As we sit down for an interview, Tokyo Comic Convention Committee Chairman Mitsuaki Munegumi casually points to a glass case in the center of the room.
¡°There¡¯s actually a real ¡®Star Wars¡¯ lightsaber in there,¡± he says, and reaches over. He pulls out a hilt prop that the Count Dooku character, played by the late Christopher Lee, used in the 2002 film ¡°Star Wars: Episode II ¡ª Attack of the Clones.¡± This is only one of many authentic Hollywood props stored in the room, including a Chucky doll from the ¡°Child¡¯s Play¡± horror series and a hydrogen fuel cell that Arnold Schwarzenegger¡¯s T-850 character had in its chest in ¡°Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.¡±
¡°And I think there are a few ¡®Harry Potter¡¯ costumes somewhere in here,¡± he adds with a large grin. Munegumi, 63, is the man behind the upcoming Tokyo Comic Convention (or Tokyo Comic Con), a three-day convention to be held at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba from Dec. 2 to 4. The convention will celebrate a vast array of popular comic book and Hollywood film properties, including the Marvel and DC superhero films, ¡°Star Wars,¡± ¡°The Lord of the Rings¡± and ¡°Harry Potter.¡±
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