It’s West goes East at Tokyo Comic Con

Living legend Stan Lee of Marvel Comics fame was one of the big draws at the convention. Photos: Richard Chua

From attending PAX Australia and Supanova Down Under, POP-con headed north to the Land of the Rising Sun for Tokyo Comic Con.

Japan is already known for massive fan conventions celebrating its own unique pop culture of anime, manga and games. Comic Market, or Comiket, draws over half a million people twice a year as the world’s biggest fair of self-published works, or doujinshi; while this year’s Tokyo Game Show attracted 270,000 visitors over four days.