A 2-day event on September 17 and 18, 2011 at Function room 4 and 5 located at the 3rd Level SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia complex Pasay City featuring anime rooms display, cosplay, concerts, video games, contest and fun activities. The event is organized by the Primetrade Asia, Incorporated in partnership with the Japan Foundation, Manila.

For inquiries, please contact Ms. Czarina Punzalan at (+632) 895-2966 or 614-0439 of the Primetrade Asia, Inc. or visit their website www.primetradeasia.com or the Japan Foundation, Manila through telephone numbers 811~6155 to 58, email@jfmo.org.ph.

The Japan Foundation and the Ayala Museum in cooperation with the Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito in Japan, will bring to Manila the traveling exhibition, “Manga Realities: Exploring the Art of Japanese Comics Today”. 

It is widely known that Japanese manga and anime are attracting global attention today as the leading media of Japanese visual culture. Starting from manga comics by Osamu Tezuka, the master cartoonist of postwar Japan, this country’s manga has established a distinctive style that is different from American comics or French bande dessinée. Once depreciated as...