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8,000 Japanese Fans Attend Mar Fest 2005
Date: 10/17/2005
Sunday in Japan saw the holding of the first singular event dedicated to Shogakukan Production's cross media property, MAR. Titled, Mar Fest 2005, 8,000 fans attended, showing a living testament to the popularity of the work. TV Tokyo currently broadcasts the animation and Weekly Shonen Sunday serializes the manga. The Ikebukuro event featured goods vendors and a hall where the Mar card game could be played. Likewise, video game systems were setup where fans could demo newly announced GBA and PS2 of titles. One of those games, Mar Heaven ARM FIGHT DREAM for PS2 is scheduled for release on November 3. The number of attendees is considered good for an event of this type, and many entire families turned out. On a special stage several guests related to the property appeared. This inluded many of the anime seiyuu. Questions could be fielded to the speakers and some of the celeberrites even played Konami's new PS2 fighting game in front of the crowd.
Source: Anime News Service