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Original drawings from "Barefoot Gen" show horrors of war

HIGASHIMATSUYAMA, Japan - Photo taken July 23, 2014, shows copies of the comic book "Barefoot Gen," translated into 17 languages. The books are exhibited at the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels in Higashimatsuyama in the suburb of Tokyo.

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Singer Kato to release song about Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japanese singer Tokiko Kato (C) talks with Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (R) at Hiroshima City Hall on June 24, 2014, a day before releasing her song CD of a poem by Keiji Nakazawa, late cartoon artist from Hiroshima who wrote manga series "Barefoot Gen." On the left is Katsuhiko Yamamoto, who composed the music.

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Japanese city withdraws request to limit access to A-bomb comic

MATSUE, Japan - Members of the board of education in the western Japan city of Matsue tell a press conference at the city hall on Aug. 26, 2013, that it has decided to withdraw its request to limit students' access to "Hadashi no Gen" (Barefoot Gen), an iconic Japanese comic serial about the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The board earlier said the serial contains scenes and language not suitable for young people.

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Japanese city withdraws request to limit access to A-bomb comic

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows "Hadashi no Gen" (Barefoot Gen) comic books, an iconic Japanese comic serial about the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The board of education in the western Japan city of Matsue decided Aug. 26, 2013, to withdraw its request to limit students' access to the serial, which it had said contains scenes and language not suitable for young people.

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Controversy over A-bomb comic

MATSUE, Japan - The Matsue city education board meets at Matsue city hall in Shimane Prefecture on Aug. 22, 2013. The board held discussion on its controversial request to local elementary and junior high schools to restrict students' access to "Hadashi no Gen" (Barefoot Gen), an iconic Japanese comic series about the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, due to some of the comic's graphics deemed violent. The meeting failed to reach a conclusion.

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Controversy over A-bomb comic

MATSUE, Japan - File photo shows copies of "Hadashi no Gen" (Barefoot Gen), an iconic Japanese comic serial about the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, authored by the late Keiji Nakazawa. The Matsue city education board in Shimane Prefecture asked local elementary and junior high schools in December 2012 to restrict students' access to the cartoon books over some of the comic's graphics deemed violent. The request has sparked controversy.

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Barefoot Gen shown on Hiroshima river

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Images of late cartoonist Keiji Nakazawa and Gen, main character of his comic series "Hadashi no Gen" (Barefoot Gen), are projected on a river in Hiroshima on Aug. 5, 2013, the eve of the 68th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the city. Illuminated in the background is the Atomic Bomb Dome.

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"Barefoot Gen" director

TOKYO, Japan - Yuko Ishida, who directed "Barefoot Gen's Hiroshima," gives an interview with Kyodo News on July 6, 2013 in Tokyo. The documentary film is about Keiji Nakazawa who wrote the manga series "Barefoot Gen" based on his own experience from the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing on Hiroshima.

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Barefoot Gen exhibition

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Misayo Nakazawa, wife of the late cartoonist Keiji Nakazawa, visits an exhibition on his comic series "Hadashi no Gen" (Barefoot Gen) in Hiroshima on July 19, 2013.

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Barefoot Gen exhibition

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Misayo Nakazawa, wife of the late cartoonist Keiji Nakazawa, visits an exhibition on his comic series "Hadashi no Gen" (Barefoot Gen) in Hiroshima on July 19, 2013.

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32-yr-old promotes peace with "Barefoot Gen"

HIROSHIMA, Japan - In her efforts to convey the tragedy of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima to the younger generation, Kuniko Watanabe is drawing attention to the comic series "Barefoot Gen" (Hadashi no Gen), about a survivor's experience. Photo taken June 19, 2013 in Hiroshima.

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'Barefoot Gen' marks 40th anniversary of publication

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken July 6, 2011, shows the late Keiji Nakazawa, author of "Hadashi no Gen (Barefoot Gen)," a Japanese manga series describing the life of a 6-year-old boy called Gen before and after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. The series marked the 40th anniversary of its publication in 2013. Nakazawa died in December 2012.

