Cultural Café Organizes Social Evening on Manga Literature
The Cultural Café, partner of the Literature, Publishing, and Translation Authority, organized a cultural evening yesterday in Tabuk titled “Manga Literature.”
A group of Japanese literature enthusiasts attended the evening, according to Saudi Press Agency.
Topics of Discussion
Presented by the writer Fatima Reda , the evening focused on introducing Manga literature, discussing the differences between manga and other forms like comics. She also covered manga story classifications, the drawing styles used for each classification, basics of character drawing and page layout techniques.
The writer tackled the influence of Arab culture on Japanese Manga literature.
Additionally, the role of artificial intelligence in creating and producing illustrated manga stories was discussed.
At the end of the event, she presented illustrated examples of manga stories and answered audience questions centered around the art of writing Japanese stories in general and manga in particular.
Manga Industry Program
The Literature, Publishing, & Translation Commission honored “Manga Industry Program 2” graduates at the Kadokawa Academy in Tokyo.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Literature, Publishing, and Translation Commission, Dr. Mohammed Hasan Alwan attended the event.
Also, the Chief Executive Officer of Manga Production Company, Dr. Essam Amanullah Bukhari was among the attendees.
This program is organized in collaboration with Manga Production Company, a subsidiary of the Mohammed bin Salman Foundation “Misk”.
Primary Stages of “Manga Program 2”
The Program includes five main stages:
- Virtual Workshops: These provided an overview of the stages in the comic book industry.
- Intensive Training Program Stage: a thorough six-week training course that explores the nuances of character sketching and manga design.
- Sending trainees to Japan to join the globally renowned Kadokawa Academy in the Manga industry:
- Launching the “Mangnaha” competition that aims to adapt Arabic proverbs from popular Saudi culture rendered in a manga style.
- Initiating the “Manga Al-Qaseed” competition to transform Arabic poems into manga.
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