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The Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum

Osamu Tezuka, known as the “God of Manga”, once lived in Takarazuka for about twenty years, between the ages of 5 to 24 years old. In his honor, the Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum was established in the city in 1994. This anime-manga museum is a world of Tezuka’s works, where… Read More

『The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya』series

Back in the 2000s, there was a fad of ”lightweight novel animations”, and this was one of its leading works. The original novel’s author, Nagaru Tanigawa, was born in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, and this is a science fiction story of a school of another world situated in Nishinomiya and its… Read More

The Niigata City Manga House

At the Niigata City Manga House, you can find life-size figures of characters from gag manga, whose artists are related to the city, including Mineo MAYA, who is known for his “Patalliro!,” and Motoei SHINZAWA, the author of “KIMEN-GUMI”, etc. The museum also offers free manga lessons for beginners every… Read More

TOEI ANIMATION MUSEUM

Located inside the Toei Oizumi Animation Studio, this animation museum opened in July 2018. On display at the museum are many precious materials used in Toei’s animations, such as storyboards, celluloid pictures, etc. The museum also features gigantic display screens, which let you search for animation works and watch their… Read More

Toshima City Tokiwaso Manga Museum

The legendary apartment “Tokiwaso” was once lived in by masters of the manga world, including Osamu Tezuka. Tokiwaso was dismantled in 1982, but it was faithfully reproduced in Minaminagasaki Hanasaki Park near the site as a facility to convey manga culture. Inside the museum, you can see special exhibits related… Read More

Tokyo Polytechnic University Suginami Animation Museum

From the “History of Japanese Anime” to the “Future of Japanese Anime”, this is Japan’s first facility to allow visitors to methodically learn, experience, and understand the anime industry’s processes.Visitors can enjoy anime in many ways at the dialogue dubbing studio, the anime library with an extensive collection of anime-related… Read More

Tokyo Anime Center in DNP PLAZA SHIBUYA

This is a facility which, from April 16, 2021, has been jointly operated by the Association of Japanese Animation and Dai Nippon Printing Co.,Ltd. (DNP) at Shibuya MODI in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, for the purpose of further developing Japanese anime. In the “Special Exhibition Area”, popular anime, manga, games and culturally… Read More

Tsukigakirei

As third year of junior high school, Kotaro, a literature boy wishing to be a novelist, and Akane, an athlete who specialized in sprinting, became classmates to each other for the first time. The two developed friendship into a romance, and began going on dates. Akane, however, decided to go… Read More