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Hired by Japanese Toy Giant Bandai to Create a Manga Series for Digimon, Hong Kong Artist Is Now out of Luck, Love and Money

By Marcus Vance

• Oct 8, 2026 • 4 min read

Hired by Japanese Toy Giant Bandai to Create a Manga Series for Digimon, Hong Kong Artist Is Now out of Luck, Love and Money

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His Good Fortune Began in 1999, When Japanese Toy Giant Bandai Hired Him to Create a Manga Series for Digimon, One of the Brand’s Successful Anime Franchises About Mini-Monsters.

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