Manga Day in Weyhe: Quiz, reading samples and photo booth

Next Sunday, September 21st, everything will revolve around the Japanese comic art form manga at this year’s Manga Day in the Leester Kulturscheune. The team at Weyhe Library has come up with a few ideas in cooperation with the local bookstore. This is the third time that Manga Day has taken place in the community. Bookstores and libraries are taking part in the Germany-wide campaign to encourage people to read manga.

“There are some free reading samples to take home again,” says Lisa-Marie Leimann from the library. A total of 30 different works are available and are classified in advance by age group, as some of the mangas are only recommended for ages 16 and up, while others are recommended for ages six and up. Everyone can then choose two copies from the selection to take home for free.

Photo box with costumes

Aside from the readings, there will be a photo booth, for which a few costumes will be available to wear. Visitors are also welcome to come dressed up. “Last year, a woman was there in a cosplay costume of her favorite character,” says Weyhe’s cultural representative Hedda Stock. Some of the costumes are very elaborate. “We’re happy about everyone who comes in costume,” says Stock.

Guests can also draw again that morning, although this year without personal instruction. “But we have a few books that you can use as a guide,” says Leimann. Pictures created or already submitted for Manga Day (preferably painted in the typical manga style) will also be exhibited in the youth section of the library.

Trainee Daniel Westermann, whose hobby is manga, has also come up with two Actionbound quizzes for the day about manga and anime, in which participants can demonstrate their knowledge of this subject area. The quiz is set up in different levels of difficulty so that everyone can take part. The questions can be answered accordingly on the tablets in the library.

Manga Day lasts from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Admission is free and registration is not required. Further information about the Germany-wide event is available online at www.mangaday.de.

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