On May 3, the Osaka Comic-Con exhibition officially opened. The rich content of the Comic-Con attracted fans from all over the world to come and make pilgrimages. Among them, Chinese IPs such as "The Master", "Lord of the Mystery", "Fox Fairy Matchmaker" and "Under One Person" were unveiled at the comic exhibition, and fans from many countries came to check in as a souvenir.
Blessings from fans on site
In the center of China Literatureโs exhibition area, a pink tree attracted many fans to take photos. This device named "Bitter Love Tree" comes from the Chinese comic IP "Fox Fairy Little Matchmaker". The animated adaptation of "Fox Matchmaker" has been played more than 11 billion times, and the TV series "Fox Matchmaker: Moon Red" adapted from it is expected to be launched in 2024.
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In addition to "Fox Fairy Little Matchmaker", the Bagua tree installation in another Chinese comic IP "Under One Person" also attracted countless attention. "Under One Person" has a popularity value of 30 billion on the Tencent animation platform, with a score of 9.8 points, and the animation adaptation has been played more than 6.5 billion times.
Activity site
In addition, the interactive check-in point of "The Master" also attracted many onlookers. May 29th is the birthday of the protagonist Ye Xiu, and fans have written birthday wishes for him on the message board.
"The Master" landed in Japan in 2015 and was published by libre, one of Japan's three major publishing houses. In 2021, the comic adaptation of the same name was launched on the Japanese piccoma platform, and has been in the top 3 of the popularity list ever since.
There were also two fans of "The Master" born in the 2000s who came all the way from Tokyo. One of them said that he had participated in full-time offline activities in Shanghai in 2016 when he was in junior high school, and he did not expect to meet again in Osaka after 8 years.
"Lord of the Mysteries", which combines fantasy adventure and steampunk, also attracted many people to watch. "Lord of Mysteries" was updated simultaneously in Chinese and English when it was serialized in April 2018. The English version has been read by nearly 43 million people on China Literature's overseas portal (webnovel), with a score of 4.8, which is close to a perfect score. It has been defined by foreign media as a work that "belongs to all people on earth". At the
comic show, a fan from the United States said that after reading the novel "Lord of Mysteries" on webnovel, he not only bought the peripherals, but also gave them to his Spanish and Canadian friends.
Event site
In recent years, Chinese IP has successfully gone abroad and begun to attract fans around the world. Chinese stories and Chinese values โโare recognized by more and more overseas readers and viewers.
