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The Japan Foundation and Embassy of Japan present the Demonstration and Lecture of Japanese Manga ( strip cartoon ) by a Japanese cartoonist, Ms. Machiko MAEYAMA .
| Date |
December 17 th (Monday), 2007 |
| Time |
10:00 ~ 11:30 a.m. |
| Venue |
Hotel Nikko Royal Lake Yangon (Ballroom) |
Refreshments will be served after the demonstration.
Please contact the Embassy of Japan [Information and Culture Section: (Tel: 01 – 549644 ~ 48)] for complimentary tickets, maximum two per person.
Please note that the total number of tickets is limited.
Profile:
Ms. Machiko MAEYAMA was born in Nagano City , Nagano Prefecture in Japan . She started her career in 1989 as an assistant f o r a celebrated Manga Cartoonist , Satosumi TAKAGUCHI . In 1990 she adopted the name “Chakapoko” and her first cartoons appeared in a youth magazine called “Super Jump”. She went to Indonesia in 1997 and opened “ Machiko Manga School ” in Jaka r ta in 2002 which was the first of its kind there . She has been teaching how to draw Manga to Indonesian youth since the opening and in total 120 students are currently attending her classes. Besides she contributes an article on how to draw Manga in the “Nakayoshi Monthly Magazine” which is published in Indonesian language.
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