On July 30, the Organizing Committee for the forthcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 announced the 18 artists who will work on its official art posters including two internationally acclaimed manga artists: Naoki Urasawa (59/20th Century Boys, Pluto) and Hirohiko Araki (59/JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure).
Sales of the posters as licensed merchandise is also planned.
The poster visuals are scheduled to be revealed by the end of this year and to display around the Tokyo area and across Japan from the beginning of the next year.