"Manga" museum reopens after tsunami

"Manga" museum reopens after tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Ishinomori Mangattan Museum, a museum featuring the Masked Rider series and other works of the late cartoonist Shotaro Ishinomori, reopens in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 17, 2012, after closing for about 20 months since the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami.

"Manga" museum reopens after tsunami

"Manga" museum reopens after tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Ishinomori Mangattan Museum, a museum featuring the Masked Rider series and other works of the late cartoonist Shotaro Ishinomori, reopens in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 17, 2012, after closing for about 20 months since the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami.

"Manga" museum reopens after tsunami

"Manga" museum reopens after tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Ishinomori Mangattan Museum, a museum featuring the Masked Rider series and other works of the late cartoonist Shotaro Ishinomori, reopens in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 17, 2012, after closing for about 20 months since the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami.

Int'l manga comics conference in Tottori

Int'l manga comics conference in Tottori

YONAGO, Japan - During the opening day of the 13th International Comic Artist Conference in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, Japanese manga artists Tetsuya Chiba (R) and Machiko Satonaka stand in front of their messages celebrating the reopening on Nov. 17 of the Ishinomaki Mangattan Museum in Miyagi Prefecture. The museum, featuring the works of Shotaro Ishinomori, was damaged by 2011's powerful earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.