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New arrivals at the museum shop.

MM Museum shop Information !! Chibi Maruko chan which has been one of most popular Japanese anime series became stationary goods. The colorful Sakura Momoko's pictures will make you feel excited for sure. Please pop in when you visit the m…

Genga (Dash)' exhibition was held in Shinjuku, Tokyo!

Genga (Dash)' exhibition was held in Shinjuku, Tokyo! It was 10th anniversary this year since Takemiya sensei and Kyoto Seika University started Genga'(Dash) project. To follow the track of this project we showed 14 artists works specially…

Now we have more than 100,000 materials for you to search from!

Did you know that we have been collecting more than just manga books and magazines? We have original manga drawings, autographs, posters, DVDs and newspaper articles about something related to manga. Of course we have mangas from overseas …

Museum cafe MM (Emu Emu) is now open!

The museum cafe came back with extra spaces for kitchen and cafe space! Now we can serve more drinks and meals. The museum cafe came back with extra spaces for kitchen and cafe space! Now we can serve more drinks and meals. Of course you s…

Come and find something new at the museum!

We are opening a room where you can read part of our magazine collection from our 300,000 resources. We will set a theme for some period so you can read what we pick up. Of course manga series are something you want to see in the magazine …

Kaiyodo Figurine Exhibition

Have you ever heard of a series of figurine called Revoltech? It's a series that Kaiyodo has been releasing since May 2006, and we are holding an exhibition about this series at the moment. Revoltech figurines have very smooth joints that …

Do you know what manga cafe is?

It's very hot outside...I need to cool down in the cafe... This isn't cafe, is it?? No, this isn't just a cafe! This is "Manga cafe" where people talk about their favorite manga! Manga cafe? What's that? This isn't anything like a class or…

Hyakumonogatari no Yakata exhibition

Hyaku (one hundred) monogatari (stories) is a way of telling horror stories which is called Kaidan in Japan. People tell one hundred stories to each others in a room with one hundred candles. In this exhibition you will be able to see Japa…

Special exhibition for the summer KAMEN RIDER ART GALLERY exhibition-Message from SHOTARO ISHINOMORI has started!

So many people visited Kyoto for the Gion festival period. People enjoyed sunny days through the festival this year. Through that period we prepared the special summer exhibition which started last week. This exhibition focused on Kamen Ri…

Five Stars Seika's Manga Universe

The exhibition Five Stars Seika's Manga Universe is finishing very soon. This exhibition was created by Seika University graduate course students to share their tutors works in a new experimental way. This exhibition's producer Miss.LEE wi…

Creamy Mami products have arrived in the museum shop.

Creamy Mami products have arrived in the museum shop. We have limited number of products so please come and have a look. Maybe you wouldn't be able to choose because we have gathered many kinds of products. We have new products of Urusei Y…

You of course can buy Yoshida Sensha's picture book but also "Utsurundesu" products.

The rainy season is here in Japan, the air feels heaver and humid. We held a talk of Yoshida Sensha who created "Utsurundesu" last weekend. He recently published his first children picture book "Akachan Motteru" that we have his original i…

Only half of the holiday left!

Japanese holiday golden week is half way through and the special exhibition “La Rose de Versailles” is finishing this Sunday 8th. Museum has been open everyday through the golden week. ◆La Rose de Versailles Exhibition 【March 19 - May 8, …

"God bless France"

The special exhibition "La Rose de Versailles" has begun the latter part of the exhibition. This exhibition will be held until May 8th. We have approximately 150 works in the show and the theme for this period is "Amidst the Storms of Revo…

Sakura tree

Everywhere in Kyoto where there are cherry blossom tree has been very busy. Our museum has a big old cherry blossom tree too. The tree is around 70 years old, the amount of flower has been decreasing because the crows are eating the branch…

More new La Rose de Versailles products have arrived.

This is a famous scene when Oscar and Andre accept each other's love. Their silhouette on front and a message, "Would you promise me that you will only love me rest of your life?" in French on the back. Also La Rose de Versailles card game…

Manga for human rights by four set words idiomatic phrase Awards 2010

To understand how important the human rights are, we had an exhibition Manga for human rights by four set words idiomatic phrase organized by Kyoto city until 27th this month. Manga for human rights by four set words idiomatic phrase Award…

Museum shop is selling new La Rose de Versailles's goods earlier than anywhere else.

Museum shop have many La Rose de Versailles's products right now including stationary, related books, make up materials and tea. We hope you can enjoy the La Rose de Versailles world. We have great news for fans!We are selling new products…

What is "Nichimandoku"?

We have written about French comics (BD) a few times so we are going to introduce German comics today. The museum held some events about German comics in the past. ■ German Institute(Goethe-Institut)Introduction to the comic portal page…

Liberation

Festival international de la bande dessinee d'Angouleme is one of the biggest comic festivals in Europe. This festival was held in the end January this year and it has 30 years of history. The festival isn't not just about BD (Bande desine…

"Love Mani"! Ideal wife for otaku boys.

We have hand molds of the artists who visited the museum for giving lectures and events on the second floor in the exclusive director's room which you can see from outside the window. Miyazaki Hayao, Yanase Takashi, Taniguchi Jiro, Miyamot…

Let's make manga with ComiPo!

Copyright(C) 1996-2010 Web Technology Corp. All rights reserved. This is the workshop we are holding every weekends and public holidays at the moment. This workshop uses a software that is called ComiPo! which you can use to make manga wit…

nos BD preferees -my favorite BD-

I'm sorry for not posting anything on the blog for a while. Well, I do have many things that I want to share... My friend who lives in France told me that Fnac's magazine for the members featured BD. Fnac is the largest bookshop chain in F…

Don't miss it! "Yanase Takashi" exhibition

Yanase Takashi exhibition is finishing on the 26th this month. You can see how fascinating the exhibition is on today's blog. When you hear his name you probably remember Anpanman however he actually does many things apart from being a pic…

You can read books that have been made into movies.

Did you go and see the movie “Space battle ship Yamato”? If you like VFX stuff you would like it, I enjoyed it a lot. You of course can read related books to the movie here at the museum (in Japanese and Chinese). You can also read the ori…

Ryoma comes to MM!

Did you watch the last episode of NHK TV series "Ryoma -den"? Now we are holding an exhibition "My Ryoma illustration in Kyoto " of artist’s works who love Sakamoto Ryoma. This exhibition will be held until January 31st. You can read manga…

Araki Hirohiko goods are here at the museum shop!

Araki Hirohiko goods are in the shop now which is related to an exhibition “BD and Manga meets Louvre : French and Japanese artists in the Museum”. These ties (Kill・A's tie “JoJo's Bizarre Adventure”) are very popular. You can find them i…

Louvre museum at the Manga Museum .

We are now holding an exhibit, “BD and Manga meets Louvre : French and Japanese artists in the Museum”. This project was to publish books of selected BD artists works about the Louvre Museum . Of course you can read those books here too. I…

New work shop "Make a drawing you can eat on bread!" has started.

MM workshop that is held every weekend and public holiday now has the first workshop with food as the material. It uses our original "canvas bread" and chocolate pen for drawing. You can of course take your bread home with you. Or you can …

New arrivals at the museum shop.

We now have new "girly" stationeries from the manga "The Rose of Versailles". "The Rose of Versailles" is having its 40th anniversary in 2012 so let's keep an eye on it. - We also have Kyoto Animation goods which are the posters and clear …