Overview
- Tokyo Comic-Con reported roughly 97,000 attendees, the event’s highest total in Tokyo, with tickets selling out in about 10 minutes.
- The trip marked Depp’s first visit to Japan in eight years, during which he greeted more than 3,000 fans and stayed late into the night on multiple days.
- Depp promoted HYDE, a dark graphic novel reimagining Jekyll and Hyde that uses his likeness and is produced with Ridley Scott.
- Organizers presented a custom Jack Sparrow illustration in the One Piece style by the anime’s creator, Eiichiro Oda.
- An unnamed source told People that Depp felt overwhelmingly touched by the fan reception, and he also appeared at an art exhibition and the Japanese premiere of his film Modi: Three Days on the Wings of Madness.