Niigata Comic Market

Niigata Comic Market
Status Active
Venue Toki Messe
Location Niigata, Niigata
Country Japan
First held 1983
Official website http://gataket.com/

The Niigata Comic Market, commonly known as Gataket (ガタケット gataketto?), is a bimonthly dōjinshi comic book convention held in Niigata city in Japan. It is currently held at either Toki Messe or the Niigata-shi Sangyou Shinkou Center. It was first held in 1983, and between 7,000 and 10,000 people regularly attend each event. It is the largest dōjinshi comic market held on the Sea of Japan side of Japan.

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History

Comic market that relates to Niigata Comic Market

Gataket Special

Gataket of Cosplay prohibition.

Cosplay Gataket

Gataket only of circle that relates to Cosplay and Cosplay.

Gataket in Nagaoka

Literary coterie magazine spot sale association held in Niigata Prefecture Nagaoka City. Nagaoka version of Gataket. It is chiefly held in Hive Nagaoka.

Gataket & Okaket

Comic market held in Niigata Prefecture Nagaoka City. Nagaoka version of Niigata Comic Market. It is held at Hive Nagaoka.

Niigata COMITIA

Niigata version of COMITIA.[1] The Gataket secretariat has held it.

It is held in an inside Toki Messe conference room or main hall twice a year, especially April and September.
Even the 30th had been held by the name of Comitia in Niigata.

Gataket SHOP

dōjinshi and painting materials shop that Gataket secretariat has managed.

It is in the downtown of Niigata, and is one of the activity bases in Niigata.

Niigata Manga Competition

The Niigata Manga Competition (にいがた漫画大賞 Niigata Manga Taishō?) is a Manga contest held annually in Niigata City every September. It is sponsored by the Niigata Manga Competition planning committee. It is jointly sponsored by the Niigata Comic Market, the city of Niigata, and the Japan Animation and Manga College, a local vocational school in Niigata city. It has been held every year since 1998. It is unique because of the rarity of a local municipal government sponsoring a manga competition.[1]

References

  1. ^ http://sankei.jp.msn.com/region/chubu/niigata/081208/ngt0812080242000-n1.htm

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