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This essay sketches a connection betweenRose of Versailles(Berusaiyu no bara, 1972), Ikeda Riyoko'sshôjo(girls’) manga set in Versailles, and artist Murakami Takashi's 2010 exhibition at the Château de Versailles and in its gardens. In doing so, it suggests that the exhibition be viewed in terms of the nesting of one imaginary land (Japan) inside another (France), positing a new interpretive framework for thinking about Murakami's work as a commentary on cultural exchange. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports on a workshop that was held at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BNF), in March 2006. The workshop participants focused on the history and future of comic books and drawings. The history of American, Belgian and French comic books were presented. The global success of Japanese manga was also discussed.

The author discusses aspects of influence of comic in Japan, Manga comics and Japanese culture on French community and discusses about French students taking education for Japanese culture and their love for it. She discusses aspects of love for Japanese anime in France and argues that due to manga and French comic conflicts in France, manga culture is developed in France and interest of French community is increased towards the Japanese culture and mentions that this French love is unrequited.

The article focuses on the meeting organized in June 2012 in France, about manga, and graphic novels. Themes include the history of comics created in Japan, their success in France, and the evolution of comic books. The article also mentions the influence of manga on French authors and readers, and the large choice of books available in the country.

The article offers highlights on the 2010 Festival International de la Bande Dessinée that was held in Angoulême, France. It mentions that the major highlight of the show was the opportunity to visit the new comics museum that is on the banks of the Charente river. It states that the president of the festival had shown new and old drawings, mostly in full colour and without texts. It adds that the diminishing presence of manga was a significant change to the festival due to declining sales numbers of manga volumes.