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A bronze soccer player in Tokyo, a detective on a bridge in Tottori, and a pirate crew scattered across Kumamoto all started on the printed page. These photographs show where Japanese towns put manga characters in public spaces and what connects each statue to its setting.

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Monkey D. Luffy, Kumamoto Prefectural Office
Monkey D. Luffy, Kumamoto Prefectural Office: The captain of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece raises a fist on the prefectural…
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Doraemon and Friends, Takaoka
Doraemon and Friends, Takaoka: Doraemon, Nobita, and their friends stand on posts in the plaza outside Wing Wing Takaoka in…
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Conan Edogawa, Conan Bridge
Conan Edogawa, Conan Bridge: The young detective leans on a life ring in On Summer Days, one of the bronzes on Conan Bridge…
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Tsubasa Ozora, Yotsugi Tsubasa Park
Tsubasa Ozora, Yotsugi Tsubasa Park: A life-size bronze of Tsubasa Ozora stands with a soccer ball at his feet in Yotsugi…
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Kankichi Ryotsu, Kameari Station North Exit
Kankichi Ryotsu, Kameari Station North Exit: In front of the north exit of Kameari Station, the cheerful police officer…
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Kitaro and Medama-Oyaji, Sakaiminato
Kitaro and Medama-Oyaji, Sakaiminato: Kitaro balances his tiny, eyeball-headed father, Medama-Oyaji, on his palm in this…
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Astro Boy, Oizumi Anime Gate
Astro Boy, Oizumi Anime Gate: Osamu Tezuka's robot boy spreads his arms above a cloud-shaped bronze base outside…
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Joe Yabuki, Iroha Shopping Street
Joe Yabuki, Iroha Shopping Street: Joe carries a jacket over his shoulder at the Iroha Shopping Street entrance near…
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Sazae-san's Family, Sakura-Shimmachi Station
Sazae-san's Family, Sakura-Shimmachi Station: Bronze figures of Sazae and her relatives stand outside Sakura-Shimmachi…
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Son Goku, Bandai Headquarters
Son Goku, Bandai Headquarters: Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball hero stands with his hands on his hips outside Bandai's…
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Shin-chan and Himawari, Kasukabe City Hall
Shin-chan and Himawari, Kasukabe City Hall: The boy from Yoshito Usui's Crayon Shin-chan poses with his baby sister…
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Eren, Mikasa, and Armin, Oyama Dam
Eren, Mikasa, and Armin, Oyama Dam: The three childhood friends from Hajime Isayama's Attack on Titan face Oyama Dam in…
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Levi Ackerman, Hita Station
Levi Ackerman, Hita Station: Levi holds his blades outside JR Hita Station in Oita Prefecture. The bronze of the captain…
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Maetel and Tetsuro Hoshino, Kokura Station
Maetel and Tetsuro Hoshino, Kokura Station: On Kokura Station's north pedestrian deck in Kitakyushu, Maetel sits on a bench…
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Captain Harlock, Kokura Station
Captain Harlock, Kokura Station: The cloaked space pirate stands with folded arms on Kokura Station's north deck in…
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Phoenix, Takarazuka
Phoenix, Takarazuka: A golden bird rises from red flames in front of the Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum in Takarazuka, Hyogo…
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Astro Boy, Hanno Central Park
Astro Boy, Hanno Central Park: The robot from Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy raises a fist as if taking off in Hanno, Saitama…
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Black Jack and Pinoko, Higashikurume Station
Black Jack and Pinoko, Higashikurume Station: The surgeon in a long cape and his small companion Pinoko stand together…
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Emeraldas, Tsuruga Symbol Road
Emeraldas, Tsuruga Symbol Road: The space pirate from Leiji Matsumoto's Queen Emeraldas and Galaxy Express 999 stands along…
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Joe Shimamura, Ishinomaki Manga Road
Joe Shimamura, Ishinomaki Manga Road: Joe Shimamura's scarf sweeps out behind him in this 2019 bronze near the Genki Ichiba…
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Kenshiro, Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station
Kenshiro, Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station: Kenshiro raises one finger in the station's public Hot Gallery in Hokuto, Hokkaido…

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