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Manga Art is a project run by Shueisha Manga-Art Heritage that transforms manga into artworks suitable for passing down to future generations, utilizing a variety of printing technologies, including letterpress printing, collotype printing, gravure printing, and digital inkjet printing. This exhibition presents a world of packaging that combines functionality and attractive design developed jointly by Shueisha and TAKEO for manga art. The design includes fine paper, washi paper, and other paper materials and printing technologies that support manga art, as well as forms of packaging for wrapping, presenting, or storing these precious works.

 

 

 

 

 

Manga Art	Based on the vision of manga as an artform that deserves to be
	passed down,  Shueisha Manga-Art Heritage turns manga into
	art utilizing a variety of printing technologies and materials. It includes
	designing packaging that is appropriate for each artwork.
	The Press
	“The Press” is a series of works in which manga, a monochrome form of
	narrative art, is made using flatbed letterpress machines,
	which are very scarce today, and Gmund Cotton,
	a premium fine paper consisting of 100% cotton.
	Real Color Collection
	The “Real Color Collection” series renders realistic colors from
	color originals that cannot be reproduced with the offset printing
	that is usually used with comics and manga magazines by capturing
	them using  high-resolution digital cameras and using digital
	inkjet printing with a broad range of colors.
	The Millennium
	Manga history can be traced back to Scrolls of Frolicking Animals
	and ukiyo-e. “The Millennium” series is rendered using handmade
	Mino washi paper and collotype printing, which excels at expressing
	gradation and is used for purposes such as the reproduction of cultural
	artifacts. Works presented at this exhibition include special-order,
	handmade washi paper featuring an MA (manga art) logo watermark,
	as well as bags and boxes made of paulownia wood signed by the artist.
	Last Gravure
	“Last Gravure” is created using gravure printing, which fostered
	the postwar culture for magazines, photography, and publishing.
	It is a collaboration between Keiichi Tanaami and Fujio Akatsuka.
Organizers	Shueisha Inc., TAKEO Co., Ltd.
Cooperation	Epson Sales Japan Corporation
	Oji F-Tex Co., Ltd. Oji Industrial Materials Management Co., Ltd. Oji Packaging Co., Ltd. Kazui Press Takiya Co., Ltd. Taya Shikkiten Timber Crew Corp. Tokyo Letterpress Benrido, Inc. Marujyu Paper Company Misuzudo Bindery
Related websites	Shueisha Manga-Art Heritage
	Shueisha Manga-Art Heritage is a project Shueisha started
	in March 2021 to produce and sell manga as an artform
	that deserves to be passed down.
	mangaart.jp