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A visitor snaps a picture of a “Blue Lock” display at Kodansha House in Los Angeles. “Blue Lock” is a popular soccer manga.
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LOS ANGELES >> Kodansha House, a recurring pop-up space where visitors can experience the worlds of popular manga published by Kodansha Ltd., opened in Los Angeles July 2 to 12, drawing manga fans from across the United States.
The pop-up coincided with Anime Expo, the largest anime event in North America that ran July 2 to 5 in L.A.
While the FIFA World Cup was underway across the three host nations — U.S., Canada and Mexico — of North America, a section dedicated to the popular soccer manga “Blue Lock” attracted lots of attention. In another area devoted to “Attack on Titan,” the hit manga depicting humanity’s battle against giants, visitors posed for photos as if they had become Titans themselves.
The venue, which has also popped up in New York City, is designed to showcase Kodansha’s manga titles in North America, where Japanese manga culture has made significant inroads.
Kodansha is one of the largest manga publishers globally.
According to Kodansha, about 4,000 people visited the space each day.
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