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SDCC 2023: eigoMANGA Heads To San Diego Comic-Con With Award-Winning Manga Artist Chang Sheng

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eigoMANGA will showcase its productions at Comic-Con International: San Diego 2023. Comic-Con International: San Diego is the nation’s largest comic book, science fiction, and pop culture event, and will take place on July 20th–23rd at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, CA. eigoMANGA will be located at Booth #1802 in the Exhibit Hall.

eigoMANGA welcomes manga artist Chang Sheng at Comic-Con International: San Diego 2023. Together they will exhibit and host panels that showcase their productions of comics, animation, games, and mobile apps; this includes Chang Sheng’s award-winning manga series Oldman.

Based in Taiwan, Chang Sheng is the creator of Oldman, as well as The Hidden Level, Baby, and Yan. Oldman and Chang Sheng’s other works have been released worldwide; translated into English, French, Japanese, and Korean. These titles have won awards such as the International Manga Award in Japan, the Kyoto International Manga Award, and the Golden Comic Award. His recent manga publication, “Yan,” has concluded and is currently being adapted into a film for a 2024 release.

Chang Sheng will make a special in-person appearance at eigoMANGA’s Booth #1802 at Comic-Con International: San Diego on Friday, July 21, from 4:00-5:00pm to meet fans and sign autographs. Additionally, Chang Sheng will take part in a panel discussion at Comic-Con International: San Diego called “Writing for Comics and Manga” in order to share his artistry and his creative approach to writing manga titles. This panel is scheduled on Thursday, July 20, from 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM in Room 29AB.

eigoMANGA will also hold two live manga workshops at Comic-Con International: San Diego. On Thursday, July 20 from 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM in Room 11, eigoMANGA will present a “How To Draw Manga” workshop. eigoMANGA team of artists will hold a tutorial workshop to teach the fundamentals of manga illustration and storytelling. They will also be on hand to critique portfolios from up-and-coming artists.

On Sunday, July 23 at 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM also in Room 11, eigoMANGA will instruct a “Manga Tutorials for Kids” workshop. The workshop will be moderated by eigoMANGA’s team of manga artists and animators as they offer kids of all ages tutorials on manga illustrations and storytelling.

SDCC 2023: Award-Winning Manga Artist Chang Sheng Will Make A Rare Appearance

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Comic book publisher eigoMANGA and Taiwan Academy in Los Angeles welcome manga artist Chang Sheng to Comic-Con International: San Diego 2023, the nation’s largest comics convention. Chang Sheng will showcase his award-winning graphic novel manga series, “Oldman.”

Based in Taiwan, Chang Sheng is the creator of “Oldman,” as well as “The Hidden Level,” “Baby,” and “Yan.” “Oldman” and Chang Sheng’s other works have been released worldwide; translated into English, French, Japanese, and Korean. These titles have won awards such as the International Manga Award in Japan, the Kyoto International Manga Award, and the Golden Comic Award. His recent manga publication, “Yan,” has concluded and is currently being adapted into a film for a 2024 release.

The “Oldman” manga series is about a beautiful queen who rules her country with an iron fist. Unmarried and without an heir, she adopts orphans as a way to prove that even commoners can reign as kings. Yet, as the years progress, she shows no sign of aging. Only one man knows the dark secret to her eternal youth: Oldman, a bearded magician the queen has locked in her darkest dungeon. One night, Oldman steps through the bars of his prison and disappears before the queen’s very eyes. Enraged, she sends her army after him in a desperate campaign to keep her secret hidden.

During his escape, Oldman rescues a neighboring prisoner, an outlaw sword maiden who has had her arms and legs amputated. Upon taking her to a brilliant doctor who fits her with mechanical limbs, Oldman and the sword maiden vow to take revenge on the queen who wronged them, all the while evading the royal army as the queen launches a desperate campaign to keep her secret hidden.

