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Comic Market 89 Attracts 520,000 Across 3 Days
posted on by Karen Ressler
The Comic Market 89 (Comiket 89) event in Tokyo drew approximately 200,000 attendees on its third day on December 31, 2015 for a total of 520,000 attendees over three days. Total attendance was down from last winter's Comiket 87, which attracted 560,000 attendees, and this past summer's Comiket 88, which had 550,000 total attendees.
Both Comiket 87 and Comiket 88 attracted 210,000 guests on its third day.
About 150,000 people attended Comiket 89 on the first day, down from first-day attendance at Comiket 87 and Comiket 88. Approximately 170,000 people attended on the second day, roughly the same as the second-day attendance for Comiket 87, and up from Comiket 88.
Source: The Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web