Tokyo Game Show 97 Autumn

Event
Tokyo Game Show 97 Autumn
Location
Makuhari Messe
Date
1997.09.06 - 1997.09.07
Time
10:00 - 19:00
Guests
[see list below]
Cost
1000 yen, at the door
800 yen, pre-sale
  • Report version 0.7 by Hitoshi Doi, 1997.09.10

The Tokyo Game Show 97 Autumn took place on September 6th and 7th, 1997. This can be called the biggest seiyuu event of 1997.. There were more seiyuu here than any other event, doing talk shows, signing sessions, and mini-lives.

There were over 52,000 people on Saturday (which wasn't too bad). People under 18 weren't allowed until 14:00, because it was a school day. There were a LOT more people on Sunday.

I left my house around 5:00 on both days, and arrived at 7:15 on Saturday and 6:45 on Sunday. On Saturday there were a couple thousand people in front of me, on Sunday, the line was many times longer..

Some of the seiyuu events were as follows.

Saturday, 1997.09.06

NEC Interchannel (Sentimental Graffiti)
10:30 Suzuki Urarako
12:00 Makishima Yuki
13:30 Nishiguchi Yuka
15:00 Okamoto Asami
16:30 Konno Hiromi
18:00 Okada Junko
Mainichi Communications (Sotsugyou Vacation)
11:00 Okada Junko, Okamoto Asami, Makishima Yuki
14:00 Okada Junko, Okamoto Asami, Makishima Yuki
17:00 Okada Junko, Okamoto Asami, Makishima Yuki
Imagineer
12:00 Toyoshima Machiko
14:00 Nishimura Chinami
17:00 Ikezawa Haruna, Tezuka Chiharu
Nihon System (Acient Roman)
15:00 Takahashi Naozumi, Nakayama Manami, Morimoto Mariko, Nakajima Saki
17:00 Takahashi Naozumi, Nakayama Manami, Morimoto Mariko, Nakajima Saki
Jaleco
16:00 Takahashi Miki, Kanai Mika, Koorogi Satomi
Konami
14:40 Kuribayashi Mie
16:20 Kuribayashi Mie
Sun Soft
??:?? Sayama Riko
Capcom
13:15 Nakama Yukie
Sega (Sakura Taisen 2)
16:30 Yokoyama Chisa, Tomizawa Michie
Micro Cabin
16:00 Asakawa Yuu, Maeda Konomi, Maeda Chiaki
Bunka Housou
12:00 Toyoguchi Megumi, Omimura Mayuko
16:00 Toyoguchi Megumi, Omimura Mayuko
Taito
15:30 Seki Tomokazu, Tsukui Kyousei
Media Works
16:00 Nagasawa Miki
Pioneer LDC (Noel 2)
11:30 Neya Michiko, Kakazu Yumi, ?
13:30 Neya Michiko, Kakazu Yumi, ?
15:30 Neya Michiko, Kakazu Yumi, ?
17:30 Neya Michiko, Kakazu Yumi, ?
Kodansha (Alice on Borderlines)
14:00 Ikezawa Haruna
Gamebank
??:?? Miyamura Yuko

Sunday, 1997.09.07

main stage
15:00 Iwao Junko
NEC Interchannel (Sentimental Graffiti)
10:30 Suzuki Urarako
12:00 Makishima Yuki
13:30 Nishiguchi Yuka
15:00 Okamoto Asami
16:30 Konno Hiromi
18:00 Okada Junko
Mainichi Communications (Sotsugyou Vacation)
11:00 Okada Junko, Okamoto Asami, Makishima Yuki
14:00 Okada Junko, Okamoto Asami, Makishima Yuki
17:00 Okada Junko, Okamoto Asami, Makishima Yuki
Jaleco
16:00 Takahashi Miki, Kanai Mika, Nishihara Kumiko
Micro Cabin
13:00 Noda Junko, Yoshida Airi
16:00 Noda Junko, Yoshida Airi
Sammy
13:00 Sakurai Tomo
Nihon System (Acient Roman)
16:00 Takahashi Naozumi, Morimoto Mariko, Nakajima Saki
Bunka Housou
12:00 Toyoguchi Megumi, Omimura Mayuko
16:00 Toyoguchi Megumi, Omimura Mayuko
Imagineer
12:00 Nogami Yukana
14:00 Kuwashima Houko
Increment P (Daiundoukai)
14:00 Natsuki Rio
Konami
12:30 Kuribayashi Mie
14:40 Kuribayashi Mie
Media Works
12:00 Kuwashima Houko
16:00 Hikami Kyoko
Pioneer LDC (Noel 2)
11:30 Neya Michiko, Kakazu Yumi, ?
13:30 Neya Michiko, Kakazu Yumi, ?
15:30 Neya Michiko, Kakazu Yumi, ?
17:30 Neya Michiko, Kakazu Yumi, ?
Gamebank
??:?? Miyamura Yuko

Pictures were allowed at many of the events. I took 15 rolls (36 exposures) of pictures in two days.
Detailed counts of my photos is in another page.

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