Cartoonist Moto Hagio was given a special honorary award at France’s Angouleme International Comics Festival, one of the largest of its kind in Europe, publisher Shogakukan Inc. announced.
Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Boy and the Heron” won the Best Character Animation and the Best Storyboarding awards at the 51st Annie Awards, often referred to as “the Oscars” of the animation world.
YOKOHAMA The Sogo Museum of Art here is running an exhibition that taps into the secrets of Shigeru Mizuki’s creative process for his drawings of “yokai” ghouls and hobgoblins.
The Agency for Cultural Affairs will study methods for preserving original manga drawings of precious cultural value to prevent them from being lost or dispersed overseas.