000}}
|-
! 65<ref name="C65" />
| 28&ndash;30 December
| {{formatnum:35000}}
| {{formatnum:420000}}
|-
! 66<ref name="C66" />
| rowspan="2" | 2004
| 15&ndash;17 August
| {{formatnum:35000}}
| {{formatnum:510000}}
|-
! 67<ref name="C67" />
| 28&ndash;30 December
| {{formatnum:23000}}
| {{formatnum:370000}}
|-
! CS4<ref name="CS4" />{{efn|Held as the {{Nihongo|"30th Anniversary 24 Hours (!?) of Comiket Special 4"|30周年記念24耐(!?)コミケットスペシャル4}}.}}
| rowspan="3" | 2005
| 21 March
| {{formatnum:3400}}
| {{formatnum:50000}}
|-
! 68<ref name="C68" />
| 12&ndash;14 August
| {{formatnum:35000}}
| {{formatnum:480000}}
|-
! 69<ref name="C69" />
| 29&ndash;30 December
| {{formatnum:23000}}
| {{formatnum:350000}}
|-
! 70<ref name="C70" />
| rowspan="2" | 2006
| 11&ndash;13 August
| {{formatnum:35000}}
| {{formatnum:430000}}
|-
! 71<ref name="C71" />
| 29&ndash;31 December{{efn|First Comiket held during [[Ōmisoka]].}}
| {{formatnum:35000}}
| {{formatnum:440000}}
|-
! 72<ref name="C72" />
| rowspan="2" | 2007
| 17&ndash;19 August
| {{formatnum:35000}}
| {{formatnum:550000}}
|-
! 73<ref name="C73" />
| 29&ndash;31 December
| {{formatnum:35000}}
| {{formatnum:500000}}
|-
! 74<ref name="C74" />
| rowspan="2" | 2008
| 15&ndash;17 August
| {{formatnum:35000}}
| {{formatnum:550000}}
|-
! 75<ref name="C75" />
| 28&ndash;30 December
| {{formatnum:35000}}
| {{formatnum:510000}}
|-
! 76<ref name="C76" />
| rowspan="2" | 2009
| 14&ndash;16 August
| {{formatnum:35000}}
| {{formatnum:560000}}
|-
! 77<ref name="C77" />
| 29&ndash;31 December
| {{formatnum:35000}}
| {{formatnum:510000}}
|-
! CS5<ref name="CS5" />{{efn|Held as the {{Nihongo|"Comiket Special 5 in [[Mito, Ibaraki|Mito]]"|コみケッとスペシャル５ in 水戸}}.}}
| rowspan="3" | 2010
| 14&ndash;16 August
| {{formatnum:1500}}
| {{formatnum:33000}}
| {{Nihongo|Isejin Izumi-cho Kita Building|伊勢甚泉町北ビル}}
|-
! 78<ref name="C78" />
| 13&ndash;15 August
| {{formatnum:35000}}
| {{formatnum:560000}}
| rowspan="10" | [[Tokyo Big Sight]]
|-
! 79<ref name="C79" />
| 29&ndash;31 December
| {{formatnum:35000}}
| {{formatnum:520000}}
|-
! 80<ref name="C80" />
| rowspan="2" | 2011
| 12&ndash;14 August
| {{formatnum:35000}}
| {{formatnum:540000}}
|-
! 81<ref name="C81" />
| 29&ndash;31 December
| {{formatnum:35000}}
| {{formatnum:500000}}
|-
! 82<ref name="C82" />
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| 10&ndash;12 August
| {{formatnum:35000}}
| {{formatnum:560000}}
|-
! {{Visible anchor|83}}<ref name="C83" />
| 29&ndash;31 December
| {{formatnum:35000}}
| {{formatnum:550000}}
|-
! 84<ref name="C84" />
| rowspan="2" | 2013
| 10&ndash;12 August
| {{formatnum:35000}}
| {{formatnum:590000}}
|-
! 85<ref name="C85" />
| 29&ndash;31 December
| {{formatnum:35000}}
| {{formatnum:520000}}
|-
! 86<ref name="C86" />
| rowspan="2" | 2014
| 15&ndash;17 August
| {{formatnum:35000}}
| {{formatnum:550000}}
|-
! 87<ref name="C87" />
| 28&ndash;30 December
| {{formatnum:35000}}
| {{formatnum:560000}}
|-
! CS6<ref name="CS6" />{{efn|Held as the {{Nihongo|"Comiket Special 6 Otaku Sumit 2015"|コミケットスペシャル６ OTAKU SUMMIT 2015}}.}}
| rowspan="3" | 2015
| 28&ndash;29 March
| {{formatnum:5200}}
| {{formatnum:50000}}
| [[Makuhari Messe]]
|-
! 88<ref name="C88" />
| 14&ndash;16 August
| {{formatnum:35000}}
| {{formatnum:550000}}
| rowspan="8" |[[Tokyo Big Sight]]
