Manga in its original form had kanji which were made up of man "eccentric disorder" and ga "drawing", but Ishinomori rewrote the name and declared

the "Manga Declaration" of Man having used a different kanji character that meant "ten thousand" instead and it changed the generic term to mean ten

thousand drawings.

“In the old days, manga meant cartoons and humorous or comical pictures, etc. The meaning of manga has significantly changed in the last thirty years

or so, because it has become possible to express diverse themes through manga which are no longer restricted to humor. Manga changed to comic.

There are Japanese names for each types of manga, but there is no generic name covering all types of manga in Japanese. This is why I declared the

“Manga Declaration”.” - Shotaro Ishinomori

The Great Northeast Tohoku Earth Quake and Tsunami

In 2011, off the coast of Tohoku in Miyagi there was a 9.0 magnitude underwater earthquake that killed thousands of people and destroyed thousands

of buildings, which one of these happened to be the Ishinomori Manga Museum. Volunteers worked hard to bring it back, so on november 7th 2012 it

was rebuilt to continue sharing the legacy of mangakas and sparked the passion of those who were fans of Tokusatsu to see the rebuilding as a rebirth.

This idea of rebirth comes from Osamu Tezukas "Hi no Tori/Phoenix" and the day that was marked for this day would be the 25th of January, which was

Ishinomori's birthday and called "Shotaro Ishinomori Day". It was said that by celebrating the dark time with a day of birth of its creator would bring

back the spirit Ishinomori to hasten the recovery.

In understanding the museum was for more than just Ishinomori the day was generalized as Tokusatsu Day. By rebranding and recreating the idea of

Ishinomori and taking a broader scope of the future of Tokusatsu and its Legacy would be a nod to all those who were involved and still are involved in

pushing the genre and the museum itself. While it also celebrates the good in what had happened through animanga and genre development it also is a

cultural day of mourning for multiple reasons. It showed the the death of a revolutionary mangaka, the remembrance of a once destroyed manga

museum, and that in understanding that everything is good is built on usually a more dark past or troubled situation that was turned around by the

hero to become a hero and live life through a journey of staying a hero.