Recently we learned that all public elementary schools and middle schools in Matsue, a city in Shimane prefecture, have been asked by the city's board of education to put A-bomb manga series Hadashi ...
Back in 2009, when the French embassy in Tokyo decided to demolish its premises and relocate, it invited in a whole bunch of French and Japanese artists to create site-specific temporary ...
J-World Tokyo, the world's first theme park dedicated to Shonen Jump manga, has opened in Ikebukuro, north Tokyo.
Visitors can find the new amusement center in the Sunshine City World Import ...
In 2013, Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan) became no longer just a popular comic book. It has evolved into a social phenomenon which will be remembered as one of the biggest hits of the decade. So ...
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Hirohiko Araki's manga that started life in 1987, may not be as big as One Piece or have the otaku kudos of Neon Genesis Evangelion, but that hasn't stopped it selling 70 ...
Japanese government proposes new “Cool Japan” cultural promotion campaign
February 26, 2013
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The new Liberal Democratic Party government has announced a new "Cool Japan" cultural campaign with a proposed budget of 50 billion yen funded from fiscal 2013's budget. The bill is to be submitted ...
I suppose it was inevitable when a medium can give birth to themes as diverse as the life of the Buddha through to bestselling tales of flying pirates that eventually Japan's mainstream comic book ...
Forget the retro charms of Instagram, transform the photos taken with your phone into a personal comic book strip instead!
Manga Camera is an phone app that converts your regular image into a ...