The fifth edition of the Salon del Manga - Winter Freak, which was held at IFEPA this past weekend (2 and 3 March), has received the visit of 14,000 followers, according to data provided by the organizers, consolidating itself as well as the manga event more important in the Region, in terms of content and facilities, and ranked among the top ten nationally.
Winter Freak, was born with the aim of bringing people of all ages to the manga and alternative culture, in relation to leisure and fun, but also to training, and in a short time has become a must for all followers of the freak culture, collecting a wide range of themes and trends, from Japanese culture with its traditions, history or mythology, to its literature and animation, as well as videogames, movies, TV, k-pop, comics, youtube etc.
A large commercial area with numerous stores, this year also have been present several publishers, complete the sample, along with the participation of the International School of Design.
The event has had a program composed of 200 different activities, in collaboration with different associations such as "Universe Freak", "Ronin", "What do we play?", "Korean Complex", "Artcam Freak", "Fangames" or "La Isla", which has offered visitors, an attractive and novel proposal including the largest Arts Alley with cartoonists in the country, to highlight Spanish Pedro Delgado, who works with Marvel, or Mexican Hugo Blendl, senior animator Rick & Morty.
The event has the largest Game Zone in the Region, prepared with multiple video consoles and their respective tournaments giving a great focus to the E-Sports with large lathes of Tekken and Dragon Ball Fighterz, among others, thanks to the company Fangames.
They have also held workshops, board games, parades, dance, cosplay, talks,
It has had an important cast of guests of international stature.
Representing the world of Cosplay as a guest the international Liui Aquino, a Filipino cosplayer of great renown worldwide.
At the national level we will have Thelema Therion, Dinnan, Yurai and Florencia Sofen.
The winner of the Cosplay Contest is the representative of Spain in the International to be held in Monaco.
The youtuber world, has had as guests La Cocina del Pirata, with its live showcooking and Chaoko, Sara Ramirez "Pecas" and Lunadangelis.
The youtubers Murcia have had a promotion platform in Winter Freak.
The Hall as usual, has one of the few campers who have this type of events, which has allowed visitors to spend the night in a space enabled within the facilities, an area that this year has expanded given the high demand in the past edition.
Source: Agencias