The Taiwan Audio Comic Expo opened at the Taiwan Cultural Center in Tokyo on Thursday last week, and includes works inspired by ties with Japan.
The exhibition features 10 original comics from Taiwan adapted into short films featuring Japanese subtitles, characters voiced by Taiwanese voice actors and musical works, the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) said in a statement on Saturday.
The videos had been presented in a series titled “Taiwan Audio Comic” (漫畫有聲音) in an online exhibition put together by TAICCA in April to mark World Book and Copyright Day, it said.
The works included in the expo are: Yan (閻鐵花), Guardienne (守娘), The Funeral Concerto (送葬協奏曲), The Incompetent Love Counseling Center (無能戀愛諮商中心), Listen to My Voice!! (請聽我的聲音!!), Alice No. 9 (第九號愛麗絲), The Scavenger’s Wild Tent (採集人的野帳), To the End of the World (世界末日也要和你在一起), Day Off (每日青菜) and Men’s 3D Love Strategy (3次元男子戀愛攻略).
As a part of the exhibition, the center and TAICCA also invited 10 Taiwanese artists — Nownow Senpai (小峱峱), Rimui (韋蘺若明), Ying Chang (英張), Gene, Daily Greens (每日青菜), Hui Ye Dou (灰野都), Yang Chi-cheng (楊基政), Pemy (胚謎), Rice and Dumpling (米宗子) and Tonn Hsu (許彤) — to create works inspired by the friendship between Taiwan and Japan, it said.
By expressing Taiwan’s gratitude to Japan through cultural content, the organizers aim to demonstrate the friendship between the two nations, TAICCA chief executive officer Lee Ming-che (李明哲) said.
The exhibition would also enable Japanese to gain a deeper understanding of Taiwan, he said.
“We hope to see more cultural exchanges between Taiwan and Japan,” Lee said, adding that “hopefully the cross-domain adaptation of comics will open up opportunities in the Japanese market for our high-quality comics.”
The expo follows the success of “Taiwan Comic Night Market” (臺灣漫畫夜市) — another exhibition organized by the center and TAICCA that launched at the center on Nov. 20 last year and highlighted the works of 25 Taiwanese comic artists, TAICCA said.
The Taiwan Audio Comic Expo is open Mondays to Fridays from 10am to 5pm and ends on Aug. 20, it said.
‘DENIAL DEFENSE’: The US would increase its military presence with uncrewed ships, and submarines, while boosting defense in the Indo-Pacific, a Pete Hegseth memo said The US is reorienting its military strategy to focus primarily on deterring a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan, a memo signed by US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth showed. The memo also called on Taiwan to increase its defense spending. The document, known as the “Interim National Defense Strategic Guidance,” was distributed this month and detailed the national defense plans of US President Donald Trump’s administration, an article in the Washington Post said on Saturday. It outlines how the US can prepare for a potential war with China and defend itself from threats in the “near abroad,” including Greenland and the Panama
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) is maintaining close ties with Beijing, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said yesterday, hours after a new round of Chinese military drills in the Taiwan Strait began. Political parties in a democracy have a responsibility to be loyal to the nation and defend its sovereignty, DPP spokesman Justin Wu (吳崢) told a news conference in Taipei. His comments came hours after Beijing announced via Chinese state media that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theater Command was holding large-scale drills simulating a multi-pronged attack on Taiwan. Contrary to the KMT’s claims that it is staunchly anti-communist, KMT Deputy
RESPONSE: The government would investigate incidents of Taiwanese entertainers in China promoting CCP propaganda online in contravention of the law, the source said Taiwanese entertainers living in China who are found to have contravened cross-strait regulations or collaborated with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) could be subject to fines, a source said on Sunday. Several Taiwanese entertainers have posted on the social media platform Sina Weibo saying that Taiwan “must be returned” to China, and sharing news articles from Chinese state media. In response, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) has asked the Ministry of Culture to investigate whether the entertainers had contravened any laws, and asked for them to be questioned upon their return to Taiwan, an official familiar with the matter said. To curb repeated
Myanmar has turned down an offer of assistance from Taiwanese search-and-rescue teams after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck the nation on Friday last week, saying other international aid is sufficient, the National Fire Agency said yesterday. More than 1,700 have been killed and 3,400 injured in the quake that struck near the central Myanmar city of Mandalay early on Friday afternoon, followed minutes later by a magnitude 6.7 aftershock. Worldwide, 13 international search-and-rescue teams have been deployed, with another 13 teams mobilizing, the agency said. Taiwan’s search-and-rescue teams were on standby, but have since been told to stand down, as
RSS