Convention series

異種ラブ (Ishu Love; Inter-species Love)

A Tokyo doujinshi/fanzine fair focused on romance between different species, including human–nonhuman and nonhuman–nonhuman relationships. Organizer materials document editions #2 (October 29, 2016), #3 (March 19, 2017), and #4 (November 5, 2017); a participant archive independently records the first event on March 20, 2016. No later editions were confirmed in the sources reviewed. Sources: https://skypalette.jp/isyulove/images/isyulove2-yuso.pdf ; https://skypalette.jp/isyulove/sample3/ippan.html ; https://skypalette.jp/isyulove/sample4/about.html ; https://acatsuki66.xxxxxxxx.jp/about.html.

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異種ラブ6 (Ishu Love 6; Inter-species Love 6)

Ishu Love 6 is listed for October 28, 2018, at Watasho Hall in Tokyo in the Japan Arts Council's official 2018 event record. The organizer describes the Ishu Love series as a doujin event focused on interspecies romance; the archived organizer page for Ishu Love 4 documents the same format and a 100-space target. Sources: https://www.ntj.go.jp/assets/files/kikin/artscouncil/jisyuseisaku.pdf ; https://skypalette.jp/isyulove/sample4/about.html.

28 Oct 2018Location to be announced

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異種ラブ5 (Ishu Love 5; Inter-species Love 5)

Ishu Love 5 is listed for March 18, 2018, at Watasho Hall in Tokyo in the Japan Arts Council's official 2018 event record. The organizer describes the Ishu Love series as a doujin event focused on interspecies romance; the archived organizer page for Ishu Love 4 documents the same format and a 100-space target. Sources: https://www.ntj.go.jp/assets/files/kikin/artscouncil/jisyuseisaku.pdf ; https://skypalette.jp/isyulove/sample4/about.html.

18 Mar 2018Location to be announced

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異種ラブ (Ishu Love; Inter-species Love) — First Edition

A participant’s activity archive records attendance at 異種ラブ on March 20, 2016, and links it to the event’s inaugural anthology. The archived source does not confirm this edition’s venue or hours, so those are left unspecified. Source: https://acatsuki66.xxxxxxxx.jp/about.html.

20 Mar 2016Location to be announced

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異種ラブ2 (Ishu Love 2; Inter-species Love 2)

The second 異種ラブ was held October 29, 2016, from 11:30 to 15:00 at Tokyo Wholesale Center, 3rd-floor exhibition hall, in Taito, Tokyo. The organizer describes it as a love-between-different-species-only event and required participating circles to offer at least one work about interspecies love or interspecies marriage. Source: https://skypalette.jp/isyulove/images/isyulove2-yuso.pdf.

29 Oct 2016Tokyo, Japan

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異種ラブ3 (Ishu Love 3; Inter-species Love 3)

The organizer scheduled 異種ラブ3 for March 19, 2017, 11:30–15:00 at Tokyo Wholesale Center in Tokyo, with 100 direct-participation spaces. It was a themed fanzine event for works about love between different species, including human/nonhuman and nonhuman/nonhuman pairings. Source: https://skypalette.jp/isyulove/sample3/ippan.html.

19 Mar 2017Tokyo, Japan

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異種ラブ4 (Ishu Love 4; Inter-species Love 4)

The fourth 異種ラブ took place November 5, 2017, 11:30–15:00 at Tokyo Wholesale Center, 3rd-floor exhibition hall. The organizer lists the event as a romance-between-species-only convention and sought 100 participant spaces. Source: https://skypalette.jp/isyulove/sample4/about.html.

5 Nov 2017Tokyo, Japan

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