Kadokawa JSC of Japan introduces a comic series about Vietnamese football. (Photo: VNA)Tokyo (VNA) - Kadokawa JSC of Japan on March 28 introduceda comic series about Vietnamese football which it is going to publish.
Titled “Son Goal’, this manga book was illustrated by Japanese artist Baba Tamio.
It is about the journey of a boy whose father is Brazilian and motheris Vietnamese, and his Vietnamese name is Son. His family moved to Vietnam when his father took up a job in the country. In Vietnam, Son met and made friends with a group of teenagers,and helped their football team become a strong one.
Publishing Director of Kadokawa Aoyagi Masayuki (Photo: VNA)At a meeting with Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan VuHong Nam, Aoyagi Masayuki - Publishing Director of Kadokawa said with the supportof the Kim Dong Publishing House of Vietnam, Kadokawa developed the manga series with the hope to help children of the two countries find joy in sports and understand more aboutteamwork.
Through famous landscapes of Vietnam mentioned in the seriessuch as Dragon Bridge or My Khe beach, the manga is hoped to help foreigners,including Japanese understand more about Vietnam and its people, Kadokawa said.
According to Masayuki, the publisher wants to present 1,000books to Vietnamese children through the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan.
For his part, Ambassador Nam thanked Kadokawa JSC for its idea topublish the manga comic book, stressing that thisis a meaningfulevent when Vietnam and Japan are preparing to celebrate the 50th founding anniversaryof the diplomatic relations.
Representing the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) inJapan, NguyenVo Huyen Duong, who connects Kadokawa and Vietnamese partners, said "SonGoal" is slated to make debut in Vietnam May this year.
In addition to "Son Goal", Masayuki said Kadokawa plannedto cooperate with the HanoiUniversity of Industrial Fine Arts and publishers in Vietnam to produce othermanga series, which will be written and illustrated by Vietnamese people./.