|-
! 89<ref name="C89" />
| 29&ndash;31 December
| {{formatnum:35000}}
| {{formatnum:520000}}
|-
! 90<ref name="C90" />
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| 12&ndash;14 August
| {{formatnum:34000}}
| {{formatnum:530000}}
|-
! 91<ref name="C91" />
| 29&ndash;31 December
| {{formatnum:36000}}
| {{formatnum:550000}}
|-
! 92<ref name="C92" />
| rowspan="2" | 2017
| 11&ndash;13 August
| {{formatnum:32000}}
| {{formatnum:500000}}
|-
! 93<ref name="C93" />
| 29&ndash;31 December
| {{formatnum:32000}}
| {{formatnum:550000}}
|-
! 94<ref name="C94" />
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| 10&ndash;12 August
| {{formatnum:35000}}
| {{formatnum:530000}}
|-
! 95<ref name="C95" />
| 29&ndash;31 December
| {{formatnum:35000}}
| {{formatnum:570000}}
|-
! 96<ref name="C96" />
| rowspan="2" | 2019
| 9&ndash;12 August{{efn|First ever four-day Comiket.}}
| {{formatnum:32000}}
| {{formatnum:730000}}
| rowspan="2 | [[Tokyo Big Sight]] & [[Aomi Exhibition Hall]]
|-
! 97<ref name="C97" />
| 28&ndash;31 December
| {{formatnum:32000}}
| {{formatnum:750000}}
|-
! 98<ref name="c98-cancelled" />
| 2020
| ''Cancelled''{{efn|Scheduled for 2–5 May 2020; cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. First ever Comiket event to be cancelled.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harding |first1=Daryl |title=Comiket 98 Has Been Canceled to Limit the Spread of Coronavirus |url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2020/03/27-1/comiket-98-has-been-canceled-to-limit-the-spread-of-coronavirus |website=[[Crunchyroll]] |access-date=29 December 2021 |date=27 March 2020}}</ref>}}
| {{NA}}
| {{NA}}
| {{NA}}
|-
! 99<ref name="C99"/>
| 2021
| 30&ndash;31 December{{efn|Scheduled for 28–31 December 2020; postponed twice (first to 2–5 May 2021, then to 30–31 December 2021) due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harding |first1=Daryl |title=Comiket 99 Postponed Due to the Extended State of Emergency |url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/03/08/comiket-99-postponed-due-to-the-extended-state-of-emergency |website=[[Crunchyroll]] |access-date=29 December 2021 |date=8 March 2021}}</ref>}}
| {{formatnum:20000}}
| {{formatnum:110000}}{{efn|name=c99}}
| rowspan="9" | [[Tokyo Big Sight]]
|-
! 100<ref name="C100" />
| rowspan="2" | 2022
| 13&ndash;14 August 
| {{formatnum:20000}}
| {{formatnum:170000}}
|-
! 101<ref name="C101" />
| 30&ndash;31 December
| {{formatnum:20000}}
| {{formatnum:180000}}
|-
! 102<ref name="C102" />
| rowspan="2" | 2023
| 12&ndash;13 August
| {{formatnum:21000}}
| {{formatnum:260000}}
|-
! 103<ref name="C103" />
| 30–31 December
| {{formatnum:25900}}
| {{formatnum:270000}}
|-
! 104<ref name="C104" />
| rowspan="2" | 2024
| 11–12 August
| {{formatnum:24000}}
| {{formatnum:260000}}
|-
! 105
| 29–30 December
| {{formatnum:29000}}
| {{formatnum:300000}}
|-
!106<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Comic Market: Information for International Participants |url=https://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/TAFO/C106TAFO/cmkfor.html |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=Comic Market Official Website}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |2025
|16–17 August
|
|
|-
!107<ref name=":1" />
|30–31 December
|
|
|}

