What do you give the person with everything? Problem solved: original manga art – a page of a published comic, a cover painting or splash page, a sketch. Or maybe an anime cel.
A growing number of dealers specialise in selling original pieces of manga and anime art. Of course the most famous artists are often represented by major galleries or agencies with price tags to match. But the great thing about both manga and anime is that so much art is generated in producing the finished work; there is a huge amount of material that isn’t signed by Otomo, Toriyama or Oda but is interesting, attractive and completely unique.
One dealer I can personally recommend is London-based Manga Originals, run by comic artist, collector and curator Dan Byron. Check out their website at https://mangaoriginals.co.uk/ – and do it soon, while there’s time to get a great original gift delivered before the holidays.