From the Japan Christians in the Arts Network website:
New Life League Japan (NLLJ) is publishing a very important and exciting series of books called “Bible Manga.” Japanese artists are creating five genuine manga books based on the Bible (three Old Testament and two New Testament). The original art and text is in Japanese but Manga Messiah has already been released in English and is available at Amazon. According to Roald Lidal, NLLJ will publish the original Japanese version of Manga Messiah in Japan in early 2008.
“Bible Manga” is probably the most contextualized mass media presentation of the gospel in the history of Christianity in Japan. Remarkably, it is already being translated into at least twenty different languages.
CAN is a network of creative people trying to reach Japan in creative ways. I’m glad to have connected with them through the web, because I believe we need new fresh, creative approaches in Japan. But I’m an artist myself so I’m biased, of course. They’re hosting an information meeting about the Manga Bible in the near future, in Tokyo, in case anyone there is reading…
