Tokyo International Anime Fair (TAF) in Odaiba March 23-26, 2006

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LINKS Tokyo International Anime Fair (TAF) official Web site. http://www.tokyoanime.jp/en/ Tokyo International Anime Fair, TAF 2003, by Jon Tarbox, Anime News Network (ANN), 3 April 2003. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2003/tokyo-international-anime-fair "Tokyo International Anime Fair 2004," by Kat Avila, Anime Tourist, 13 April 2004 "The Award for Best Satanic Rabbit Goes to …," TAF 2006, by Virginia Heffernan, The New York Times, 2 April 2006 (Kat Avila's note: After I read the NY Times writeup, I thought to myself, We did not go to the same convention. You'll understand what I mean once you've read my report, the link for which follows.) From "Tokyo International Anime Fair," TAF 2006, by Kat Avila, Sequential Tart, May 2006: ... Last year, about 84,000 people attended TIAF. Compare this with the 94,000 that attended Comic-Con International 2004 (source: CCI 2005 fact sheet). This year's TIAF attendance is predicted to reach 100,000, which Comic-Con 2005 -- North America's largest popular culture and comics convention -- almost cleared (source: CCI 2006 Update, No. 1). Most of the photos below were taken during my March-April 2006 trip to Japan. Photography is not permitted indoors at Tokyo International Anime Fair, but I had a press pass.
Tokyo Big Sight	TIAF poster	corridor	ticket lines	Award of Merit exhibit	Award of Merit exhibit
Creator's World	Creator's World screening area	Astro Boy & Osamu Tezuka	10th anniversary of Detective Conan anime	Toei Animation's 50th anniversary	Toei Animation booth
60th anniversary of Tezuka's debut as a cartoonist		Tales from Earthsea Studio Ghibli anime	Tales from Earthsea Studio Ghibli anime	Full Metal Alchemist	One Piece
				Bleach anime	Ouran High School Host Club anime
Etona from the RPG Disgaea	vendor rep in costume	mannequin	costumed actors	costumed actors
TV superhero Garo	TV superhero Garo	booth	booth	booth	corridor
corridor	mini-stage	stage	Aqua City shopping mall	Rainbow Bridge & Statue of Liberty	looking toward central Tokyo

Tokyo International Anime Fair March 25-28, 2004
costumed actors	Astro Girl	Howl's Moving Castle Studio Ghibli anime	Howl's Moving Castle Studio Ghibli anime	I.G. logo	Totoro balloon

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