Indestructible Power: Go Nagai – Go Nagai Memorial Museum Revival

Preview: written before the show opened

One drawing of the demon lord Dante goes on show exactly as it was found, unrestored, in a building on Wajima's morning-market street whose outer walls had burned black. The Go Nagai Memorial Museum opened there in 2009 and drew about 12,000 visitors a year until the 1 January 2024 Noto earthquake and the fire that followed. Fireproofing built in at the opening saved 108 original drawings and the figures.

You get those survivors, the pages that were hanging on the day of the quake, beside manuscripts shown at the 2009 opening, including Nagai's 1967 debut. He also drew a new manga about his memories of Wajima for this show, and it is on view for the first time.

It's in the third-floor galleries. Tickets are ¥1,600 (¥1,400 in advance until 27 November), with no timed slots, and include the second-floor galleries and Film Theatre. Open 10:00 to 18:00, Fridays to 19:30; closed 28 December to 4 January. A Kyoto International Manga Museum ticket gets you ¥100 off.