Yesterday we went to an art exhibit we’ve been meaning to see all summer (indeed, we went on its closing day): “Tezuka: The Marvel of Manga” at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, which covered Tezuka Osamu‘s work mostly from the 1940s to the 1970s. It was really neat! I even liked the design of the exhibit itself. I’ve never really tried getting into manga — mostly because I just didn’t know where to begin — but now I definitely want to start checking it out, beginning with Tezuka.
There I am in the photo, at the museum with Astro Boy. (As other Thom aptly comments, which one is me? Ha.)
By the way, the “manga lounge,” a room related to the exhibit, had some general manga and other anime toys on display, including a character I remember fondly from my childhood: Voltron!