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= Jump Festa =

Jump Festa is an annual anime and manga convention in Tokyo, Japan. First created in 1999, it has been held as one of the major conventions for anime and manga fans. The event takes place in Makuhari Messe, a convention center ubicated in Chiba, during 2 days in December. An approximation of 100,000 individuals attend the event each year. Jump Festa is organized by Shueisha, publisher of the Weekly Shōnen Jump which comes as the main focus of the event, manga artists associated with the magazine attend to interact with fans. Many announcements related to anime and manga are made through the event duration, including future series, seasons and premier of the latest chapters. The event mascot is named Kaizo-Kun, created by Akira Toriyama an artist who created Dragon Ball.

As the main focus comes to both anime and manga multiple videogames companies such as Bandai Namco Entertainment, Capcom, and Square Enix participate to promote their last releases and announce future games.

Major Events
Jump Festa includes the participation of multiple manga artist and voice actors who has participated in anime adaptations, fans can interact with them and ask questions about their work. The event has also become a place for people to express their creativity by sharing their cosplay of different anime and manga characters, competitions are present in order to award the best one. Merchandise including manga, clothes, and more are sold in many places in the event.

Stage Red and Blue
Entrance for the stage red and blue are exclusive since it can only by obtained by lottery ticket winning. Stages include meeting voice actors from popular animes such as My Hero Academia, One Piece and Demon Slayer. Attending fans will be able to see previews of the upcoming events in the anime and also share their opinion with the official voice actors. Each stage ticket are independent from each one and only 2 events of the stage can be attended per day. Seats and event entrance are reserved to the winners in were they can enjoy the 30 minute stage event.

Jump Studio
Entrance for Jump Studio are included with the general ticket, includes various activities witch are related to Shonen Jump titles. Cosplay events for specific animes and mangas are placed in a determined time where fans can meet and take pictures together. The different events are placed in the period of 10 am until 5 pm, people attending have the option to choose how many activities from the seven thought the day to be present.

Cultural Impact
Jump Festa has created a impact in Japanese culture as its popularity has expanded thought different places. The manga and anime culture has grew over the years with many anticipating the convention as it offers the latest news on this culture. The event can be seen as a form of appreciation of art as individuals attend in order to see their favorite manga artist and appreciate their creations. Jump Festa is streamed on Youtube in order to share the events to the people unable to go, the stream includes subtitles that help international fans to share the same experience to Japanese fans.