On its opening day, San Francisco's de Young Museum welcomed patrons to the first large-scale manga exhibit in North America. Visitors explore the Art of Manga exhibit in San Francisco Photo by Kalai Chik“'Art of Manga' presents the power of Japanese contemporary art in a medium that is fast becoming a phenomenon, especially among younger generations around the world,” said Tom Campbell, the director and CEO of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. “Art of Manga” puts manga artists center stage, while also teaching visitors how to read manga and the order to follow through the passages of each gallery. If you want to study how manga is made, there's no real place to do so anymore.”The One Piece Only room Photo by Kalai ChikOverall, the “Art of Manga” exhibit provides an in-depth examination of Japanese manga, placing manga artists at the forefront. Several manga artists, such as Gengoroh Tagame, are set to give talks at the museum later in the fall and winter.