Japanese Manga publisher pays attention to Manga Teller.
Recently Rikimaru Touhou who call himself a Manga Teller, is rising popularity in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo, Japan.
Manga Teller Rikimaru Touhou performing
Rikumaru Touhou, 35 years old, born in Kagoshima, Japan. His dream was to became the voice of Anime. So, he started reading Manga out loud in front of people, but not one people paid attention to him. Then he attended to Anime voice school, and started reading Manga out loud in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo, Japan.
His perform Manga Telling in a outstanding outfit, white towel raped around his forehead and a pair of tabi (a Japanese shoes/socks with tow separated). He tells Manga by changing voices. He needs to use 5 different voice to read some of the Manga. A 21 years old guy, who asked Rikimaru to read Japanese Manga “Hokuto no Ken” said that he was moved by the Rikimaru’s dramatic reading.
Japance Manga publisher, suffering from the drop of Manga magazine sales and the trend of digitalization of paper based media, takes Rikimaru’s Manga Telling a new field of business. He will be performing Manga Telling in Japanese publisher Shougakkan’s event on 20th and 21st of June 2009.
It is my first time to hear about him but the power of Manga is wow. I would like to hear him read manga one day.
Here is a map of Shimokitazawa.
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Rikimaru Touhou perform Manga Telling somewhere around this station. He mainly performs on week ends.
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