Misako Takashima, a "manga" comic artist based in New York, worries that many American teenagers she has met during academic art events rely too heavily on the Internet and are reluctant to try anything in the real world.
"I met many children who easily believe that the knowledge they get via the Internet is everything," Takashima said in an interview, while working on a new book due out next year describing her life, including the tumultuous 11 years since she first went to the United States.
"I want young people to learn nothing can change until they take action," said Takashima, who goes by the name of Misako Rocks! in U.S. art circles.