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Katsuya Terada TEN – 10 Year Retrospective Exhibition

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Katsuya Terada “TEN” exhibition.   - 10 Year Retrospective - Kyoto International Manga Museum. March 16 - June 30, 2013. http://www.kyotomm.jp/english/event/exh/teradakatsuya_10years_eng.php pic from kyotomm.jp Colour illustrations and design graphics from the vast body of Terada’s work in illustrations; games, anime, and book cover artwork. A total of 300 works will be exhibited, including original artwork. If you’re planning on visiting Japan and the Kansai area around March to June, this is a must see. Here’s a rundown of some general information :   Period – March 16 – June 30, 2013 10 am – 6 pm (Admission to the museum until 5:30 pm) *Closed days: Wednesdays (except 3/20 & 5/1), and 3/21(Thursday) Venue – Kyoto International Manga Museum, 2nd Floor Galleries 1, 2&3 Fee – Free   * However, a General Admission ticket to the Museum (800yen) is required. Exhibition contents Colour illustrations and design graphics from the vast body of Terada’s wor...

"It’s Not My Fault That I’m Not Popular!" Heroine Talks Up Her Upcoming Anime

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After December's volume 3 of Nico Tanigawa's It’s Not My Fault That I’m Not Popular! confirmed that the web-manga was due to be adapted into anime, spin-off It's Not My Fault That My Friend's Unpopular! ran with a promo for the sure to be much talked series.

Japanese Shonen Manga/Anime Magazine Circulation Date (Oct-Dec 2012)

JMPA (The Japanese Magazine Publishers Association) published the latest report for the circulation date for the major Japanese magazines on its official website on February 19th. The data covers the three months period from October 1 to December 31, 2012. The numbers in the list are for the copies printed by the publishers, not net paid circulation. So they may include some amounts of returns from bookstores, comic stores, and newsstands. According to the date, even the most popular manga/anime specialized magazines in Japan, Shueisha's Shonen Jump and Kadokawa Shoten's Newtype dropped in circulation from the same period of 2011, especially Newtype lost a huge 27% in one year. In the Shonen Manga list below, only Ultra Jump (Hayate X Blade, JUMBOR), Gessan (Mitsuru Adachi's MIX), and Shonen Sunday Super rose from last year. Will manga/anime print media survive in Japan? What's your opinion? Shonen Manga Magazine ( compared with the same period of 2011) Weekly Sho...

"raw manga" #13/2013 Weekly Shonen Jump [週刊少年ジャンプ 2013年13号]

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wiki of "Gaku: Minna no Yama"

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Gaku: Minna no Yama   (岳 みんなの山?, lit. "Peak: Everyone's Mountain") is a Japanese mountaineering mangawritten and illustrated by Shin'ichi Ishizuka. It has been serialized by Shogakukan in Big Comic Original since 2003, and collected in eighteen bound volumes. It depicts the adventures of a volunteer with an alpine search and rescue team in the Japanese Alps. Gaku: Minna no Yama received the 2008 Manga Taisho ("Cartoon Grand Prize") and the 2009 Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga. A movie based on Gaku was released on May 7, 2011. It had ended in 2012. Gaku: Minna no Yama is written and illustrated by Shin'ichi Ishizuka and was first published by Shogakukan in the seinen (aimed at younger adult men) manga magazine Big Comic Original in 2003 issue 19. It was serialized irregularly until July 2007, when it moved to a weekly schedule. The serial chapters have been collected in eighteentankōbon volumes, titled Gaku ("Peak") without the subtit...