Manga cover featuring President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Date
circa February 1943
Credits
- Kondō Hidezo Artist
Format
- Magazine 585
Type of Work
- Finished work 5435
- Photo(s) 131
Techniques
- printing 398
Locations Made
- Japan 261
This caricature of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt shows what Japan thought that American President were not human. Roosevelt was given fangs ans blueish skin and was called an Onii (demon in Japanese). The manga was created during World War II for propaganda purposes. The Manga was one of the very few magazines that were allowed to be printed during the war.