Chang Sheng will make a special in-person appearance at eigoMANGA’s booth (#1802) at Comic-Con International: San Diego on Friday, July 21, from 4:00-5:00pm to meet fans and sign autographs. Additionally, Chang Sheng will take part in a panel discussion at Comic-Con International: San Diego called “Writing for Comics and Manga” in order to share his artistry and his creative approach to creating manga titles. This panel is scheduled on Thursday, July 20, from 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM in Room 29AB.

eigoMANGA Announces the release date For Oldman Part 3

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eigoMANGA has announce that the company will release the third volume of the graphic novel Oldman on January 23, 2023. Oldman is an award-winning and internationally acclaimed series created by Taiwanese writer and illustrator Chang Sheng. The publication was originally published by Taipei, Taiwan-based Tongli Publishing.

The story is about a queen who rules her country with an iron fist. Unmarried and without an heir, she adopted orphans as a way to prove that even commoners could reign as kings. Yet as the years progressed, she showed no sign of aging. Only one man knew the dark secret to her eternal youth: Oldman, a bearded magician whom the queen locked in her dungeon.

One night, Oldman stepped through the bars of his prison and disappeared before the queen’s very eyes. Enraged, she sent her army after him to keep her secret hidden. Before Oldman escaped his prison, he rescued a neighboring prisoner, Rebecca, a rebel warrior whose arms and legs were amputated by the queen.

Oldman took Rebecca to an underground doctor who fitted her with mechanical arms and legs. Together they now vow to take revenge on the queen that wronged them.

Oldman won numerous awards such as the International Manga Award in Japan, as well the Golden Comic Award for Best Shonen Manga. Oldman Part 3 is released to retailers on January 23rd, 2023.

eigoMANGA Launches A Kickstarter Campaign To Publish the Oldman Graphic Novel

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eigoMANGA has launched a Kickstarter campaign to publish Oldman as a manga graphic novel in English. Oldman is an award-winning and internationally acclaimed series created by Taiwanese writer and illustrator Chang Sheng. The publication was originally published by Taipei, Taiwan-based Tong Li Publishing.

The story is about a queen who rules her country with an iron fist. Unmarried and without an heir, she adopts orphans as a way to prove that even commoners can reign as kings. Yet, as the years progress, she shows no sign of aging, while her orphans go missing. Only one man knows the dark secret to her eternal youth: Oldman, a bearded magician the queen has locked in her dungeon.

One night, Oldman escapes his prison cell and rescues a neighboring prisoner, Rebecca, a rebel whose arms and legs were amputated as punishment. Upon taking Rebecca to an underground doctor who fits her with mechanical arms and legs, they vow to take revenge on the Queen that wronged them.

Oldman won numerous awards such as the International Manga Award in Japan, as well the Golden Comic Award for Best Shonen Manga. “Oldman” Part 1 is projected to circulate to retailers on November 8th, 2021.

eigoMANGA’s Kickstarter campaign will cover the printing, shipping, and distribution cost of releasing Oldman to retailers for its November 8th launch date.

eigoMANGA Will Publish “Oldman” Graphic Novel

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eigoMANGA has acquired the rights to adapt and publish Oldman as a multi-volume graphic novel manga series in English. Oldman is an award-winning and internationally acclaimed series created by Taiwanese writer and illustrator Chang Sheng. The publication was originally published by Taipei, Taiwan-based Tongli Publishing.

The story is about a beautiful queen who rules her country with an iron fist. Unmarried and without an heir, she adopts orphans as a way to prove that even commoners can reign as kings. Yet, as the years progress, she shows no sign of aging. Only one man knows the dark secret to her eternal youth: Oldman, a bearded magician the queen has locked in her darkest dungeon.

One night, Oldman steps through the bars of his prison and disappears before the queen’s very eyes. Enraged, she sends her army after him to keep her secret hidden in a desperate campaign. Having tricked the guards (and not actually having left the dungeon), he rescues a neighboring prisoner, a sword maiden rebel whose arms and legs were amputated, and left to rot in her cell.

Upon taking her to an underground doctor who fits her with mechanical arms and legs, they together vow to take revenge on the Queen that wronged them.

Oldman won numerous awards such as the International Manga Award in Japan, as well the Golden Comic Award for Best Shonen Manga. Oldman Part 1 is projected to circulate to retailers on November 8th, 2021.