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''Comic Party'' is inspired from the real world event of [[Comiket]] (Comic Market) held in [[Tokyo]] each summer and winter. This is a convention where various artists gather together to share both parody, homage, and original work. Since the series was inspired by [[Comiket]], it comes as no surprise that the "Comic Party" convention also takes place in the same building as Comiket, the [[Tokyo Big Sight]] convention center near Ariake, Tokyo.

The game was ported to the [[PlayStation Portable]] (PSP) as ''Comic Party Portable'' on December 29, 2005. Promotional videos show that the ''Comic Party Revolution'' character designs are used, rather than the original designs from the PC and Dreamcast games and the first anime series. Characters from ''Comic Party'' are featured as partner characters ''Aquapazza: Aquaplus Dream Match'', a fighting game developed by Aquaplus with characters from various Leaf games.

 

Early April, Kazuki Sendo is invited by his friend, Taishi Kuhonbutsu, to come with him to [[Tokyo Big Sight]]. He is surprised to see thousands of people waiting in line to get in. Apparently they are at Comic Party, a giant [[dojinshi]] convention. Once inside, Kazuki meets some of the dojinshi artists and is surprised to find himself enjoying their work. Taishi convinces Kazuki to draw dojinshi after their visit because he recognizes Kazuki's skill as an artist, but Kazuki's childhood friend Mizuki tries to talk him out of it because she believes [[otaku]] are smelly, dirty, and disgusting. Her reasoning does not help because Kazuki already made up his mind and begins to draw his first dojinshi.

 

''Comic Party'' is a [[Point and Click Game|point-and-click]] first person perspective dating sim game. It is the player's task to decide the schedule of the main protagonist, Kazuki Sendo, as he prepares for the Comic Party convention that takes place once a month. How fast Kazuki can complete his dojinshi, how many copies he can sell at each convention, and what girl he is able to date depends on the player's choices. Only one action can be chosen on each weekday because Kazuki must attend college during the day, and two actions can be chosen on Saturday and Sunday. It is only on the weekend where the player is given the choice to leave the house and contact the girl the player wishes to pursue.

 

The game begins on April 1 and ends on March 31 the next year. The ending depends on whether the player succeeds in winning a girl's heart. Although the player does not have to win a girl's heart to reach the end of the game, if the player fails at completing their monthly dojinshi before the deadline, the game will end early.

 

The ''Comic Party'' anime adaptation first aired in Japan on April 1, 2001 on UHF stations. Thirteen episodes and four ten minute specials were produced by Oriental Light and Magic and KSS and directed by Norihiko Sudo. The anime focuses on the dojinshi creation part of the game rather than the dating aspect and the specials are an original story involving the cast of ''Comic Party'' taking a vacation to a hot spring resort.

 

''Comic Party Revolution'' was licensed in North America by [[ADV Films]] for $30,336, which they announced at Metrocon 2006. ADV used their own voice talent for the English dub so the cast is different from the original series. Cultural changes were not made to the dub like the dub from Right Stuf.

 

A manga adaption of ''Comic Party'' was written and illustrated by Sekihiko Inui, who is also a dojinshi artist and continues to draw dojinshi under the dojin circle called Mix-ism. It made its debut in the January 2001 issue of the Japanese monthly manga magazine Dengeki Daioh and continued until the March 2005 issue. The chapters was compiled into five tankobon volumes and published by Dengeki Comics. ''Comic Party'' manga is licensed in North America by Tokyopop. All five volumes was released between June 4, 2004 and January 31, 2006. In the first episode of the original series, Kazuki has a dream set in the world of ''[[To Heart]]'', arguably AQUAPLUS' most famous franchise. Kazuki is cast in the role of Hiroyuki, and a number of other familiar characters appear, including Akari Kamigishi and LEAF mascot Multi.

 

 

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