A Manga Expo Welcomes European Comics Authors for the First Time

A Manga expo in Japan welcomes European and American comics authors for the first time.

Published

6 months ago

Categories

Arts & Society

Places

Japan, Tokyo

Transcript

SHOTLIST: TOKYO, NOV 18, 2012, SOURCE: AFPTV SOUNDBITE 1 Bastien Vivès (man), comics author (French, 12 sec): “My generation ate Japanese anime every morning for breakfast, we were bathing in manga culture. It is not surprising that you can see this influence in the latest (European) 'bande dessinée' albums." SOUNDBITE 2 JP Nishi (man), manga author (Japanese, 16 sec): “European 'bande dessinée' has really detailed pictures, you can spend a long time on each one. That’s because they spend a lot more time on every page than us. I think that’s wonderful.” - VAR Manga expo - VAR manga covers ///