Hakurei Jinja Reitaisai
| Doujinshi Convention | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Reitaisai |
| Dates: | spring, autumn |
| Frequency: | twice yearly |
| Location: | Tokyo |
| Number of Booths: | 5000 |
| Focus: | Touhou Project |
| Other Activities: | |
| Organization: | |
| Founded By: | |
| Founding Date: | 2004 |
| URL: | reitaisai.com |
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Hakurei Jinja Reitaisai (博麗神社例大祭), usually abbreviated to Reitaisai, is a doujinshi convention that focuses exclusively on fanworks based on the doujin game Touhou Project. The convention was held yearly from 2004 to 2010, when a second event called Reitaisai SP was added to the line-up.[1] Sale of fanworks by doujinshi circles and cosplay are the mainstays of Reitaisai, but the convention welcomes company booths as well.[2]
Reitaisai is not only the largest Touhou Project convention, but also the single largest Japanese "only event", meaning a doujinshi convention for one single fandom. About 5000 circles take part in every edition. After going through a string of successively larger venues throughout its history, the convention moved to the Tokyo Big Sight convention center (also home to several other massive doujinshi conventions like Comiket and COMITIA).[3]
Circles pay 7500 yen for a space to sell their fanworks at Reitaisai.[4] Entry for other participants is free, but buying a catalog (between 1500 and 1850 yen) is obligatory.[5]
Links
- Reitaisai on Touhouwiki
References
- ^ Wikipedia contributors. 2012. “Touhou Project.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touhou_Project.
- ^ Reitaisai official site. “Overview of Participating Companies (参加企業一覧).” http://reitaisai.com/corp.html.
- ^ Sankaku Complex. “Touhou Takeover” http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2008/08/02/touhou-takeover/. <- Caveat: this source has some interesting statistics about the growth of Reitaisai and of the number of Touhou Project circles at Comiket, but uses quite a bit of hyperbole in claiming that Reitaisai is on the same scale as Comiket and/or taking over Comiket.
- ^ Reitaisai official site. “Important Information About Registering (募集要項).” http://reitaisai.com/guideline.html.
- ^ Reitaisai official site. “Basic Information (開催概要).” http://reitaisai.com/about.html.