Over 500 people in demonstration to liberate Akihabara
At 6:30pm today in Akihabara, over 500 people took to the streets in Akihabara in a demonstration to liberate Akihabara. It was a peaceful demonstration with cosplayers and loud akiba music and lots of people. The demonstration was officially registered with the authorities and was completely legal.
The demonstration as a whole was a protest against the unfair treatment of minority groups such as otaku in today’s Japanese society. However, participants in the demonstration also have their own individual reasons such as to protest against the restrictions on the material that can go into anime and manga and so on.
July 2nd, 2007 at 9:50 pm
There are some vids of the march here
http://japansugoi.com/wordpress/akibahara-liberation-demonstration-event-photos/