An exhibition featuring more than one hundred sports manga kicked off Saturday in Tokyo. It imparted interactive reviews through cutting-edge technology ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
In the exhibition organized by electronics maker and Olympics sponsor Panasonic Corp, visitors can take the area of a sports activities individual, including a tennis participant, as a screening initiative with manga-like illustrations around them. Displayed works, meanwhile, encompass the mythical football manga “Captain Tsubasa,” boxing manga “Ashita no Joe,” and the recent biking saga “Yowamushi Pedal.”
“I truely wish that via experiencing this (exhibition), the exhilaration for the Tokyo 2020 Games will keep growing,” Tokyo Gov Yuriko Koike stated in a pre-opening ceremony at Panasonic Center in which the occasion is being held through September 29.
In accordance with Panasonic, the exhibition, which is free to the general public, is anticipated to attract around 5,000 people, including avid manga fanatics and foreign site visitors.
Titled “Sports x Manga,” the exhibition is divided into seven themes, covering the records of sports activities in manga and Japanese society, interviews with Japanese Olympic athletes who were inspired by manga, and “killer movements” seen in the manga that deviate from actual international sports.
Manga and anime about Paralympic sports activities are also showcased inside the occasion, and there may be a place displaying diverse manga expressions, such as movement traces and balloons.
“This is an exhibition through which you may experience the fascination of sports activities through an acquainted Japanese tradition—manga,” said Panasonic Executive Officer Satoshi Takayasu at the rite.
The exhibition is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Panasonic Center, located near Ariake Station on the Odaiba waterfront, is closed on Mondays except July 15 and September 16.
1912 Two future personalities competed in the Games in Sweden: Avery Brundage, in pentathlon, was elected President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the primary U.S. Sports leader to hold the position. Secondly, George S. Patton was a general throughout World War II.
1920 At the Summer Olympic Games in Antwerp (Belgium), the United States became the undisputed champion, first within the medal standings with ninety-five medals. Thus, the U.S. Crew had more than forty Summer Olympic Games Champions.
1920 In Belgium, Duke Kahanamoku earned the guys’ 100m freestyle for the second time in a row. Thus, for the past 4 years, Hawaii’s carrying icon has become the first Islander to conquer the coveted identity (Stockholm Games) and become a country-wide-class swimmer inside the States. Before 1916, the untapped athlete moved between his home, Hawaii, and frequent swimming activities inside the continental United States. His most effective purpose changed into teaching to become the arena’s fastest swimmer. He won the national trials, shooting tickets for the Summer Olympics. As nicely as being one of the most brilliant swimmers on Earth since 1912, Duke Kahanamoku reintroduced the game of browsing to the Western global- he grew to become it into a super countrywide passion within the continental U.S. Like Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop and the performer Don Ho, his significant non-public recognition brought to Hawaii’s global reputation.
1924: At the Olympics in Paris, France, America’s strong squad placed first in the medal count, with 99 – 67 medals more than Finland (second in the Games).
1924: The U.S. water polo team took third place in the international competition, becoming the first American squad to win a medal in the Olympics.
1924 After gaining four golds, America’s athletes became champions in the freestyle wrestling tournament in Paris’s Games of the VIII Olympiad. The winners were Robin Read, Russel Vis, John Spellman, and Harry Steele.
