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Tezuka and Beyond |
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US Museums Show Manga Love |
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by Megan Bates and Jake Tarbox |
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Manga is considered an art form worthy of public respect in Japan, so it's no surprise that there are manga museums in most Japanese cities. Here in the US that recognition has come somewhat slower, but the tide is turning. In 2005 and 2006 the traveling exhibition Shojo Manga: Girl Power! opened to great acclaim in several US cities, and manga gets more US props this summer with an exhibition that pays tribute to one of the first manga makers: San Francisco's Asian Art Museum will host Tezuka: The Marvel of Manga, a large-scale exhibition about a manga icon.
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Tezuka and Beyond: US Museums Show Manga Love by Megan Bates and Jake Tarbox has been edited for shojobeat.com;
the complete article appears in the June 2007 issue of Shojo Beat Magazine. |
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