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De Young Opens North America’s Largest Exhibition of Original Japanese Manga

The show foregrounds original pages with creators' tools to present manga as visual art.

Overview

  • The show opened September 27 in San Francisco to large, cosplay-heavy turnout and runs through January 25, 2026.
  • It assembles roughly 600–700 original works by about eight to ten prominent creators, according to organizers.
  • Dedicated galleries spotlight figures such as Eiichiro Oda, Hirohiko Araki, Rumiko Takahashi, Fujio Akatsuka, and Tetsuya Chiba.
  • Process-focused displays let visitors compare rough name sketches with finished art and include the pens used to draw JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure.
  • The exhibition is curated by Nicole Lumanière, whose 2019 British Museum manga show informs the focus on hand-drawn originals and creative method.