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Manga is Big Business
The Yomiuri reports that Kyoto Seika University, which has a dedicated manga faculty, has made millions of yen by taking orders for students to develop materials with manga-style illustrations.
The orders come from businesses, governments, and other organizations, who like the illustrations because they’re lively and can convey information with text or visuals as necessary. The students love it because they get professional experience, the university loves it because they get money…all happy times and fun!
We already have a few edu-manga type things out and about, like TOKYOPOP’s OEL SAT prep manga. Maybe someday we’ll start having manga guides to, say, income taxes
Don’t be ridiculous, nothing can explain tax forms.
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