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Taiwan and Japan share common roots when it comes to manga culture. However, although their manga cultures were once very close, they have now diverged significantly. Why is that?

This exhibition will unravel the modern history of the paths Taiwan and Japan have taken, examining the influence of historical, and political factors that have influenced their manga cultures, as well as the manga artists and editors who resisted these influences to carve out new forms of expression.

The exhibition unravels the modern histories of Taiwan and Japan by focusing on two key works, The Boy from Clearwater (by Yu Pei-yun and Zhou Jian-xin, published by Slowrk Publishing), which portrays the life of editor Tsai Kun-lin, who left a huge mark on Taiwanese manhua history, and The Osamu Tezuka Story (by Toshio Ban and Tezuka Productions, published by Asahi Shimbun), a biography of Tezuka Osamu a seminal manga artist in Japan.

We will also rediscover the little-known history of cultural exchange between Taiwan and Japan, as shaped by their many unexpected encounters, despite the very different paths they have followed.

Schedule

May 24 (Sat) 2025-Jun 24 (Tue) 2025