page_title: Comiket
section_title: Cosplay
hierarchical_section_title: Comiket / Programme / Cosplay
caption_attribution_description: English: Elaborately dressed cosplayers at Comic Market 69.
context_page_description: Comic Market, more commonly known as Comiket and sometimes Comike, is a biannual dōjinshi fair in Tokyo, Japan. A grassroots, DIY event focused on the sale of dōjin, Comiket is a not-for-profit, volunteer-run event administered by the Comic Market Preparatory Committee. Inaugurated on 21 December 1975, with an estimated 700 attendees, it has grown to become the largest fan convention in the world, with an estimated attendance of over half a million.
context_section_description: 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). Some general contemporary guidelines include not wearing clothes that are too revealing, not imitating uniformed officers, and being out in cosplay when arriving/departing from Comiket.
caption: Elaborately dressed cosplayers at Comiket 69 in December 2005
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