Fira de Barcelona
| 2014 Report
Manga
Barcelona Manga Show
30/October – 02/November
Montjuïc. 20th edition (3rd at Fira)
Barcelona Manga Show celebrated its twentieth
anniversary as the undisputed leader in events
devoted to this variety of comics and Japanese
culture as a whole, with an increase this time
around in both exhibition space and activities.
Plaza del Universo was a nerve-centre at the
event, hosting the Cosplay competitions, the
Anime Song Contest, demonstrations of Asian
dance and musical performances.
The focus was very much on Japanese
cuisine and culture. Under the title "The Spirit of
Japan", activities related to Japanese traditional
culture, spirituality and natural therapies took
place. There were workshops devoted to
the kimono, a meditation room, macrobiotic
workshop, demonstrations of reiki, shiatsu and
kobido, and exhibitions of ikebana and bonsai
and Zen gardens.
Participants at the show included authors like
Kengo Hanazawa, (
I am a Hero
), Takeshi Obata,
(who adapted Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s novel
All You
Need is Kill
, already made into a sci-fi film, to
Manga). Other guests were Takehiko Inoue and
Ken Niimura, a Spanish writer of Japanese origin
who currently lives and works in Tokyo.
There was also a large representation from
the producers of the Nintendo Pokemon and
Dragon Ball Xenoverse games. In the field
of music, the Japanese pop band Loverin
Tamburin performed, while Japanese cuisine
was represented by Nobuaki Fushiki, chef
at the Shiojiri Jôzôjo restaurant in Tokyo,
which specialises in hakko ryori, the latest
culinary trend in Japan, based on traditional
fermentation techniques.
The Manga Show was supported by
Barcelona City Council, sponsored by
Nintendo Ibérica and organised in cooperation
with several bodies, including the Japanese
Consulate, the Ana air line and Casa Asia.
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Area
50,000 m
2
Exhibitors
150
Type
Public
Activities
Exhibitions,
workshops, concerts,
film screenings,
competitions
Organised by
Ficomic
20
years’ activity
