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MANGA in New York

Interior. Works by Katsuya Terada, Miku Masuda, Kazuki Takakura, Hikaru Ichijo, and millennium parade are displayed in their respective zones.
Interior. The main “MANGA in New York” visual is displayed prominently on the wall. Interior. Visitors gather around a long table placed in the center of the venue, embedded with numerous monitors.
Exterior. The “MANGA in New York” sign hanging on a dark teal tiled wall.
Interior. The entire venue has been designed to look like a manga, with the use of paneling, line effects, speech bubbles, and other manga elements.
Exhibit. Pages and panels from the manga Walkers are displayed prominently on the wall and partitions. A hands-on experience. Visitors enjoy manga in various different ways, reading manga on the monitors embedded in the table, sitting on a bench reading physical manga, and more.
Interior. View from the center of the venue. The exhibition zones for Kazuki Takakura, Hikaru Ichijo, Miku Masuda, and Katsuya Terada are visible.
Exhibit. A number of two-page spreads from the manga UEDA & SASAMI, each in a white wooden frame, are exhibited on the wall, which has been decorated with prominent, colorful graphics.
Exhibit. A page with a close-up of a man’s face, from the manga Interlude is exhibited prominently on the wall. Exhibit item. The body of the main character from the manga UEDA & SASAMI is displayed prominently on the wall, with a hamster projected onto a monitor inside of a small door on her stomach.
A hands-on experience. Visitors enjoy manga in a variety of ways, looking at the exhibits on the walls, the monitors in the table, books, and more.
A hands-on experience. A visitor reads a physical manga at a table in front of the large wall exhibits. Exhibit item. A monitor shows a page from the manga The Pilgrim’s Guide to Video Games, and in front of it is a game controller stick.
Photo of the “Manga Cans.” A vending machine lined with canned drinks, each printed with drawings from the different manga.
Exhibit. Individual pages from the manga DREAM PILL are exhibited on the walls, and an image of tiles covered in water has been projected onto the floor.
A hands-on experience. Visitors look at the manga exhibited on the walls and enjoy the interaction of walking on the puddles projected onto the floor.
Exhibit. Individual pages from the manga A Guide are exhibited on the wall, and videos comprised of panels from the manga play on monitors embedded here and there within the space. Exhibit. Light shines gently in through the skylight on the second floor of the venue, where there are manga exhibited on the walls.
Exhibit. A bird’s eye view of the first floor of the venue shows walls and partitions with large manga exhibits, and a long table embedded with numerous monitors.