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To all the Gainax fans

The special exhibition "The Theory of Gainax Animation − A Flock of People Makes Animation!" is on until December 24th. There are things you only can find by visiting museum and we are showing you one of them here today. It's a toy machine…

Fun products in the museum shop

It's getting colder in Kyoto. Our new arrivals can make your day more entertained. These are the new arrivals... Manga Zara (Manga plate)!! These plates have been very popular at the museum shop. This was something that we put on the plate…

Manga Studio Editor's Desk

You can learn how to draw manga by visiting editor's desk at manga studio which opens on the weekends and public holidays. You will be able to get the advice from professional manga artist! If you want to be a manga artist why don't you tr…

Recommended sweets menu from museum “cafe MM”!

Autumn has started in Japan and the leaves are turning the colors. Why don't you enjoy hot drink and sweets at the cafe as well as reading manga here at Kyoto International Manga Museum?"Waffle and ice cream" is one of our pushing menus fo…

"The World of Girl's Manga" exhibition at Monash University in Australia

Genga'Dash project had 10 years anniversary last year.One of our latest news is the exhibition at Monash University in Australia. You will be able to see 1 work each by 14 different artists.If you live or come near please pop by!There will…

Original catalogue of Eshi 100 exhibition has sold out

Original catalogue of "Eshi 100 exhibition - Contemporary Japanese Illustration in Kyoto" has sold out.We are not going to re-print them. Although we still have original merchandize in the shop (postcards, plastic folders, notebooks and tu…

≪Kyoto MaGiC news≫No.10, Poster give away on "Shojo manga and fashion - the world of Nakahara Junichi and Takahashi Macoto"

The exhibition "Shojo manga and fashion - the world of Nakahara Junichi and Takahashi Macoto" is finishing in a month. The materials that are in the acrylic box for "Shojo manga and fashion chronological table" has changed from May 24th (T…

New section "Manga books that became anime"

Wall of Manga at the atrium on the first floor has been updated !! The new section has manga books that became anime.When you hear "Dragon Ball" you probably would think of anime instead of original manga. Manga and anime has such a close …

Eshi 100 - Contemporary Japanese Illustration in Kyoto original goods

More new arrivals at the museum shop now! ☆☆ A4 clear file - Aokiume - jyuu ayakura - Noizi Ito - CARNELIAN - KEI - TINKLE ★A4 notebook - KAISHAKU - Putidevil - Yuu - Kumichi Yoshizuki ☆Tumbler - Akane Ikegami - Ryuko Ooishi - KOJI - TINKL…

≪Kyoto MaGiC news≫ No.9 "Nakahara Junichi×SOU・SOU "

Kyoto MaGiC Exhibition "Shojo manga and fashion - the world of Nakahara Junichi and Takahashi Macoto" has started. - Exhibition Information - It's been a month since the fashion show. Now you can order "Nakahara Junichi×SOU・SOU " wears th…

Golden week has come!

Golden week is one of Japanese holiday and it's the best season for the ones who like going out but also reading manga! We have a large garden where you can enjoy comic outside. It's not so easy to read outside in the winter and summer. Pe…

Completed Eshi 100 - Contemporary Japanese Illustration in Kyoto postcards in the museum shop

Cherry blossom started loosing the petals and green leaves started growing. Now we have all of the postcards together for Eshi 100 exhibition. These are the latest ones arrived at the shop. ・Aokiume ・CARNELIAN ・KAISHAKU ・Akira Caskabe …

≪Kyoto MaGiC news≫ No.8 "Exhibition"

So fashion show finished successfully and Kyoto MaGic exhibition has been on for 2 weeks. 11 designs are exhibited out of 21 that were shown in the fashion show. You cannot touch them but you can get very close to them. You can see the det…

Postcards of Eshi 100 - Contemporary Japanese Illustration in Kyoto

Cherry blossoms are blooming everywhere in Kyoto. More and more new products are arriving at the museum shop. Now we have more postcards. - Akaringo - Akane Ikegami - Ichiba Koushi - Katagiri Hinata - Kamisurugi Ouka - AOI KIMIZUKA - Ginta…

≪Kyoto MaGiC news≫ No.7 "Fashion show"

How did you enjoy Kyoto MaGiC fashion show on the 25th March ? Let me share the atmosphere. Rehearsal stared from a day before the fashion show, also ironing, hair make, fitting, practice and facility check were done on the day. The last r…

Museum Shop Information !