==See also==
* [[Lucca Comics & Games]], the largest comics festival in Europe, and the second biggest in the world after the Comiket
* [[Comic World]], an anime and ''doujin'' festival with events in South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan
* [[Comifuro]], a ''doujin'' convention in Indonesia.
* [[Anime Expo]], an anime convention in Los Angeles, California
* [[Japan Expo]], a Japanese pop culture convention in France
* [[Overload (convention)|Overload]], a ''doujin'' festival in New Zealand
* [[Comica Comiket]], a one-day small-press and minicomics market held in conjunction with [[Comica]], the London International Comics Festival (2007–2016)

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em|refs=
<ref name="Chronology">{{Cite web |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/archives/Chronology.html |title= Comic Market Chronology |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C60">{{Cite web |author=Yoshihiro Yonezawa |author-link=Yoshihiro Yonezawa |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C60/C60AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 60 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C61">{{Cite web |author=Yoshihiro Yonezawa |author-link=Yoshihiro Yonezawa |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C61/C61AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 61 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C62">{{Cite web |author=Yoshihiro Yonezawa |author-link=Yoshihiro Yonezawa |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C62/C62AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 62 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C63">{{Cite web |author=Yoshihiro Yonezawa |author-link=Yoshihiro Yonezawa |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C63/C63AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 63 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C64">{{Cite web |author=Yoshihiro Yonezawa |author-link=Yoshihiro Yonezawa |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C64/C64AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 64 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C65">{{Cite web |author=Yoshihiro Yonezawa |author-link=Yoshihiro Yonezawa |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C65/C65AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 65 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C66">{{Cite web |author=Yoshihiro Yonezawa |author-link=Yoshihiro Yonezawa |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C66/C66AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 66 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C67">{{Cite web |author=Yoshihiro Yonezawa |author-link=Yoshihiro Yonezawa |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C67/C67AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 67 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="CS4">{{Cite web |author=Yoshihiro Yonezawa |author-link=Yoshihiro Yonezawa |date=May 2005 |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/CS4/CS4AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market Special 4 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C68">{{Cite web |author=Yoshihiro Yonezawa |author-link=Yoshihiro Yonezawa |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C68/C68AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 68 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C69">{{Cite web |author=Yoshihiro Yonezawa |author-link=Yoshihiro Yonezawa |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C69/C69AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 69 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C70">{{Cite web |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C70/C70AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 70 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C71">{{Cite web |date=2007-01-25 |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C71/C71AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 71 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C72">{{Cite web |date=2007-11-14 |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C72/C72AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 72 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C73">{{Cite web |date=2008-02-04 |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C73/C73AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 73 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C74">{{Cite web |date=2008-09-23 |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C74/C74AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 74 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C75">{{Cite web |date=2009-02-01 |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C75/C75AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 75 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C76">{{Cite web |date=2009-11-18 |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C76/C76AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 76 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C77">{{Cite web |date=2010-04-20 |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C77/C77AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 77 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="CS5">{{Cite web |date=2010-06-20 |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/CS5/CS5AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market Special 5 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C78">{{Cite web |date=2010-11-15 |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C78/C78AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 78 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C79">{{Cite web |date=2011-02-10 |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C79/C79AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 79 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C80">{{Cite web |date=2011-09-09 |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C80/C80AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 80 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C81">{{Cite web |date=2012-03-22 |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C81/C81AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 81 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C82">{{Cite web |date=2012-11-15 |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C82/C82AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 82 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C83">{{Cite web |date=2013-06-14 |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C83/C83AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 83 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C84">{{Cite web |date=2013-10-23 |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C84/C84AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 84 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C85">{{Cite web |date=2014-06-16 |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C85/C85AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 85 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C86">{{Cite web |date=2014-11-18 |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C86/C86AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 86 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C87">{{Cite web |date=2015-06-19 |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C87/C87AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 87 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="CS6">{{Cite web |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/CS6/CS6AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market Special 6 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C88">{{Cite web |date=2015-11-24 |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C88/C88AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 88 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C89">{{Cite web |date=2016-02-12 |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C89/C89AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 89 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C90">{{Cite web |date=2016-11-05 |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C90/C90AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 90 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C91">{{Cite web |date=2017-06-19 |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C91/C91AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 91 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C92">{{Cite web |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C92/C92AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 92 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C93">{{Cite web |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C93/C93AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 93 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2018-02-18}}</ref>
<ref name="C94">{{Cite web |url= https://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C94/C94AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 94 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2017-09-13}}</ref>
<ref name="C95">{{Cite web |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C95/C95AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 95 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2019-01-11}}</ref>
<ref name="C96">{{Cite web |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C96/C96AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 96 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2019-09-23}}</ref>
<ref name="C97">{{Cite web |url= http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C97/C97AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 97 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2020-01-14}}</ref>
<ref name="C96and97">{{Cite web |url= https://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C94/in2019.html |title= About the schedule of Comic Market 96 · 97 in 2019 |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2018-08-12}}</ref>
<ref name="C96and97ANN">{{Cite web |author= Loo, Egan |date= 2018-08-12 |url= https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-08-12/comic-market-to-use-smaller-venue-for-record-4-days-for-2019-events/.135394 |title= Comic Market to Use Smaller Venue for Record 4 Days for 2019 Events |publisher= Anime News Network |language=en| access-date=2018-08-12}}</ref>
<ref name="C99">{{Cite web |url= https://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C99A/C99AAfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 99 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2020-01-14}}</ref>
<ref name="C100">{{Cite web |url= https://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C100/C100AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 100 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2022-08-25}}</ref>
<ref name="C101">{{Cite web |url= https://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/C101/C101AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 101 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2023-01-29}}</ref>
<ref name="C102">{{Cite web |url= https://comiket.co.jp/info-a/C102/C102AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 102 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2023-08-25}}</ref>
<ref name="C103">{{Cite web |url= https://comiket.co.jp/info-a/C103/C103AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 103 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2024-09-20}}</ref>
<ref name="C104">{{Cite web |url= https://comiket.co.jp/info-a/C104/C104AfterReport.html |title= Comic Market 104 Report |publisher= Comic Market official website |language=ja | access-date=2024-09-20}}</ref>

