Manga

Azusa Matsumoto

The Montreal Japanese Manga School « Manga Montreal » is the first school of drawing manga in Canada, founded by a professional Japanese mangaka. Manga Montreal is pleased and excited to offer manga courses, which focuses not just on the manga drawing techniques but also on the impact of Japanese anime and manga on everyday […]

Annie Koyama

Annie Koyama is a publisher and founder of the Toronto-based Koyama Press. After working in graphic arts, set painting, and film, Koyama found herself in advertising making commercials. After a surviving a terminal diagnosis, she decided to dedicate her time and resources to supporting primarily emerging artists. In 2007, she published Koyama Press’s first book, […]

Terry Watada

Terry Watada is a poet, novelist, short story writer, historian, playwright, columnist, essayist, and music composer. He has published five poetry collections, three novels, a short story collection, two manga, two histories on the Buddhist Church in Canada, and two children’s biographies. Significant titles include Kuroshio: The Blood of Foxes (Arsenal, Vancouver 2007), novel, The […]