Honoring The World's Manga Artists | Pop Culture | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Manga is now a global phenomenon that stands alongside anime as a contemporary art form born in Japan and then exported around the globe. The International MANGA Award was established to further promote manga worldwide.

Honoring The World's Manga Artists | Pop Culture | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Manga is now a global phenomenon that stands alongside anime as a contemporary art form born in Japan and then exported around the globe. The International MANGA Award was established to further promote manga worldwide.

Girls' Manga Goes Stateside | Arts and Entertainment | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
In the United States, the latest trendy Japanese import is shojo manga (girls' manga). As its name suggests, this is a genre of comics for and about girls and young women.

05-07 | Pop Culture | Memory Lane | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Discover manga, anime, J-pop, and much more in this section showcasing some of the most popular and influential Japanese arts and entertainment of recent years.

Manga - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Web Japan Kids Web Japan Archives > Monthly News Manga MONTHLY NEWS January 2003 Japanese Comics Hit North American Stores shonenjump Japanese manga (comics) and anime (cartoons) have long been ve

Cartoon Tourism | Arts and Entertainment | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Manga and anime are leading a global boom in popular Japanese culture. Now some enterprising travel agents are cashing in on this trend by organizing trips to Japan specifically for manga and anime fans.

Komaneko - What's Cool - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Have you heard of "frame-by-frame"? It�s a technique�for making animation one frame at a time by moving an object�slightly, shooting a frame, and then repeating this over and over.� Frame-by-frame is the passion of a cat named Komachan, the main�character in a model animation film - itself a frame-by-frame work -� that has been a big hit among Japanese kids.

Exploring The History of Manga | Arts and Entertainment | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Japan's first museum dedicated to the full range of manga culture has opened in Kyoto. The museum was a success right from the beginning, attracting over 10,000 visitors in its first two weeks.

Manga-Inspired Movies | Arts and Entertainment | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Over the past few years Japanese movies have won new popularity, and both box office sales and the number of releases are now on the rise. Live-action movies adapted from manga comics are a major force shaping this trend.

Exploring The History of Manga | Pop Culture | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Japan's first museum dedicated to the full range of manga culture has opened in Kyoto. The museum was a success right from the beginning, attracting over 10,000 visitors in its first two weeks.

Suginami Animation Museum - What's Cool in Japan - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Suginami Animation Museum Web Japan > Kids Web Japan > Archives > What's Cool > Suginami Animation Museum WHAT'S COOL IN JAPAN April 2005 photo A timeline tracing the history of anime in Japan (Asah

Nodame Cantabile - What's Cool - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Kids Web Japan Kids Web Japan Travel Nodame Cantabile search Web Japan > Kids Web Japan > What's Cool > Nodame Cantabile Travel photo The cover of one of the Nodame Cantabile books (Tomoko N

Manga for Girls | Arts and Entertainment | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Nana is the title of the latest hit manga to take Japan by storm, and unlike in most comic success stories, a large proportion of Nana fans are female.

Pop Culture | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Discover manga, anime, J-pop, and much more in this section showcasing the latest pop culture phenomena to capture the imagination of Japan�s young people.

Manga For Grown-Ups | Arts and Entertainment | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Hachimitsu to Kuroba (Honey and Clover) is a serialized manga (comic) that follows the lives of five young people attending an art college as they deal with unrequited love and other life issues. It has recently been turned into a TV anime series, and a big-screen version is now planned.

Manga Miracle | Arts and Entertainment | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
For a major Hollywood project, Afro Samurai's roots are about as obscure as can be. The soon-to-be-released movie originated as a manga created in Japan by Okazaki Takashi, who originally funded the comic out of his own pocket.

Manga - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Follow the lives of Sakura and her younger brother�Ichiro through this easy-to-understand manga comic strip that�introduces Japanese culture to kids.

Manga on the Move | Arts and Entertainment | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Using cell phones to view manga is one of the newest and fastest-growing applications of mobile technology in Japan.

Anime Goes Academic | Pop Culture | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
There is a growing movement among Japanese universities and graduate schools to take an academic approach to anime and manga. Once seen as children's entertainment, these forms are coming to be viewed in an entirely new light.

Thirty Years of Gags | Arts and Entertainment | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
The long-running boys' comical manga Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Koen Mae Hashutsujo (From the Police Box at Kameari Park, Katsushika Ward), better known as Kochikame, turns 30 this year.