Naoto Matsumura Archives

The guardian of the title is Naoto Matsumura, a local farmer who decides to stay behind to care for all the abandoned pets and livestock in the town out of a sense of duty. "Guardian of Fukushima" cover art courtesy of Tokyopop. For Tokyopop publisher Stuart Levy and creators Ewen Blain and Fabian Grolleau, Guardian of Fukushima[...]

TOKYOPOP is publishing Guardian of Fukushima, a moving new graphic novel depicting the true story of the aftermath of the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Tohoku, Japan, from the perspective of Naoto Matsumura, an ordinary man who risked his life by remaining behind to care for animals left behind following the disastrous meltdown at the[...]