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200552 minPGdocumentary

Manga World

200552 minPGdocumentary

Hundreds of thousands of visitors attend Comicket, Japan's twice-annual comics market, reflecting manga's significant role in Japanese culture.

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Hervé Martin-Delpierre

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Hundreds of thousands of visitors attend Comicket, Japan's twice-annual comics market, reflecting manga's significant role in Japanese culture.

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Hervé Martin-Delpierredirector

Hervé Martin-Delpierrewriter

Jerome Schmidtwriter

Takehiko Inoue

Takehiko Inouecast

Kan Takahamacast

Synopsis

Takehiko Inoue, creator of the acclaimed manga Vagabond, is among the artists featured in this documentary filmed in Japan. The program covers the history of manga and its impact on Japanese culture, illustrated through cosplay bars where fans dress as their favorite characters, 24/7 manga cafes known as manga kissa, and Comicket, a major comics market that attracts hundreds of thousands of attendees. Other notable mangaka include Naoki Urasawa, Jiro Taniguchi, Yoshihiro Tatsumi, and Kan Takahama.

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