Astérix and Spirou head to Japan for a Franco-Belgian comics festival
The Tokyo BD festival, running October 31 and November 1, aims to introduce Japanese readers to French and Belgian bande dessinée.
A two-day festival in Tokyo is putting French and Belgian comics in front of Japanese readers, according to Télérama. The Tokyo BD festival runs October 31 and November 1 in the Japanese capital, with the stated aim of making the franco-belge tradition better known in a country long dominated by manga.
Télérama frames the event around two flagship series, Astérix and Spirou, as emblematic of the bande dessinée the festival hopes to export.
The source material does not give further details on the festival's programme, guests, or venue, so no further specifics can be reported here.
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