}}

==Further reading==
* [http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/WhatIsEng080225.pdf "What is Comic Market?"], a presentation by the Comic Market Preparatory Committee, February 2008
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060414125205/http://www.benher.org/FAQ_CM.php "The Japan Comic Market FAQ: A Gaijin's Guide to Comike"], a guide for tourists attending Comiket, August 2004 (via [[Internet Archive|Archive]])
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080602152456/http://heiseidemocracy.com/2005/07/29/how-to-comiket-part-i-intelligence/ "How to Comiket, Part I: Intelligence"] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20080602152505/http://heiseidemocracy.com/2005/12/17/how-to-comiket-part-ii-strategy/ "Part II: Strategy"], a guide for tourists attending Comiket, July 2005 (via [[Internet Archive|Archive]])
* [http://ticktank.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/ticktanks-english-guide-to-comiket-part-1-general-info/ "Ticktank's English Guide to Comiket"], a guide for tourists attending Comiket, August 2008
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080608085539/http://heiseidemocracy.com/2007/12/17/the-road-to-comiket/ "The Road to Comiket"], a guide for foreign creators applying for Comiket, December 2007 (via [[Internet Archive|Archive]])
* [https://bcomix.wordpress.com/moe/''"The Fragile Heart of Moé"''], an 8-minute clip from a feature-length documentary about dojinshi and Comiket, 2010

==External links==
*{{commons-inline}}

{{Anime conventions in Japan}}
{{Comic festivals and alternative comics conventions|state=collapsed}}
{{Authority control}}
{{Coord|35|37|51|N|139|47|48|E|display=title|region:JP-13_type:landmark_source:dewiki}}

[[Category:Anime conventions in Japan]]
[[Category:Book fairs in Japan]]
[[Category:Comics conventions]]
[[Category:Doujin]]
[[Category:Otaku]]
[[Category:Recurring events established in 1975]]