Angoulême, the Manga City – Tell me about it

Angouleme the Manga City Tell me about it

For this new edition, the Angoulême International Comics Festival continues to put manga in the spotlight. A real success, the most popular cultural object with young people, a pavilion is entirely dedicated to it. On the program exhibitions, performances, meetings with authors and publishers.

One in two comics sold in France is a manga.

For this second show in Angoulême, VMDN honors Japanese comics.

Second market in France after Japan, manga is a real publishing phenomenon. It is found in all libraries, in the hands of all readers but also on their smartphone and computer screens.

The guests of the show:

  • Laurent Durochecurator of the exhibition Masaaki Yuasa & Taiyo Matsumoti, the art of Inu-Oh to visit at the Alpha Médiathèque in Angoulême.

  • Nicholas Ducosmarketing and commercial director of Kana editions specializing in the publication of manga in France.

  • CalyFrench mangaka, she publishes the mangas “Hana no breath” and “Nova” with Éditions H2T.

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