Yesterday, in live from Tokyo, Cédric Biscay, the founder of MAGIC, President & CEO of Shibuya Productions, surprised the MAGIC fans. Alongside the great Leiji Matsumoto, the creator of Captain Harlock, he unveiled in live the poster that will illustrate the 5^th anniversary of MAGIC. An outstanding gift from the manga master, who, moreover, announced his presence in Monaco on March 9, 2019.

To downlaod the press release, click HERE

Amanda Conner is at first known thanks to her numerous successful works for Marvel, such as Barbie, Supergirl, Painkiller Jane,Wonder Woman. Her biggest hit to date has been Harley Quinn. She will attend the MAGIC 5th anniversary on the 9th of March and will hold a conference and an autograph signings !

This year again we have received very high level projects! Of the initially received 43 stories, it was difficult for the members of the Jury to select 10. For this reason, you will find that 11 manga will be translated into Japanese and transmitted to SHUEISHA Inc.

See you on January 17, 2019 to discover the 5 finalists who will go to Monaco on March 9 defend their project in front of our jury of exception.

Here is the list:

Ray Adrian N. Magbanua – Ace Up (Philippines)

Jehan Sanvoisin – God of Thunder (France)

Fabien Ronteix – Gunter (France)

Emerson Rodrigues – Hole City (Brasil)

Tanatach Chokcharoensup – Mara (Thailand)

Dylan Maldonado- Nightwatcher (France)

Charles Compain – Quand nos yeux avait la même couleur (France)

Jasmin PUSCHACHER- Switch (Austria)

Laurent Romero –  Tobudasai (Netherlands)

Vind et Kero- LEIF ( Kuwait and Philippines)

Chloé Vanzelli et Ingrid Boishardy – White Magus Tale (France)

Congratulations to all of the preselected candidates, and thank you for all the participants for their work!

We would like to remind you, that the winner will have the chance to stay one month in Japan, and meet a tantô (editor) from Shueisha, get advice from mangakas  and try to extend their partnership with this publisher.

His Latest work includes Harley Quinn and Wonder Woman for DC COMICS, he also currently has four feature films in development: Painkiller Jane, Random Acts of Violence, Back To Brooklyn, Killing Time In America and Girl in Storm with his film development company Trio Entertainment.

Jimmy Palmiotti will attend the MAGIC 5th anniversary on the 9th of March and will hold a conference and an autograph signings !

We are delighted to welcome the comic book legend Chris Claremont ! The iconic writer of the X-men franchise and creator of many characters from the series will be with us to celebrate the MAGIC 5th anniversary on the 9th of March. He will also hold a conference and an autograph signings.

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