February 29, 2002
Tokyo International Anime Fair 21 was held for the first time at Tokyo Big Site (February 15-17) with a big success!
104 companies in total - animataion production / distribution companies, publishing companies, toy companies and other animation business related companies - attended with 77 exhibition booths .
In total, 50,163 visitors came over to the fair for 3 days, including 231 registered buyers for business negotiation.
| Buyers' Countries |
Numbers |
|
Korea
|
95
|
| U.S.A. |
36
|
| Hong Kong |
23
|
| Spain |
14
|
| Taiwan |
13
|
| Germany |
08
|
| Peru |
06
|
| Singapore |
05
|
| Canada |
03
|
| China |
03
|
| Thailand |
03
|
| Italy |
02
|
| U.K. |
02
|
| India |
02
|
| Indonesia |
01
|
| France |
01
|
| Philippines |
01
|
| Unkown |
13
|
| Total |
231
|
And 288 press companies made coverage of the fair.
Merchandising goods such as toys, stationaries, videos, DVDs etc were also sold at booths to visitors.
Cometitions and Events such as "100 Japanese Animations" were held together with symposiums, character shows for public.
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