Manga Festival Singapore (Feb 15-17)
The Manga Festival Singapore launches today Feb 15th thru to Feb 17th this Sunday, with a multitude of activities celebrating Japanese Manga, with Lectures (Registration Required) and Exchange meetings (in Mandarin Orchard), an exhibition at The Arts House, and Autograph Sessions at the KINOKUNIYA BOOK Singapore Main Store. I've some handy-gifs of the events' time-tables posted below, or you could simply head on to http://mangafestival2013.com for further details. I know "Anime" has an extremely huge following in SG and in Asia, but what about "Manga"?
The last time I was surrounded by manga was in 2010, when I covered "Manga & Anime! Japan" - which was more "archival" and features the history of manga. Might try heading over for the exhibition over the weekend tho …
WHAT-IS: "MANGA festival in Singapore" will include a joint expo by Japanese 10 MANGA Publishers Association*, as the MANGA department of CoFesta (JAPAN International Contents Festival). The event provides a forum for exchange of Japanese publishers and Singapore companies, and also appeal the charm of the MANGA, greatly to people of Republic of Singapore andCountries ASEAN, and is intended to contribute to the international business development andinternational competitiveness of the entire publishing industry."
The last time I was surrounded by manga was in 2010, when I covered "Manga & Anime! Japan" - which was more "archival" and features the history of manga. Might try heading over for the exhibition over the weekend tho …
WHAT-IS: "MANGA festival in Singapore" will include a joint expo by Japanese 10 MANGA Publishers Association*, as the MANGA department of CoFesta (JAPAN International Contents Festival). The event provides a forum for exchange of Japanese publishers and Singapore companies, and also appeal the charm of the MANGA, greatly to people of Republic of Singapore andCountries ASEAN, and is intended to contribute to the international business development andinternational competitiveness of the entire publishing industry."
