The issue of infertility can be contentious, but a manga in Japan is nonetheless providing a context for it to gain wider recognition while touching the hearts of many readers through a popular comic magazine.
Japanese manga artists and creators are exploring the use of generative artificial intelligence, pinning their hopes on using the technology to offer suggestions for illustration drafts and story plots, as well as for making the creative process substantially more efficient.
Popular manga artists have begun a project in central Japan to preserve their work in ink for generations to come, using durable "gampi" paper in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, the birthplace of traditional "washi" handmade paper.
Leiji Matsumoto, a famed Japanese cartoonist known for his works "Galaxy Express 999" and "Space Battleship Yamamoto," has died of acute heart failure, his production studio said on Feb. 20. He was 85.