Reception
Reviews of the book were generally strongly negative and criticized as poorly written as well for being both Anti-American and Anti-Japanese. Uderzo has been criticized for giving a very negative (almost racist) image of manga and Japanese in the album, as even though he made fun of Americans too, he showed them in a more positive light. Uderzo has admitted: "I don't know manga well. I bought some in a Neuilly library. And I was baffled when I discovered, amongst the comics piles, one about sex education. Mentioning everything about it! And yet, in Neuilly, it is not something to kid with. It makes a kid lose his virginity!" It was obvious to some fans that he fell on Futari Ecchi, a manga that is forbidden for those under 15 in France. Uderzo also doesn't like the style of manga, saying that "manga characters all look alike, with big or tiny eyes, and small mouths." He still concluded by the fact that he doesn't "spit on manga".
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