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"How manga is conquering Britain" on Times Online Tue, 16 Oct 2007

The Times Online have recently published "How manga is conquering Britain", an article by manga expert Paul Gravett.

Gravett specifically notes the growing influence of manga on Brittish youngsters, going so far as to suggest that "manga" can no longer be used to describe an exclusively Japanese art-form when so many foreign artists are adopting its distinctive styles as their own. Along the way, he cites the likes of Sweatdrop Studios and the Manga Shakespeare series.

"Even the Japanese Government recognises that manga can come from anywhere. In 2006 the Japanese Foreign Minister, Taro Aso, a passionate manga reader, launched an International Manga Award for a foreign artist who had best helped to spread the form. Entrants came from 25 countries, including Britain, and the winner was Lee Chi Ching, from Hong Kong. As Chigusa Ogino from the Tokyo manga agency Tuttle-Mori said: “You don't have to have a Japanese passport to do manga.”" [Read the full article]

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