The workshop "Become an illustrator" is one of related event of the special exhibition. It's held on the weekends and public holidays for cost of 100 yen. If you think you want to draw like the ones that are exhibited in the special exhibi…

≪Kyoto MaGiC news≫ No.6 "Fashion show will be Ustreamed!"

We had over 1,000 applications to the fashion show so we had to decide 150 lucky audiences by lot. We are very sorry for the ones who weren't chosen. To share the atmosphere of the fashion show we made a decision to stream it on Ustream! I…

The goods of the special exhibition Eshi 100 - Contemporary Japanese Illustration in Kyoto !

Hello from the museum shop. Finally winter is over! Springy feeling has arrived in Kyoto. However there is something that is going to make you more excited. The special exhibition Eshi 100 - Contemporary Japanese Illustration in Kyoto has …

Getting ready for spring

On February 18 when the Museum's playground was covered with snow, we were setting up the Japanese-style "tatami" room for the traditional spring event. What event? It's the Doll's Festival ("Hina-matsuri" in Japanese)!!It's also known as …

≪Kyoto MaGiC news≫ No.5 "Takahashi Macoto×verona 2"

The exhibition and fashion show are coming up soon. Takahashi Macoto sensei and his manager came down to Kyoto for checking the process of the dress. We met at the shop "verona" which is only 10min walk from Manga museum. http://www.sposa-…

≪Kyoto MaGiC news≫ No.4 "Nakahara Junichi×SOU・SOU 2"

So this is the second news of Nakahara Junichi×SOU・SOU. We had a meeting at SOU・SOU shop in kyoto(http://www.sousou.co.jp/). Has anyone been to the shop in Kyoto? The narrow street that connects to Shinkyogoku street leads you to 6 SOU…

Takemoto Nobara's latest novel "Sakura no Sono"(Kobunsha) autograph event

Takemoto Nobara who recently appeared in the talk event for Kyoto MaGiC is coming back again to do an autograph event to commemorate his latest publication. *Autograph will be done on "Sakura no Sono" only. Date: February 11, 2012 (Sat) f…

≪Kyoto MaGiC news≫ No.3 "Takemoto Nobara talk event"

Kyoto MaGiC's first event was held in the end of November. Takemoto Nobara who is very versed in Nakahara Juniichi and Takahashi Macoto was invited to give a talk at the museum. ■Takemoto Nobara talk show Takemoto showed up in a black jack…

≪Kyoto MaGiC news≫ No.2 "Takahashi Macoto×verona 1"

So I am going to share the moment of first meeting of "Takahashi Macoto×verona". Takahashi recently had an exhibition at Gallery Chiisai Me in Nishinomiya, Hyogo so I visited him with designers from verona to have a meeting at the gallery …

≪Kyoto MaGiC news≫ No.1 "Nakahara Junichi×SOU・SOU 1"

Fashion is something that can change your day completely, especially for girls. If you wear something you like then you would feel good throughout the day. We thought you might have had experience of learning fashion by looking at shojo ma…

Kyoto animation section in the museum shop

More new products are arriving at the museum shop. These products are all from Kyoto Animation. There are 3 new books. These books were published as an award of being mentioned in the 1st Kyoto Animation Novel Prize.One of those books "Chu…

"Kimi wa Pet (You're My Pet)" Exhibition commemorating the release of the movie.

A popular Korean actor Jang Keun-Suk acted in the movie called "Kimi wa Pet (You're My Pet) which was originally written as a manga by Ogawa Yayoi. It was serialized in the manga magazine "Kiss"(Kodansha) between 2000 and 2005 and also has…

New arrivals at the museum shop

The weather here in Kyoto has been cold and it's going to be colder next week. This time we would like to show you some of our new arrivals. One of the new items at museum shop is "Bijutsu Forum 21 Vol.24 Specialized in Manga and art". The…

New exhibit of plaster cast hands of artists.

Now you can see some of our collection of plaster cast hands of artists who visited museum for the events. We modeled them at the museum on the day they visited. (Autographs are the dummies) The picture below shows you how we made them. We…

Charity Portrait in Oike Festa 2011

Charity Portrait Oike Festa 2011 is going be held through this weekend on 5th and 6th of November. http://www.kyo.or.jp/oike/ There will be opened cafe, live music and many events. Of course museum will be having some events too. "Charity …