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| From 2008_10_26 Petit Fancy |
I went to Petit Fancy this weekend (for research purposes). This is Taipei's COSPLAY central.
First, I met a colleague of mine who is an all-things-Japanese aficionado. In the two hours we spent there, he guided me through the event which approximates a comic book or sci-fi convention.
What made it different though was the darker undercurrent, a mixture of cuteness, youth and porn. And to think it was held on the grounds of Taiwan's foremost university.
I will be asking my colleague to sort through what we saw and will present it as a series of further posts.
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| From 2008_10_26 Petit Fancy |
2 comments:
But what does it all mean? I'd like an explanation, or a theory, or something.
And to think it was held on the grounds of Taiwan's foremost university.
Why not?
You seem to expect us to be freaked out by something. But you never say what. A new experience on your part does not necessitate a feeling of shock on ours.
And Petit Fancy is a comics convention, by the way. You're discussing the manga industry: Japanese and Japanese-style comic art (Mandarin mang-hua). Conventions feature cosplayers, artists signing books, and endless forms of merchandising: books, figurines, computer games, buttons, T-shirts, contests, anything.
It would have been fun to join you. I don't read manga but I enjoy shooting the conventions.
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