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Details, Collaboration Visuals Released for Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair 2017
posted on by Amanda Whalen
New information and collaboration visuals have been released for this year's Kyoto International Manga and Anime Fair (Kyomaf). Kyomaf 2017 will take place from September 16 - 17 at the Miyakomesse Exhibition Hall and the Kyoto International Manga Museum.
This year's "official supporter" will be special guest Haruka Yoshimura, who voices Mika Jōgasak in the The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls franchise, RM-C in The Asterisk War: The Academy City on the Water, and Ema Yasuhara in Shirobako.
Collaboration visuals featuring characters from various shows shown at real life locations around the city of Kyoto have also been released on the event website and Twitter account.
First up is characters from Yutaka Yamamoto's Wake Up, Girls! shown on the bank of the Kamo River. The original Wake Up, Girls! anime premiered in 2014 and was followed by two sequel films and a spin-off original net anime. The series will be getting a new television anime sometime this year.
<人気作品×京都コラボビジュアル公開!>
— 【京まふ】京都国際マンガ・アニメフェア (@kyomaf) April 13, 2017
『Wake Up, Girls!』×鴨川
公式HPにも掲載しております!https://t.co/iEbzEnnBqD#WUG_JP pic.twitter.com/4EUKcWEFzI
Second is The Eccentric Family 2 x the Kyoto City Hall. The first season of The Eccentric Family aired in 2013, and the second season began airing on April 9. It is being streamed by Crunchyroll.
<人気作品×京都コラボビジュアル公開!>
— 【京まふ】京都国際マンガ・アニメフェア (@kyomaf) April 13, 2017
『有頂天家族2』×京都市役所
公式HPにも掲載しております!https://t.co/iEbzEnnBqD#有頂天家族2 pic.twitter.com/Zy73dCy75c
The third image is Ojarumaru x the Sanzen-in Temple. Ojarumaru, also known as Prince Mackaroo, is a long-running children's anime about a boy from the Heian period who is accidentally transported to modern Japan. It has been released in several countries in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, but it has not had an English release.
<人気作品×京都コラボビジュアル公開!>
— 【京まふ】京都国際マンガ・アニメフェア (@kyomaf) April 13, 2017
『おじゃる丸』×三千院門跡
公式HPにも掲載しております! https://t.co/iEbzEnnBqD#おじゃる丸 pic.twitter.com/bwBIvA1wa2
Next is Katsugeki! Tōken Ranbu x the Bamboo Forest in Arashiyama. The Katsugeki! Tōken Ranbu anime, which is based on the video game Touken Ranbu, will premiere this July. It will be streamed by Aniplex of America.
<人気作品×京都コラボビジュアル公開!>
— 【京まふ】京都国際マンガ・アニメフェア (@kyomaf) April 13, 2017
『活撃 刀剣乱舞』×竹林の小径(嵐山花灯路)
公式HPにも掲載しております!https://t.co/iEbzEnnBqD#活撃刀剣乱舞 pic.twitter.com/uxTHZeWYu3
Next up is Magical Circle Guruguru x the Kifune Shrine. Magical Circle Guruguru is a gag manga parodying role-playing games that has inspired two anime series and an anime film. It will be getting a new television anime series from Production I.G this summer.
<人気作品×京都コラボビジュアルさらに公開!>
— 【京まふ】京都国際マンガ・アニメフェア (@kyomaf) April 13, 2017
『魔法陣グルグル』×貴布禰総本宮 貴船神社
公式HPにも掲載しております! https://t.co/iEbzEnnBqD#魔法陣グルグル#kyomaf pic.twitter.com/JxcrXGrutx
The last image is Detective Conan x the Togetsukyō bridge. The new Detective Conan film, Meitantei Conan Kara Kurenai no Love Letter (Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter), opened on April 15 and has set a new opening weekend record for the franchise.
<人気作品×京都コラボビジュアルさらに公開!>
— 【京まふ】京都国際マンガ・アニメフェア (@kyomaf) April 13, 2017
『名探偵コナン』×渡月橋
公式HPにも掲載しております!https://t.co/iEbzEnnBqD#名探偵コナン#kyomaf pic.twitter.com/ydqC2X2Vfx
Tickets for the Kyoto International Manga and Anime Fair will go on sale in mid-July.
Source: Nijimen