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TOKYO, March 8, 2024 (AFP) – Akira Toriyama was already famous to comic fans in the early 1980s with “Dr. Slump” but he won manga immortality with the global sensation and Japanese success story that is “Dragon Ball”. But as his creation and his fame exploded when his creation won over kids the world over, Toriyama, who has died in Japan aged 68, shunned the limelight and preferred to focus on drawing. “‘Dragon Ball’ is […]
By Tomohiro OSAKI, Natsuko FUKUE TOKYO, March 8, 2024 (AFP) – The creator of Japan’s hugely popular and influential “Dragon Ball” comics and anime cartoons, Akira Toriyama, has died aged 68, his production team said Friday. First serialised in 1984, “Dragon Ball” is one of the best-selling manga franchises of all time and has spawned countless anime series, films and video games. Toriyama died on March 1 because of a blood clot on his […]
by Tomohiro OSAKI Agence France Presse Tokyo, Japan (AFP) — The author of a sci-fi manga about to hit shelves in Japan admits he has “absolutely zero” drawing talent, so turned to artificial intelligence to create the dystopian saga. All the futuristic contraptions and creatures in “Cyberpunk: Peach John” were intricately rendered by Midjourney, a viral AI tool that has sent the art world into a spin, along with others such as Stable Diffusion and […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Manga artist Takao Saito, who created the most prolific Japanese comic-book series of all time “Golgo 13”, has died aged 84, his publisher said Wednesday. “Golgo 13”, the tale of a legendary professional hitman, was first printed in 1968 and has been adapted into anime series, video games and two live-action films. The assassin Golgo, also known Duke Togo, is of unknown nationality and carries out his hits around the world, […]
by Nicolas PRATVIEL Paris, France (AFP) — Jiro Taniguchi, a legend in Japan’s comic art of manga, died in Tokyo on Saturday at the age of 69, leaving behind an international following for his exquisite line drawing of scenes from everyday life. The artist’s French publisher Casterman announced his death on its website, adding that he had been seriously ill, as it expressed its deep condolences to his family. Taniguchi first shot to fame in […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (December 20) – Fandom. From the word itself we get the meaning. It is a collective of fans sharing the same interests, gathering together to enthusiastically celebrate the same through cosplaying, writing fan fictions, maintaining fandom wikis and others. Due to the power of the internet, no interest – be it books, movies, TV shows, memes, what-have-you – no matter how obscure – can go unnoticed. And fans from around the world […]
MANILA – The Japan Foundation, Manila and the Japan Foundation Asia Center, with their partners the Filipinas Heritage Library, the Asia-Pacific Writers Conference, A Public Space, and the Nippon Foundation, have organized 2 events this October: a talk on new Japanese writing and a panel on manga as contemporary literature. Monkey Business is a Tokyo- and Brooklyn-based annual literary magazine published in English and Japanese that showcases new voices from both sides of the Pacific. Contributors include […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (September 23) – We find manga and anime interesting and entertaining because of its popularity probably because of its unique styles which makes them interesting, distinctive and easy to recognize – the combination results in us being hooked up with manga and anime. It’s not all about the graphics and the colors that makes us stick and choose manga and anime more than any cartoon shows all over the world. The major supplement […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – (Eagle News Service, June 19) – Humanity is in a tight bind. Driven to near extinction by the mysterious Titans, the remnant of humankind live inside massive walls. They are content to live placidly inside said walls, until that fateful day when the wall was shattered along with their peaceful existence. And with that premise, the manga “Shingeki no Kyojin” and its spin-off anime series became one of the most popular […]
MANILA – Great news for MANGA Artists! The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the MANGA Award Executive Committee, Mr. Fumio Kishida has announced the opening of the 9th International MANGA Award for non-Japanese artists. Interested individuals may submit their entries until Friday, 12 June 2015. Applications should be mailed either to the designated foreign mission or directly to the Committee to the following addresses: Japan Information and Culture Center P.O. Box 414, Pasay Central […]
