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LaLa Magazine Celebrates 40 Years with Exhibition in July

Hakusensha's LaLa has been the home for popular manga like Snow White with the Red Hair, Kare Kano, Natsume's Book of Friends, Maid-sama!, Ouran High School Host Club, and Vampire Knight since it launched 40 years ago. The publisher and a total of 63 creators are participating in a large-scale exhibition event with original artwork and areas set up by theme. Visitors can see works in the "LOVE," "IKEMEN," "FANTASY," "SCHOOL," and "PRETTY" sections and purchase original goods available only at the venue.

Tickets go on sale on June 1 and the exhibition will open on July 23 at the Seibu Art Gallery in the Seibu Ikebukuro department store.

The exhibition's line-up includes creators spanning the magazine's print run. Participants include:

• Yasuko Aoike (From Eroica with Love)
• Keiko Takemiya (To Terra)
• Suzue Miuchi (Glass Mask)
• Yumiko Oshima (Wata no Kuni Hoshi)
• Toshie Kihara (Mari to Shingo)
• Moto Hagio (They Were Eleven, The Heart of Thomas)
• Ryouko Yamagishi (Terpsichora)
• Shinji Wada (Sukeban Deka)
• Jun Mihara (Hamidashikko)
• Yasuko Sakata (ikan wo Warerani, Basil Shi no Yuuga na Seikatsu)
• Minako Narita (Cipher)
• Nami Kawami (Champagne Shower)
• Maki Hoshizaki (Tasogare City Graffiti, Himitsu na Oku-san)
• Kyouko Hikawa (From Far Away)
• Natsumi Itsuki (Hanasakeru Seishōnen, Jyu-Oh-Sei)
• Kiriko Kubo (Cynical Hysterie Hour)
• Yuki Nakaji (Zig·Zag)
• Megumi Wakatsuki (So What?)
• Miwa Abiko (Mikan Enikki)
• Reiko Shimizu (Himitsu - Top Secret)
• Fumica Okano (Esuka Of Crimson)
• Noriko Kuwata (Damekko Dōbutsu)
• Makoto Mori (Chikyū Kanrinin)
• Aya Roppongi (Auto Focus)
• Masami Morio (Caramel Boy)
• Yutaka Tachibana (Gatcha Gacha)
• Mikoto Asou (Soko o Nantoka)
• Nozomi Yanahara (Takasugi-san's Obento)
• Masamu Tsuda (Kare Kano)
• Ayumi Uno (Okojo-san)
• Sakura Tsukuba (Penguin Revolution, Sweet Rein)
• Matsuri Hino (Vampire Knight)
• Mari Hirai (Kasho no Tsuki)
• Tomo Matsumoto (Beauty is the Beast)
• Yoshitomo Watanabe (Beyond the Beyond)
• Nizakana (4 Jigen)
• Meca Tanaka (Faster than a Kiss)
• An Tsukimiya (Rakuen Route)
• Yuki Midorikawa (Natsume's Book of Friends)
• Yuki Kure (La Corda d'Oro)
• Bisco Hatori (Ouran High School Host Club)
• Natsuna Kawase (A Tale of an Unknown Country)
• Nari Kusakawa (The Recipe for Gertrude)
• Shinobu Amano (Last Game)
• Akane Ogura (Zettai Heiwa Daisakusen)
• Hari Tokeino (Me & My Brothers)
• Mikase Hayashi (Usokano)
• Sorata Akiduki (Snow White with the Red Hair)
• Akira Hagio (The Secret Sakura Shares)
• Chiaki Karasawa (Inaka no Kekkon)
• Ken Saito (The Name of the Flower)
• Wataru Hibiki (Oiran Girl)
• Emiko Nakano (Mikado no Shihō)
• Yuki Fujitsuka (Kingyo Sō)
• Hiro Fujiwara (Maid-sama!)
• Mayu Fujikata (My Darling! Miss Bancho)
• Ririko Tsujita (The Secret Notes of Lady Kanoko)
• Kiiro Yumi (Library Wars: Love & War)
• Mato Kauta (Ōkami-Heika no Hanayome)
• Keiko Ishihara (The Heiress and the Chauffeur)
• Junko Ike (Mizutama Honey Boy)
• Mitsuru Yumeki (Sabaku no Harem)
• Hitsuji Harumi (Twin Roll)