Our lecturer Mr. Matsuda, made his debut at Kodansha, Japan's second-largest publisher known for famous manga titles such as "Attack on Titan", "Tokyo Revengers" and "Sailor Moon". He then drew weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly series for that company and others. He published many manga books in Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea, and serialized on the web for 10 years.
He has worked as a manga artist for over 20 years, and later spent 9 years teaching manga at Kyoto University of the Arts. He taught more than 400 students face-to-face at that University, some of whom have already become professional Manga Artists. He also served as a jury of the "Japan Media Arts Festival" organized by the Agency for Cultural Affairs in Japan from 2017 to 2020.
Currently, he is teaching remotely at the "L'ecole Japonaise de Manga" in Angouleme and Paris, France.