Proceeds will go to Doctors Without Borders
Mainichi Shimbun’s Mantan Web reported on Sunday that Attack on Titan manga creator Hajime Isayama has put up four of his work desks on auction at the 50th Angoulême International Comics Festival in France. The proceeds will go to Doctors Without Borders.
The festival’s YouTube channel is streaming a video comment by Isayama. Isayama explained that his father, a furniture designer, specially made the desks for him to help him concentrate. Isayama and his assistants used them extensively for roughly four years when creating Attack on Titan. He further remarked that due to advancements in digital art, large desks like these are no longer a necessity for creating manga, but he has a sentimental attachment to the desk regardless. He hopes that the desks will make someone happy, and that he expressed his wish for a more peaceful…
