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Manga/Manga? Renaming the medium, Ishinomori-style

Posted on April 24, 2010. Filed under: anime, history, Japan, manga | Tags: Cyborg 009, gekiga, Guinness Book of Records, Ishimori Production Inc., Kamen Rider, Leiji Matsumoto, manga, Manga Declaration, Osamu Tezuka, Power Rangers, Second-Class Angel, Shotaro Ishinomori |

In 1989 Shotaro Ishinomori decided to remake the word ‘manga’. His “Manga Declaration” came at a watershed moment in the history of the medium.

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