{"id":297763,"date":"2021-07-13T17:11:21","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T14:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/manga-legends-contribute-to-the-official-tokyo-2020-olympic-programme\/"},"modified":"2021-07-13T17:11:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T14:11:21","slug":"manga-legends-contribute-to-the-official-tokyo-2020-olympic-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/manga-legends-contribute-to-the-official-tokyo-2020-olympic-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"#Manga Legends Contribute to the Official Tokyo 2020 Olympic Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Manga<\/a> Legends Contribute to the Official Tokyo 2020 Olympic Programme<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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KADOKAWA today released<\/span><\/a> the Japanese version of the Olympic Game<\/a>s Tokyo 2020<\/em> Official Programme<\/em> which included illustrations from some of the greatest manga creators of this age and comments from prominent people from Japanese including Wolf Children<\/strong><\/em> director Mamoru Hosoda<\/strong>, 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner Akira Yoshino<\/strong>, and JAXA astronauts Soichi Noguchi<\/strong> and Akihiko Hoshide<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The manga legends that contributed to the book are Gundam<\/strong><\/em> character design and\u00a0MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM THE ORIGIN<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a> manga creator and anime general<\/a> director\u00a0Yoshikazu Yasuhiko<\/strong>, Sailor Moon<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a> creator\u00a0Naoko Takeuchi<\/strong>, One Piece<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a> creator\u00a0Eiichiro Oda<\/strong>, and Attack on Titan<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a> creator\u00a0Hajime Isayama<\/strong>. Each drew an illustration for a certain sport.<\/p>\n

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Each drawing is inspired by the new sports that will debut in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, with\u00a0Yasuhiko<\/strong> drawing an image based on surfing, Takeuchi<\/strong> on skateboarding, Oda<\/strong> on karate, and Isayama<\/strong> on sports climbing, a form of rock climbing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The Japanese book is available now<\/span><\/a> in some bookstores, Amazon Japan, and at official Tokyo 2020 shops, with an English re-edited version set to be released<\/span><\/a> on July 21 in the same places.<\/p>\n

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Source:\u00a0Comic Natalie<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News<\/a>. He also runs a YouTube<\/a> channel about Japan stuff called\u00a0TheDoctorDazza<\/a>, tweets at\u00a0@DoctorDazza<\/a>,\u00a0and posts photos of his travel<\/a>s on\u00a0Instagram<\/a>.<\/em>\n<\/div>\n