"Let's send smiles from all over the world to Kumamoto" -- The Kumamoto International Manga Festival, a Kumamoto reconstruction support event to be held on Saturday, April 15th and Sunday, April 16th, has received support from famous manga artists such as Eiichiro Oda of the popular manga "ONE PIECE" and Takehiko Inoue of "Vagabond" with autographed colored paper. Zenon serial writers such as Tetsuya Chiba of "Ashita no Joe", Eiji Kazama of "Kaze no Daichi", Nobuyuki Fukumoto of "Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji", Kyosuke Usuta of "Sexy Commando Gaiden Sugoi yo!! Masaru-san", Tsukasa Hojo of "City Hunter", and Ryuji Tsujihara of "Yoroshiku Mechadock" also participated in support by signing autographed colored paper with "smiling characters". The colored paper will be exhibited at the venue, and will be unveiled as a large mosaic art piece at Kumamoto Castle along with illustrations of "smiling faces" collected from all over the world. Thank you very much to everyone who cooperated! The Kumamoto International Manga Festival is a reconstruction support event that collects silent manga and illustrations with the theme of "smiles" from all over the world, and exhibits and awards them in Kumamoto. In the two-month collection period, 209 manga works from 39 countries and regions and 551 illustration works from 59 countries and regions were submitted. Thanks to your strong support, the festival will finally be held this weekend. Please come to the venue, Tsuruya Department Store, on the 15th and 16th! Event name: Kumamoto Reconstruction Support 2017 "Kumamoto International Manga Festival - The day when smiles from all over the world gather" Organizer: Kumamoto International Manga Festival Executive Committee Event date: Saturday, April 15th and Sunday, April 16th, 2017 Main venue: Tsuruya Department Store, East Building, 7th floor, Tsuruya Hall 6-1 Tetori Honmachi, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto-shi, 860-8586 For more information,Official website of "Kumamoto International Manga Festival ~The day that brings together the most smiles from all over the world~"