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'Barefoot Gen' marks 40th anniversary of publication

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Misayo Nakazawa, widow of Keiji Nakazawa, is seen in Hiroshima's Naka Ward on June 11, 2013, sitting in front of magazines and other publications that carried her late husband's manga series "Hadashi no Gen (Barefoot Gen)." The series describes the life of a 6-year-old boy called Gen before and after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945.

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Writer of well-known A-bomb comic book 'Barefoot Gen' dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2008 shows Keiji Nakazawa, author of "Hadashi no Gen" (Barefoot Gen), an iconic Japanese comic about the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing, standing near the A-Bomb Dome (shown in the background) in Hiroshima. Nakazawa died of lung cancer on Dec. 19 at a hospital in the western Japanese city, people close to him said Dec. 25, 2012. He was 73.

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Writer of well-known A-bomb comic book 'Barefoot Gen' dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in July 2011 shows Keiji Nakazawa, author of "Hadashi no Gen" (Barefoot Gen), an iconic Japanese comic about the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing. Nakazawa died of lung cancer on Dec. 19 at a hospital in the western Japanese city, people close to him said Dec. 25, 2012. He was 73.

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Namie Asazuma, translator of 'Hadashi no Gen'(Barefoot Gen)

TOKYO, Japan - Namie Asazuma heads a group of mainly housewives in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, which has translated into English ''Hadashi no Gen'' (Barefoot Gen), a well-known Japanese comic book series about a boy who survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima. San Francisco-based Last Gasp will publish the first two of the saga's 10 volumes by Aug. 6, 2004, the 59th anniversary of the bombing.

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Korean resident in Japan shows translated Barefoot Gen

On April 2, 2015, writer and translator Kim Song I, an ethnic Korean resident in Japan, shows in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture, the Korean version of the Japanese manga series Barefoot Gen which she translated. The manga series, created by Keiji Nakazawa based on his experiences, depicts the horrors of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Arabic version of Japanese A-bomb comic published in Egypt

Maher El-Sherbini (L), a professor in the department of Japanese and Japanese Literature at Cairo University, holds in Cairo on Feb. 23, 2015, an original version of "Hadashi no Gen" ("Barefoot Gen"), a noted comic series about the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima. An Arabic version of the series, translated by El-Sherbini, has been recently published in Egypt. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese A-bomb comic gets published in Egypt

Maher El-Sherbini, a professor at the department of Japanese and Japanese literature at Cairo University, speaks on Feb. 23, 2015, at a signing event in Cairo to commemorate the publication of an Arabic version of "Hadashi no Gen" (Barefoot Gen), a Japanese comic series about the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, in Egypt. Sherbini, the translator, said he wants people in Arab countries to learn not only about economic development but also peace from Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Original drawings from "Barefoot Gen" show horrors of war

HIGASHIMATSUYAMA, Japan - Photo taken July 23, 2014, shows copies of the comic book "Barefoot Gen," translated into 17 languages. The books are exhibited at the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels in Higashimatsuyama in the suburb of Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Original drawings from "Barefoot Gen" show horrors of war

HIGASHIMATSUYAMA, Japan - People view original drawings from the comic book "Barefoot Gen" at the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels in Higashimatsuyama in the suburb of Tokyo on July 23, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Namie Asazuma, translator of 'Hadashi no Gen'(Barefoot Gen)

TOKYO, Japan - Namie Asazuma heads a group of mainly housewives in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, which has translated into English ''Hadashi no Gen'' (Barefoot Gen), a well-known Japanese comic book series about a boy who survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima. San Francisco-based Last Gasp will publish the first two of the saga's 10 volumes by Aug. 6, 2004, the 59th anniversary of the bombing. (Kyodo)