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Slam Dunk’s Creator Graces Kinokuniya Flagship in New York

Date: 12 October 2007
Source: Anime News Network

Viz Media is planning to host Takehiko Inoue, the world-renowned manga creator of Slam Dunk, Vagabond, and REAL, as a special guest at the new Kinokuniya flagship bookstore in New York City on November 19. Inoue will create an exclusive drawing on a wall that has been reserved for him on the store's second floor.

The new three-story Kinokuniya store is located across from Bryant Park at 1073 Sixth Avenue (also known as Avenue of the Americas), between West 40th and West 41st Streets. The second floor, with the planned Inoue drawing, will be dedicated to manga. Kinokuniya has yet to announce the store's exact opening day, but it had been previously planned for this month. An art exhibition and other events are planned for the store's opening.