“Hadashi no Gen” (Barefoot Gen), based on Keiji Nakazawa ... No publishers came forward to release “Hadashi no Gen” in book form. Nakazawa even considered publishing it privately.

“It is not meant to deny the significance of Barefoot Gen.” Nakazawa let it be known that he wanted the manga series to be translated into as many foreign languages as possible so children ...

Antiwar manga series Barefoot Gen debuted in Japan in 1973 and has since been published in two dozen languages. On the 50th anniversary of its launch, the woman who translated it into Russian ...