Manga mania: how Japanese comics conquered the world
“The Japanese are thrilled by the growing appreciation for manga around the world – that it’s now read from Saudi Arabia to France to the US – and all at the same time,” enthuses Nicole Rousmaniere, founder of the UK’s Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures at the University of East Anglia. “Manga is becoming a universal language.” Certainly the distinctive imagery of the Japanese graphic novel tradition is increasingly finding its way from page to museum wall....
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