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Detective Conan

Gōshō Aoyama’s mystery manga combines individual cases with a continuing concealed-identity story, later expanding into animation, films and place-based cultural activity.

Narrow numbered booth with a computer inside a Japanese internet and manga cafe

Manga Cafes

An overview of Japan’s manga kissa, time-charged reading spaces that evolved into multifunction internet cafés with booths, drinks, media, and overnight use.

Visitors and manga shelves in the main hall of Kyoto International Manga Museum

Judo in Manga and Anime

Judo manga and anime have represented Japanese dojo, school clubs, competition and women’s Judo through changing genres from the postwar period onward.

Former school building housing the Kyoto International Manga Museum

Kyoto International Manga Museum

A joint Kyoto City and Kyoto Seika University institution combining manga museum, library, archive, exhibition, and research functions.

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Manga

Manga is Japan’s diverse culture of comics and graphic narrative, published through magazines, collected volumes, digital platforms, and audience categories.